Posted by essjae on September 14, 2016
What’s New
Also included are bug fixes, security updates, and performance improvements.
Full Release Notes here: http://www.vmware.com/products/workstation.html
Download: http://www.vmware.com/products/workstation.html
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Posted by essjae on March 10, 2016
–This is no longer necessary, as Microsoft includes a default switch with NAT in the newer versions of Windows 10
And, it seems that NAT is no longer an accepted switch type
———-Deprecated———-
I found about this new way to create a NAT virtual switch in Hyper-V, it’s a lot less work than my previously documented method here: https://smudj.wordpress.com/2015/05/14/windows-10-hyper-v-setting-up-networking-shared-and-bridged-options/
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh848455.aspx?f=255&MSPPError=-2147217396
Parameter Set: NetAdapterName
New-VMSwitch [-Name] <String> -NetAdapterName <String[]> [-AllowManagementOS <Boolean> ] [-CimSession <Microsoft.Management.Infrastructure.CimSession[]> ] [-ComputerName <String[]> ] [-Credential <System.Management.Automation.PSCredential[]> ] [-EnableEmbeddedTeaming <Nullable [System.Boolean]> ] [-EnableIov <Boolean]> ] [-EnablePacketDirect <Nullable [System.Boolean]> ] [-MinimumBandwidthMode <VMSwitchBandwidthMode> {Default | Weight | Absolute | None} ] [-NATSubnetAddress <System.String> ] [-Notes <String> ] [-Confirm] [-WhatIf] [ <CommonParameters>]
Parameter Set: NetAdapterInterfaceDescription
New-VMSwitch [-Name] <String> -NetAdapterInterfaceDescription <String[]> [-AllowManagementOS <Boolean> ] [-CimSession <Microsoft.Management.Infrastructure.CimSession[]> ] [-ComputerName <String[]> ] [-Credential <System.Management.Automation.PSCredential[]> ] [-EnableEmbeddedTeaming <Nullable [System.Boolean]> ] [-EnableIov <Boolean]> ] [-EnablePacketDirect <Nullable [System.Boolean]> ] [-MinimumBandwidthMode <VMSwitchBandwidthMode> {Default | Weight | Absolute | None} ] [-NATSubnetAddress <System.String> ] [-Notes <String> ] [-Confirm] [-WhatIf] [ <CommonParameters>]
Parameter Set: SwitchType
New-VMSwitch [-Name] <String> -SwitchType <VMSwitchType> {Private | Internal | External} [-CimSession <Microsoft.Management.Infrastructure.CimSession[]> ] [-ComputerName <String[]> ] [-Credential <System.Management.Automation.PSCredential[]> ] [-EnableEmbeddedTeaming <Nullable [System.Boolean]> ] [-EnableIov <Boolean]> ] [-EnablePacketDirect <Nullable [System.Boolean]> ] [-MinimumBandwidthMode <VMSwitchBandwidthMode> {Default | Weight | Absolute | None} ] [-NATSubnetAddress <System.String> ] [-Notes <String> ] [-Confirm] [-WhatIf] [ <CommonParameters>]
New-VMSwitch -SwitchName "Virtual Switch" -SwitchType NAT -NATSubnetAddress "172.16.0.0/12"
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Posted by essjae on February 10, 2016
I hit a small issue while working on building up a test SCCM/SCVMM lab in Hyper-V.
My primary system (call it One) has Windows 10 and is domain joined, but I’ve been doing the “Microsoft” thing and logging in with my “Microsoft” account instead of my local domain account.
I’ve got two Hyper-V hosts, one on Windows Server 2012 R2 and another running on Windows 10* (call it Two). I’ve been able to launch my Hyper-V Manager on One and connect and manage the Hyper-V VMs on Server 2012.
However, I hit a roadblock trying to connect to Two. The first thing I tried after failing and getting some error messages was to configure winrm.
On Two:
I opened an administrator PowerShell window and ran
winrm quickconfig
and followed the wizard and was able to start the winrm service and open the firewall.
On One:
Again in a administrator PowerShell window, I ran:
Enable-WSManCredSSP -role client -delegatecomputer two.mydomain.com
Failure! I got a big text message in red that said to run winrm quickconfig.
This is odd, since I did none of this to connect to the Server 2012 Hyper-V instance.
I then shift+right-clicked on Hyper-V Manager and ran it with my domain credentials and it ran! Ah ha! No problem, just create a runas shortcut for Hyper-V Manager.
C:\Windows\System32\runas.exe /user:mydomain\myusername /savecreds "%windir%\System32\mmc.exe "%windir%\System32\virtmgmt.msc""
Again, no joy. Launching my new short-cut from a command prompt showed the error:
740: The requested operation requires elevation.
The command needs ADUC elevation, with some Googling** I finally found a solution, first launch a cmd prompt and then the command. This allows you to receive the ADUC prompt and accept it.
C:\WINDOWS\system32\runas.exe /savecred /user:mydomain\myusername "cmd /c Start /B %windir%\System32\mmc.exe "%windir%\System32\virtmgmt.msc""
The path to the Hyper-V Manager icon is here:
%ProgramFiles%\Hyper-V\SnapInAbout.dll
...
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Posted by essjae on March 17, 2015
Download: https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads
This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or added:
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Posted by essjae on March 12, 2015
vSphere 6.0 now available. A big update for VMware and ESXi users.
A little more usability from the free product with the free management client.
Hardware version 11
New OS support including Ubuntu 14.04, OS X 10.10, Oracle Linux 7
Make sure to check your backup provider before upgrading! Not all vendors are ready yet.
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Posted by essjae on February 18, 2015
First update for Workstation 11
Download: https://my.vmware.com/web/vmware/info/slug/desktop_end_user_computing/vmware_workstation/11_0
Release notes: https://www.vmware.com/support/ws/doc/workstation-111-release-notes.html
This release of VMware Workstation adds support for VMware vCloud Air Virtual Private Cloud OnDemand and includes bug fixes.
Virtual Private Cloud OnDemand is a secure, pay-as-you-go, cloud computing service offered by VMware that gives IT organizations a VMware compatible platform to create virtual machines, dynamically scale virtual machines and resources up or down, and pay for resources allocated.
The following issues were resolved in VMware Workstation 11.1.
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Posted by essjae on October 6, 2014
Going from Outlook 20xx to 2013, you really lose a lot of emails in the message view with the large font format and view settings.
You can get very close to 2010 following these settings: http://www.msoutlook.info/question/755
Here’s the gist, but hit the link for screen shots and details:
Decrease the name of the sender back to a similar size as in Outlook 2010
Go to “Conditional Formatting”
To reduce the display size of the sender name, add the following very simple Conditional Formatting rule by pressing the “Add” button:
Name: Smaller
Font: Smaller
Condition: No need to set any
Remove the first line of the message:
To remove the first line of the message from the Message List, switch to the View tab, click on the Message Preview menu button and select: Off
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Posted by essjae on September 5, 2014
This should also indicate a Workstation 11 and Player 7 release in the near future.
Comparison: http://www.vmware.com/products/fusion/compare.html
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Posted by essjae on February 25, 2014
VirtualBox Maintenance release 4.3.8
VirtualBox 4.3.8 (released 2014-02-25)
This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or added:
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Posted by essjae on September 13, 2012
VirtualBox 4.2.0 (released 2012-09-13)
This version is a major update. The following major new features were added:
Full change long: https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Changelog
Download: https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads
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