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When are Windows patches happening? (Enterprise Admins)

Wed, 22 May 2013 20:55:51 +0000

As most people know, Microsoft releases patches on the second Tuesday of the month. In some organizations these patches are deployed to development, test and QA systems within a couple

How Laurens County Health Care System is Now Realizing 65% Decrease in Hardware Costs / Uptime in the 99.999% Range by Deploying Meditech in a Virtualized Environment (VMware for Small-Medium Business)

Wed, 22 May 2013 20:48:54 +0000

Post by Brandon Sweeney, Vice President U.S. Mid-Market Businesses Many midmarket organizations face challenges in equipping their IT infrastructure to support privacy and regulatory protocols and ensure consistent uptime, but those in the health care field have a unique challenge. … Continue…

Learning Points From PowerShell Scripting Games Event #3 (Jonathan Medd's Blog)

Wed, 22 May 2013 20:40:02 +0000

Event 3 for the PowerShell Scripting Games 2013 has closed, here are a few learning points I picked up on from entries submitted. 1) Filter to the left Some cmdlets in PowerShell have their own filtering capabilities, which can make queries of large data sets more efficient. However, not all…

Citrix Synergy 2013 Keynote (The VMguy)

Wed, 22 May 2013 20:16:42 +0000

The keynote kicked off this morning in Anaheim, CA at 10:08 local time. (My comments are in parenthesis) First up is Mark Templeton, CEO (while “Going Mobile” by The Who was played in the background). Mark kicks off by welcoming everyone to Synergy. He starts by reviewing Citrix Cloud…

Citrix Synergy Keynote Live Blog (blog.aarondelp.com)

noreply@blogger.com (Aaron Delp) — Wed, 22 May 2013 19:11:00 +0000

Well, access has proved to be an issue (general wireless saturated, I have TWO MiFi's that both wouldn't work) so I'm writing this offline and will publish ASAP. Usual Live Blog disclaimer, this is me typing as fast as possible, probably spelling and formatting errors, please forgive that.…

Under the Covers of a Distributed Virtual Computing Platform – Part 3: Metadata (IT Blood Pressure)

Wed, 22 May 2013 17:36:31 +0000

Part 1 was the overview of the magic of the Nutanix Distributed File System(NDFS). Part 2 was an overview of Zookeeper in regards maintaining configuration across a distributed cluster built for virtual workloads. Part 3 is the reason why Nutanix can scale to infinity, a distributed metadata layer…

School Testing: The Next Generation (VMware End User Computing)

Wed, 22 May 2013 17:00:36 +0000

by Geoffrey Murase, Solutions Marketing for End-User Computing When I was in elementary school, each year, we were administered a standardized test called the “California Test of Basic Skills” or CTBS. This test involved using “number 2” pencils and filling … Continue reading →

Virtualization Security for the IT Guy–Courtesy of the New England VTUG (VMware vSphere Blog)

Wed, 22 May 2013 16:08:14 +0000

Here in Technical Marketing at VMware, we are fortunate to be able to regularly speak to members of the virtualization community at various events. One of those events is the newly formed VTUG. VTUG is short for Virtualization Technology Users … Continue reading →

Locating your VMware Workstation serial number (VMware KBTV)

Wed, 22 May 2013 15:18:00 +0000

Ever wondered how to locate your VMware Workstation serial number after the software has been installed on your machine? We present you with a new video today, geared towards users of our VMware Workstation product. The serial number is listed … Continue reading →

PowerCLI – Analyze a Cluster to Move VMs to a Resource Pool (That... Could be a Problem...)

Wed, 22 May 2013 15:05:50 +0000

After someone deployed a bunch of VMs, we let them know about the Resource Pool they were supposed to be deployed to. Oops. To correct this, and to avoid a couple hours of dragging and dropping VMs into a resource pool, I was able to create a script that detects if a VM is outside of a Resource Pool…

Is flash the saviour of Software Defined Storage? (Yellow Bricks)

Wed, 22 May 2013 15:01:10 +0000

I have this search column open on twitter with the term “software defined storage”. One thing that kept popping up in the last couple of days was a tweet from various IBM people around how SDS will change flash. Or let me quote the tweet: “What does software-defined storage mean for the…

VMware Tools For Apple Mac OS X Guests? (virtuallyGhetto)

noreply@blogger.com (William Lam) — Wed, 22 May 2013 15:18:46 +0000

With the release of vSphere 5, virtualizing Apple Mac OS X as a guest OS was possible and fully supported from VMware. To do so, you would need to be run ESXi on Apple hardware either the now deprecated Apple XServe 3.1 or an Apple Mac Pro. A comment that came up yesterday on Twitter was that VMware…

VMware Storage Futures Video – Courtesy of VMUG Italia (VMware vSphere Blog)

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:13:27 +0000

I mentioned last month that I would be presenting at the Italian VMUG event in Milan. Well, the VMUG guys recorded the session, so if you are interesting in seeing me talking about some of the cool storage projects we … Continue reading →

Veeam Backup & Replication 7: some thoughts about the new licensing (vuemuer.it)

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:00:11 +0000

TweetAmong the news arrived from Veeam in the last days about their flagship product Backup & Replication, many of you had probably noted among all the informations that there will be a new version of the product, named Enterprise Plus. Added to Standard and Enterprise, Veeam now has a total of…

An interview with VMware Cloud Automation Center Guru Zack Kielich (NTPRO.NL)

nospam@example.com (Eric Sloof) — Wed, 22 May 2013 13:48:00 +0000

<img>With the upcoming release of VMware Cloud Automation Center 5.2 on the horizon, I had the opportunity to ask Zack Kielich who works at a Senior Systems Engineer at VMware, a few questions.

Q: Hi Zack, you've recently launched the website vCACTeam.info. Is this website officially a…

Live blog of the Citrix Synergy 2013 LA opening keynote, today at 10am PST, 1pm EST, 6pm GMT (Brian Madden Blog)

Wed, 22 May 2013 13:45:00 +0000

Citrix Synergy is taking place in Los Angeles this week, and Mark Templeton's opening keynote kicks off today at 10am local time. (Use this link to see the time in your own local time zone .) As in previous years, the keynote video will be streamed live...(read more)<img><img>

Tips for avoiding Citrix Printer Spooler issues (VMwareInfo.com)

noreply@blogger.com (Carlo Costanzo) — Wed, 22 May 2013 14:18:00 +0000

By Jacques Bensimon

The most important rule I can suggest is that, when adding a printer driver to a print server, use to the extent possible a native Windows driver. The sequence is as follows:

Printer(1) Using the Print Management console (preferable) or the printer folder’s “Server…

Cloudera Gets More Cloudy: Partners and Certifies CDH4 on vSphere (VMware vFabric Blog)

Wed, 22 May 2013 13:00:10 +0000

Today, we are excited to welcome Cloudera officially to the VMware family. VMware and Cloudera have entered into a partnership agreement that is meant to help users of Cloudera’s Hadoop distribution, CDH4, to run in the cloud. As part of … Continue reading →

Why Nutanix is getting traction & how it works? (IT Blood Pressure)

Wed, 22 May 2013 12:33:17 +0000

Software Defined Data Center Analytics (Virtualization Practice)

Wed, 22 May 2013 12:16:47 +0000

Software Defined Data Center Analytics will play a critical role in keeping your SDDC up and running with acceptable performance. Multiple real time data feeds used across a variety of management solutions represent the only viable method to keeping up with the rate of change in the SDDC.

Related…

#vBrownBag Follow-up How I learned to love the CSR with Jim Millard (@millardjk) (Professional VMware)

Wed, 22 May 2013 11:58:18 +0000

Jim Millard talks certificates, what they are, why you need them and why you should love them. How I learned to love the CSR with Jim Millard (@millardjk) ProfessionalVMware #vBrownBag US from ProfessionalVMware on Vimeo.

