29144 error upgrading VmWare Workstation

By Lux, on November 17th, 2019 VMware
vmware

I tried to upgrade VMware Workstation on Windows 10 from 15.5.0 to 15.5.1. As usual, the installer first removed the older version, and then installed the newer one. But it stopped with error code 29144 and rolled back the installation process. Which resulted in no Workstation version installed.

I tried the method I found
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About consistent backup of Veeam and vCenter DB

By Lux, on August 19th, 2012 VMware
vmware

I’m making tests with Veeam Backup & Replication v6.1. It is installed on my vCenter VM. I wanted to make sure to backup the vCenter and the Veeam DB in some consistent way. The first choice was VSS, but soon it turns out that it is not possibile
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ghettoVCB mail without netcat

By Lux, on December 21st, 2010 VMware
vmware

Patch for ghettoVCB that eliminates the need for netcat on ESX, and solves the “Improper use of SMTP command pipelining” error.
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