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Citrix CTP Meeting (Virtualization Information)

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:06:20 +0000

Recently, I was nominated to become a Citrix Technology Professional (CTP). I just got back from two really informative days at the CTP meeting. The day started out with Mark Templeton welcoming us and we saw so many decision makers at both the business and product levels from Citrix over the…

Impact on SSL certificates when upgrading SRM 1 to SRM 4 (Frank Denneman)

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:30:55 +0000

Recently I started to work on a project implementing SRM 4. One of the project requirements is to use SSL certificates issued by a trusted CA. When upgrading to SRM 4, we ran into a small problem. Because of a change in the vCenter authentication protocol, a new certificate that complies with the…

How-to Install ESX 4 inside VMware Workstaiton 7 video (ESX Virtualization)

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:01:27 +0000

Installation of ESX 4 inside of VMware Workstation I have done a new video with VMware Workstation 7 this time. Now the New VMware Workstation can allow you to Install VMware ESX 4 server inside without any modifications to the VMX configuration file. Like this you can test an installation of an ESX…

Client Virtualization with NeoSphere’s Neocleus (NTPRO.NL)

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 10:05:45 +0000

Run a Secure Corporate Environment on Any PC At NeoSphere’s core is Neocleus’ second generation pioneering client virtualization technology; a Type 1 hypervisor that runs directly on the bare metal of the client hardware. Leveraging the hypervisor, virtual machinesare distributed to PCs where…

Immidio Flex Profiles (NTPRO.NL)

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 07:42:42 +0000

Migrate to Windows 7 using Immidio Flex Profiles Advanced Immidio Flex Profiles Advanced is a Windows Profile Management solution which solves a lot of issues and optimizes the overall user experience. This is achieved by decoupling and segmenting personal application settings from the underlying…

VCE – Virtual Computing Environment Coalition Webcast (Virtual Cloud)

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 07:22:00 +0000

In continuation to my previous post about the VCE Coalition watch here the webcast (Introducing the Virtual Computing Environment Coalition) with John Chambers, Joe Tucci, and Paul Maritz. Also read Acadia, Cisco, EMC, VMware: Vblock Top Three Questions by Mark Bowker What will HP, IBM and NetApp…

VMware exam resources (vReference)

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:02:34 +0000

Here’s my list of VMware exam study resources. I realize that a lot of fellow bloggers have created similar lists, and I always try avoid what the rest of the madding crowd are doing, however in this case I’m happy to follow along. Firstly I need the list for myself. Yep, I [...]

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Addressing concerns about the “newness” of Cisco UCS (By the Bell)

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 02:04:58 +0000

Despite Cisco’s recent entry into the “compute” data center sector, John Chambers said during the 10/24/2009 quarter earnings call that the UCS is experiencing, “…solid market reception with a very good initial ramp and order pipeline.” As the first optimized hosting platform for a…

Gestalt IT Field Days - Cash for comment? (Musings of Rodos)

noreply@blogger.com (Rodos) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:38:37 +0000

This coming week is the Gestalt IT Field Days. Whats that you ask, well this the official blerb

This unique event brings together innovative IT product vendors and independent thought leaders who have immense influence on the ways that products and companies are perceived and understood by the…

Help a member of Chads Army who needs help (Virtual Geek)

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:07:57 +0000

I generally want to keep my blog separate from requests for support – but a person on my team has a son with Cerebral Palsy and is trying to raise the funds needed for much needed stem-cell treatment that may...

Atlanta VMUG (Virtual Geek)

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:57:01 +0000

Was a great VMUG in Atlanta – about 700-800 people, and was great to see so many friends, customers and colleagues there! Cisco did the morning keynote and I did the one right after lunch. One of my team mates...

