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Re: Life without VDI … better said by Rodos

Kevin Walsh — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 19:14:25 -0000

Aaron - how did it work out? Did you test View? I'm also curious if you've looked at any of the type 1 hypervisors like the one from Virtual Computer or the ones Citrix and VMware are building?

Re: vmware infrastructure client on ubuntu … an update

Mark — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 14:29:25 -0000

I am thinking there must be a easier way - maybe a scripted QEMU to load a scaled down version of Windows, that launches the client.

Re: vmware infrastructure client on ubuntu … an update

asweemer — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 16:30:18 -0000

I've actually switched my focus to getting the vSphere client to work on
wine, because with the vSphere client you can connect to both vCenter2.5 and
vCetenter4. Once (if) I get it working, I'll post an update. Sorry for the
delay.

Aaron
<http://virtualinsanity.com/>

Re: vmware infrastructure client on ubuntu … an update

Jon — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 11:32:30 -0000

Any news on this? I'm curious if you were able to get the VM consoles to work before I bother enabling HTTP on our server. This is one of the few crutches I still have keeping XP around (at least its running in a VM).

Re: About the Author(s) | Virtual Insanity

Melissa — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:23:33 -0000

hi Sweemer - Great blog! Do you have any interest in covering upcoming virtualization announcements (DaaS)? Your blog covers so much, I thought it might interest you. If so, shoot me an email at msandgren@launchsquad.com, and I can send you more information.

Re: the e.t.d.f series — setting up the network and dedicated remote access (part 2)

s002spa — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 14:56:38 -0000

Nice rundown - series is giving me some food for thought on building out my own lab.

Re: vmware infrastructure client on ubuntu … an update

shS — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 10:24:06 -0000

Hi.
I'm trying to get the SSL-part working and by setting RASAPI32 to native, I was able to get to message that the client could not parse the servers clients.xml

so then I got here http://communities.vmware.com/thread/211440 and I'm trying to find a copy of that DLL now.

I think I broke my native gdiplus.dll by installing winetricks' version. Now I can't see the VMware logo on the client :C

Re: View 3.1 USB Redirection Improvements

Rick Westrate — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 09:21:13 -0000

If I'm not mistaken, Flash throttling occurs server side and is not currently broken out into a separate RDP virtual channel. 3.1 does not have true multimedia redirection for Flash yet. I know for some of the other multimedia codecs there is a true breakout of the data that is sent down the MMR virtual channel to the endpoint where it then uses the client-side CPU to process and display the multimedia. I will double check on the Flash virtual channel though as this is the first I had heard of it...and my sources are usually pretty good! :-)
That said, all the MMR stuff is still within a RDP virtual channel so from a network perspective you would only see RDP traffic. The USB redirection is truly a complete breakout of the USB traffic from RDP into its own unique TCP stream on port 32111.

Re: View 3.1 USB Redirection Improvements

ccostan — Fri, 29 May 2009 10:14:47 -0000

Interesting, I believe they are also doing this with the new FLASH throttling improvements. Seperating it out of the main stream and into it's own channel.

Carlo.

Re: vmware infrastructure client on ubuntu … an update

Rafael — Thu, 28 May 2009 09:38:56 -0000

Hi, Aaron.

No progress here, I'm afraid. Hopefully you'll get to see what I'm missing. In the meantime, I'm using (to some frustration) the plugin for Firefox.

Thanks again for your concern.
Rafael.

Re: Thinking about upgrading to vSphere 4? It’s a no brainer.

asweemer — Thu, 28 May 2009 06:49:05 -0000

That's a good point and, you're right, I should've mentioned the
requirements to upgrade in the post. The official VMware HCL should always
be checked to verify a server is supported before doing an upgrade or a
fresh install. You can find the HCL here
http://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/s.... I just checked
the HCL and a search for supported systems for ESX4 returned 772 results, as
opposed to over 1400 results when searching for all ESX3.5 supported
systems. Thanks for keeping me honest Shane :)

Re: Are you studying for the VCDX Enterprise Admin Exam?

asweemer — Thu, 28 May 2009 06:47:48 -0000

Hi GauranG,

Thanks for your note. I actually don't have a mailing list right now, but
I'm thinking about starting one. If I do, I'll add your name to this list.
For now, I think the best way for you to get proactive updates when I post
my VCDX study notes would be to subscribe to the RSS feed, which you can
find here ... http://feeds.feedburner.com/Virtual-Insanity.

Thanks,
Aaron

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Re: vmware infrastructure client on ubuntu … an update

asweemer — Thu, 28 May 2009 06:47:23 -0000

Hi James and Raphael,

I got your emails with the error output. Sorry for the delay. I've been
traveling, as well as preoccupied with studying for the VCDX exam. I'll be
back home (where my lab is) this weekend where I should be able to take a
closer look and, if necessary, try to replicate your environment (i.e.
combination of ubunutu and wine). If you've made any progress since your
last comment, please let me know.

Thanks,
Aaron
<http://virtualinsanity.com/>

Re: vmware infrastructure client on ubuntu … an update

asweemer — Thu, 28 May 2009 06:47:22 -0000

Re: Scripted ESX Installation: Reconfiguring COS Networking with Kickstart

Virtualpro — Thu, 28 May 2009 04:59:11 -0000

Good Post, handy to know.

