February 10, 2010
Upgrading Power Management Firmware on HP Blades
It's Just Another Layer (Ian Koenig)
Thoughts from day 1 of the VMware Partner Exchange
The Virtual Storage Guy (Vaughn Stewart)
25 ways that Cisco UCS frees you to do other things
View Yonder (Steve Chambers)
February 09, 2010
Which LUN is Which?
How to Map a Drive within a ThinApp Packaged App
Karl Marx CIO
View Yonder (Steve Chambers)
Application efficiency in the Cloud
Virtually Insane? (Daniel Eason)
It appears that the mainstream adoption of Public…
by Daniel Eason (noreply@blogger.com) at February 09, 2010 10:06 PM
The Worlds #1 Virtualization Conference VMworld 2010 Announced
Punching Clouds
(Rawlinson Rivera
)
VMworld 2010 News – Talk to the experts
VMGuru.nl (Elsinga, Scholten, Weijdema)
Train Signal vSphere Pro Training Vol1
VMware vForum 2010: Photos - Interviews
NTPRO.NL (Eric Sloof)
Today I attended the VMware Virtualization Forum event in Nijkerk. It’s a free, interactive full day event where you could learn about virtual infrastructure from experts and industry analysts. I’ve met some good old friends and had a lot of fun. I’ve made some pictures and recorded a 15…
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Veeam Fast SCP now supports Windows 7 and 2008 R2
Events – Part 5 : Powered off for more than 1 week ?
LucD notes (Luc Dekens)
Partner Exchange 2010 Session TECHBC0320
blog.scottlowe.org (Scott Lowe)
This article was originally posted on blog.scottlowe.org. Visit the site for more information on virtualization, servers, storage, and other enterprise technologies.
Partner Exchange 2010…
Gabrie van Zanten about EMC's Avamar
NTPRO.NL (Eric Sloof)
Gabrie van Zanten about EMC's Avamar - EMC Avamar backup and recovery solutions utilize patented global data deduplication technology to identify redundant data at the source, minimizing backup data before it is sent over the LAN/WAN. With Avamar, you can achieve new levels of data reduction and…
Release: VMware vCenter Update Manager 4 Update 1 Patch 1
The VMguy (Dave Lawrence)
VMware is doing a great job of equating success in virtual servers to success in virtual desktops
Video Training on VMware View, ThinApp, Cisco Nexus 1000V, and PowerCLI
by David Davis, vExpert, VCP, CCIE 9369 at February 09, 2010 06:47 PM
Veeam FastSCP - Supports Win7 and Win2008R2
Technodrone (Maish Saidel-Keesing)
Last week I posted the link to the Beta release. Today Veeam announces the release of version 3.0.2 that now supports Windows 7 and Windows 2008 R2.
New Features
The following is a list of new features introduced in the Veeam FastSCP 3.0.2:
- Added support for Microsoft Windows 7 and…
by Maish (noreply@blogger.com) at February 09, 2010 06:47 PM
Citrix XenServer is now open source
virtualization.info (Alessandro Perilli)
Just in case you missed it, XenServer is now open source.
It’s confirmed by the Citrix CTO of Virtualization and Management division Simon Crosby, who answered a question about this topic on virtualization.info.
Citrix XenServer is a commercial implementation of the Xen open source…
by alessandro.perilli@virtualization.info (Alessandro Perilli) at February 09, 2010 06:44 PM
Train Signal Release New vSphere Training Product – VMware vSphere Pro Series, Vol 1.
TechHead (Simon Seagrave)
Cisco Nexus 1000V
Malaysia VMware Communities (Malaysia VMUG)
VMware in 2010: VMware to beef up HA/FT/DR Offerings (Part Two)
RTFM Education (Mike Laverick)
vSphere 4 Pro video learning course is out.
ESX Virtualization (Vladan Seget)
After VMware, Oracle too invests in application performance management
virtualization.info (Alessandro Perilli)
As soon as it received the green light to complete the Sun acquisition, Oracle moved on and acquired AmberPoint.
AmberPoint is a US company that offers application management and application performance measurement solutions.
It provides a real-time view into performance and runtime…
by alessandro.perilli@virtualization.info (Alessandro Perilli) at February 09, 2010 04:49 PM
PowerCLI: Return Datastore name by Canonical name
ICT-Freak.nl (Arne Fokkema)
VMware to beef up disaster recovery offerings, support Microsoft clustering in 2010?
VMware tips and tricks (SearchVMware.com)
Should I buy ThinPrint? Real-world numbers
Yellow Bricks
(Duncan Epping
)
KB 1013206
More details on Cisco OTV
virtualization stuff (Mark Mac Auley)
I was going to get into another layer and Jason did. I lifted this from his site (above):
What OTV does is that it allows you to connect two L2 domains that are separated by a L3 network. Basically,…
by Mark Mac Auley (identitystuff@gmail.com) at February 09, 2010 03:31 PM
Partner Exchange Day 2 – Monday (PTAB Day 2)
knudt blog (Brian Knudtson)
Day 2 of PTAB was based mostly around Desktop virtualization.
Though ThinApp is an awesome product, I have always thought that the application virtualization piece could use some work, especially packaging and deployment. We discussed some cool new ways of dealing with ThinApp that cover…by knudt.nospam@nospam.knudt.net (knudt) at February 09, 2010 03:23 PM
VMware PEX2010: Conference So Far. vExpert Meeting Info
VM /ETC (Rich Brambley)
Only have Basic Support? But I bought GOLD? - VMware Support name change
VMwareInfo.com (Carlo Costanzo)
[[More information after the jump - Visit…
by Carlo (noreply@blogger.com) at February 09, 2010 02:05 PM
WinXP Pro vs. Win7 Ultimate IOPS Footprint
DeinosCloud (Didier Pironet)
Leostream expands Connection Broker 6.3 for Xen and Sun VDI
InfoWorld Virtualization Report (David Marshall)
Companies are spending millions of dollars right now to try and convince customers that hosted virtual desktops (HVDs) or virtual desktop infrastructures (VDIs) are the way to go. Unfortunately, along with that messaging comes a great deal of confusion. And once you get beyond the confusion (or…
Community Lab – WE NEED YOUR HELP!