Lab Manager 4 Installation Fails With vSphere VMXNET 3 NIC (VMware Virtualization Evangelist)

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:02:10 +0000

A few of the networking requirements for installing a VMware Lab Manager server are: At least one network card A static TCP/IP configuration (no DHCP) Failure to meet the above requirements will result in error message # 5014 during the “Valid NIC Requirement” prerequisite check: Lab Manager…

VMs NIC disconnects after a VMotion (Virtual Troll)

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 07:49:17 +0000

I had a customer calling me the other day about a weird problem. Some VMs disconnected their NIC after a VMotion. It was not possible to connect the NIC back on a again The customer was in the process of upgrading to vSphere, so used DRS/VMotion to put ESX hosts in maintenance mode, so they could be…

VMware DPM – Distributed power management video (ESX Virtualization)

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 07:10:06 +0000

With VMware Distributed power management (DPM) you can save as much as 40% in electricity costs as well as all the other benefits of using virtualization. In vSphere 4 the algorithm of calculation was made more responsible and there was introduced 2 new wake up techniques. Also there is a…

Your Organization’s Desktop Virtualization Project – Part 2 (Virtual Cloud)

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 06:52:00 +0000

In the first part of this article I discussed the Business Drivers and Operational Benefits, Technology Savings and Operational Improvements of a properly deployed Desktop Virtualization project. Lower Cost of Desktop PC Management Quickly and Easily provision Desktops to Clients Anytime, Anywhere…

vSphere 4 reference card – poster sized (vReference)

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:36:31 +0000

My buddy Dudley Smith has done it again. He’s taken the latest release of my vSphere 4 card and blown it up for printing poster style. Go and grab it here: vSphere4 card – poster size Also, just so you don’t think I’ve been resting on my laurels and letting everyone else do the work,…

Virtualisation V1.0...V2.0...V3.0 (Virtually Insane?)

noreply@blogger.com (Daniel Eason) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:42:29 +0000

In between doing some work on the Part 2 of the post series "Cloud are you ready" I thought i'd post in between with some thoughts related to Virtualisation strategy within the datacentre and how I think we need to change and knuckle down to start to get Virtualisation to do what it is supposed to…

What's The Definition Of Cloud Computing? (InformationWeek Virtualization Blog)

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:47:20 +0000

What's the definition of cloud computing? I keep asking myself that question and hearing different answers. Despite the frequent use of the term, it still means different things to different people. That was evident at the Cloud Computing Conference & Expo this week in Santa Clara, where I thought I…

ESX and Hyper-Threading? Heaven or hell? (View Yonder)

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:02:11 +0000

The results are in! I posted the following question on Twitter: VMware Expert? Would you enable HyperThreading or not? 3 Questions, 1 minute Would you? The results were varied and fascinating: 101 people clicked on the link but only 18 people responded. I guess I need to offer prizes next…

Is a Linux JeOS on VMware's roadmap? (VMware tips and tricks)

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:45:31 +0000

VMware says it won't develop a general-purpose Linux distro, but it may have other tricks – such as a Linux Jeos virtual appliance -- up its sleeve.

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How to avoid HA slot sizing issues with reservations? (Yellow Bricks)

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:21:57 +0000

Can I avoid large HA slot sizes due to reservations without resorting to advanced settings? That’s the question I get almost daily. The answer used to be NO. HA uses reservations to calculate the slot size and there’s no way to tell HA to ignore them without using advanced settings pre-vSphere.…

Are DvSwitches “ready” for Production - Reader Email (RTFM Education)

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:53:02 +0000

This week I was asked in an email the following question: [By the way I hate Wordpress - even when I put paragraph returns in this post it ****ing well removes them!] Hope you been doing well. I have been busy, busy, busy. Got a question for you. Preparing to start a new vSphere farm and trying…

VMware vSphere 4 Thin Provisioning: Pros & Cons (The Lone Sysadmin)

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:26:44 +0000

vSphere 4’s thin provisioning is a pretty cool feature, but it has downsides, too. I was putting together a concise list of pros & cons for a customer, and I thought I’d share (especially given all the thin provisioning talk lately). Please leave me a comment if I’ve missed something. Pros:…