We tend to assign the COS to the first onboard NIC so it usually works out OK for us, however the same search term script could be used to customise your network whatever way you want.

one to add to the script library, thanks

Re: Thinking about upgrading to vSphere 4? It’s a no brainer.

D2G — Sun, 24 May 2009 01:15:48 -0000

Now don't forget to tell everyone that you must have 64bit compat CPU's to do this upgrade. Believe it or not we have clients using VI3 that wont be able to make the upgrade without a significant server revamp..

Re: Are you studying for the VCDX Enterprise Admin Exam?

gaurang — Mon, 18 May 2009 16:46:21 -0000

Hi Aaron,

I would be my previlage if you could add me to your list for preparing VCDX exam.
My email is gaurang@rogers.com.

Best Regards / GauranG

Re: vmware infrastructure client on ubuntu … an update

Rafael — Mon, 18 May 2009 09:52:12 -0000

Hey,

Here it goes:
Kernel 2.6.28-12-generic #43-Ubuntu SMP
Ubuntu 9.04
Wine 1.0.1

And the log:
wine VpxClient.exe
fixme:virtual:NtAllocateVirtualMemory MEM_WRITE_WATCH type not supported
fixme:ntdll:find_reg_tz_info Can't find matching timezone information in the registry for bias 180, std (d/m/y): 15/02/2009, dlt (d/m/y): 18/10/2009
fixme:ntdll:find_reg_tz_info Can't find matching timezone information in the registry for bias 180, std (d/m/y): 15/02/2009, dlt (d/m/y): 18/10/2009
fixme:win:WIN_CreateWindowEx Parent is HWND_MESSAGE
fixme:win:EnumDisplayDevicesW ((null),0,0x32dd78,0x00000000), stub!
fixme:win:EnumDisplayDevicesW ((null),0,0x32dd78,0x00000000), stub!
fixme:ole:CoGetContextToken stub
fixme:ole:CoGetContextToken stub
fixme:ole:CoGetContextToken stub
fixme:ole:CoGetContextToken stub
fixme:ole:CoGetContextToken stub
fixme:ole:CoGetContextToken stub
fixme:ole:CoGetContextToken stub
fixme:ole:CoGetContextToken stub
fixme:system:SystemParametersInfoW Unimplemented action: 95 (SPI_GETSNAPTODEFBUTTON)
fixme:win:WIN_CreateWindowEx Parent is HWND_MESSAGE
fixme:dciman:DCICreatePrimary 0x364 0x3e11ca4
fixme:ole:CoGetContextToken stub
fixme:ras:RasEnumConnectionsW (0x1a0988,0x7dfa3238,0x7dfa3234),stub!
fixme:ras:RasEnumConnectionsW RAS support is not implemented! Configure program to use LAN connection/winsock instead!
fixme:winsock:WSAIoctl -> SIO_ADDRESS_LIST_CHANGE request: stub
fixme:ras:RasConnectionNotificationW (0xffffffff,0x238,0x00000003),stub!
fixme:winsock:WSAIoctl -> SIO_ADDRESS_LIST_CHANGE request: stub
fixme:exec:SHELL_execute flags ignored: 0x00000500
fixme:ole:CoGetContextToken stub
fixme:ole:CoGetContextToken stub
fixme:ole:Context_QueryInterface interface not implemented {000001da-0000-0000-c000-000000000046}
fixme:advapi:RegisterEventSourceW ((null),L".NET Runtime"): stub
fixme:advapi:ReportEventW (0xcafe4242,0x0001,0x0000,0x000003ff,(nil),0x0001,0x00000000,0x7db5d114,(nil)): stub
err:eventlog:ReportEventW L".NET Runtime version 2.0.50727.42 - Fatal Execution Engine Error (7A05E2B3) (80131506)"
fixme:advapi:DeregisterEventSource (0xcafe4242) stub
fixme:advapi:CheckTokenMembership (0x2c8 0x1b5018 0x7db5c768) stub!
fixme:ntdll:NtQuerySystemInformation info_class SYSTEM_PROCESSOR_PERFORMANCE_INFORMATION
fixme:win:WIN_CreateWindowEx Parent is HWND_MESSAGE
fixme:ole:CoGetContextToken stub
fixme:ole:CoGetContextToken stub
fixme:ntdll:NtQuerySystemInformation info_class SYSTEM_PROCESSOR_PERFORMANCE_INFORMATION
fixme:imm:ImmDisableIME (-1): stub
fixme:ntdll:find_reg_tz_info Can't find matching timezone information in the registry for bias 180, std (d/m/y): 15/02/2009, dlt (d/m/y): 18/10/2009
fixme:ntdll:NtQuerySystemInformation info_class SYSTEM_PROCESSOR_PERFORMANCE_INFORMATION
fixme:thread:NtQueryInformationThread Cannot get kerneltime or usertime of other threads
fixme:thread:NtQueryInformationThread info class 9 not supported yet
fixme:thread:NtQueryInformationThread info class 9 not supported yet
fixme:thread:NtQueryInformationThread info class 9 not supported yet
fixme:thread:NtQueryInformationThread info class 9 not supported yet
fixme:thread:NtQueryInformationThread info class 9 not supported yet
fixme:thread:NtQueryInformationThread info class 9 not supported yet
fixme:thread:NtQueryInformationThread info class 9 not supported yet
fixme:thread:NtQueryInformationThread info class 9 not supported yet
fixme:thread:NtQueryInformationThread info class 9 not supported yet
fixme:thread:NtQueryInformationThread info class 9 not supported yet
fixme:thread:NtQueryInformationThread info class 9 not supported yet
fixme:ntdll:NtQuerySystemInformation info_class SYSTEM_PROCESSOR_PERFORMANCE_INFORMATION
fixme:wininet:InternetGetConnectedState always returning LAN connection.
fixme:advapi:RegisterEventSourceW ((null),L".NET Runtime 2.0 Error Reporting"): stub
fixme:advapi:ReportEventW (0xcafe4242,0x0001,0x0000,0x000003e8,(nil),0x0008,0x000000f6,0x3009a1b4,0x7e3215d0): stub
err:eventlog:ReportEventW L"vpxclient.exe"
err:eventlog:ReportEventW L"2.5.0.64237"
err:eventlog:ReportEventW L"4993d5d3"
err:eventlog:ReportEventW L"mscorwks.dll"
err:eventlog:ReportEventW L"2.0.50727.42"
err:eventlog:ReportEventW L"4333e7ec"
err:eventlog:ReportEventW L"0"
err:eventlog:ReportEventW L"000b333f"
fixme:advapi:DeregisterEventSource (0xcafe4242) stub
fixme:thread:NtQueryInformationThread info class 9 not supported yet
fixme:thread:NtQueryInformationThread info class 9 not supported yet
fixme:thread:NtQueryInformationThread info class 9 not supported yet
fixme:thread:NtQueryInformationThread info class 9 not supported yet
fixme:thread:NtQueryInformationThread info class 9 not supported yet
fixme:thread:NtQueryInformationThread info class 9 not supported yet
fixme:thread:NtQueryInformationThread info class 9 not supported yet
fixme:thread:NtQueryInformationThread info class 9 not supported yet
fixme:thread:NtQueryInformationThread info class 9 not supported yet
fixme:thread:NtQueryInformationThread info class 9 not supported yet
fixme:thread:NtQueryInformationThread info class 9 not supported yet
fixme:ntdll:NtQuerySystemInformation info_class SYSTEM_PROCESSOR_PERFORMANCE_INFORMATION