New Google Maps (Zsoldier's Tech Blog)

noreply@blogger.com (Chris Nakagaki) — Wed, 22 May 2013 12:32:08 +0000

I just received my invite to the new Google Maps. It is everything as advertised in their promo video embedded below:

The only real downside is it's speed right now. I'm used to google maps being real snappy, but what I'm exploring right now is painfully slow. I assume the reason is their…

Showcasing Virtual Datacenter Capacity using vCenter Operations Manager Dashboards. (vXpress)

noreply@blogger.com (Sunny Dua) — Wed, 22 May 2013 11:34:57 +0000

A few months back, I wrote about the capabilities of vCenter Operations Manager around Capacity Management in this article - vCenter Operations Manager - Solving Performance, Capacity and Configuration Problems!!. With this article I wanted to take a step further and showcase how you can use…

vCloud Connector 2.0 and SSL Certificate Replacement (Tom Fojta's Blog)

Wed, 22 May 2013 09:25:35 +0000

In my previous post about vCloud Connector I went through the various data flows and also explained that it is necessary to have SSL enabled both on the vCC Server and vCC nodes. It is possible to use self-signed certificates or also it is possible to upload via vCC Server/Node VAMI GUI (Virtual…

DELL EqualLogic SAN Headquarters v2.6 released (Virtual Bits & Bytes)

Wed, 22 May 2013 08:51:13 +0000

DELL released a new SAN Headquarters version, this is an update towards the v2.5 release which is dated back to December 2012. SAN Headquarters 2.6 supports PS Series firmware version 5.0 or higher. SAN Headquarters enables you to monitor multiple PS Series groups from a single graphical interface.…

Foglight for Virtualization – New Free Tool from Dell for Multi Hypervisors Environments (ESX Virtualization)

Wed, 22 May 2013 08:30:32 +0000

Dell has just released updated free tool for virtual infrastructure called Foglight for Virtualization. It’s a known tool to my readers previously called vOps Server Explorer and which contains already 5 different Free utilities to give you an overview of overall activity of your virtual…

Microsoft Certified Solutions Master (MCSM) (vInfrastructure Blog)

Wed, 22 May 2013 08:30:30 +0000

According with the official web site, the “old” Microsoft Certified Master (MCM) certification level has recently been renamed in Microsoft Certified Solutions Master (MCSM). The reason is to align MCSA, MCSE, MCSD, and MCSM into a common naming scheme. The existing MCM certifications are…

Cool Tool: Foglight for Virtualization Free Edition (Virtual Clouds)

Wed, 22 May 2013 08:00:30 +0000

Not really a new tool. Former Quest and VKernel technologies merge within Foglight for Virtualization Free Edition a bunch of cool tools that are bundled together in a new name: Foglight for Virtualization. and yes, the FREE edition. Foglight for Virtualization Free Edition is a fully configured…

VMUG for Germany west (Schwalbach am Taunus) (BasRaayman's technical diatribe)

Wed, 22 May 2013 07:53:05 +0000

Just a small reminder for the people that live in my area. On Friday, June 7th, the German VMware User Group (VMUG) west will be meeting up at the EMC office in Schwalbach (click here for a PDF with the address and route). In case you don’t know what the VMUG is for, here’s a […]

You CAN be a SFD4 delegate (VDI Cloud)

Wed, 22 May 2013 07:26:45 +0000

During Storage Field Day 3 Stephen Foskett (the man behind GestaltIT and the Tech Field Days) asked the delegates the question how we’d become the IT-pro’s we are today and how we became Storage Field Day Delegates. When you look at the video you’ll notice all delegates began their IT careers…

vCHS: Stop Thinking About Building a Cloud, Start Thinking About How to Consume It (IT 2.0)

Wed, 22 May 2013 07:05:03 +0000

Today (technically it’s still 11:59 PM Pacific Time) VMware announced the vCloud Hybrid Service (aka vCHS).

I have been keeping an eye on how this idea developed internally for a certain amount of time. I have been more closely involved since December last year when I participated in some…

New weekly show: HP Tech Talk with SDRNews (Around the Storage Block)

Wed, 22 May 2013 06:04:10 +0000

mza_599987174910224137_170x170-75.jpgI've worked with Andy McCaskey (SDRNews.com) as an independent blogger (focused on video blogging and web shows) for several years. I actually met Andy at the first event I went to when I started my blogging role and that was the predecessor to HP Discover, HP…

New free tool Snapshot Explorer added to Foglight for Virtualization toolkit (VMGuru.nl)

Wed, 22 May 2013 06:02:18 +0000

Snapshot Explorer completes Dell’s Free Utility Toolbox for Virtual Machine Administrators. Detect all snapshots, including orphaned snapshots, to avoid problems with performance and capacity with this 6th utility which got added today! Foglight for Virtualization was formerly know under the name…

Cool Tool - Snapshot Explorer - Foglight for Virtualization Free Edition (NTPRO.NL)

nospam@example.com (Eric Sloof) — Wed, 22 May 2013 05:59:00 +0000

Virtual machine snapshots preserve the entire state of a running VM at a particular point in time. While the snapshot is active, all changes to the VM are captured in one or more delta disks. If they stay active too long, however, the delta files become too large and create problems with performance…

Foglight for Virtualization, Free Edition 6.5.2 (Adventures in a Virtual World)

Wed, 22 May 2013 05:41:05 +0000

Today, Dell released Foglight for Virtualization, Free Edition 6.5.2. The vOPS Server products have been rebranded to the Foglight product line. Foglight for Virtualization, Free Edition is the new name for: vOPS Server Explorer. Foglight for Virtualization, Standard Edition is the new name for:…

EUC Tip 85: GPU Pairing with View 5.2 (IT Blood Pressure)

Wed, 22 May 2013 05:04:36 +0000

Just like pairing a fine cheese with the perfect side to please the senses and your appetite, you must do the same for your new GPU with View 5.2. For your GPU users you want to match the MaxAppFrameRate with the PCoIP frame rate. If your GPU is rendering a workload higher than the PCoIP…
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VMware reveal the vCloud Hybrid service (vInfrastructure Blog)

Wed, 22 May 2013 04:00:10 +0000

With the event of the 21 May, VMware (with Pat Gelsinger, CEO, Carl Eschenbach, COO and Bill Fathers, GM, Hybrid Cloud Services) has announced a new vCloud Hybrid service. Built on the foundation of VMware vSphere and leveraging VMware’s software-defined data center technologies, vCloud Hybrid…

ViPR or Vapor: The Software-Defined Storage saga continues (Around the Storage Block)

Wed, 22 May 2013 00:45:07 +0000

VSA_Savings.jpgThe topic of Software-Defined Storage (SDS) got hotter this week with vendor announcements and claims of “World’s First SDS” product. World’s first, really? In order to claim anything a product must be code complete, known to work and at the very least have aknown GA date. I…

vCloud Hybrid Service Offering Extends Your Software-Defined Data Center (Wahl Network)

Tue, 21 May 2013 23:30:18 +0000

I’m spending the day at VMware’s beautiful Palo Alto campus headquarters to attend and discuss the launch of their new vCloud Hybrid Service offering. Both Pat Gelsinger, CEO, and Bill Fathers, GM, Hybrid Cloud Services are giving the press, users, investors, and even many of their employees a…

Release: Dell Foglight for Virtualization, free edition 6.5.2 (virtualization.info)

Tue, 21 May 2013 22:56:13 +0000

Dell today announced the release of version 6.5.2 of Foglight for Virtualization, free edition. Foglight for Virtualization was known as vOPS Server Explorer, for which virtualization.info covered the release of...

VMware announces more information about vCloud Hybrid Services (virtualization.info)

Tue, 21 May 2013 22:18:47 +0000

In March this year cloudcomputing.info reported that VMware was set to announce the vCloud Hybrid Service. vCloud Hybrid Service provides Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) from the cloud providing a...

Beating the SPoF out of VMware monitoring with SCOM 2012 & Veeam MP 6 (J.F.V.I.)

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:30:48 +0000

If there is one thing that all VMware monitoring solutions have in common , it is a connection to vCenter. The vCenter Web Service is a single point of contact between the outside world and the key performance API’s. What you do with that data once you have collected it varies from application to…

Hot storage trends that will transform your data center (Around the Storage Block)

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:08:45 +0000

On Wednesday, I will be hosting (well, I should say introducing) another webcast, this time with our VP and Chief Technologist Milan Shetti. Milan lives in New Hampshire and as they say in New England is "wicked smart". His webcast is titled "Hot storage trends that will transform your…

Learning NVP, Part 1: High-Level Architecture (blog.scottlowe.org)

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:01:51 +0000

This is the first in a series of posts in which I'll share my experiences learning the Nicira Network Virtualization Platform (NVP).

This article was originally posted on blog.scottlowe.org. Visit the site for more information on virtualization, servers, storage, and other enterprise technologies.

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VMware Unveils vCloud Hybrid Cloud Service, Enters IaaS Market (Petri IT Knowledgebase)

Tue, 21 May 2013 20:48:11 +0000

VMware takes the wraps off their vCloud Hybrid Service, a cloud IaaS offering designed to compete with similar services from Amazon and Microsoft.