If IT is core to your business – run it like a business then (Blade Watch)

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:18:55 +0000

Finextra Inflexible IT systems and bottlenecks in technology development are the two greatest barriers to innovation at European retail banks, according to research from Infosys. Meanwhile, a separate report from the Indian vendor reveals nine out of 10 US banks think IT is vital to innovation.…

My Baby's For Sale! (Infusion)

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:34:36 +0000

For Sale: One Baby I've just returned from an absolutely fantastic holiday in New Zealand. On the flight home, I actually sat next to a fellow with a VMworld 2006 bag and shirt—chatting with him, it turns out he's a huge VMware Fusion fan, and...

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ESX 4.0, ESXi 4.0, and vCenter 4.0 Licensing Video KB (VMware Knowledge Base Blog)

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:15:25 +0000

Licensing is by far, the most misunderstood, confusing, and sometimes frustrating part of vSphere and vCenter, and generates a ton of calls into support. And we've noticed. Today the Knowledgebase Team released another video KB: Licensing ESX 4.0, ESXi 4.0,...

Scripted ESX4 Installations & Partitioning - Reader Email (RTFM Education)

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:13:53 +0000

Occasionally, (more often than I would really like) I get people emailing asking me to help them on specific problems. Unless these are former customers/students I generally hit delete key!!! Sorry, I’m not being unhelpful but I’m not a one-man help desk guys! Then occasionally, when I’m…

SSD....maybe not as widely adopted (Virtually Insane?)

noreply@blogger.com (Daniel Eason) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:05:20 +0000

This news feed made me chuckle, its on how STEC shares plummeted this week due to EMC cutting back on an intial order with them for Shiny fast expensive SSD that they make for DMX/Vmax.

EMC are very clever in how they market and promote the success of relevant technologies, in fact the top tier…

vInternals - Virtual Hardware 7 Undocumented Feature Revealed! (RTFM Education)

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:53:23 +0000

I want to draw ALL my readers attention to Stu Radridge’s blog and in particular to a particular problem in Windows 2008. Although I hate the phrase this is real heads up… Basically, Stu has discovered that VM created on ESX4 with “Virtual Hardware 7 presents virtual disks as SAN devices –…

Virtual Compute Environment - VMware, Cisco and EMC Coalition (RTFM Education)

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:33:21 +0000

I want to take sometime out from book writing, to share my observations about VCE. The book I’m (re)writing is the SRM 1.0 book, it’s been updated to the new version SRM 4.0 which is compatible with vSphere4. So you know this time I’m doing more work to make the book more “storage…

Cryptic Windows error codes no more! (VMwareInfo.com)

noreply@blogger.com (Carlo Costanzo) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:21:00 +0000

Written by Aaron Silber: This tip has been written by many out there on the big World Wide Web, but figured it was worth repeating, just in case you haven’t seen it. Ever find yourself looking at an Event Log error message hoping that it will...

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Virtual Hardware in OVF - Part 1 (vApp Developer Blog)

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:18:26 +0000

In the blog post Inside the OVF Package, we talked about the structure of an OVF package, including the different sections (XML elements). One of the more important sections is the one describing the virtual hardware configuration for a VM. The operating system and applications installed in a…

Siemens Strikes Partnership With VMware (virtualization.com)

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:39:39 +0000

Siemens IT Solutions and Services has concluded a new partnership agreement with VMware to deliver innovative virtualization solutions to the marketplace. The agreement between Siemens IT Solutions and Services and VMware includes developing new offers and implementing a common marketing and sales…

Xen Community Sets Forth Self-Evaluation Metrics (Project Golden Ratio) (virtualization.com)

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:38:54 +0000

Project Golden Ratio (inspiration) is a new project - PDF - within the Xen.org community to determine a set of metrics that allow the community to measure and evaluate itself. These set of metrics will allow the community to find areas of strength and weakness in an overall effort to improve…

Syncsort Announces New Services For Physical-to-Virtual Server Migration (virtualization.com)