Daily Hypervisor (Sid Smith & Dave Convery)
ThinApp Error: GetFileAttributes for file…failed?
Thinstall Guru (Edwin Friesen)
PowerCLI: How many HBA’s ?
Virtu-Al (Alan Renouf)
The VMware Express (View on wheels)
That's My View (Christoph Dommermuth)
VMware Express announced… pretty cool
ESX Virtualization (Vladan Seget)
F5 Accelerates Long Distance vMotion
VMware PEX 2010 Kicks Off Today In The Cloudy Las Vegas
DoubleCloud
(Steve Jin
)
VMware View Hits The Road
Introducing the VMware Express: hands-on virtual desktops coming to your town
VMTN Blog
(Technical News
)
February 08, 2010
2nd APAC Virtualisation Roundtable – Wed 10/2/10 @ 9pm
myvirtualcloud.net (Andre Leibovici)
Book Review – VMware vSphere Implementation: Mike Laverick
PlanetVM (Tom Howarth)
LucD-2 here to help PowerShell self evolve
Virtu-Al (Alan Renouf)
VMware vSphere Pro Series Training Volume 1
NTPRO.NL (Eric Sloof)
TrainSignal has released (will release it officially tommorow) a new VMware video training product, the VMware vSphere Pro Series Training Volume I. This course is taught by three vExperts VCPs and it covers three distinct hot-topics in virtualization.
David Davis VMware View & ThinApp, VMware's…
Upgrading to a new PC in stages using VMware Converter
vinf.net (Simon Gallagher)
WinXP vs. Win2k3 vs. Win2k8 IOPS Footprint
DeinosCloud (Didier Pironet)
vSphere Security Hardening Guide script by @lamw
Yellow Bricks
(Duncan Epping
)
vSphere Enterprise. Want Plus with that?
VMwareInfo.com (Carlo Costanzo)
[[More information after the jump - Visit…
by Carlo (noreply@blogger.com) at February 08, 2010 04:09 PM
A glimpse of things to come? … PCoIP at 30,000 feet
Virtual Insanity
(Sweemer & Westrate
)
Cisco's OTV - Overlay Transport Virtualization
virtualization stuff (Mark Mac Auley)
The gist of it is: OTV is a new feature of the Nexus OS operating system that encapsulates Layer 2 Ethernet traffic within IP packets, allowing Ethernet traffic from a local area…
by Mark Mac Auley (identitystuff@gmail.com) at February 08, 2010 03:25 PM
VMware’s founder Diane Greene is back - UPDATED
virtualization.info (Alessandro Perilli)
In July 2008, the VMware Board of Directors voted to remove the founder Diane Greene as CEO of the company. Greene was offered another position that she declined, leaving the company that she created and led through one of the most impressive IPO in the IT history.
Two months after her…
by alessandro.perilli@virtualization.info (Alessandro Perilli) at February 08, 2010 02:57 PM
DynamicOps Delivers Automated, Space-Efficient Virtual Desktop Solution
Daily Hypervisor (Sid Smith & Dave Convery)
VMware workstation - Small Rant
Technodrone (Maish Saidel-Keesing)
Every now and again VMware releases an update for their products, among those are also VMware Workstation. I have a small issue with the whole thing.
Firstly, I must say this is only regarding those who are running Workstation on Windows - from what I hear this does not happen on on a Linux Host…
by Maish (noreply@blogger.com) at February 08, 2010 01:53 PM
Microsoft finally introduces Red Hat support in Linux Integrated Components for Hyper-V
virtualization.info (Alessandro Perilli)
At the end of January Microsoft silently updated its Linux Integrated Components package to version 2.0, introducing the long awaited support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) guest operating systems in Hyper-V.
Microsoft announced future support for Red Hat operating systems in…
by alessandro.perilli@virtualization.info (Alessandro Perilli) at February 08, 2010 01:46 PM
Release: Leostream Connection Broker 6.3
virtualization.info (Alessandro Perilli)
Leostream announces today a new minor version for its Connection Broker that arrives over five months after the 6.2 release.
In this update the company introduces a number of new features:
- support for the open source version of Xen (the one released by Xen.org)
- support for Sun…
by alessandro.perilli@virtualization.info (Alessandro Perilli) at February 08, 2010 01:29 PM
Paper: XenDesktop Modular Reference Architecture
virtualization.info (Alessandro Perilli)
A couple of weeks ago Citrix published a new architecture blueprint for its VDI platform XenDesktop.
The 38-pages document provides guidance to design scalable virtual desktop infrastructures based on Microsoft Windows Server 2008 and SQL Server 2005, Citrix Provisioning Server 5.1 and…
by alessandro.perilli@virtualization.info (Alessandro Perilli) at February 08, 2010 01:16 PM
Automated VM provisioning
Virtu-Al (Alan Renouf)
VMware loses its Regional Director in India
virtualization.info (Alessandro Perilli)
Last month VMware lost Ganesh Mahabala, its Regional Director for India and SAARC region, CRN reports.
Mahabala has worked in VMware for almost three years and now has joined the system integrator Valuepoint Systems.
This is the third major change in the Indian executive team that…
by alessandro.perilli@virtualization.info (Alessandro Perilli) at February 08, 2010 12:53 PM
dvSwitch scripting – Part 7 – Find portgroup/Change VLAN Id
LucD notes (Luc Dekens)
Overlay Transport Virtualization
Musings of Rodos (Rodney Haywood)
by Rodos (noreply@blogger.com) at February 08, 2010 12:12 PM
New upgrade webpage for ESXi 4 pushes us to the right direction?