VMware’s vCloud Hybrid Service – Defy Convention (Virtually Prepared)

Tue, 21 May 2013 20:46:22 +0000

Tuning into the announcement earlier today from VMware it was interesting to hear what in actual fact was a reality check to the current Cloud service providers. Before I pass opinion (and it’s my opinion only) let’s just summarise what’s been announced. Nutshell In a nutshell, VMware are…

VMware vC Ops Tech Tip: Configuring the Microsoft SCOM Adapter (VMware TV)

Tue, 21 May 2013 20:27:58 +0000

	VMware vC Ops Tech Tip: Configuring the Microsoft SCOM Adapter vC Ops Tech Tip: Overview of how to configure a Microsoft SCOM adapter instance in a vCenter Operations Manager vApp installation. For more vC Ops Tech Tips ...	From: VMware TV Views: 0 1 ratings
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HELP! This product is no longer licensed (Adventures in a Virtual World)

Tue, 21 May 2013 20:19:25 +0000

Like a lot of people in the VMware community, I have a home lab. A few reasons to operate a home lab are: To evaluate new products. I do not like to advise products to customers, I have not seen and tried myself. To install and configure products to learn and prepare for certification. To […]

New Technical White Paper - How To Troubleshoot vSphere 5.x Performance Issues Using vCenter Operations (NTPRO.NL)

nospam@example.com (Eric Sloof) — Tue, 21 May 2013 20:12:47 +0000

<img>Performance problems can arise in any computing environment. Complex application behaviors, changing demands, and shared infrastructure can lead to problems arising in previously stable environments. Troubleshooting performance problems requires an understanding of the interactions…

Question of the Week: VCP5-DCV (VMware Education & Certification Blog)

Tue, 21 May 2013 19:00:52 +0000

This week’s “Question of the Week” comes from the VMware Certified Professional 5-Data Center Virtualization (VCP5-DCV) Official Study Guide. Which of the following can prevent a host from seeing LUNs that are on a storage processor to which it is … Continue reading →

Create OrgNetworks in vCloud Director 5.1 with PowerCLI (vSential)

Tue, 21 May 2013 19:00:24 +0000

So I know I haven’t posted in a little while anything truly useful…well, hopefully, that changes with this one. I was approached by a colleague with a need for creating OrgNetworks with PowerCLI. Knowing that things changed from earlier versions when you could create new OrgNetworks with…

Planning Hyper-V Virtual Machine Storage (Petri IT Knowledgebase)

Tue, 21 May 2013 19:00:18 +0000

Discover the many considerations when configuring storage for a Hyper-V virtual machine.

Storage DRS: A general system error occurred: Failed to start disk migrations. (Zsoldier's Tech Blog)

noreply@blogger.com (Chris Nakagaki) — Tue, 21 May 2013 19:42:01 +0000

Summary:
I've recently started putting together datastore clusters and implementing storage DRS. The error above does not lead to a obvious conclusion.

Observation:
In the case of a "Recent Task" named "Execute Storage vMotion for Storage DRS" and error "A general system error occurred: Failed to…

An Introduction to VMware vCloud Hybrid Service (Think©Loud)

Tue, 21 May 2013 18:40:34 +0000

VMware vC Ops Tech Tip: Making Attribute Packages and Setting Key Performance Indicators (VMware TV)

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:32:54 +0000

	VMware vC Ops Tech Tip: Making Attribute Packages and Setting Key Performance Indicators vC Ops Tech Tip: Overview of how to manage attribute packages and set KPI's using the vCenter Operations Manager custom UI. For more vC Ops Tech Tips visit h...	From: VMware TV Views: 0 1 ratings
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VMware vC Ops Tech Tip: Downloading and Installing an Adapter (VMware TV)

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:31:43 +0000

	VMware vC Ops Tech Tip: Downloading and Installing an Adapter vC Ops Tech Tip: Overview of how to download and install an adapter for a vCenter Operations Manager vApp installation. For more vC Ops Tech Tips visit http:...	From: VMware TV Views: 0 1 ratings
	Time: 03:09	More in Science &…

VMware vC Ops Tech Tip: Creating and Assigning Resource Tags (VMware TV)

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:31:25 +0000

	VMware vC Ops Tech Tip: Creating and Assigning Resource Tags vC Ops Tech Tip: Overview of how to create resource tags using the vCenter Operations Manager custom UI. For more vC Ops Tech Tips visit http://www.youtube.c...	From: VMware TV Views: 1 1 ratings
	Time: 03:28	More in Science &…

VMware vC Ops Tech Tip: Configuring an Adapter Instance (VMware TV)

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:30:43 +0000

	VMware vC Ops Tech Tip: Configuring an Adapter Instance vC Ops Tech Tip: Overview of how to configure an adapter instance in a vCenter Operations Manager vApp installation. For more vC Ops Tech Tips visit http://w...	From: VMware TV Views: 0 1 ratings
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VMware vC Ops Tech Tip: Building a Dashboard for a Virtual Infrastructure Administrator (VMware TV)

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:29:05 +0000

	VMware vC Ops Tech Tip: Building a Dashboard for a Virtual Infrastructure Administrator vC Ops Tech Tip: Overview of how to create an dashboard for a Virtual Infrastructure (VI) Admin using the custom UI in vCenter Operations Manager. For more v...	From: VMware TV Views: 1 2 ratings
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VMware vC Ops Tech Tip: Building a Dashboard for an Executive User (VMware TV)

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:27:18 +0000

	VMware vC Ops Tech Tip: Building a Dashboard for an Executive User vC Ops Tech Tip: Overview of how to create an dashboard for an executive user (CEO) using the custom UI in vCenter Operations Manager. For more vC Ops Tech T...	From: VMware TV Views: 7 1 ratings
	Time: 05:12	More in Science &…

VMware vC Ops Tech Tip: Building a Dashboard for an Application Owner (VMware TV)

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:25:31 +0000

	VMware vC Ops Tech Tip: Building a Dashboard for an Application Owner vC Ops Tech Tip: Overview of how to create an dashboard for an application owner using the custom UI in vCenter Operations Manager. For more vC Ops Tech Tips...	From: VMware TV Views: 1 1 ratings
	Time: 04:00	More in …

VMware vC Ops Tech Tip: Creating Applications (VMware TV)

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:07:29 +0000

	VMware vC Ops Tech Tip: Creating Applications vC Ops Tech Tip: Overview of how to create an application using the vCenter Operations Manager custom UI. For more vC Ops Tech Tips visit http://www.youtube....	From: VMware TV Views: 5 1 ratings
	Time: 03:46	More in Science & Technology

Introducing vCloud Hybrid Service (VMware vCloud Blog)

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:05:08 +0000

By: Bill Fathers, GM, Hybrid Cloud Services A public cloud without compromise. Today it becomes reality. We are excited to unveil vCloud Hybrid Service, an infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) cloud built and operated by VMware that will enable our customers to achieve the … Continue reading →

Moving to Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) (VMware TV)

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:41:25 +0000

	Moving to Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) Bill Fathers, VMware Senior Vice President and General Manager, Hybrid Cloud BU, discusses VMware's move to IaaS.	From: VMware TV Views: 17 0 ratings
	Time: 02:53	More in Science & Technology

Hybrid Application Deployment: VMware vCloud Hybrid Service (VMware TV)

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:41:08 +0000

	Hybrid Application Deployment: VMware vCloud Hybrid Service In this short video, see how we can easily take advantage of compatible, scalable production-ready cloud infrastructure to stretch the deployment of a multi-...	From: VMware TV Views: 97 2 ratings
	Time: 03:20	More in Science &…

An Introduction to VMware vCloud Hybrid Service (VMware TV)

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:40:56 +0000

	An Introduction to VMware vCloud Hybrid Service Watch Greg Herzog, Consulting Architect, Field Services, white board the basics of VMware vCloud Hybrid Service.	From: VMware TV Views: 198 2 ratings
	Time: 03:01	More in Science & Technology

Network Connectivity and Virtual Appliances - vCloud Hybrid Service (VMware TV)

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:40:38 +0000

	Network Connectivity and Virtual Appliances - vCloud Hybrid Service Watch Greg Herzog, Consulting Architect, Field Services, white board network connectivity and virtual appliances.	From: VMware TV Views: 60 0 ratings
	Time: 02:52	More in Science & Technology

Creating a Fault-Tolerant Three-Tier Application - vCloud Hybrid Service (VMware TV)

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:40:24 +0000

	Creating a Fault-Tolerant Three-Tier Application - vCloud Hybrid Service Watch Greg Herzog, Consulting Architect, Field Services, white board creating a fault tolerant 3-tier application.	From: VMware TV Views: 140 1 ratings
	Time: 03:02	More in Science & Technology