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:37:20 +0000

Syncsort, maker of high-performance data processing, data integration and data protection and recovery software, has announced a new professional services offering for organizations who are planning to deploy server virtualization. Syncsort's MVP (Migration, Verification and Protection) service is…

Server Technology Introduces Solutions for Powering Cisco’s Unified Computing System (virtualization.com)

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:35:53 +0000

Server Technology, announces the release of a series of application notes created to help design engineers, application engineers and data center managers power Cisco’s Unified Computing System (UCS). These application notes illustrate how to power and provide redundancy for Cisco UCS 5108 Blade…

Dutch VMware User Group (VMUG) 2009 event (Virtual IEF)

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:03:59 +0000

On 11 December 2009 the 5th Dutch VMUG event will be held. It is a technical one day event about virtualization. Last year there were more than 600 visitors. Here’s a list in my opinion of must see presentations: - Managing VMware vSphere 4 m.b.v. de Virtualization EcoShell by Eric Sloof –…

Need to create ISOs (for free?) (Jume)

bouke@jume.nl (Bouke Groenescheij) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:26:00 +0000

At times I have a locked down workstation (where installing software is not allowed). And at times, I need to transfer files to a VM which is not available through the network. The solution is to create an ISO and connect it to your VM's CDROM drive.

I guess there are a lot of tools to allow you to…

Expand Virtual disk of Windows 7 VW with VMware Workstation 7 (ESX Virtualization)

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:43:37 +0000

Expanding Windows 7 virtual hard drive. Quick how-to, real easy to do. You need no tools to achieve this. You just need a copy of VMware Workstation. When you run into a situation that you under-estimated your prevision for your Virtual Machine Disk size. You installed lot’s of software and you…

Is the future of remote display protocols based on hypervisor integration? (BrianMadden.com Blogs)

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:01:00 +0000

When I wrote about Net2Display’s 1.0 specification release last week, I reached out to several different industry experts and committee members for opinions to include in the article. One of those folks was Desktone CTO Clint Battersby. In addition to providing comments about Net2Display, he made…

Spanish VCP guide book (vReference)

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:58:11 +0000

My Spanish friend Jose Maria Gonzalez, (who created the awesome translation of the VI3 reference card), has published a new book. In his own words: VMware ESX and VMware VCP Made Easy, addresses all areas of technology that are important in VMware ESX and the VCP certification. It is a very thorough…

Free VMware Workstation 7 Fundamentals Course (VMGuru.nl)

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:07:08 +0000

For everyone who is new to VMware Workstation 7 and as a refreshment course for all other VMware workstation users, VMware has released a Free online course you can follow. I must say version 7 of VMware Workstation is a lot faster with starting up and booting virtual machines then version 6.5 was.…

VCDX Design Exam: been there, done that! (NTPRO.NL)

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:17:02 +0000

With this blog post title I’m following the footsteps of my virtualization friends Jason Boche and Duncan Epping. I’ve passed the VMware VCDX Design exam yesterday with a score of 362.

I’m not the only one who has passed the exam this week. Congratulations go out to Scott_lowe, FrankDenneman…

vCheck 3 (The Lone Sysadmin)

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:59:32 +0000

I second what Duncan Epping said about Alan Renouf and his vCheck 3 script. In fact, I was in the middle of writing a very similar post when I saw his. I won’t duplicate what Duncan said, but I will say: 1. If you haven’t started using PowerCLI to help manage your infrastructure you might want…

Control your home lab with an IP Boot Manager (NTPRO.NL)

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:54:59 +0000

When teaching classes I always show my students how to build up their own vSphere home lab just to run through the labs again or because it’s so cool to do a VMotion at home. One of my students has sent me an email with a link to a really nice device that can save you lots of money on your energy…

ScaleMP furthers the innovation of the Cloud (Blade Watch)