ESX Virtualization (Vladan Seget)
Clearing a GUID Partition Table (GPT) in Linux
VirtualVCP (Rynardt Spies)
Learning the differences between vMA & rCLI
myvirtualcloud.net (Andre Leibovici)
Gestalt IT Tech Field Day – Boston
The SLOG (Simon Long)
Partner Exchange Day 1 – Sunday (PTAB Day 1)
knudt blog (Brian Knudtson)
VMware’s Partner Technical Advisory Board (PTAB) is an invite-only group of the top VMware partners (<2% of North American partners represented, but almost 50% of North America VMware partner revenue) that convene around VMWorld and PartnerExchange to discuss current and future VMware…
by knudt.nospam@nospam.knudt.net (knudt) at February 08, 2010 06:12 AM
February 07, 2010
New articles published for week ending 02/07/2010
VMware Knowledge Base Weekly Digest
Preferential Treatment for DPM Hosts
VMware Virtualization Evangelist (Jason Boche)
UCS Standard Technical Procedures
View Yonder (Steve Chambers)
Top 5 Planet V12n blog posts week 05
VMTN Blog
(Technical News
)
Building the SDK .NET Samples Using Visual Studio 2008
NTPRO.NL (Eric Sloof)
ntpro.nl - FlickriverOne of the first things I did after I signed-up for the Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) was downloading Visual Studio 2008. I’ve installed Visual Studio 2008 in a newly created Windows 2008 virtual machine and copied the vSphere Web Service SDK to the root of this VM.
Before…
VMware PEX2010: Night of Nines and Saturday Random Thoughts
VM /ETC (Rich Brambley)
How to migrate the vCenter database to Microsoft SQL Server 2008
NTPRO.NL (Eric Sloof)
The purpose of the SQL Server Import and Export Wizard…
Can You Express Your Love With VMware For Valentine’s Day?
DoubleCloud
(Steve Jin
)
Agentless and other Client options available for View4
myvirtualcloud.net (Andre Leibovici)
Automatically Generate Your Java Code With Onyx?
DoubleCloud
(Steve Jin
)
February 06, 2010
VMware Tools: Uninstall failed. Please correct the failure
ICT-Freak.nl (Arne Fokkema)
What kind of IT Gladiator are you?
View Yonder (Steve Chambers)
When I Quit my Job
Vittorio Viarengo's Blog
(Vittorio Viarengo
)
Virtual DR and VMware Site Recovery Manager (Part 1)
RTFM Education (Mike Laverick)
vSphere Hot Keys
The Future Is Now – The TouchTable
DeinosCloud (Didier Pironet)
The winners of the contest
ESX Virtualization (Vladan Seget)
Nicira network operating system
View Yonder (Steve Chambers)
The Mythical Sessions in vSphere and VI
DoubleCloud
(Steve Jin
)
LUN Masking at the VMkernel Level
Punching Clouds
(Rawlinson Rivera
)
VMware pvSCSI – When and when not to use it
Virtual Insanity
(Sweemer & Westrate
)
February 05, 2010
PowerCLI: Changing a VM IP Address with Invoke-VMScript
Virtu-Al (Alan Renouf)
Citrix answers VMware on virtual desktop density - UPDATED
virtualization.info (Alessandro Perilli)
At the end of January VMware revealed that is working to increase its virtual machines density up to 16 VMs per core, mostly for VDI environments. That is twice the average amount of VMs that customers seems able to accommodate today, and VMware suggested that this record depends on new …
by alessandro.perilli@virtualization.info (Alessandro Perilli) at February 05, 2010 08:18 PM
At Partner Exchange next week? Unlock the secrets of the vSphere API with “Project Onyx”!
esxcfg-module – Managing Modules – VCDX Prep
Professional VMware (Cody Bunch)
Your best PowerCLI script could win you $2,500 cash!
Installing PowerPath/VE using VMware Update Manager
VMtoday.com (Joshua Townsend)
The Essential Guide to Creating and Cloning Virtual Machine Images
How to completely uninstall VMware Fusion
VMware KBTV (VMware Knowledge Base Videos)
SAP Batch Job Performance on vSphere
VROOM!
(VMware Performance
)
Former VMware CEO re-emerges on virtualization scene: News in brief
VMware tips and tricks (SearchVMware.com)
Cisco Solutions for a VMware View 4.0 Environment Design Guide
View Yonder (Steve Chambers)
ESX vs. ESXi: Which VMware hypervisor is right for you?
VMware tips and tricks (SearchVMware.com)
by Editors, SearchServerVirtualization.com at February 05, 2010 03:59 PM
Manage VMFS File Systems Using the CLI – VCDX Prep
Professional VMware (Cody Bunch)
Cisco sells over 400 UCS systems and executives bullish on VCE
Musings of Rodos (Rodney Haywood)
by Rodos (noreply@blogger.com) at February 05, 2010 02:54 PM
Change is good : Fear & Atmosphere
Nickapedia (Nicholas Weaver)
VMware vMA Tweak – vmware-vima-netconf.pl
DeinosCloud (Didier Pironet)
Storage Masking?
Yellow Bricks
(Duncan Epping
)
Want to know more about the Cisco Nexus 1000V?
VMGuru.nl (Elsinga, Scholten, Weijdema)
You know how to collect diag information when your ESXi does PSOD?
ESX Virtualization (Vladan Seget)
Windows Azure may host virtual machines starting March
virtualization.info (Alessandro Perilli)
At the beginning of January Microsoft launched its Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) cloud computing offering: Windows Azure.
