How to pin a VM to single host and still be able to enter maintenance mode...
Today a customer asked me about a specific issue he has in his vSphere environment. They are running a VM that monitors network traffic and they want to make sure the VM is running on esx-1 unless......
View ArticleVirtualizeTips Magazine February 2011 is Released (Kendrick Coleman)
After a few months of work, Brian Suhr from virtualizetips.com has released the 1st edition of his new magazine. There are some great topics including an article from yours truly talking about my green...
View ArticleA watershed benchmark moment (Virtual Geek)
Well – it’s on record that I don’t always agree with the superlatives/dramatic wording used by the Reg. I still think that, but it is nice that yesterday’s was in EMC’s favor :-) I guess that’s the...
View ArticleVMware View 4.6 is here (That's My View)
The new release of VMware View is here! The new version 4.6 includes new features as well as feature enhancements. The highlights for version 4.6 are the following. PCoIP Security Server USB device...
View ArticleThinApp 4.6.1 (That's My View)
There is also a new release of VMware’s application virtualization software ThinApp. The new maintenance release 4.6.1 includes more than 160 fixes for known issues. Additionally there are enhancements...
View ArticleQuick-start guide for deploying Office 2010 using ThinApp 4.6.1 (VMware...
Anxious to create your own Office 2010 packages using ThinApp 4.6.1? The following quick-start guide will help lead you through the process. If you haven't captured an application using ThinApp before,...
View ArticleVMware ThinApp 4.6.1 Whats new? (VMware ThinApp Blog)
ThinApp 4.6.1 is a maintenance release and includes fixes for more than 160 known issues. A few of the apps that have had issues resolved include Google Chrome on x64 platforms, Professor Teaches Word...
View ArticleLast night VMware released ThinApp 4.6.1 (Thinstall Guru)
VMware ThinApp 4.6.1 is a maintenance release. This release adds the following features to improve usability, performance, and updates: Improved support for Microsoft Office 2010 applications Known...
View ArticleVMware View 4.6 released (Thinstall Guru)
Near ThinApp 4.6.1, VMware also released VMware View 4.6. VMware View 4.6 includes the following new features: Security servers can now accommodate PCoIP connections Enhanced USB device compatibility...
View ArticleThinApp 4.6.1 released (ESX Virtualization)
Thinapp 4.6.1 is a maintenance release. A new version of ThinApp has been released. This maintenance release covers more than 160 fixes. Some of those fixes are for example for Google Chrome running on...
View ArticleWhats all this Unified Storage HOOEY about ? (Going Virtual)
I was talking to a friend last week who asked me two provocative yet valid questions, and I thought It would be worth posting about because at the end of our conversation he had opened his mind to a...
View ArticleVirtualisation 101 – SRM (PlanetVM)
This is the first in a short series of high level articles intended to explain how some of VMware’s products and features work, to help anyone that needs to get up to speed quickly on a particular...
View ArticleView 4.6 and ThinApp 4.6.1 are out! (VM Junkie)
Good news, everyone! After an agonizing wait for some of us in the know, View 4.6 is finally out as of an hour ago. This is not a super-huge release, but rather an incremental release that fixes a lot...
View ArticleVCAP: Datacenter Design Exam Tips (virtual-blog.com)
After passing my VAP-DCD Exam this week, I thought it might be good to write some tips on what to expect. These are very high level, so as not to give away any in depth clues. The exam generally has a...
View ArticleRelease: VMware View 4.6 (The VMguy)
Some nice new items in this one. If you like, you can proceed straight to the download here. Here’s the what’s new section from the release notes: VMware View 4.6 includes the following new features:...
View ArticleUsing VMware? Want more perf? Help me help you. (Virtual Geek)
So, everyone wants more performance, always. As I mentioned in yesterday’s post, it’s REALLY hard to generate a “VMware IO workload”, and most benchmarks out there aren’t that good at the IO part of a...
View ArticleVMware View and VMware ThinApp Updates! (VMware View)
The VMware End-User Computing team is happy to announce the general availability of VMware View 4.6 and VMware ThinApp 4.6.1. VMware View 4.6 While View 4.6 is considered a minor update, I am actually...
View ArticleTime to adopt an “Application Virtualization First” Policy? (RTFM Education)
Look this is a VERY lengthy article. At nearly 8K words, its not really a blogpost. As such I thought folks might also want this in a PDF format offline so they can read it at their leisure. A couple...
View ArticleRE: VMFS 3 versions – maybe you should upgrade your vmfs? (Yellow Bricks)
I was just answering some questions on the VMTN forum when someone asked the following question: Should I upgrade our VMFS luns from 3.21 (some in 3.31) to 3.46 ? What benefits will we get? This person...
View ArticleVMware View 4.6 Remote Access Video (That's My View)
Mark Benson, a View architect from VMware’s CTO office has published a new video about the new VMware Security Server version which supports PCoIP. A great video. VMware View 4.6 PCoIP Remote Access...
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