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:20:15 +0000

http://www.scalemp.com/4-nov-2009-vsmp-foundation-for-cloud Cupertino, Calif. – November 4, 2009 – ScaleMP™, a leading provider of virtualization solutions for high-end computing, today announced an addition to its vSMP Foundation product line, vSMP Foundation for Cloud. The new solution…

ScaleMP continue to innovate vSMP Foundation (Blade Watch)

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:16:35 +0000

http://www.scalemp.com/4-nov-2009-direct-connect-2 Cupertino, Calif. – November 4, 2009 – ScaleMP™, a leading provider of virtualization solutions for high-end computing, today announced an enhancement to its vSMP Foundation for SMP product with the introduction of Direct Connect 2 (DC2)…

AppSync Explained... (VMware ThinApp Blog)

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:14:46 +0000

Since we get a number of questions on how to use AppSync as well as how it can be utilized, specifically around ThinApp packaged applications such as Office or Adobe CS which are not a single executable like Firefox, Opera, or Adobe Reader, we figured it best to create a video to review how AppSync…

Portland VMUG Slides and Links - vSphere APIs for Performance Monitoring (VMware Developer Center Blog)

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:01:47 +0000

Folks, We had a great time at the Portland VMUG - the people are friendly and the weather was great. Links for folks that are interested in using PowerShell, or Perl to pull performance data. PowerShell, Perl Sample Code Perfomance Sample Code PowerCLI Community: http://vmware.com/go/powercli…

VMware Coffee Talk - vCenter ChargeBack Audio, Slides (VMware Developer Center Blog)

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:19:39 +0000

Folks, Thanks for attending yesterdays Coffee Talk Slides Download MP3 Chargeback Recording Download Coffee Talk - vCenter Chargeback API - 2009.11.04 Download Code Samples - vCenter Chargeback APIs - 2009.11.04

vStorage Thin Provisioning Blog Entries (VMware vSphere Blog)

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:09:25 +0000

Thanks for your blog entries so far on vStorage Thin Provisioning. For those of you yet to post, you have until 11:59 this Friday to get your entry in for this cycle. Below are our entries to date (nice work folks!): 1. Rich Bramley http://vmetc.com/2009/11/03/provision-a-thin-provisioned-standby-…

Free VMware Workstation Course (vmwarewolf)

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:34:01 +0000

If you are new to VMware’s products, there’s a good chance that VMware Workstation will be the first product you use of theirs/ours (disclosure: I work for VMware). It was the first product I used before I came to work there. I see today that VMware is offering a free online course to learn the…

VMware, HP’s Converged Infrastructure, and the Private Cloud (The Console)

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:01:06 +0000

Posted by Steve Herrod Chief Technology Officer and Senior Vice President of R&D This week HP introduced their Converged Infrastructure Architecture, which is appropriately described as “a blueprint for chief information officers to create elasticity in their technology environments.” This...

Change blocksize of local VMFS (Gabe's Virtual World)

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:46:08 +0000

During install vSphere now creates a VMFS partition by default on the local storage on which the service console partitions will be installed. When you want to use this partition to store your VMs on...

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Brian Madden TV #22 - Net2Display, our online game show, and a demo of Kaviza's desktop grid. (BrianMadden.com Blogs)

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:24:00 +0000

(Please visit the site to view this media) In this week's show: Net2Display released version 1.0 of their protocol specification Gabe made a cool chart Brian is starring in an online Virtual Desktop Challenge game show that you can play and Kaviza provides a demo of their self-reconfiguring…

GestaltIT Tech Field Day (blog.scottlowe.org)

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:40:09 +0000

The Gestalt IT Field Day is shaping up to be quite an event. Next week, on November 12 and 13, industry bloggers and sponsors will gather together for an in-depth, hands-on look at their products. Look for some great information coming out of this event!

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VMware, Cisco and EMC form Virtual Computing Environment coalition. Why? (virtualization.info)

alessandro.perilli@virtualization.info (Alessandro Perilli) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:11:10 +0000

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As expected, today VMware, Cisco and EMC announced a special alliance, a coalition as they call it, dubbed Virtual Computing Environment (VCE).

