installation – Virtualization, DBaaS & Whatever Crosses My Mind

vCloud Automation Center installation failure cleanup

magander — Tue, 26 Aug 2014 18:10:46 +0000

A few days ago i was asked to look into a failed vCloud Automation Center (vCAC) installation. The failing part was the Windows Server based vCAC Infrastructure as a Service component. I didn’t have access to the installation log file, which is normally saved in the vCAC IaaS virtual machine directory C:Program Files (x86)VMwarevCACServerConfigToolLog, so i really …

Annoying popup preventing me from installing software

magander — Tue, 01 Apr 2014 17:46:20 +0000

This post falls under the category “very annoying things that i usually ignore”. During the past weeks i have been installing vCloud Automation Center (vCAC) 6.0 several times for different customers and this afternoon was no different. This product is really taking off for the moment. Based on the Windows Server (used for the vCAC IaaS …

VMware Tools installation fails

magander — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 14:17:22 +0000

When trying to install the VMware Tools software in a virtual machine, using the typical option, i received the following error messages: The virtual machine was running Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 so i have successfully installed VMware Tools many times using the same virtual machine operating system. The virtual machine was running …