Despite the company’s Chief Architect Ray Ozzie said that Azure will be able to compete with Amazon EC2 and similar Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) clouds,…
by alessandro.perilli@virtualization.info (Alessandro Perilli) at February 05, 2010 10:57 AM
Cisco Nexus 1000V Switch Seminar Series
NTPRO.NL (Eric Sloof)
UCS local disk policy + some vBlock
Musings of Rodos (Rodney Haywood)
by Rodos (noreply@blogger.com) at February 05, 2010 08:31 AM
Customizing VMware Site Recovery Manager recovery plans with VMware PowerCLI scripts
RTFM Education (Mike Laverick)
Join me at the Dutch VMware VTSP4 Training
NTPRO.NL (Eric Sloof)
If you’re a VMware Partner, you should check if your company has completed all of the requirements necessary to remain at the Professional level in the VMware Partner Network.
Solution Provider Recently VMware introduced new benefits to best support your organization with a go-to market business…
4 Ways to WIN $2,500 Prize With vSphere Java API
DoubleCloud
(Steve Jin
)
Configure an NFS Datastore From the CLI – VCDX Prep
Professional VMware (Cody Bunch)
NetApp and VMware vSphere Storage Best Practices Book Update
The Virtual Storage Guy (Vaughn Stewart)
The Top 10 Storage Vendor Blogs
The Virtual Storage Guy (Vaughn Stewart)
Setting the ESX 3.5 Multi-Pathing Policy From the CLI
Professional VMware (Cody Bunch)
February 04, 2010
Licensing problems with VMware VIEW4
Gabe's Virtual World (Gabrie van Zanten)
Updating Opensolaris to latest development build
It's Just Another Layer (Ian Koenig)
Moving Lab Manager Datastores
blog.scottlowe.org (Scott Lowe)
This article was originally posted on blog.scottlowe.org. Visit the site for more information on virtualization, servers, storage, and other enterprise technologies.
…
Installing ESX 3.5 in VMware Fusion
Professional VMware (Cody Bunch)
The workplace in 2020
VMGuru.nl (Elsinga, Scholten, Weijdema)
Microsoft Azure Going “Down Stack,” Adding IaaS Capabilities. AWS/VMware WAR!
Rational Survivability (Chris Hoff)
PVSCSI and Low-IO Workloads
Pivot Point
(Scott Drummonds
)
Stateless Computing from Cisco UCS
Malaysia VMware Communities (Malaysia VMUG)
Customizing VMware Site Recovery Manager recovery plans with VMware PowerCLI scripts
VMware tips and tricks (SearchVMware.com)
VMware ESXi Scripting Contest
Mike D's Blog
(Mike DiPetrillo
)
Using IP-Based Storage with VMware vSphere on Cisco UCS
blog.scottlowe.org (Scott Lowe)
This article was originally posted on blog.scottlowe.org. Visit the site for more information on virtualization, servers, storage,…
Correcting KB articles
Dutch VMware vForum 2010
NTPRO.NL (Eric Sloof)
The VMware Virtualization Forum event is a free, interactive full day event where you will learn about virtual infrastructure from experts, industry analysts and companies like yours. No matter what your company size, there's a virtualization solution for you—from the desktop to the datacenter.…
Learn PowerCLI by video
Virtu-Al (Alan Renouf)
Xtravirt vSphere Client RDP Plug-in
NTPRO.NL (Eric Sloof)
Xtravirt is about to release another great tool; the vSphere Client RDP Plug-in. Last week Paul Davey has invited me to join the Xtravirt RDP Plug-in beta program. I was feeling very honored with his invitation and started performing some tests on their new RDP extension right away. I…
Paragon Software Makes 5,000 Copies of Virtual Machine Partition Manager Free for Download
VMBlog (David Marshall)
VMware vSphere Pro Series Training: View, ThinApp, Nexus 1000V, and PowerCLI!
HyperViZor (Hany Michael)
Chinwag with Mike… and Chris Dearden [Episode 01]
RTFM Education (Mike Laverick)
Real-World Security in a Virtual Infrastructure - Part 5
virtualization.info (Alessandro Perilli)
A number of things can be said about virtual appliances (VAs). For a start, they can be a powerful vector to quickly deploy applications without the burden of setting up a possibly complex environment, giving a kick-start to a project or testing new products in a timely fashion.
Virtual…
by noreply@blogger.com (Claudio Criscione) at February 04, 2010 09:30 AM
Is VMware about to acquire RTO Software?
virtualization.info (Alessandro Perilli)
In September 2009 VMware announced an OEM agreement with RTO Software to offer its Virtual Profiles product as part of View.
Virtual Profiles is a mandatory piece to manage the so-called persona (the user data and customization of the applications and the system environment) in a…
by alessandro.perilli@virtualization.info (Alessandro Perilli) at February 04, 2010 08:46 AM
Configure VMware ESX(i) Round Robin on EMC Storage
VMware Virtualization Evangelist (Jason Boche)
EMC Benchmarking Shenanigans
The Virtual Storage Guy (Vaughn Stewart)
The First Brown Bag VCDX Session is locked and loaded
PlanetVM (Tom Howarth)
Best practices for using VMware Converter
ESX Virtualization (Vladan Seget)
VMware Partner Exchange 2010: PTAB, Tweet Ups, And Vegas. Oh My!
VM /ETC (Rich Brambley)
Five Things you should know about VMware Certification – thanks @rickvanover
2 VCP's and a Truck (Jon Owings)
How to Package a NON-Executable File Such as a Document or Spreadsheet
NetApp #7 in Fortune's List of 100 Best Companies To Work For
The Virtual Storage Guy (Vaughn Stewart)
Introducing A Tiny Yet Powerful API to Manage and Automate vSphere
DoubleCloud
(Steve Jin
)
Where's Vaughn?
The Virtual Storage Guy (Vaughn Stewart)
vShield Zones Reviewer's Guide available
February 03, 2010
VMware View Launch Tour and Resource Updates
I am getting to play with App-V a little bit more. Part 3
PlanetVM (Tom Howarth)
Win an Apple iPad for you and your friends!
