For those of you wanting to run Cisco Unified Communications Manager Business Edition (CUCMBE) on VMware for lab purposes. You’ll need this tip. As a reminder, VMware is not yet officially supported in production environments.

First of all, you need VMware ESXi 4.0. When you configure your virtual machine settings select Redhat Enterprise 4, 2vCPU, 6GB memory and 250GB drive. When you boot the VM from the CUCMBE ISO, you will then be allowed to install Cisco Unified Communications Manager Business Edition.

If you use the shipping (FCS) version of 7.1.2 or below, VMware works fine with 80GB HDD, 2GB RAM, 1vCPU.

Twitter-squatting? That’s low. I happen to be a Slingbox fan (although, I refuse to pay $30 for their iPhone app that only works on WiFi). Granted, the fact that it’s restricted to Wifi isn’t Slingmedia’s fault. But, the app’s usefulness is greatly diminished because I can only use it on Wifi and therefore it’s not worth $30.

Annnnnyway….I digress. This guy is an idiot. Jon B, do you own any trademarks to Slingbox? hint: owning a sling blade (some people call it a kaiser blade) doesn’t count. I hope you get what you deserve, jondoeb83@yahoo.com for your clever registration-squatting on Twitter: absolutely nothing.