Microsoft Convenience Update and VMware VMXNet3 Incompatibilities KB Article Updated
Earlier I shared the incompatibilities with VMXNet3 – bit.ly/1sQhHVi Looks like Microsoft KB was updated yesterday with a work around for the same Known issue 1 Symptoms A new Ethernet vNIC may be created with default settings in place of the previously existing vNIC, causing network issues. Any custom settings…
Microsoft Convenience Update and VMware VMXNet3 Incompatibilities
Microsoft recently released a “Convenience Update” patch for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1. This update has incompatibility issues with virtual machines running on the VMware vSphere virtualization platform. This incompatibility is confined to one specific configuration scenario – It impacts VMs that use the VMware VMXNet3 virtual…
Simplified VMware Certification Program Exam Registration Process
As of March 5th 2016 VMware and Pearson VUE have made system changes to simplify the certification exam registration process. You will now find that exam registration is a seamless experience when you log into your VMware MyLearn account. Just select the “Register Now” button or link while navigating through…
VMware vCenter 6.0 Installation
Creating System DSN Connection Following screen shots illustrates Creation of System DSN Connection to connect with remote Microsoft SQL Database which is already created by SQL admins. Ø Go to Start à Administrative Tools à Select Data Sources (ODBC) Ø Select System DSN Tab. Ø Click on Add Ø Select SQL…
VMware Builds and Update Levels
I found this very useful hence sharing it http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1014508&src=vmw_so_vex_mmakh_407 Version Release Date Build Number Installer Build Number ESXi 5.5 Patch 3 2014-10-15 2143827 N/A ESXi 5.5 Update 2 2014-09-09 2068190 N/A ESXi 5.5 Patch 2 2014-07-01 1892794 N/A ESXi 5.5 Express Patch 4 2014-06-11 1881737 N/A ESXi 5.5 Update 1a…