Yellow Bricks
(Duncan Epping
)
Data center transformation makes a difference
Blade Watch (Martin MacLeod)
vCenter PowerCLI Migration Script
Technodrone (Maish Saidel-Keesing)
As I promised in a previous post I wanted to migrate from a vCenter to whole new machine
Process was:
- Export folders
- Export VM locations in Folders
- Export Permissions
- Export Custom Attributes
- Create Folders on the new vCenter
- Disable DRS/HA
- Remove ESX hosts from Source vCenter and add to…
by Maish (noreply@blogger.com) at February 03, 2010 09:27 PM
HOWTO resign from an rPath rBuilder appliance
vizzr.info (osde.info)
Participate in a Citrix XenApp survey and win!
VMwareInfo.com (Carlo Costanzo)
[[More information after the jump - Visit…
by Carlo (noreply@blogger.com) at February 03, 2010 07:49 PM
How to change the IP address, hostname, and gateway of the Service Console in VMware ESX
VMware KBTV (VMware Knowledge Base Videos)
The Green IT shell game
virtualization stuff (Mark Mac Auley)
This morning I got my copy of eWeek and on the cover was a pointer…
by Mark Mac Auley (identitystuff@gmail.com) at February 03, 2010 06:57 PM
VCDX – Enterprise Admin Brown Bag the First – The CLI
Professional VMware (Cody Bunch)
VMware security: The administrator's ultimate resource guide
VMware tips and tricks (SearchVMware.com)
rPath rBuilder docs
vizzr.info (osde.info)
The date is set for the next Northern VMUG…
RTFM Education (Mike Laverick)
The VMware Infrastructure 3 Support Life Cycle Policy
DeinosCloud (Didier Pironet)
What is the Dell strategy for fabric computing?
virtualization.info (Alessandro Perilli)
As most virtualization.info readers know by now, Cisco is leading a new trend in computing architectures by pushing for datacenter-in-a-box solutions, where the entire computing stack is designed and integrated to work as a whole.
It is the Apple philosophy applied to the data center. Or a…
by alessandro.perilli@virtualization.info (Alessandro Perilli) at February 03, 2010 12:51 PM
The date is set for the next Northern VMUG
PlanetVM (Tom Howarth)
Differences between Windows Server 2008, SP2, and R2
Virtual Infrastructure Tips (Jakob Fabritius N¿rregaard)
by Jakob Fabritius Nørregaard (noreply@blogger.com) at February 03, 2010 12:05 PM
APAC Virtualisation Roundtable Podcast Off the Ground
myvirtualcloud.net (Andre Leibovici)
Vizioncore surpasses 19,000 customers
virtualization.info (Alessandro Perilli)
Yesterday Quest announced its Q4 2009 financial results, disclosing some details about its virtualization business performance and future plans.
The most important one is that its subsidiary Vizioncore had more than 19,000 customers at the end of 2009.
Another interesting point is…
by alessandro.perilli@virtualization.info (Alessandro Perilli) at February 03, 2010 11:12 AM
First APAC Virtualisation Roundtable Podcast
Musings of Rodos (Rodney Haywood)
There were quite a few people on the call, maybe around 20 with about 6 or 7 on voice and the rest on chat. Participants…
by Rodos (noreply@blogger.com) at February 03, 2010 11:07 AM
Will the Oracle-Sun merger prove a threat to VMware?
InfoWorld Virtualization Report (David Marshall)
After months of waiting, the European Commission has finally concluded its antitrust investigation of the Oracle/Sun acquisition, coming down on the side of Oracle and opening the door to the conclusion of its $7.4 billion deal. With that decision, Oracle was finally able to disclose its…
Sizing VMs and NUMA nodes
vSphere cluster: max 4 ESX hosts per “location” because of HA limitations?
virtualfuture.info (Huisman, Haverink, & Van Zanten)
My Cisco UCS system in the lab can't talk to anything
Musings of Rodos (Rodney Haywood)
by Rodos (noreply@blogger.com) at February 03, 2010 09:30 AM
VCE Coalition publishes Vblock reference architecture and implementation guide
virtualization.info (Alessandro Perilli)
The VMware | Cisco | EMC coalition is waiting for Acadia to start its business and begin the implementation, administration and delivery of their new datacenters-in-a-box.
Meanwhile the three companies prepare and publish key documents to understand how…
by alessandro.perilli@virtualization.info (Alessandro Perilli) at February 03, 2010 09:16 AM
PowerCLI: Match VM and Windows harddisks – Part 2
5 PowerCLI how-to videos for your viewing pleasure.
VM encapsulation purists - Really? Seriously?
Virtual Geek (Chad Sakac)
The ABCs of VDI: user perception = reality
By the Bell (Steve Kaplan)
Free RDP plug-in to manage your Virtual Infrastructure running under vSphere 4
ESX Virtualization (Vladan Seget)
Symantec suddenly stops selling Workspace Profiles. Does this mean VMware is acquiring RTO?
Addressing concerns about the “newness” of Cisco UCS
By the Bell (Steve Kaplan)
A Little Known Secret of vSphere Managed Object Browser
DoubleCloud
(Steve Jin
)
Microsoft Virtualization Event February 12th
Virtual Enthusiasm (Clint Eschberger)
The event will take place on Friday, February 12, 2010. It is a live event being simulcast to multiple locations. It will also be recorded and made available online a few days after the event. You do have to register to attend and to download the event.
All the details and registration are outlined…
by nospam@example.com (Clint Eschberger) at February 03, 2010 01:39 AM
VMware Customer Reception @ Sullivan’s In Baton Rouge 2/10 @ 5:00pm
Jase's Place (Jase McCarty)
How to fix PCoIP VRAM issue with PowerShell, t5545 supports PCoIP now
VM Junkie (Justin Emerson)
February 02, 2010
No VMware Tools Support? Reservations, Please.
