http://www.nickmattern.com Hosting Q & A Thu, 20 Nov 2008 03:40:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Gold Standard for Desktop Virtualization Just Got Better VMware® Workstation 6.5 provides the deepest OS support, best-in-class virtual machine architecture, the richest desktop user experience and an unmatched set of features to enhance productivity. InfoWorld says that VMware Workstation 6.5 is "the gold standard for desktop virtualization…truly a world-class product and ... http://www.nickmattern.com/vmware-workstation-65-released/ UPDATE: 10-07-08 :: I just received a comment from Bill Staples, a Microsoft Employee, who informs me that IIS7 indeed does support a URL rewrite, especially for WordPress.  Please see comments section below for URL.  Thanks Bill for setting the record straight.  Perhaps now would be a good time for ... http://www.nickmattern.com/iis-mod_rewrite-permalink-wordpress/ Follow-up from Paul Maritz on ESX / ESXi 3.5 Update 2 Hello, As many of you already know, on August 12, 2008, we experienced a code issue with the updated versions of ESX 3.5 and ESXi 3.5 (Update 2). The issue triggered a premature expiration of the product license, causing a range ... http://www.nickmattern.com/paul-maritz-on-esx-esxi/ FROM PCMAG.COM: Google announced Monday that it has been hard at work on an open-source browser known as Chrome, a beta version of which will be released in 100 countries on Tuesday. New features will included "isolated" tabs designed to prevent browser crashes and a more powerful JavaScript engine. "Why are we launching ... http://www.nickmattern.com/google-releases-open-source-chrome-browser/ ESX/ESXi 3.5 Update 2 Dear VMware Customer, We have re-issued the entire ESX/ESXi 3.5 Update 2 release (ISOs, upgrade tar and zip files, and patch bundles). They are available for download at http://www.vmware.com/download/. Please note this update is only relevant to customers who did not install the impacted release of ESX ... http://www.nickmattern.com/extremely-urgent-problem-with-esxesxi-35-update-2-fifth-update/ ESX/ESXi 3.5 Update 2 Dear VMware Customer, This message is to inform you that we are experiencing a delay in releasing the new version of ESX/ESXi 3.5 Update 2. Our testing of this release is taking longer than anticipated. We are now targeting to release the ... http://www.nickmattern.com/extremely-urgent-problem-with-esxesxi-35-update-2-fourth-update/ ESX/ESXi 3.5 Update 2 Dear VMware Customers, We have released the express patches for the product expiration issue. Please go to http://www.vmware.com/go/esxexpresspatches for download and KB articles. Since our last customer email we have completed our verification tests that the express patches we’ve released are fully compatible with the ... http://www.nickmattern.com/extremely-urgent-problem-with-esxesxi-35-update-2-%e2%80%93-third-update/ ESX/ESXi 3.5 Update 2 Dear VMware Customers, We have released the express patches for the product expiration issue. Please go to http://www.vmware.com/go/esxexpresspatches for more information. Problem: An issue has been discovered by many VMware customers and partners with ESX/ESXi 3.5 Update 2 where Virtual Machines fail to power on or VMotion successfully. This ... http://www.nickmattern.com/extremely-urgent-problem-with-esx-35-u2-and-esxi-u2-second-update/ Got this from VMWARE today: ESX/ESXi 3.5 Update 2 Dear VMware Customers, Please find the latest update about the product expiration issue. From this point on, we’ll provide an update every two hours. Thanks. Problem: An issue has been discovered by many VMware customers and partners with ESX/ESXi 3.5 Update 2 where Virtual Machines ... http://www.nickmattern.com/vmware-esxi-35-update-2/ In early July 2008, I purchased a Dell T105 small business server to host some simple single-page webs.  It was my intention to use it as a web front end server for 12-18 months, then demote it to a simple fileshare. Here is my review of the Dell T105 Server: Configuration: Dual-core AMD ... http://www.nickmattern.com/review-dell-t105-server/