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VMware: five biggest challenges of server virtualisation

Although the benefits of virtualising x86 servers have been pushed relentlessly for the past five years or so, much less discussed have been the challenges involved in moving to a world where resources are pooled and everything is linked.

The complexity that such a scenario generates can have a knock-on effect on issues ranging from infrastructure and licensing to skills, which means that migrating to the new environment can end up being an expensive upfront proposition.

Link – http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/10/16/238145/vmware-five-biggest-challenges-of-server-virtualisation.htm

Running VMware vSphere Client on Windows 7

Many of you, like myself, have started running Windows 7 as their primary desktop OS and find it to be a massive improvement over Windows Vista on so many levels.

One of the very few inconveniences I have found with it, and this is not an bug or problem with Windows 7 itself, is the inability to run the VMware vSphere Client.

When attempting to run the client the following errors are received and you are unable to proceed any further:

How To – http://www.techhead.co.uk/running-vmware-vsphere-client-on-windows-7