{"id":12249,"date":"2012-03-16T19:26:15","date_gmt":"2012-03-16T19:26:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/?p=12249"},"modified":"2012-03-16T19:26:15","modified_gmt":"2012-03-16T19:26:15","slug":"hey-ken-hess-of-zdnet-youre-a-fud-feeding-fool-yes-vmware-release-fixes-too","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/?p=12249","title":{"rendered":"Hey Ken Hess of ZDNet; You\u2019re a FUD Feeding Fool! Yes, VMware Release Fixes Too"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019ve just read Dear Hyper-V fans, I\u2019ll take that apology now<\/a> by apparent VMware apologist Ken Hess on ZDNet.  I guess this fanboy who poses as a journalist is upset over the recent hypervisor vote on ZDNet where Hyper-V beat vSphere<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In his article, Hess says:<\/p>\n

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If you used VMware, you wouldn\u2019t have to reboot your vulnerable systems after patching for the RDP Worm today. Sure, you\u2019ll still have to patch all of your Windows VMs that ride on top of your VMware hosts but at least you don\u2019t have to patch and reboot the VMware host system.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Huh!  Strange that.  Is Hess saying that VMware never releases patches for vSphere<\/a>?  I think if you follow that link then you might find a different answer to that.  Or maybe the almighty VMware never have to release a security fix for vSphere?<\/a>  Woops, wrong again Kenny-boy.  Maybe vSphere security fixes don\u2019t require a host reboot? <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Host Reboot Required<\/strong> <\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Yes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Oh it appears they do.  <\/p>\n

OK, we don\u2019t have downtime for VMs then?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Virtual Machine Migration or Shutdown Required<\/strong><\/td>\nYes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Damn.  Ken must have seen something.  I know; patching vSphere must be easy just like it is for Hyper-V (where Automatic Updates, WSUS, System Center Configuration Manager, System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012, or Windows 8 Cluster Aware Update are all options):<\/p>\n

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ESXi hosts can be updated by manually downloading the patch ZIP file from the VMware download page and installing the VIB by using the esxcli software vib<\/tt> command. Additionally, the system can be updated using the image profile and the esxcli software profile<\/tt> command<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Dagnammit, that sounds like a lot of work to me.  At least the patch is probably small.<\/p>\n

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297.7 MB<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

OK, so is Ken Hess just a fill of it, so-called-journalist, FUD fool, or is he just an uneducated moron?  Hey real journalists, I respect your ability to report news fairly, but guys like this do your trade no good.  But I guess maybe Hess isn\u2019t a journalist.  <\/p>\n

Maybe he\u2019s a consultant or admin \u2013 I\u2019d sure hate to be his client or employer because it appears that Kenny-boy has never checked the vSphere site for patches.  The fact is that any complex piece of code requires bug fixes and security patches.  To deny that \u2026 well \u2026 to deny that makes you moron.<\/p>\n

Me wonders if Windows Server 8 Hyper-V has \u2018em scared? \"Winking<\/p>\n

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I\u2019ve just read Dear Hyper-V fans, I\u2019ll take that apology now by apparent VMware apologist Ken Hess on ZDNet.  I guess this fanboy who poses as a journalist is upset over the recent hypervisor vote on ZDNet where Hyper-V beat vSphere. In his article, Hess says: If you used VMware, you wouldn\u2019t have to reboot … Continue reading “Hey Ken Hess of ZDNet; You\u2019re a FUD Feeding Fool! Yes, VMware Release Fixes Too”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[181,103],"class_list":["post-12249","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-virtualisation","tag-hyper-v","tag-vmware"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12249","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12249"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12249\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12249"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}