The VMware vCenter Server Appliance (vCSA) is a new product from VMware which enables you to run a preconfigured vCenter Server as an appliance in your vSphere environment. The appliance is based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 and comes pre-packaged in OVF, ZIP or VMX format. This provides a low-cost alternative to the “classic” [...]
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How to: Install & configure VMware vCenter Server Appliance
Posted in vCenter, vCSA, VMware, Workstation, tagged vCenter Server Appliance VCSA on 5 October 2011 | 2 Comments »
Update: Start and stop VMware Workstation services on your laptop – menu driven.
Posted in VMware, Workstation on 15 September 2011 | 3 Comments »
A while ago, I wrote a blog post about starting and stopping the VMware Workstation services on your laptop. Yesterday, VMware Workstation 8 has been released and there are some changes in the services that this application uses. After the installation I have noticed that the VMware Agent Service and the VMware DHCP Service are [...]
Start and stop VMware Workstation services on your laptop – menu driven.
Posted in VMware, Workstation on 2 November 2010 | Leave a Comment »
When you install the VMware Workstation software on your system the Workstation services (VMware Authorization Service, VMware Agent Service, VMware NAT Service, VMware DHCP Service and the VMware USB Arbitration Service) start-up type is set to Automatic by default. Since I’m not using the Workstation every time I boot up my laptop (well, almost not every time [...]