City of Melrose Accommodates for Future Growth with vCloud Hybrid Service (VMware TV)

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:40:06 +0000

	City of Melrose Accommodates for Future Growth with vCloud Hybrid Service The City of Melrose values the interoperability, performance, and security that VMware vCloud Hybrid Service provides on a platform that is 100% compatible w...	From: VMware TV Views: 84 2 ratings
	Time: 02:49	More in …

Planview Growing New Business in the Cloud with vCloud Hybrid Service (VMware TV)

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:39:48 +0000

	Planview Growing New Business in the Cloud with vCloud Hybrid Service Planview is looking at VMware vCloud Hybrid Service to offload backup and infrastructure management so they can focus on developing their SaaS products.	From: VMware TV Views: 70 0 ratings
	Time: 02:47	More in Science &…

More Virtualization Benefits: Taking Advantage of Your vSphere Host Profile Feature (VMware for Small-Medium Business)

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:31:46 +0000

by Kevin Lubojacky, VMware SE, Mid-Market Team vSphere Host Profiles are an often overlooked valuable feature for virtualized environments. Whether your environment is growing rapidly and adding hosts has become a management nightmare, or there have been too many cooks … Continue reading →

Tough Metro vMotion requirements make for a dream infrastructure (VMware tips and tricks)

brian.knudtson@vitalsite.com (Brian Knudtson() — Tue, 21 May 2013 16:04:17 +0000

VMware's Metro vMotion requirements for networking, storage and vCenter keep live VM migration between data centers just a dream for most IT shops.

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Virtualize SAP – Risky or Not? (VMware Consulting Blog)

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:30:04 +0000

By Girish Manmadkar, VMWare Professional Services Consultant In years past, some IT managers were not ready to talk about virtualizing SAP due to technical and political reasons. The picture is very different today, in part because of the increased emphasis … Continue reading →

vCloud PowerCLI scripts (virtual-blog.com)

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:07:36 +0000

I have started to create this page to collate the number of growing vCloud PowerCLI scripts available. It is designed to make it easy for you to find the scripts you are looking for. If you have any scripts published on your blogs or know of any useful scripts, please leave a comment and I will…

A Look Inside vCloud Hybrid Service (Office of the CTO Blogs)

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:00:58 +0000

Today we unveiled vCloud Hybrid Service – A VMware-owned and operated public cloud designed to help our customers seamlessly extend their private cloud resources beyond the data center . Now that I’m able to talk about the service , let me pull back the curtain on part of the architecture and…

Securing a virtual DMZ environment using vCloud Networking and Security – Free PDF from VMware (ESX Virtualization)

Tue, 21 May 2013 13:58:57 +0000

Securing the DMZ with VMware vCloud® Networking and Security™New technical PDF from VMware which helps with a design of a DMZ by using software protection that comes with VMware vSphere. By using the vCloud Networking and Security (vCNS). The vCNS is a product bundled with VMware vSphere (from…

VMware vCenter Standalone Converter 5.1: now supporting Server 2012, Windows 8 & more (running-system.com)

Tue, 21 May 2013 13:14:00 +0000

About one month ago a new VMware vCenter Converter Standalone was released. You will find the release note for build 1087880 here, respectively you can download the Converter Standalone SDK 5.1 from here. In contrast to the past it is only available in English. The new version has some interesting…

EMC ViPR as a Part of a SDDC (Virtualization Practice)

Tue, 21 May 2013 13:00:11 +0000

At EMC World 2013, EMC announced ViPR as the answer to storage within the software defined data center. ViPR presents multiple types of storage while segmenting the control plane from the data plane. In addition, ViPR is a head end, fronting traditional storage arrays as an automation and control…

VMware Communities Roundtable Podcast – Show Notes 231 – vCloud Automation Center (VMTN Blog)

Tue, 21 May 2013 12:36:42 +0000

Hosts Mike Gordon Laverick, VMware @Mike_Laverick Guests Adam Bohle, VMware @adambohle News VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger to unveil vCloud Hybrid Service May 21st Central Ohio VMUG User Conference Philadelphia VMUG User Conference Flipboard users – Three cool magazines – consider subscribing … …

SSL Certificate Automation Tool version 1.0.1 (VMware KBTV)

Tue, 21 May 2013 12:36:08 +0000

Last month we announced a new SSL Certificate Automation tool to help everyone with the implementation of custom certificates. Yesterday, we released the second version of it (version 1.0.1). This is a minor update which aims to simplify the replacement of … Continue reading →

VMware Workstation & Fusion Technology Preview 2013 (Technodrone)

noreply@blogger.com (Maish Saidel-Keesing) — Tue, 21 May 2013 13:16:50 +0000

VMware have just released a new public beta for VMware Workstation

The VMware Workstation team is providing public access to the VMware Workstation Technology Preview to gather feedback from users on a wide range of hardware and software configurations. The VMware Workstation Technology Preview…

News: VMware Announces the vCloud Hybrid Service (Virtualization Practice)

Tue, 21 May 2013 11:00:43 +0000

VMware has announced the vCloud Hybrid Service. Now you can buy hybrid and public cloud services directly from VMware. This dramatically simplifies the offering and the support chain giving customers one throat to choke.

How to migrate backups from VDR to VDP (ESX Virtualization)

Tue, 21 May 2013 09:55:06 +0000

VDR-vdpWhen VMware vSphere Data Protection has been launched last year, there is now a way to migrate the backups made with vSphere Data Recovery (VDR). VMware moved forward since then and provides a tool for migrating the VDR restore points into VDP. The tool is built into the latest version of…

Veeam Backup & Replication v7 – Two new features! (Default Reasoning)

Tue, 21 May 2013 09:24:52 +0000

As the countdown to Veeam Backup & Replication version 7 continues, Veeam released two additional new features that will be included in version 7. Built-in WAN Acceleration – Built-in WAN Acceleration, which was developed by Veeam and optimized specifically for Veeam backups, copies data to…

DMZ Design with vCloud Network and Security (Think©Loud)

Tue, 21 May 2013 08:15:04 +0000

“If you can create it with physical devices, you can build it in your own vCloud”. That’s something I always tell my customers when advising on VMware vCloud. Same goes for VMware vCloud Network and Security, which in my opinion hasn’t shown its full potential to customer yet.…

New Technical White Paper - Securing the DMZ with VMware vCloud Networking and Security (NTPRO.NL)

nospam@example.com (Eric Sloof) — Tue, 21 May 2013 06:30:26 +0000

This paper demonstrates how securing a virtual DMZ environment using VMware vCloud Networking and Security can help your organization reduce capital expenditure and increase agility, while building a cloud-ready, secure and scalable environment for business applications. It also highlights the…

VMware to announce Hybrid vCloud Service availability (viktorious.nl)

Tue, 21 May 2013 05:59:21 +0000

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I just popped into this webpage which I wanted to share: VMware will announce its hybrid vCloud service on May 21 10:00 PDT. Pat Gelsinger (VMware's CEO) and Bill Fathers (General Manager Hybrid Cloud Services) will host an on-line session which you attend for free. More…

VMTurbo Virtual Health Monitor (vInfrastructure Blog)

Tue, 21 May 2013 05:00:23 +0000

VMTurbo are releasing (on the 15th May) their Virtual Health Monitor, a successor to their former Community Edition. Virtual Health Monitor offers free monitoring and reporting to provide an important capability for understanding the health and performance of a virtualized environment. Their…

HP 3PAR peer persistence: peering into the persisting world of 3PAR (Around the Storage Block)

Tue, 21 May 2013 03:33:27 +0000

By Andre Carpenter, @andrecarpenter, Consulting Solutions Architect, HP Enterprise Group

Andre_Carpenter.jpgAs you may or may not know, HP 3PAR boasts a sexy array-based software feature set. You’ve probably heard me rave on about it in other posts and podcasts I have done. I’ve worn this…

We’re talking flash: the basics on flash-optimized storage (Around the Storage Block)

Tue, 21 May 2013 01:38:52 +0000

By Priyadarshi (Pd), Sr. Product Manager, HP 3PAR Storage

Pd - Copy.jpgI have to say I’m excited to be kicking off this blog series focused on flash-optimized storage. To help introduce me to you, Calvin and I first recorded a quick podcast. Give it a listen: I talk a little bit about my…

A Brief History of Desktop Storage Architecture (myvirtualcloud.net)

Tue, 21 May 2013 01:07:51 +0000

My VMware colleague Tristan Tod (@tristantodd) put together an excellent presentation about VDI and related storage technologies. One of my favorite parts of his presentation deck was the “A Brief History of Desktop Storage Architecture”, wich in my personal opinion is extremely valuable…

4 VDI Success Tips from an Insider (Virtualization Review Blogs)

Mon, 20 May 2013 23:25:09 +0000

Time has been our greatest teacher and has taught us some valuable lessons as far as what works in virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI).