New vSphere Manage for Performance Class
Punching Clouds
(Rawlinson Rivera
)
Optimize NFS settings for Celerra
Technodrone (Maish Saidel-Keesing)
In continuation to both Jason Boche's and Scott Lowe's excellent posts about the recommended Advanced Settings for ESX while using a Celerra NFS mount, and after Jase McCarty's post earlier regarding how to set the recommended settings for ESX and NetApp, I wanted to share with you my script for…
by Maish (noreply@blogger.com) at February 02, 2010 09:35 PM
VMFS Storage runs full and VMs are in an inconsistent state
NTPRO.NL (Eric Sloof)
Yes I know, don’t ignore alarms ;-) , when your VMFS fills up, one or more virtual machines will be labelled Pending and don’t run any further. You’ll also receive the following error.
msg.hbacommon.outofspace:There is no more space for virtual disk WXP-01.vmdk. You may be able to continue this…
Win $2500 with your 1337 VMware ESXi scripting skillz
VCritical
(Eric Gray
)
Cloud Computing Solution Provider – VMware
It's Just Another Layer (Ian Koenig)
Help us pick the “fifth vendor” in our VDI week
FastSCP 3.0.2.270 Beta
Technodrone (Maish Saidel-Keesing)
For all of you who have been waiting for a version that works on Windows 7 and on Windows Server 2008 R2 it is out. For those that do not know the current tool does not work correctly on Windows 7 or on Windows 2008 R2
As was posted on the Veeam Forums you download a Beta release here
There are…
by Maish (noreply@blogger.com) at February 02, 2010 03:43 PM
VMware at a glance: VMware outperforms Wall Street expectations; joins NetApp, Cisco in alliance
VMware tips and tricks (SearchVMware.com)
by Keith Kessinger, Assistant Editor at February 02, 2010 03:15 PM
Hyper-V to get memory overcommitment with the next Service Pack?
virtualization.info (Alessandro Perilli)
The capability to overcommit memory is an evident advantage that VMware has over competition.
Marketing departments, partners, and even customers engage endless debates about its value and usefulness in every scenario.
Microsoft has been particularly vocal in downplaying the…
by alessandro.perilli@virtualization.info (Alessandro Perilli) at February 02, 2010 03:10 PM
PowerCLI: NFS Settings for vSphere (NetApp NFS Recommendations)
Jase's Place (Jase McCarty)
E1000 and dropped rx packets
Yellow Bricks
(Duncan Epping
)
VMware SRM is it the right choice?
Daily Hypervisor (Sid Smith & Dave Convery)
Which rPath rBuilder is right for you ?
vizzr.info (osde.info)
TechTarget Acquires Mike Laverick's RTFM Virtualization Website
VMBlog (David Marshall)
Virtualization101 with Oracle User Group
myvirtualcloud.net (Andre Leibovici)
ESX vs. ESXi – Beyond the blogger opinion
myvirtualcloud.net (Andre Leibovici)
I am getting to play with App-V a little bit more. Part 2
PlanetVM (Tom Howarth)
New Version of RV tools from Rob de Veij
ESX Virtualization (Vladan Seget)
vmss2core: zero-configuration debugging tool for Virtual Machines
Debugging the Virtual World
(Slava Malyugin
)
The biggest difference between vmss2core and other debugging solutions is that it…
by Slava (noreply@blogger.com) at February 02, 2010 06:37 AM
Microsoft licensing for VDI made really simple
By the Bell (Steve Kaplan)
BriForum 2010, June 15-17 in Chicago. Registration now open.
Hello Dynamic Memory?
VCritical
(Eric Gray
)
Virtualizing Domino - Pt.1 - The Journey Begins
vSphere-land (Eric Siebert)
CO2: The Formula For A Successful Developer Ecosystem
DoubleCloud
(Steve Jin
)
A Virtually Physical Mindset
Virtual Enthusiasm (Clint Eschberger)
Through out the virtualization era that we are in the heart of as I write this, the supporting technology has grown at an amazing pace. When hypervisors first started to get a foothold in the data center not much was expected to change. It was a great way to consolidate systems that were wasting…
by nospam@example.com (Clint Eschberger) at February 02, 2010 01:58 AM
Ideal Software Licensing Model – Requirements Collection
It's Just Another Layer (Ian Koenig)
February 01, 2010
Vblock Reference Architecture, Deployment Guide and Provisioning Guide published
Virtual Geek (Chad Sakac)
PowerCLI: Working with events
Virtu-Al (Alan Renouf)
9 reasons why the whole Hyper-V vs ESX debate is a waste of time
virtualization.info (Alessandro Perilli)
Tracking the virtualization industry for more than six years (virtualization.info was launched in September 2003) has been a challenging, time-consuming and sometimes tiring task. But there always are fun moments.
The best ones come from the never ending skirmish between VMware and…
by alessandro.perilli@virtualization.info (Alessandro Perilli) at February 01, 2010 09:36 PM
VMware shops weigh ESX vs. ESXi
VMware tips and tricks (SearchVMware.com)
by Alex Barrett, News Director at February 01, 2010 08:43 PM
Cisco, NetApp and VMware collaborate to deliver next generation infrastructure
Blade Watch (Martin MacLeod)
Press Release: TechTarget acquires RTFM-ed.co.uk, a Leading UK Based Website in the Server Virtualization Market
RTFM Education (Mike Laverick)
Oracle-Sun Q&A with Jack Kaiser
Server Virtualization Blog (SearchServerVirtualization.com)
A look at VMware’s past acquisitions
virtualization.info (Alessandro Perilli)
Last week a report from The 451 Group ignited speculations about which company VMware may acquire next.
The list includes Terracotta, GenStone Systmes, MuleSoft, SOPERA, Heroku, Engine Yard, Skyway Software, Chordian Software.