This entity will share investments to sell the components, training and consulting for a number of bundle…

VCDX Design Exam Post-Mortem (blog.scottlowe.org)

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:09:20 +0000

This past Tuesday I took (and passed, thankfully) the VCDX Design Exam. Here is a brief discussion of my testing experience.

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Just upgraded the Viru-Al.net VESI PowerPack (NTPRO.NL)

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:00:52 +0000

Virtu-Al.net Scripts <img>One of the coolest PowerShell scripters in the universe has just released version 14 of his VESI PowerPack. I’m talking about a fellow vExpert Alan Renouf, he created a real cool VESI PowerPack which can be downloaded freely at his website. This PowerPack is able to…

vSphere - disable device hot plug on version 7 VMs (VMwareInfo.com)

noreply@blogger.com (Carlo Costanzo) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:22:00 +0000

Great tip from Chris Hahn : To disable hot plug on a vSphere VM, add the following line to the VM configuration parameters : devices.hotplug false Why would you want to do this? With device hotplug enabled, a user that logs into a hardware...

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Gartner strategic tech list 2010 (Virtual Infrastructure Tips)

noreply@blogger.com (Jakob Fabritius Nørregaard) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:00:25 +0000

In 2009, virtualization was way up on Gartner's list of strategic technologies. For 2010, virtualization again sets a big fingerprint on the list. Virtualization has been split up into several sub concepts which are represented indiviually on the list.

Configuration notes for HA (Virtual Infrastructure Tips)

noreply@blogger.com (Jakob Fabritius Nørregaard) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:46:53 +0000

A while back, we experienced a number of inconvient HA failover false positives where several hundred VMs were powered down even though there was nothing wrong with the hosts. The cause of these incidents were apparently a hick-up in the network lasting more than 15 seconds. To avoid such issues, we…

The uncrowned king of PowerCLI is Alan Renouf (Yellow Bricks)

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:30:46 +0000

No, I am not exaggerating. Alan Renouf truly is the uncrowned king of PowerCLI. Although I’ve seen some amazing scripts from other people as well Alan always seems to bring that little extra to make him stand out. No this is not an Alan Renouf appreciation blog article, although he deserves one,…

Discusses "SAP on VMware" at SAP Community Network (Virtualization for SAP Solutions)

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:36:35 +0000

If you are a user of SAP Community Network, then you might have already seen the new forum about "SAP on VMware" which is live since Oct 21. The forum creates a platform for customers where answers to minor technical questions can be adressed or discussions about best practices, configurations, etc.…

Thin provisioning how could you live without it? (ESX Virtualization)

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:20:08 +0000

If you just starting with VMware Virtualization and want to learn some new features comming with vSphere 4 just read on. Thin provisioning feature which comes with vSphere 4 is cool enough to talk about . Actually I’m even asking myself how come that I could live without it? Thin provisioning can…

Best Practices for Virtualizing Distributed Environments (xtravirt)

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 07:01:44 +0000

This whitepaper provides the 4 best practices that IT leaders of ROBO organizations need to consider when virtualizing their businesses, providing ROI tips and establishing a roadmap for reducing the Total Cost of Ownership for virtualizing the distributed ROBO environment.

Real Thin Provisioning And Over Allocation – The VI Admin (VM /ETC)

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 04:24:00 +0000

I’ve already mentioned (and posted) about the vSphere Blog Contest current topic of thin provisioning, but I’ve been thinking about another “product” that has always functioned thin provisioned – The VI administrator. That’s right, I’m talking about the guys and gals that manage all…

Participate in GestaltIT Do You Know Contest For Chance To Win iPod Nano With Video (VM /ETC)

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 02:29:00 +0000

The GestaltIT Tech Field Day is one week away. This time next week I will be just arriving in the San Francisco Bay Area and getting ready for 2 full days of storage and virtualization product sessions about which I will be reporting here on VM /ETC in the form of tweets and posts. Stephen [...]