Download DMZ Design and Deployment Guide (VMware vSphere Blog)

Mon, 20 May 2013 23:00:34 +0000

I am happy to announce the availability of the VMware vCloud Networking and Security – DMZ Design and Deployment Guide. This paper highlights how securing a virtual DMZ environment using vCloud Networking and Security can be a strategic enabler to … Continue reading →

Veeam Back-up & Replication v7 (VMGuru.nl)

Mon, 20 May 2013 20:49:02 +0000

Today Veeam announced 2 more secret features of their new and improved version of Veeam Backup & Replication, version v7.0. The ‘Back-up from storage snapshots’ and ‘Build-in WAN Acceleration’ features now complete the list of 9 new features. The new version now contains the following new…

Adding Another Aspect of Agility into the CIO’s Toolkit (VMware Accelerate)

Mon, 20 May 2013 19:39:44 +0000

AUTHOR: Padmaja Vrudhula Tomorrow VMware announces the launch of the VMware vCloud® Hybrid Service™ — a true hybrid cloud solution connecting and integrating on-site and off-site IT environments through a common management platform with a design that ensures all (new … Continue reading →

Quick Review: VCDX Boot Camp- Preparing for the VCDX Panel Defense (vSamurai)

Mon, 20 May 2013 19:30:50 +0000

As a candidate preparing for the VCDX, I appreciate any material which makes the certification prep easier or saves time. I especially appreciate technical content and guidance from those in the know, i.e. current VCDX holders! As such, I jumped at the chance to pick up a copy of John, Ben, and…

Change Outlook Meetings En Masse (Technodrone)

noreply@blogger.com (Maish Saidel-Keesing) — Mon, 20 May 2013 20:06:18 +0000

I had my mailbox migrated to a new domain today. One of the side effects of this was that for silly reason, a large number of my meetings now had a prefix of Copy: added to the subject of the meeting.

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Which annoyed the hell out of me.

Now I could go ahead and remove all the extra information…

Updated VMware Horizon View Visio Shapes Stencil (VMtoday.com)

Mon, 20 May 2013 18:43:47 +0000

It’s been about 9 months since I published my own set of Visio shapes for VMware vSphere and Horizon View. The VMware Visio stencils have been quite popular, with the pages that host them seeing more than 37,000 page views since I first published them. I’ve since updated both stencils with…

Understanding VMware vSphere 5.1 Storage DRS (Think©Loud)

Mon, 20 May 2013 18:24:45 +0000

Unfortunately @FrankDenneman will be leaving VMware to join PernixData. But before leaving us he has written een excellent whitepaper on Storage DRS. If you want to know in depth what Storage DRS is all about : Read this whitepaper!

Reaching Common Ground When Defining Services – Join Us For #CloudOpsChat! (VMware Cloud Ops Blog)

Mon, 20 May 2013 16:00:50 +0000

An optimized service definition process can make or break the success of hybrid clouds or Software-Defined Data Centers (SDDC). But even if you have tools and processes in place to enable automated provisioning, you still need key stakeholder agreement on … Continue reading →

NetApp has now introduced its VMware AlwaysOn Point of Care™ reference architecture built for healthcare (VMware End User Computing)

Mon, 20 May 2013 16:00:46 +0000

by Monty Zarrouk, Product Marketing at NetApp How will this improve patient care? VMware® AlwaysOn Point of Care™ architecture helps solve customers’ problems by providing ready access to patient information from any terminal or mobile device. This allows clinicians to … Continue reading →

Publisher Error In Your Favor (VMware Virtualization Evangelist)

Mon, 20 May 2013 15:58:30 +0000

I’m not promoting this on Twitter – Let’s see who actually reads my blog on a Monday morning or at least still employs RSS technology. A short while ago, I received on my doorstep a copy of Scott Lowe’s Mastering VMware vSphere 5. I’ve already got my own copy and I’d like to make sure…

EMC ViPR Overview (VMtoday.com)

Mon, 20 May 2013 15:11:12 +0000

EMC showed off ViPR (previously known as Project Bourne) at EMC World 2013. ViPR is EMC’s solution for Software Defined Storage (SDS), helping to round out the EMC² family’s (EMC, VMware, Pivotal, RSA) Software Defined Data Center (SDDC) vision. Dave provided our introductory coverage of ViPR…

Veeam announces 2 additional Backup & Replication v7 features! (Virtual Bits & Bytes)

Mon, 20 May 2013 15:00:59 +0000

The cat is finally out of the bag. Veeam has already announced 7 features for their upcoming release in Q3. They have been teasing everyone with 2 additional features whom nobody would ever guess. It was kept a secret for a long time but they finally announced them! WAN replication for Backup Copy…

vExperts Weekly Digest – May 20th 2013 (Thankfully the RAID saved us.)

Mon, 20 May 2013 14:36:25 +0000

SLOG published the VMware Horizon View Technical White Papers, BriForum overviews from the UK, EMC ViPR, and a bunch of stuff from the new Veeam release. Not to mention a ton of other stuff that you would want to view.

Passed the VCP5-DT Exam! (Virtual Langer)

Mon, 20 May 2013 14:30:48 +0000

Last Friday morning I sat and successfully passed VMware’s VCP5 Desktop exam (VCP5-DT). VMware states that the exam is “Directed toward Virtualization Systems Engineers who seek to demonstrate their ability to install and configure VMware View environment and enable View Client users.” This…

Book Review: VCP5 Study Guide (vDestination)

Mon, 20 May 2013 14:19:56 +0000

Have you thought about studying for the VCP-510 exam? Do you want to be VCP5-DCV certified? Finding a good study guide can really get you off on the right foot. The VCP5 Study Guide by Brian Atkinson is just that book. Chock full of great information on every exam objective, this book will give you…

VCP-IaaS: Exam Resources (Jonathan Medd's Blog)

Mon, 20 May 2013 14:17:05 +0000

I recently passed the VCP-IaaS exam and thought I would share the resources I used in case it is useful for anyone else. This is the exam which gives those already certified as VCP on vSphere, the VCP-Cloud certification. 1) I took the VMware vCloud Director: Install, Configure, Manage [V5.1]…

VMware KB Digest – New Articles Published for Week Ending 5/18/13 (VMware Tips)

Mon, 20 May 2013 14:04:20 +0000

In our effort to provide our viewers with up to the minute information on VMware related news and topics, we’re posting the following list of new KB Entries for this week, direct from VMware Support. VMware Data Recovery Migrating restore points from VMware Data Recovery to vSphere Data Protection…

Veeam Backup & Replication 7: I nailed both top secret features! (vuemuer.it)

Mon, 20 May 2013 13:25:45 +0000

TweetHave you even wondered how it felt to foresee the future like Cassandra? Well, last week I felt a little bit like her… You are going to find in the next few days many articles about the new features of Veeam Backup & Replication 7, kept secret until today. I would like to tell you…

Patching VMware Virtual Appliances Using vamicli (virtuallyGhetto)

noreply@blogger.com (William Lam) — Mon, 20 May 2013 14:22:07 +0000

Last week I wrote an article about creating offline update repository for VMware virtual appliances and demonstrating the use of the VAMI web interface for updating and upgrading a VMware virtual appliance. However, from an automation perspective, the web interface is probably not the right tool…

Veeam Backup 7 Announced with WAN Accellerator (ESX Virtualization)

Mon, 20 May 2013 13:12:51 +0000

Veeam Backup 7 has been announced today, but the GA release is planned for Q3. The countdown to the new version has been floating around since some time at the Veeam’s teaser page, but today all the features has been unveiled. There is many of them which had been added because clients has asked…

More info on Veeam Backup & Replication 7 (vInfrastructure Blog)

Mon, 20 May 2013 13:00:19 +0000

In the previous weeks Veeam has announced seven of the new features of Veeam Backup & Replication 7, by giving more application-aware functions and also a complete multi-tier backup solution (from the storage snapshots, to disk storage as a main level, to tape and/or cloud as the last or remote…

Using vCloud Automation Center with Infoblox IPAM (VMware Virtualization Management Blog)