The analysis firm even suggests that VMware may try…
by alessandro.perilli@virtualization.info (Alessandro Perilli) at February 01, 2010 04:03 PM
Is there a CLOUD Acronym beginning to emerge?
virtualization stuff (Mark Mac Auley)
It also got me thinking that CLOUD was not a form of computing, but an Acronym.
Completely
Ludicrous
Offerings of
…
by Mark Mac Auley (identitystuff@gmail.com) at February 01, 2010 03:31 PM
The myth of virtual machine consolidation ratios
RTFM Education (Mike Laverick)
Top 20 Articles for January 2010
VMware creates much needed vSphere 4 security hardening guide
InfoWorld Virtualization Report (David Marshall)
After nearly nine months since the announcement of VMware vSphere 4.0, VMware is finally making available a public draft copy of a security hardening guide that can be used to help securely deploy vSphere in a production environment -- with a focus on configuration of the virtualization…
esxtop precis updated to version 1.1
vReference (Forbes Guthrie)
I am getting to play with App-V a little bit more. Part 1
PlanetVM (Tom Howarth)
On the many limitations of (network) virtual appliances
virtualization.info (Alessandro Perilli)
At virtualization.info there’s a special skepticism about virtual appliances in their current form.
No less than three years ago we wrote about the shortcomings and hidden risks of this virtual machine incarnation.
A modular data center may certainly be in the future of IT, but in its…
by alessandro.perilli@virtualization.info (Alessandro Perilli) at February 01, 2010 12:58 PM
Release: VMware vCenter Lifecycle Manager 1.1
virtualization.info (Alessandro Perilli)
At the end of last week VMware updated its Lifecycle Manager product, reaching version 1.1 (build 227208).
The product has been in beta for over six months, but it doesn’t introduce any major new feature.
It’s primarily for performance enhancements, and comes with…
by alessandro.perilli@virtualization.info (Alessandro Perilli) at February 01, 2010 12:10 PM
Release: Liquidware Labs Stratosphere 4.5.3
virtualization.info (Alessandro Perilli)
Last week the startup Liquidware Labs updated its flagship product Stratosphere to version 4.5.3.
This minor update (version 4.5 came out in October 2009) just introduces a much welcome one-click assessment that produces a useful PowerPoint slidedeck.
To be honest the slides…
by alessandro.perilli@virtualization.info (Alessandro Perilli) at February 01, 2010 12:02 PM
Tool: Microsoft NVSPBind
virtualization.info (Alessandro Perilli)
As most readers know, Microsoft offers three Hyper-V editions: the one coming with the full version of Windows Server 2008 R2, the one included in a stripped down version of Windows called “Server Core”, and the stand-alone Hyper-V Server.
The Server Core edition of Windows lacks…
by alessandro.perilli@virtualization.info (Alessandro Perilli) at February 01, 2010 11:28 AM
APAC Virtualization Roundtable
The SLOG (Simon Long)
Hand me your pCard
Musings of Rodos (Rodney Haywood)
Do your applications have a pCard yet? Given the hopes of some industry people one day they may.
by Rodos (noreply@blogger.com) at February 01, 2010 10:57 AM
VMware VirtualCenter 2.5 Update 6
EMC and VMware SolutionTracks
Thinstall Guru (Edwin Friesen)
Use PVSCSI or not for lower intensive workloads
ESX Virtualization (Vladan Seget)
Next week: exclusive video interviews with Citrix's and VMware's desktop CTOs. What questions should I ask?
APAC Virtualization Roundtable
Musings of Rodos (Rodney Haywood)
The first one is on this Wednesday night at 9:00pm Sydney time.
If you are in APAC, or anywhere else you may want to join in.
http://www.talkshoe.com/tc/75046
Rodos
by Rodos (noreply@blogger.com) at February 01, 2010 06:21 AM
Top 5 Planet V12n blog posts week 03
VMTN Blog
(Technical News
)
1st APAC Virtualization Roundtable
Malaysia VMware Communities (Malaysia VMUG)
Common Mistakes Using VMware VI and vSphere SDK
DoubleCloud
(Steve Jin
)
Release: vCenter 2.5 Update 6
The VMguy (Dave Lawrence)
Tethering Monitor (or an exploration of python and dbus)
Wubble
(Philip Langdale
)
January 31, 2010
New articles published for week ending 01/31/2010
VMware Knowledge Base Weekly Digest
EMC Celerra Optimizations for VMware on NFS
blog.scottlowe.org (Scott Lowe)
This article was originally posted on blog.scottlowe.org. Visit the site for more information on virtualization, servers, storage, and other enterprise technologies.
EMC Celerra…
NFS performance gotcha: vmnic Autonegotiation, RX, & TX
Jase's Place (Jase McCarty)
vLogView by Xtravirt
A. Mikkelsen (Anders Mikkelsen)
Configuring Certificate Services on Windows 2008
PlanetVM (Tom Howarth)
Top 5 Planet V12n blog posts week 04
VMTN Blog
(Technical News
)
The word we all hate – Documentation
myvirtualcloud.net (Andre Leibovici)
Playing with PowerCLI
A. Mikkelsen (Anders Mikkelsen)
VMware Windows Perfmon counters missing in vSphere 4u1
Virtual Insanity
(Sweemer & Westrate
)
Passed the VCP-410 with a 481 score!
HyperViZor (Hany Michael)
Rack Your Home Lab With $8 IKEA Lack Tables
VM /ETC (Rich Brambley)
Where Are the Network Virtual Appliances? Hobbled By the Virtual Network, That’s Where…
Rational Survivability (Chris Hoff)
Technical Paper Review for January
The VMguy (Dave Lawrence)
Video: Cisco Unified Communication Manager 7.0
NTPRO.NL (Eric Sloof)
This is Jasjeet Singh's installation video of Cisco Unified Communication Manager 7.0 on VMware 1.0.1. This video is splitted into three parts.
