New Diskeeper White Paper: Optimization of VMware Systems (VMware...
Diskeeper Corporation reached out to me via email last week letting me know that they’ve released a new white paper on optimizing VMs. I’m making the three page document available for download via the...
View ArticleVirtualized Replication: vSphere APIs Expand (Virtualization Practice)
As a delegate for Tech Field Day 6 in Boston, I was introduced to SRM Replication as well as ZeRTO a third party replication tool. They seem to be as different as night and day but are they? Both work...
View Article2 Men, 2 Sessions, 1 CLI (Virtu-Al)
2 Men, 2 Sessions, 1 CLI is a post from: Virtu-Al. Virtu-Al is one of the authors of "vSphere 4.0 Quick Start Guide: Shortcuts down the path of Virtualization" - Buy your copy today from the USA,...
View ArticleCisco Trunks, Native VLANs, Nonegotiate and Security Best Practices (Kendrick...
This week i'm taking a Global Knowledge course called Implementing Cisco Switched Networks to prepare for the CCNP SWITCH exam. The class has been pretty good after day 1 with a lot of refreshers...
View ArticleVMware Workstation & Ubuntu 11.04 : Console Bug (Nickapedia)
I have moved a new vApp I am building to Ubuntu 11.04 this last week. I had been coding via SSH for the most part. But just recently I noticed that I have been getting a blank console on the vApp....
View ArticleMicrosoft needs to cut out the VMware middleman (Server Virtualization Blog)
Pop quiz: Why did you buy your particular smartphone or tablet? A. Because of its cool apps that let me make dinner reservations, hail a taxi to the restaurant and then watch ESPN while I’m in said...
View ArticleMicrosoft Office 365 today globally available as a cloud service! (Thinstall...
Today, at media events around the world, Microsoft Corp. announced the availability of Microsoft Office 365, the company’s newest cloud service. Office 365 is now available in 40 markets, and it brings...
View ArticlePCoIP Network Design Checklist (myvirtualcloud.net)
The PCoIP protocol provides a real-time delivery of a rich user desktop experience in virtual desktop and remote workstation environments. To ensure a responsive desktop, the PCoIP protocol must be...
View ArticleGoing to Virtualize Oracle? (VMware vSphere Blog)
Below is an upcoming webcast on virtualizing Oracle from the customer perspective.The intent is to share lessons learned from two customers that have implemented Oracle on VMware and use EMC storage....
View ArticlePowerCLI and SRM - what you need to know! (Uptime)
This blog will help you use PowerCLI as part of an SRM failover.
View ArticleEMC NetWorker 7.6 SP2 GA release with support for VADP (Going Virtual)
Well its finally arrived, NetWorker 7.6 SP2 with support for VADP is now GA. I’ve got a number of posts about this coming up, but for the moment, just a quick one to say it’s here, and to list some of...
View ArticleUEM Smackdown released (virtualfuture.info)
I’m proud to present to you the User Environment Manager Smackdown. Are you looking for an independent overview of the User Environment Management solutions and curious about the different features-...
View ArticleUnderstanding, enabling, and configuring Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V...
One of the new features on Windows 2008 R2 SP1 introduces Dynamic Memory for Hyper-V. Aidan Finn has written a whitepaper that will take you on a deep dive into the inner working os Hyper-V dynamic...
View ArticleMoving Virtual Machine Back From Distributed Virtual Switch (DoubleCloud)
After blogging about moving virtual machines from a standard virtual switch to a distributed virtual switch, I saw a new question in VI Java API forum on how to roll it back. Technically, I don’t see...
View ArticleVMware vSphere iPad App – New Update v1.1.0 Available (TechHead)
Just a quick post to let you know, if you haven’t already seen, that v1.1.0 of VMware’s vSphere iPad application has been released and is now available for download/update on the Apple App Store. This...
View ArticleVM Swapfile (.vswp) placement with SRM (Virtual Kenneth)
Nowadays VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM) gets implemented more and more and like vSphere, VMware SRM needs a good architectural design before starting off. One of the design considerations is around...
View ArticlevBeers – North East England (virtual-blog.com)
For anyone who lives in the North East of England, David Owen (@vMackem) is organising a vBeers on 18th August in Sunderland. This is quite central for everyone from Newcastle to Thirsk. Read more...
View ArticleInstalling the HP NC365T in ESX4iU1 (tenDam.info)
The HP NC365T 4 port nic is supported in ESX4iUpdate1 but is not recognized by default. What I need to do before it is recognized, is to install the Intel driver for this card. First you need to...
View ArticleQ&A with David Greschler and Doug Brown, Founders of the New Social...
David Greschler (co-founder of Softricity App-V, and until recently, Director of Virtualization and Cloud strategy at Microsoft) and Doug Brown... Read more at VMblog.com.<img>
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