Mon, 20 May 2013 12:48:27 +0000

Assigning an IP address and a DNS host record need to be accomplished during the provisioning process. VMware vCloud Automation Center supports a number of methods for assigning IP addresses. These include dynamically assigning them via DHCP, statically assigning them … Continue reading …

Tintri OS 2.0 & ReplicateVM (Virtualization Practice)

Mon, 20 May 2013 12:32:45 +0000

Tintri is now shipping version 2.0 of their array software, Tintri OS, which further automates administration of their arrays and adds ReplicateVM remote replication features. ReplicateVM is an incredibly flexible asynchronous, IP-based replication technology that operates per-VM, allowing each VM…

WinSxS and reclaiming space (VMwareInfo.com)

noreply@blogger.com (Carlo Costanzo) — Mon, 20 May 2013 13:32:00 +0000

Written by Marcos Velez:

So, some months back I ran into space issues with an internal web server and came across this monstrosity called the WinSxS folder. At the time, I did all the research I could and learned all too well this folder is a source of frustration for many, many admins. I also…

Want to have my former job? (Frank Denneman)

Mon, 20 May 2013 11:15:58 +0000

My old technical marketing team of VMware is looking for someone to cover resource management. If you have a passion for resource management of virtual infrastructures and like to help VMware’s field personnel, partners and customers understand the technology then this job might be something for…

Choosing a Webhost for Your Blog (Technodrone)

noreply@blogger.com (Maish Saidel-Keesing) — Mon, 20 May 2013 11:22:25 +0000

Many bloggers have their sites hosted somewhere. Personally I find it very convenient having my blog hosted under Google's Blogger service. Since I am having issue with my provider and mentioned it on Twitter, several people asked if I found a good new host, if I would not mind sharing the details…

VMware Horizon Mobile delivers BYOD functionality to Verizon in US (InfoWorld Virtualization Report)

Mon, 20 May 2013 10:00:00 +0000

As the competition in the server virtualization market continues to heat up and the number of "unvirtualized" servers continues to dwindle, market pressures are forcing VMware to look outside its stronghold to other lucrative areas such as cloud and end-user computing.

Free e-learning course - vCloud Networking and Security Fundamentals (NTPRO.NL)

nospam@example.com (Eric Sloof) — Mon, 20 May 2013 07:44:00 +0000

<img>The vCloud Networking and Security Fundamentals course covers VMware’s vision of a Software Defined Datacenter (SDDC) and explains key features of vCloud Networking and Security Suite. This course also examines various methods for implementing vCloud Networking and Security.

This…

New Technical White Paper - Virtual Machine Graphics Acceleration Deployment Guide (NTPRO.NL)

nospam@example.com (Eric Sloof) — Mon, 20 May 2013 07:11:00 +0000

<img>The purpose of this document is to explain the various types of virtual machine graphics acceleration available, how to implement and troubleshoot them, and to provide knowledge around the benefits offered by each technology.

The capability for 3D graphics and video in VMware Horizon…

Tips For Developers Using VMware vCenter Orchestrator (DoubleCloud)

Mon, 20 May 2013 04:59:17 +0000

I recently spent some time on vCenter Orchestrator and really liked it with nice integration with vSphere Web Client, even though the Web Client has to improve quite some before it can overtake the standalone vSphere Client.Coming from the programming background, I find the workflow design is pretty…

A Rant About Storage Vendors (myvirtualcloud.net)

Mon, 20 May 2013 00:10:14 +0000

I have recently been invited to present in a VMware User Group (VMUG), which I quickly answered with a big and resounding Yes! I really love to present and touch base with customers as that helps me to keep it real, instead of being a lab rat type of engineer/architect. Mostly I look forward to …

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Installing ESXi 5.1 Update 1 on Mac Mini is Now a Breeze! (No Custom ISO/patches Needed!) (virtuallyGhetto)

noreply@blogger.com (William Lam) — Mon, 20 May 2013 01:06:11 +0000

ESXi 5.1 Update 1 was just released by VMware and similar to the ESXi 5.0 Update 2 release last year, the tg3 (Broadcom) driver has now been updated to 3.123b.v50.1 which is required to support network connectivity on the Apple Mac Mini's. Prior to this, to install ESXi on an Apple Mac Mini, users…

Registrations for HP Discover continue – and it’s not too late (Blade Watch)

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:41:11 +0000

HP Discover is in Las Vegas between 11th June to the 13th and it’s set to be a great event with some great content as well as opportunities to leverage from the hands on labs, the sessions and on site communities. The core reasons for attending HP Discover are: Keeping up to date with HP [...]

An Ode To Glass (Rational Survivability)

Sun, 19 May 2013 04:55:33 +0000

Google Glasses reviewed, often spiced with profanity A technology, profound, previews dystopic humanity Augmentation, extension, lensless optics you blink through Winking gestures, #hashtagged pictures, an earpiece you talk to It gives you directions, sends you tweets, you’ll hangout! Wifi…

VPlex Non-Uniform and Uniform Configurations (Valco Labs)

Sat, 18 May 2013 17:28:28 +0000

I had a recent conversation with my friend, Joe (@virtacit), and my ValCo Labs brother, Josh (@joshcoen), about the different access methods for EMC’s VPlex. Now, if you aren’t familiar with VPlex, EMC is doing some amazing things with storage virtualization. VPlex allows you to take one (or…

The SBHVL project - Part 4: Spanning a private network over multiple hosts (VMware Front Experience)

noreply@blogger.com (Andreas Peetz) — Sat, 18 May 2013 15:38:31 +0000

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It's SBHVL time again! This acronym stands for "Small Budget Hosted Virtual Lab" and for a series of posts that I wrote about my vSphere lab that runs on a dedicated physical box at a hosting provider. Until now I covered the basic setup and networking, backup / DR and management /…

The many faces of hybrid cloud (View Yonder)

Sat, 18 May 2013 08:58:12 +0000

Following on from my recent quick fire posts on hybrid cloud (see Make your own composite hybrid cloud monster! and Hybrid cloud / Composite cloud detailed definition), it was great to see the venerable Forrester brainboxes James Staten and Stefan Reid co-author a post on a different angle…

VMware Horizon View: New Technical White Papers (The SLOG)

Sat, 18 May 2013 08:55:04 +0000

Over the past few week or so VMware has release some really useful technical white papers focused around VMware Horizon View. I just wanted to bring these to your attention in case you messed the announcements. Virtual Machine Graphics Acceleration Deployment Guide VMware Horizon View 5.2…

My First Published Technical White Paper (The SLOG)

Sat, 18 May 2013 08:54:22 +0000

Today my first official technical white paper got released on VMware.com – titled, Virtual Machine Graphics Acceleration Deployment Guide. It's been a long time coming. It was one of those papers where I could keep adding and adding to it. The paper talks about the following topics: Why 3D Matters…

DatacenterDynamics Converged – Milan 2013 (vInfrastructure Blog)

Sat, 18 May 2013 05:00:07 +0000

DatacenterDynamics Converged recognises the need for cross-disciplinary cooperation in the data centre. From site selection and construction to outsourcing strategy and regulation through to how best to deliver the infrastructure for your mission-critical infrastructure – DatacenterDynamics…

Using Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 with VMware vSphere (vInfrastructure Blog)

Sat, 18 May 2013 04:30:31 +0000

VMware vSphere 5.x According with KB 2006859 (Windows 8 / Windows Server 2012 Operating System does not boot or install on ESXi or ESX) Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 VMs are fully supported for ESXi 5.1, ESXi 5.1 U1, ESXi 5.0 U1 and ESXi 5.0 U2. Note: For Windows Server 2012, you must install…

Free cloud services for SMB (vInfrastructure Blog)

Sat, 18 May 2013 04:00:51 +0000

In a previous post (Approaching the SMB segment), I’ve already considered some solutions and approaches for SMB. Public cloud (especially in a SaaS form) could be an interesting way in several scenarios. The interesting aspects is that there are several services also for free, valuable both for…

How startup and shutdown a vSphere based infrastructure (vInfrastructure Blog)

Sat, 18 May 2013 04:00:21 +0000

As written in a previous post, starting from vSphere 5.0U1 in a HA cluster the VM Startup & Shutdown ESXi host properties is disabled. Anyway wasn’t supported, because according with the vSphere Avalability Guide and also the KB 850 (Automating the process of starting and stopping virtual machines…

ThinPrint: What’s New in Horizon View 5.2 (myvirtualcloud.net)

Fri, 17 May 2013 21:11:14 +0000

After publishing What’s New in VMware Horizon View 5.2 (Beyond Marketing) I received the same question multiple times from different customers and colleagues in regards to the following excerpt from my article. A new Print Redirection codebase has been introduced that supports Windows 8,…