A while after crashing, I also got this on my prompt (the window had already collapsed and I got the prompt back):

fixme:advapi:SetNamedSecurityInfoW L"c:\\windows\\PCHealth\\ErrorRep\\QSignoff" 1 -2147483644 (nil) (nil) 0x133c6c (nil)
err:ole:CoGetClassObject class {4e14fba2-2e22-11d1-9964-00c04fbbb345} not registered
err:ole:create_server class {4e14fba2-2e22-11d1-9964-00c04fbbb345} not registered
err:ole:CoGetClassObject no class object {4e14fba2-2e22-11d1-9964-00c04fbbb345} could be created for context 0x5

Thanks for helping!

Re: vmware infrastructure client on ubuntu … an update

asweemer — Sun, 17 May 2009 18:02:11 -0000

Can you send me the full error output? What version of Wine are you
running? And what distro / kernel version do you have?

Thanks,
Aaron <http://virtualinsanity.com/>

Re: vmware infrastructure client on ubuntu … an update

Rafael — Wed, 13 May 2009 09:53:03 -0000

Hey Aaron,

Thanks for the info! Unfortunately, even after doing what you suggested here, I'm still getting the same errors you were getting at this post http://www.virtualinsanity.com/index.php/2008/1...

I.e.:
fixme:thread:NtQueryInformationThread info class 9 not supported yet
fixme:ntdll:NtQuerySystemInformation info_class SYSTEM_PROCESSOR_PERFORMANCE_INFORMATION

And then the client just crashes.

Do you have any idea on what's missing?

Re: VCDX Admin Exam Notes – Section 1.2

Duncan — Tue, 12 May 2009 03:00:58 -0000

Good post and thanks for the compliments!!

Re: VCDX Admin Exam Notes – Section 1.2

Hany Michael — Tue, 12 May 2009 01:28:28 -0000

great post Aaron, I’d be interested to see more on the VCDX notes in the future!

Re: Thinking about upgrading to vSphere 4? It’s a no brainer.

asweemer — Mon, 04 May 2009 11:57:18 -0000

<http://virtualinsanity.com/>

They certainly make it easy :) Maybe I should try to trade the engineer
title for the title of account manager? hmmmm. Nah :)

Re: Thinking about upgrading to vSphere 4? It’s a no brainer.

Tom — Mon, 04 May 2009 11:42:59 -0000

2009 is a good year to be a VMware salesman, isn't it??

Re: vmware infrastructure client on ubuntu … an update

asweemer — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 06:36:14 -0000

LOL. Sounds good to me :)

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