Eric Sloof - NTPRO.NL

esXpress, created a web based VMDK file descriptor file creator.

Ulli Hankeln over at sanbarrow.com also known as continuum created a nice little tool which recreates a VMDK descriptor file. When you end up with only a flat.vmdk this is a real nice tool. Ulli rulez :-).

Occasionally ESX VMs crash in such a way that the descriptor file of a vmdk gets lost.
If you ever need to recreate a descriptor from scratch but still have the *-flat.vmdk this little tool may come handy. Tool asks for a flat-file - like used by ESX 3 and Workstation. It ignores the CID and uses a bogus one. Output is named "newdescriptor.vmdk" - rename as needed.
Doesn't work for disks smaller than 1 Gb at the moment.

Oh dear I lost my descriptor

Via ICT-Freak

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Patrick Schneider created a PowerShell script which can be used to call the VMware Remote Console (VMware VMRC). If you have any questions for Patrick, you can reach him at s.patrick1982(nospam)@gmail.com

cmdlet New-VMRC {
            Param(
                        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true,ValueFromPipeline=$true,HelpMessage="VMs to process")]
                        [String]
                        $vms
            )
           
            $vm = Get-VM $vms
            if($vm.Count) {
                        Write-Output "Define only one host!"
                        break
            } else {
                        if ($vm.id) {
                                   $gvm = Get-View $vm.id
                        } else {
                                   Write-Output "No VM found"
                                   break
                        }
                        C:\Program Files\VMwareVMRC\vmware-vmrc.exe -h $vm.Host -m $gvm.Config.Files.VmPathName
            }
}

The new VMware Remote Console (VMware VMRC) allows accessing the virtual machine consoles independent of the Web-based management interface. In order to access VMware virtual machines, install VMware the VMRC application from VMware Virtual Server web interface or download VMware VMRC application for Windows from the Minicom web site.

ScummVM is a program which allows you to run certain classic graphical point-and-click adventure games, provided you already have their data files. The clever part about this: ScummVM just replaces the executables shipped with the games, allowing you to play them on systems for which they were never designed!

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Among the systems on which you can play those games are Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, Dreamcast, PocketPC, PalmOS, AmigaOS, BeOS, OS/2, PSP, PS2, SymbianOS and many more...