Veeam Backup & Replication v7– 2 new features (Virtual Clouds)

Fri, 17 May 2013 20:50:49 +0000

Today Veeam announced 2 more features in flagship Backup & Replication v7.0. The new version now contains 9 new awesome features: Enhanced Backup & Recovery for vCloud Director Using the vCD API, Veeam will display the vCD infrastructure directly in Veeam Backup & Replication™, backup all vApp…

#vBrownBag Follow-up VCAP Exam Experience with GS-Gurusimran Khalsa (@gurusimran) (Professional VMware)

Fri, 17 May 2013 19:36:28 +0000

GS talks about his experiences with the VMware VCAP-DCA and VCAP-DCD exams, shares some best practices and tips for taking and preparing for the exam. We also get an overview of the Virtual Design Master contest which will be running through and concluding at VMworld. VMware VCAP Exam Experience…

From Paper to Digital - Sydney Adventist Hospital Transforms Patient Care with VMware View (VMware TV)

Fri, 17 May 2013 18:19:45 +0000

	From Paper to Digital - Sydney Adventist Hospital Transforms Patient Care with VMware View In only two months, this leading Sydney specialist hospital transformed its processes from paper-based to paperless. In this video, a range of people, from t...	From: VMware TV Views: 198 4 ratings
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VMware vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) Configuration (VMware TV)

Fri, 17 May 2013 18:00:48 +0000

	VMware vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) Configuration VSOM video series: http://bit.ly/15BqQUp] This video shows how to configure the vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA). The VCSA is a preconfigured Linux-based vir...	From: VMware TV Views: 491 3 ratings
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Yet another community to join, Google+ vExpert Community Page (Thankfully the RAID saved us.)

Fri, 17 May 2013 17:15:40 +0000

So with the recent re-design of Google+ I’ve been drawn back into the platform as now I think it has a little more viability as a community organizational group as well as a Social Media platform that I can use for what I would consider “Work Related”. I tend to separate Facebook for…

BriForum London 2013 Day 2 (Virtualised Reality)

Fri, 17 May 2013 16:45:04 +0000

Today was the second and final day of BriForum London 2013, today for me was largely about the sessions as I had visited many of the vendors yesterday. I attended a total of four sessions today kicking off with Hyper-V for VMware Administrators by Mike Nelson, whilst I’m quite happy with the…

Licensing VMware Fusion (VMware KBTV)

Fri, 17 May 2013 16:42:14 +0000

Hi folks, We have a new video today which is brief and straight to the point. This video is specifically geared towards first-time users of our VMware Fusion product. This video discusses and demonstrates how you can license VMware Fusion. … Continue reading →

Webinar: Learn How Cloud Makes DR Easy, Affordable, Reliable (VMware vCloud Blog)

Fri, 17 May 2013 16:00:06 +0000

This is a guest post from vCloud Service Provider, Bluelock. If you’re evaluating disaster recovery (DR) options you’re likely looking several options including traditional warm or cold-site solutions, cloud-based Recovery-as-a-Service (RaaS) DR and maybe even the age-old choice of simply…

No more depressed IT professionals! (VMware Education & Certification Blog)

Fri, 17 May 2013 15:57:11 +0000

I came across a post last week that caught my eye: Don’t let training and skills be the forgotten investment in the digital revolution. You won’t be surprised to hear I agree with its call for companies to invest in … Continue reading →

Dutch - Een bar met geniën (NTPRO.NL)

nospam@example.com (Eric Sloof) — Fri, 17 May 2013 15:00:00 +0000

<img>VMware-expert Eric Sloof neemt tijdens VMware Forum deel aan een nieuw initiatief: de 'Genius bar'. In onderstaande blogpost legt hij uit wat dit inhoudt:

"Begin juni staat iets leuks te gebeuren! Je kunt namelijk op 4 juni gratis het VMware Forum in Den Bosch bezoeken. Deze dag geeft je…

rant: Office 365 Spam “Protection”. (VMwareInfo.com)

noreply@blogger.com (Carlo Costanzo) — Fri, 17 May 2013 15:06:17 +0000

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Release: VMTurbo Virtual Health Monitor (virtualization.info)

Fri, 17 May 2013 13:09:15 +0000

On May 14, VMTurbo announced the availability of its free product, a Virtual Health Monitor tool, a monitoring and reporting tool which is an evolution of the community edition of its...

Three Reasons To Have A Management Cluster For Your vSphere Home Lab (Wahl Network)

Fri, 17 May 2013 13:00:18 +0000

The idea behind a management cluster is to form a pool of compute that manages the other pool of compute. Much like a tug boat pulling along some massive tanker, it exists as a separate entity to provide management in an out-of-band fashion. These are often a great idea, akin to the rationale of…

Is Automation Killing The Engineering? (Virtualization Practice)

Fri, 17 May 2013 12:48:07 +0000

Is automation killing the engineering? When MTV first appeared on air, the first video it played was, “Video Killed the Radio Star.” Fast forward a few decades and I have to wonder if automation is killing the engineering. In the early days of virtualization the administrators were expected to…

Licensing VMware Fusion (VMware KB TV)

Fri, 17 May 2013 12:24:54 +0000

	Licensing VMware Fusion http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2014287 - This video discusses and demonstrates how you can license the VMware Fusion product. This video is based on VMware Knowledg...	From: VMwareKB Views: 6 0 ratings
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Why a Single Feature Doesn't Matter? (Technodrone)

noreply@blogger.com (Maish Saidel-Keesing) — Fri, 17 May 2013 13:18:20 +0000

Once upon a time… Nah… This is not a fairy tale so lets do it differently.

What is the maximum size of a virtual disk that vSphere 5.1 supports? If you have no idea, then probably you have not passed your VCP (because they ask those silly kind of questions) but you can use Eric Siebert's page …

Vote the new EMC Elect 2014 (Mikes.eu)

Fri, 17 May 2013 12:00:40 +0000

<img>Last year EMC announced a new recognition program called EMC Elect. This program provides community driven recognition to individuals who had demonstrated the highest levels of commitment to thought leadership in the fields of data center management, Cloud computing, and big data. The…

Happy 5th Birthday to Veeam Backup & Replication (VMBlog)

Fri, 17 May 2013 11:39:00 +0000

Wow, the old saying is true... time really does fly! Can you believe it's been just over 5 years that Veeam Backup & Replication has been... Read more at VMblog.com.<img>

VCAP5 DCA Exam Experience and Study Tips (Thinking Loud on Cloud)

Fri, 17 May 2013 09:26:05 +0000

Today I got my VCAP5 DCA results , I was really happy to see the scorecard with a Pass and Congratulations. “Congratulations on passing the VMware Certified Advanced Professional 5 – Data Center Administration exam! You will receive an email notification from certification@vmware.com once your…

Fri, 17 May 2013 09:02:23 +0000

CloudCred is going wild (vInfrastructure Blog)

Fri, 17 May 2013 09:00:27 +0000

I’ve already introduced what is CloudCred and put some considerations and some doubts on its credibility and value. As each game is great when it’s short (here we talk about more than 3 months), but especially if is played according to certain rules, which do not always seem to be present (or at…

View 5.2 Best Practices PDF – Optimizing W7 and W8 guests plus more (ESX Virtualization)

Fri, 17 May 2013 08:40:09 +0000

VMware View Bandwidth usage Windows 7 and Windows 8There is a new paper released by VMware, for VMware View 5.2, called View 5.2 Best Practices, or I should rather say Horizon View 5.2. The latest release from VMware has introduced many new features like sVGA or sparse efficient disks. Feature…

Using the Microsoft Surface RT as a business device (Update) (Virtualised Reality)

Fri, 17 May 2013 07:39:38 +0000

I have now been using my Surface for around 3 months, and I’m pleased to report I’m still loving it as a device. I wanted to post a short blog post specifically about my use case while traveling with it as a primary device during BriForum. I had originally planned to get on with some […]

BriForum 2013 London Day 1 (Virtualised Reality)

Fri, 17 May 2013 06:24:41 +0000

BriForum London kicked off yesterday taking place near St Paul’s Cathedral at the ETC Venues conference facility. Once I stopped trying to follow google maps to get there (Which was trying to take me somewhere about a mile away) I joined the registration queue and quickly headed into the opening…

