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If you try to connect to a VM’s console from the VI Client and receive something similar to: Unable to connect to the MKS: Failed to connect to server esx4.mydomain.com:903 Almost every time you see this it’s DNS. So check that first. Refer to this KB article too. For me, I knew it wasn’t DNS [...]

Just a little FYI.  If you aren’t paying attention when configuring your port-profiles which turn in to your VMware Port Groups the default maximum number of ports is 32.  If you try to add another server you’ll get the following error:
The resource vim.dvs.DistributedVirtualPort is not available in vim.dvs.DistributedVirtualPortgroupYourPortGroupHere.
It’s an easy fix.  Just go to the [...]

Interesting move by VMware to head-off some competition in the open source arena.  Yesterday they released an open source client to access virtual machines such as remote desktops.   It supports VDM 2.0, 2.1, and the new View 3.0.  The source is released under the LGPL (Lesser General Public License) which is not as restrictive as [...]