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Photon OS TP2, the open source small-footprint container runtime from VMware, gains several new features to help vSphere administrators deploy and manage: PXE boot, scripted install, and guest OS...

https://vcritical.com/2015/08/new-network-and-scripted-install-features-in-photon-os-tp2/

See why VMware vSphere with Virtual SAN delivers the best infrastructure for OpenStack environments. Continue reading → The post VMware Hyperconverged Infrastructure is the Best Stack to Back ...

https://vcritical.com/2014/06/vmware-hyperconverged-infrastructure-is-the-best-stack-to-back-openstack/

Include VMware Tools during Ubuntu PXE installs by adding a few lines to the preseed configuration. Continue reading → The post Automating VMware Tools install on Ubuntu 12.04 first appeared ...

https://vcritical.com/2013/07/automating-vmware-tools-install-on-ubuntu-12-04/

VMware vSphere 5 introduces a new license report for vRAM. Unfortunately, the report does not display properly when using the Linux-based vCenter Server Virtual Appliance until a small workaround...

https://vcritical.com/2011/08/vmware-vcenter-server-appliance-and-vram-reporting/

PXE is arguably the best way to install VMware ESXi or Linux and it also enables various Linux-based utilities. See how to configure Windows Deployment Services to coexist with a Linux PXE server...

https://vcritical.com/2011/06/peaceful-coexistence-wds-and-linux-pxe-servers/

SLES for VMware is an OEM version of Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server. VMware recently expanded the entitlement to this well-supported Linux distribution to nearly all vSphere customers. Conti...

https://vcritical.com/2011/02/sles-for-vmware-entitlement-expands-broadly/

Microsoft claims that Linux guests running on Hyper-V are fully supported -- find out what really happens when a customer tries to get help with a SLES VM. Continue reading → The post Does Mic...

https://vcritical.com/2010/10/does-microsoft-really-support-linux-on-hyper-v/

After cloning a Linux VM in vSphere, the network interface may be named eth1 instead of eth0. Learn how to change it in a snap. Continue reading → The post Getting eth0 back in a SLES for VMwa...

https://vcritical.com/2010/10/getting-eth0-back-in-a-sles-for-vmware-clone/

VMware Operating System Specific Packages (OSPs) are an alternative to the VMware Tools bundled with vSphere. Pre-built packages are available for SLES for VMware (SLES 11 SP1) and easy to instal...

https://vcritical.com/2010/09/installing-vmware-tools-osps-in-sles-for-vmware/

SLES for VMware is an enterprise-class Linux distribution suitable for any production workload and available for free to qualifying vSphere customers. Continue reading → The post SLES for VMwa...

https://vcritical.com/2010/09/sles-for-vmware-first-look/