Configuring custom MTU size on vmxnet3 (Core four)

noreply@blogger.com (Lars Troen) — Thu, 16 May 2013 23:53:00 +0000

A few weeks ago I visited a customer who had a few servers configured with vmxnet2. I asked him why and he told me that if he changed nic to vmxnet3 he would loose the ability to configure a custom MTU size. With vmxnet2 the MTU size can be configured directly from the driver by specifying the size…

On-Demand Services –Thoughts from Down Under (VMware Accelerate)

Thu, 16 May 2013 23:46:53 +0000

AUTHOR: Michael Francis I’m a principal systems engineer with VMware and have been involved in the development of our cloud operations services. I’m sharing my experiences through a series of blogs pertaining to on-demand services. In this first blog, I … Continue reading →

Thu, 16 May 2013 21:46:45 +0000

VMware Certified Design Expert (VCDX) is the highest level of VMware certification, achieved by dedicated professionals who have demonstrated exceptional skill in VMware enterprise deployments. To earn a VCDX, professionals must create a complete enterprise VMware design and undergo an arduous…

#18 BYOD & NetApp Connect (Datacenter Dude)

Thu, 16 May 2013 21:31:26 +0000

On this episode of the NetApp Communities Podcast, we bring in Nick Triantos from the NetApp Connect team to talk about this week’s announcement and break down the product. Guests Nick Triantos – Senior Director of Mobile Solutions, NetApp (former CEO/founder/creator of Stratos and…

Technology Minute with Aaron Skogsberg (Cloud Edition) – EMC World’13 (myvirtualcloud.net)

Thu, 16 May 2013 19:26:37 +0000

This article was first published by Andre Leibovici (@andreleibovici) at myvirtualcloud.net.

Technology Minute with James Ruddy (OpenStack) – EMC World’13 (myvirtualcloud.net)

Thu, 16 May 2013 19:20:26 +0000

This article was first published by Andre Leibovici (@andreleibovici) at myvirtualcloud.net.

VDI Becomes A Reality for Hospitals (VMware End User Computing)

Thu, 16 May 2013 19:00:52 +0000

by Steve Poitras, Solutions Architect, Nutanix There are two things I normally notice when I visit the doctor – 1) a massive stack of paper medical records and 2) long visit times… The need… I’ve always been huge fan of … Continue reading →

Join VMware on May 21st For a Live Webcast Unveiling the New vCloud Hybrid Service Offering (VMware for Small-Medium Business)

Thu, 16 May 2013 18:40:16 +0000

Mid-sized companies face specific challenges when it comes to meeting the changing demands of the business, such as needing to balance limited resources while still remaining agile enough to respond to new business requirements. Indeed, many mid-sized companies cite limited … Continue reading →

Veeam shown tremendous growth (Mikes.eu)

Thu, 16 May 2013 18:04:29 +0000

<img>Veeam, an Elite VMware Technology partner and a Microsoft partner, develops innovative products for virtual infrastructure management and data protection. With the beginning of this year Veeam has shown a tremendous growth in both the revenues and number of customers, they claim a 39%…

FREE Instructional Videos on vCenter Operations (VMware Education & Certification Blog)

Thu, 16 May 2013 17:47:58 +0000

VMware Certified Instructor, Steve Jones, presents what’s new with vCenter Operations since 5.0 including: First Look Navigation Part 1 for V5.X First Look Navigation Part 2 for V5.X Operational Insight Through Drill Down Actions for V5.X Determining and Planning for … Continue reading →

StarWind Expands German Distribution with Addition of Azlan (Mikes.eu)

Thu, 16 May 2013 17:46:22 +0000

Azlan, Enterprise Division of Tech Data GmbH & Co. OHG, is the Latest to Join StarWind Worldwide Distribution Network

<img>StarWind Software Inc., announced today that they have extended their distribution channels. The company has made an agreement with Azlan, Europe’s leading value-…

Software Defined Storage ChalkTalk (Around the Storage Block)

Thu, 16 May 2013 17:12:51 +0000

Software_defined_storage_RGB_white.pngKate Davis (@KateAtHP) has done a great job of getting the conversation going around Software Defined Storage and I thought it would be helpful to do a ChalkTalk giving an overview on our perspective. Here's a single link to all of the blog posts on ATSB…

The Inside Scoop: Maintenance tips for your vSphere Database (VMware KBTV)

Thu, 16 May 2013 16:24:43 +0000

Today we have the third edition of our blog series The Inside Scoop. In this installment we will look at vSphere Databases and more specifically some helpful tips for maintaining them. In order to obtain some real world perspective, we … Continue reading →

Can you Pivot to Pivotal? (Virtualization Practice)

Thu, 16 May 2013 16:21:51 +0000

At EMCworld 2013, one of the big stories was Pivotal and it's importance to the EMC2 family and the future of computing. Pivotal is geared to provide the next generation of computing. According to EMC2 have gone past the Client-Server style to a scale-out, scale-up, big data, fast data Internet of…

Always On. Always Available (VMware End User Computing)

Thu, 16 May 2013 16:00:15 +0000

by by Pam Takahama, Director of Solutions Marketing, Riverbed Technology Healthcare turning to VDI to improve patient care I recently took my daughter to the doctor for an earache, and chuckled when the pediatrician reached into his lab coat for what I … Continue reading →

Thu, 16 May 2013 14:56:58 +0000

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Synology DS1513+ Released (vspecialist)

Thu, 16 May 2013 14:53:40 +0000

The Synology DS1512 has been a popular choice for many home labs in recent years. I hoped that the company’s raft of recent product updates would reach this model eventually. Well my wish was granted as Synology have announced the DS1513+. There are a few modifications to note. The one that stands…

Patch available for issue “ESXi host fails with a PSOD and reports error #PF Exception 14 in world” (running-system.com)

Thu, 16 May 2013 13:27:04 +0000

VMware just released a patch for the issue descriped in KB 2048655 (ESXi host fails with a purple diagnostic screen and reports the error: #PF Exception 14 in world wwww:VMName IP 0xnnnnnn addr 0xnnnnn). You will find deeper information about the patch here: KB 2051212 You can apply the patch…

Q&A: Interview with HotLink, Talking Hybrid IT and Cloud Management Solutions (VMBlog)

Thu, 16 May 2013 11:59:00 +0000

Three years ago, HotLink jumped into the scene with a new way of managing hybrid virtualization environments. The company launched out of stealth... Read more at VMblog.com.<img>

PernixData about the release the new Beta (Frank Denneman)

Thu, 16 May 2013 11:42:11 +0000

This week PernixData is all over the news with the outcome of series B funding but besides financials there is more exciting news. Pernixdata is about to release Beta II and I believe it might be even today or tomorrow. The new beta contains some great stuff, due to NDA I’m not allowed to disclose…

Affected by the Allocation Pool changes in VCD 5.1.x? Change it back (virtual-blog.com)

Thu, 16 May 2013 09:12:31 +0000

Have you been affected by the Allocation Pool changes in VCD 5.1 when you upgraded? If you have been, and are looking for a way to make this allocation model the same as in VCD 1.5, VMware has included a feature in VCD 5.1.2 that allows you to change it back to the original way it was conceived.…

Windows 7 and Windows 8 Optimization Guide for Horizon View Virtual Desktops (NTPRO.NL)

nospam@example.com (Eric Sloof) — Thu, 16 May 2013 08:14:47 +0000

<img>This guide provides guidelines for configuring a standard Windows image for use in a VMware Horizon View infrastructure. It gives administrators the information necessary to create a standard Windows image, whether by leveraging the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) or by utilizing a…

Multi Hypervisor Free Monitoring Tool from VMturbo – Virtual Health Monitor (ESX Virtualization)

Thu, 16 May 2013 07:34:15 +0000

VMturbo continues the development and releasing Free multi hypervisor monitoring tool – Virtual Health Monitor. This tool is successor to a tool previously called Community edition, and allows the the monitoring of virtual infrastructures spanning multiple datacenters with multiple…

HP StoreEasy Storage update (Around the Storage Block)

Thu, 16 May 2013 05:37:46 +0000

I've had a couple of blog posts this week about our HP Simply StoreIT announcement - focusing on storage for Small and Midsize Business. One of the parts of the announcement I haven't really given adequate attention to is HP StorageEasy Storage.

From the beginning

If you already know what HP…

Announcing the second edition of The VDI Delusion: "The New VDI Reality" (Brian Madden Blog)

Thu, 16 May 2013 04:03:00 +0000

Big news from BriForum 2013 London, which kicks off today! It’s been a little over a year since Gabe, Jack, and I published the first edition of our book, The VDI Delusion . While we're incredibly proud of that book, in hindsight we're not sure...(read more)<img><img>