Category Archives: Java

Blogs about the Java programming language.

Automation Leveraging NSX REST API Guide

Posted on June 21, 2016 by Humair

I also published this blog post about automation leveraging the NSX REST API on the VMware NSX Network Virtualization Blog on June 21, 2016. The full blog post is provided below and can also be seen on the VMware NSX … Continue reading →

Posted in APIs/SDKs, Java, Labs, Networking, Perl, Programming Languages, Python, Technology, Virtualization and Cloud Computing, VMware, VMware, VMware NSX REST API | Tagged Ansible, automation, cloud management tools, cURL, Go, Java, Network Virtualization, NSX, NSX automation, NSX network virtualization, NSX REST API, NSX REST API Guide, NSX-V, perl, Postman, PowerShell, programming language frameworks, Python, REST Client, REST client libraries, VMware NSX, VMware NSX network virtualization, VMware NSX-V, VMware vRealize Orchestrator, VMware vRO, vRealize Orchestrator, vRO | Leave a comment

Mac OS X: Java – “Application Blocked by Security Settings” Solution

Posted on December 24, 2014 by Humair

Starting with Java 8 Update 20 (Java 8u20) and later versions the option to lower the security setting in the Java Console Panel to Medium has been removed. Prior, changing the setting to Medium would quickly resolve issues where certain … Continue reading →

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Eclipse IDE for Java EE Developers

Posted on April 20, 2013 by Humair

One of my favorite development tools at an unbelievably low price – FREE! Can’t get much better than that. Download ‘Eclipse IDE for Java EE Developers’ and give it a try. If you are not much of a Java/J2EE programmer, … Continue reading →

Posted in Applications, J2EE, Java, Perl, Programming Languages, Python, Technology | Tagged C, C IDE, coding, Eclipse, Eclipse 4.2, Eclipse 4.2 SR2, Eclipse Juno, Eclipse Juno 4.2, Eclipse Juno 4.2 SR2, eclipse.org, IDE, Java, Java IDE, Juno, Juno 4.2, Juno 4.2 SR2, perl, Perl IDE, Programming Languages, Python, Python IDE | Leave a comment

XenServer, Hyper-V, and ESXi – Architecture, API, and Coding

Posted on December 24, 2012 by Humair

Below is a link to the slide deck for a presentation I gave to some friends/colleagues for a Berkeley Virtualization and Cloud Computing certification course I took in early 2012. For my final project I did a XenServer, Hyper-V, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Citrix, Java, Microsoft, Networking, Personal Presentations, PowerShell, Programming Languages, Python, Tech Events, Technology, Virtualization and Cloud Computing, VMware | Tagged ESXi, humair, Humair Ahmed, Java, networking, PowerShell, Python, Tkinter, VI API, virtualization, vmware, vSphere, Xen, XenServer, XML-RPC | Leave a comment

Expanding the Java vSphere Client Code Example (HueVIClient 2.0 – Connecting to VMware ESXi)

Posted on February 27, 2012 by Humair

In a previous blog I demonstrated using the VMware VI (vSphere) Java API with VMware ESXi (see prior blog Using the VI Java API with VMware ESXi). I’ve decided to add to this code to provide further functionality and demonstrate … Continue reading →

Posted in Java, Programming Languages, Technology, Virtualization and Cloud Computing | Tagged ESXi, HueVIClient, HueVIClient 2.0, Java VI client, VI Client, VI Java API, vmware, VMware ESXi, VMware VI vSphere Java API, vSphere Client, vSphere Java API | 2 Comments

VMware VI SDK – guestOsId values (VirtualMachineGuestOsIdentifier)

Posted on October 18, 2011 by Humair

I was creating some Virtual Machines using the Java VI SDK and needed the respective values for the VirtualMachineGuestOsIdentifier (abbreviated by many as guestOsId). I realized many people are searching for this information but have trouble locating it simply because … Continue reading →

Posted in Java, Programming Languages, Virtualization and Cloud Computing | Tagged guest operating system, guest os, guestOsId, Java, Java VI SDK, VI SDK, virtual machine, virtual machines, VirtualMachineGuestOsIdentifier, VM, vmware | Leave a comment

How to install Flash, Python, and Java on Ubuntu 10.10

Posted on December 25, 2010 by Humair

Just some quick tips on how to install Flash, Python, and Java on Ubuntu 10.10. Flash and Python are pretty straight-forward. However, installing Java is slightly more complicated since Sun’s (now Oracle) Java 6 has been removed from the Ubuntu … Continue reading →

Posted in Flash, Java, Linux, Operating Systems, Programming Languages, Python, Technology, Ubuntu | Tagged Install Flash, Install Java, Install Python, Ubuntu 10.10 | 1 Comment

Using the VI Java API with VMware ESXi

Posted on October 20, 2010 by Humair

Earlier this year, when I first thought to test out the VI Java API, I estimated I would spend several hours learning the API just to write a simple test program. I was surprised when in less than two hours, … Continue reading →

Posted in Java, Programming Languages, Technology, Virtualization and Cloud Computing | Tagged ESX, ESXi, VI Java API, VI SDK, virtual machine, vmware | 5 Comments

Oracle – Running with Java

Posted on May 13, 2010 by Humair

Today at the “Bay Area JUG Roundup 2010” at Oracle’s office in Redwood City, I got my first glimpse into what the future of Java may be under Oracle. It was a fun event and a good sign that Oracle … Continue reading →

Posted in Bay Area JUG Roundup 2010, Java, Programming Languages, Tech Events, Technology | Tagged Bay Area JUG Roundup 2010, IBM, James Gosling, Java, JUG, Oracle, Sun, Sun Microsystems, Tiobe Index | Leave a comment

Terracotta: Delivering Scalability and Availability

Posted on November 9, 2008 by Humair

Last Monday I attended a fascinating Java developer meeting in San Francisco. Orion Letizi, co-founder of Terracotta, gave a demonstration of a way to deliver enterprise-grade scalability and availability using an open-source network-attached memory solution for Java.

Posted in Java, Programming Languages, Technology | Tagged caching, event, Java, Programming Languages, scalability, terracota | 1 Comment