Crazy Error: VMware Infrastructure Web Service at “http://localhost:8222/sdk” is not responding

This morning, I had to add some patches to my VMWare server (yes, I need to move over to ESX), and needed to reboot. Upon bootup, when trying to get into the Virtual Infrastructure management console, I was presented with the ominus error message “The VMware Infrastructure Web Service at “http://localhost:8222/sdk” is not responding (Connection … Read more

SpringSource gets acquired by VMWare

Wow.. I did not see this one coming. Spring Framework has been the golden child of the Java community, often favoring their simple Inversion of Control (IoC) in favor of the more complex Java EE frameworks such as EJB. http://www.infoq.com/news/2009/08/vmware-springsource VMWare is the top dog in virtualization (Strongback is partner), so it looks like the … Read more

VMWare Server 2.0 …. very nice

I’ve been running VMware on my openSuse box for several months now. It has been rock solid and reasonably easy to use. This week, I took the liberty of upgrading to VMWare server 2.0. WOW! What a difference! The new console is SOOOO much better. I was able to move my old WinXP laptop to … Read more