RVTools 2.8
Yellow Bricks
(Duncan Epping
)
Managing your Hyper-V server remotely
David Davis, Virtualization Blogger (VirtualizationAdmin.com)
Release: VMware Workstation 7.0.1
The VMguy (Dave Lawrence)
Minor release update for VMware Workstation 7
ESX Virtualization (Vladan Seget)
1st APAC Virtualization Roundtable – Wed 3/2/10 @ 9pm
myvirtualcloud.net (Andre Leibovici)
Creating Ethernet VLANs on Catalyst Switches
NTPRO.NL (Eric Sloof)
Part 1 – The setup
This week I’ve received a test model of the Cisco Catalyst 2960G-8TC-L from the nice people over at Azlan, the Enterprise Division of Tech Data Corporation. The switch has 8 Ethernet 10/100/1000 ports, one of which is for dual-purpose, besides that it’s very compact in size…
New Releases from VMware
Technodrone (Maish Saidel-Keesing)
Workstation 7.0.1 - Release Notes
What's New
Workstation 7.0.1 is a maintenance release that resolves some known issues. This release of VMware Workstation adds the following new support:
New Support for 32-Bit and 64-Bit Operating Systems
This release provides support for the following host and…
January 30, 2010
VMware Workstation 7.0.1 Build 227600
That's My View (Christoph Dommermuth)
Event: SF Cloud Computing Club Meetup on Mar 16
DoubleCloud
(Steve Jin
)
If You Were An OEM Facing The Cloud What Would You Do?
VM /ETC (Rich Brambley)
HP LeftHand SRA Installation Error on Windows Server 2008
Punching Clouds
(Rawlinson Rivera
)
Hacking Exposed: Virtualization & Cloud Computing…Feedback Please
Rational Survivability (Chris Hoff)
MashSSL – An Excellent Idea You’ve Probably Never Heard Of…
Rational Survivability (Chris Hoff)
VirtualCenter 2.5 Update 6 Fixes Data Browser Large File Upload Error; Updates JRE And Apache Tomcat; Supports Firefox; Adds New OS Customizations
VM /ETC (Rich Brambley)
VMware Security Advisory – Advisory ID: VMSA-2009-0016.2
PlanetVM (Tom Howarth)
Force Remove VMware Tools and Manual Clean Up
VM /ETC (Rich Brambley)
VMware Security Advisory: Advisory ID: VMSA-2010-0002
PlanetVM (Tom Howarth)
Apple iPad announced, can it change daily operations?
VMGuru.nl (Elsinga, Scholten, Weijdema)
Enabling Jumbo Frames for VMware View on IP Storage Networks
myvirtualcloud.net (Andre Leibovici)
Top 10 VMware Knowledgebase Articles of 2009
David Davis, Virtualization Blogger (VirtualizationAdmin.com)
Top Virtualization Blogs of 2009
David Davis, Virtualization Blogger (VirtualizationAdmin.com)
Tune in to VMware TV
David Davis, Virtualization Blogger (VirtualizationAdmin.com)
Win a full blown license of WinX DVD Ripper
ESX Virtualization (Vladan Seget)
Converged Fabrics not a fad?
Virtual Enthusiasm (Clint Eschberger)
Good friend and former co-worker, Ken Oestreich, wrote an interesting article on his blog titled "If you think Converged Infrastructure & Fabrics are niche, guess again". He really gets into the facts about how big name companies like Cisco, HP, IBM, and Egenera are behind the technology and maybe…
by nospam@example.com (Clint Eschberger) at January 30, 2010 03:32 AM
Top 10 Best Practices Using VMware VI and vSphere SDK (part 2)
DoubleCloud
(Steve Jin
)
PowerCLI and the SDK – part 3 – Steve Jin’s best practices
LucD notes (Luc Dekens)
January 29, 2010
ibm.com developerworks cloud series
vizzr.info (osde.info)
The 6 Musts of Intelligent System Automation
vizzr.info (osde.info)
dvSwitch scripting – Part 6 – Private VLAN
LucD notes (Luc Dekens)
Blog Posts from Cycle 8 of the vSphere Blog Contest on ESXi
Winner of Cycle 8 on ESXi
Unified Computing System with Unified Storage
Malaysia VMware Communities (Malaysia VMUG)
Cisco NetApp VMware Announce First Secure Multi-Tenancy Solution
Malaysia VMware Communities (Malaysia VMUG)
Microsoft to modify the VECD licensing
virtualization.info (Alessandro Perilli)
An area where Microsoft doesn’t seem particularly active is the so-called virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI).
So far the company made just a few progresses, letting its partner Citrix dominate the scene and compete head to head with VMware.
Rather than on products, Microsoft is…
by alessandro.perilli@virtualization.info (Alessandro Perilli) at January 29, 2010 04:42 PM
VMware vCenter Lifecycle Manager (LCM) 1.1
Yellow Bricks
(Duncan Epping
)
Sun acquisition brings more Oracle virtualization options
VMware tips and tricks (SearchVMware.com)
by Editors, SearchServerVirtualization.com at January 29, 2010 03:40 PM
Release: VMware Lifecycle Manager 1.1
The VMguy (Dave Lawrence)
How to quickly discover a “VM to Resource Pool” mapping
VirtualKenneth's Blog (Kenneth van Ditmarsch)
Oracle VM 3.0 and VirtualBox roadmaps partially disclosed
virtualization.info (Alessandro Perilli)
A couple of days ago Oracle finally announced its Sun merger plan.
virtualization.info reported live about those parts of the announcement that are related to virtualization.
While the company highlighted its commitment to continue investing and offering the Sun virtualization…
by alessandro.perilli@virtualization.info (Alessandro Perilli) at January 29, 2010 10:39 AM
DroboPro – Thin Provisioning with VMware ESX and using RDMs
TechHead (Simon Seagrave)
