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Aug 21, 2012
VirtualBox 4.1.20 Released
VirtualBox 4.1.20 Released !!! make sure to update your installation to get the latest bugfixes,! This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or added: VMM: fixed a crash under rare circumstances for VMs running without hardware virtualization VMM: fixed a code analysis bug for certain displacement instructions for VMs running without hardware virtualization VMM: fixed an... read more
Aug 16, 2012
Create VM’s from the Command Line with VirtualBox 4
In an earlier post on creating screenshots using vboxmanage command in VirtualBox. Building on using vboxmanage command I discovered that I could create and modify a VM at the command line. This is an awesome feature if you are always building and deleting VM’s for testing an other purposes. So in this post I want to cover how to create an modify a VM in VirtualBox from the command line. So... read more
Aug 8, 2012
Creating Virtualbox Screenshots with VBoxManage
As a system admin by day I am always documenting how something was done so that others can do it themselves and also as a blogger as well. Text is wonderful but sometimes pictures are much better at explaining. With Windows and Linux there are many point and click solutions like Snipping Tool (Windows 7), KSnapshot (KDE) and many others, but sometimes the command line is better and can be scripted. One... read more
Apr 22, 2012
Updating VMWare ESXi Hypervisor 5
Recently I built a VMWare ESXi Hypervisor 5 server for testing and learning purposes. As a good admin you must always patch and VMWare is no exception. First download and install VMWare vCLI from http://www.vmware.com/support/developer/vcli/. You must have an account on VMWare to download the products, the account is free. I will be using vCLI installed on Windows 7 x64 Professional, so the path maybe... read more
Apr 7, 2012
Installing and updating ESXi 5 VMtools with OSP
Recently I had the pleasure of building n ESXi Hypervisor 5 server. Server sprawl has taken over and the time has come to consolidate. The first VM’s to create are my web and database servers. After the build I was needing to install VMtools to get the full functionality on my CentOS / SL / RHEL 6 servers. There are several ways to do this but a way to add a repo and have it install updates when I... read more
