Anyone following my tweets last night would know I installed Vista SP1 and VMware Server 1.0.5 last night.
While I was doing the Oracle workshops I didn’t really want to mess with my laptop much, but now I’m having a right good rummage.
The Windows Vista SP1 installation took about 45 minutes and didn’t report any problems. Since the install I’ve seen no problems. My AntiVirus software (AVG) works without complaint. My VPN software (Checkpoint) is happy as Larry. The box still talks to my Linux boxes and my NAS, which is a Linux appliance using Samba. So all in all it worked out OK, considering the various worry mongering going on in the press.
Remember, this is one laptop being used by a computer gumby. I’m not suggesting it’s safe for your whole organization to go Vista ans SP1. I just thought it was worth a mention.
While I was waiting for the SP1 installation I thought I’d give VMware Server 1.0.5 a go on my Linux (CentOS 5) server. It installed fine, and apart from having to update my VMware tools on each VM, everything ran as before. There doesn’t seem to be anything new compared to 1.0.4, probably just bug fixes, but I guess the big change will be when version 2.0 comes out of beta.
Once the SP1 installation was complete I put the new version of VMware Server on my laptop and it worked fine there also.
So it was a pretty successful evening, considering the devastation that could have resulted. 🙂
Cheers
Tim…