F5 Debuts New Management Pack Solution for Microsoft Windows-based Virtualization (virtualization.com)

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:18:29 +0000

F5 Networks today announced a new F5 Management Pack solution for Microsoft System Center Operations Manager that allows joint F5 and Microsoft customers to dynamically manage application delivery in virtual environments. F5 also updated its Application Ready Solution portfolio to support Microsoft…

VMLogix Teams Up with Red Hat to Expand Virtualization Platform Support (virtualization.com)

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:17:18 +0000

VMLogix today announced that VMLogix LabManager will support Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization. This combined solution will offer enterprise-class virtual lab automation solution for Linux environments. This new partnership aims to allow customers to consolidate labs leveraging the KVM platform…

ScaleMP Presents vSMP Foundation for Cloud (virtualization.com)

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:16:15 +0000

ScaleMP, a provider of virtualization solutions for high-end computing, today announced an addition to its vSMP Foundation product line, vSMP Foundation for Cloud. The new solution enables dynamic, on-the-fly aggregation of x86 servers into larger SMP virtual systems. Based on the award-winning…

Video of bug in NetApp System Manager 1.0.1 (Virtual Lifestyle)

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:37:08 +0000

I’ve created a small video on how to reproduce the hostsfile bug in NetApp System Manager 1.0.1: Video of bug in NetApp System Manager 1.0.1. Posted by Joep Piscaer on Virtual Lifestyle. Add Virtual Lifestyle to your RSS Reader. Follow Joep Piscaer on Twitter. Check out his profile on LinkedIn.

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Release: Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization for Servers (virtualization.com)

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:32:53 +0000

Red Hat yesterday announced the general availability of Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization for Servers, the newest product set in the Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization portfolio. Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization for Servers is designed to enable pervasive adoption of virtualization, with a…

Red Hat releases Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisor and Virtualization Manager for Servers (virtualization.info)

alessandro.perilli@virtualization.info (Alessandro Perilli) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:24:53 +0000

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Yesterday, finally, Red Hat announced the availability of its new virtualization offering, which includes a platform based on KVM and an enterprise virtualization manager.

The company already released Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5.4 in mid September, which features KVM in the same way…

VMTN Podcast number 71, vStorage API (Yellow Bricks)

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:40:27 +0000

This weeks topic of the VMware Communities Roundtable was the vStorage API. It was most likely one of the most technical roundtables in months. Especially the part about the Virtual Disk Development Kit (aka VDDK) was educational! If you missed the episode you can download it here or subscribe to…

Scheduled Site Maintenance at Various Times from November 6 - 8, 2009 (VMware Communities Blog)

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:04:43 +0000

Friday, November 6, 2009 from 6:00 PM – 12:00 Midnight PST
Saturday, November 7, 2009 from 6:00 AM – 8:30 AM PST
Sunday, November 8, 2009 from 5:00 AM – 9:00 AM PST

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Think everyone is virtualizing? Think again (VMware tips and tricks)

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:47:51 +0000

Some IT shops still haven't virtualized, according to a recent survey by Focus. In this article, we explore the most common protests and debunk most of those arguments.

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Freakonomics:How H1N1 boosts desktop virtualization adoption (Virtualization Pro Blog)

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:43:43 +0000

Desktop virtualization vendors are spinning their wheels trying to get enterprises to adopt the technology, but it turns out, all they really need is a good pandemic. I met with some of VMware Inc.’s desktop virtualization reps yesterday to discuss the next version of VMware View (4.0), which…

Bloggers-Battle: Desktop Virtualization is THE way to go! (virtualfuture.info)

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:17:58 +0000

Before I start my first post in the VirtualFuture.Info Bloggers-Battle, let me first respond to Matthijs’ first post. And let me remind the readers, this is a Bloggers-Battle. Matthijs and I are trying to convince each other and the readers that one product is a better choice than another, just…

Some Thoughts on Thin Provisioning (Virtual Black Hole / Tripwire)