VDI Market Shares (That's My View)
Vittorio Viarengo published a very interesting article about the VDI market shares on his blog. The data from Morgan Stanley Research shows that Citrix and VMware have almost the same share in the...
View ArticleTop 5 Tips for Migrating to ESXi (Virtualization Review Blogs)
It's time to ditch ESX and go full bore with ESXi. But be sure you're ready for the migration. Here are 5 tips to make sure you're ready for it.
View ArticleCitrix XenClient 2 Tech Preview Available (Thinstall Guru)
The Technology Preview for Citrix XenClient 2 is now available for download. Technology Previews are an important milestone in the product lifecycle process because it allows Citrix to gather expert...
View ArticleRelease: Oracle VM Server for SPARC 2.1 (virtualization.info)
Oracle announced last week an update for its VM Server for SPARC, reaching version 2.1. This product, formerly known as Sun Logical Domains, represents the Oracle offer for the Oracle...
View ArticleHow to Increase Clinician Satisfaction with One-Touch Desktop Roaming (VMware...
Guest Blog Post (Part 2 of a 3 part series) By David Ting, CTO, Imprivata One of the biggest challenge hospitals face when implementing Electronic Medical Record (EMR) systems is clinician adoption....
View ArticleHow Far Do You Go? - To Virtualize Or Not To Virtualize In The K-12 Realm...
Guest Blog Post (Part 2 of a 3 part series) By Georges Khairallah, systems engineer, Chino Valley Unified School District Virtualization has come quite a long way. You can now virtualize your servers,...
View ArticleDo We Really Need VMware Mobile Virtualization Platform (MVP) ?...
I recently had the good fortune of being a Tech Field Day delegate. One of the presentations was from VMware discussing their Mobile Virtualization Platform (MVP). This idea certainly has a coolness...
View ArticleRenaming virtual machines in VMware Fusion (VMware KBTV)
See how easy and quick it is to rename your VMware Fusion virtual machine using the VMware Fusion user interface in this video. Why would you want to do this? Providing unique and meaningful names to...
View ArticleCentralized RBAC Missing from Virtualization Management Tools (Virtualization...
As a delegate for Tech Field Day 6 in Boston, I was introduced to several virtualization and performance management tools from vKernel, NetApp, Solarwinds, Embotics, and a company still in stealth...
View ArticleIndianapolis VMUG User Conference – July 28 (RTFM Education)
It’s my pleasure to help promote the next stop in my US Tour of VMware User Groups. As Alan Renouf said, I’ve become the whore of VMUGs. Not sure if that is quite politically correct – but I’m enjoying...
View ArticleFollow-up Analysis from "2010's Trend and Risk Report from a VMware...
As promised from my blog back in April (sorry it took so long!), here is a follow-up examination to the vulnerabilities announced from 2010 as they relate to ESX and ESXi. As I mentioned before there...
View ArticleVMware vSphere Performance Monitoring Training – a sample video from...
Sample video from VMware vSphere Performance Monitoring Training from TrainSignal. In this latest video from the new vSphere monitoring training, David Davis, the instructor. In this demo from...
View ArticleHowTo: Configure PXE Manager for Stateless ESXi deployments (virtual-blog.com)
This is the second of two part articles on Max Daneri's PXE Manager. The first article can be found by clicking here. In this article I will explain how to configure PXE Manager to boot stateless ESXi...
View ArticlePersonal journal article about how Workspace Management helps migrating to...
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View ArticleWhat if we gave you a different search experience? (VMware Support Insider)
We're trying something a little bit different, changing the way you can find articles from our Knowledge Base before you file a support request. But before we tell you what we're doing, let us explain...
View ArticlePowerCLI: Return the iSCSI Software Adapter (ICT-Freak.nl)
In my previous postsabout how to manage iSCSI targets with PowerCLI part 1 and part 2. I used the following line to return the iSCSI adapter: $hba = $esx | Get-VMHostHba -Type iScsi But when I used...
View ArticleVeeam Book Update (Virtualize Planet)
Ok I finished the first half of my book which covers Veeam Monitor and Reporter. I have asked my buddy Barry Coombs over at http://virtualisedreality.com/ to do the technical editorial on the book....
View ArticleRelease: Solarwinds Virtualization Manager 4.0 (virtualization.info)
In January this year Solarwinds acquired the IT Management software company Hyper9, making its move into the virtualization market. Hyper9′s product called Virtual Environment Optimization is now...
View ArticlevSphere Doesn’t Like OVF with SCSI ID of X:15 (VMware Tips)
In a very random situation that most customers probably wouldn’t even encounter, we’ve came across a bug while importing an OVF that has a VMDK with a SCSI Address of X:15 (ie: SCSI 0:15, SCSI 1:15,...
View ArticleVAAI Train Running Late Today (VMware Tips)
Another one of those posts today that most likely will not affect most, however there is a known issue with the vStorage APIs for Array Integration (VAAI) mixed together with EMC VMAX Storage Arrays....
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