VMware vSphere Performance Monitoring Training – a Review (ESX Virtualization)
I had a chance to get a copy of the newest VMware vSphere Performance Monitoring Training from TrainSignal. This new training from Trainsignal which I blogged about already in my previous article here...
View ArticleESXi Scratch Partition (Think©Loud)
Not something you will be dealing with during normal day-to-day vSphere operations, but you can bump into problems if you don’t have a scratch partition. This happened to me while [...]
View ArticleAdding ESX host to vCenter : QueryConnectionInfo Failed (VMwareInfo.com)
While at a client, I received a really weird error while trying to add a brand new ESXi server to VirtualCenter. I was working on a fresh built workstation and was adding a new ESXi server. image...
View ArticleDavid Greschler leaves Microsoft (Server Virtualization Blog)
David Greschler, Microsoft’s director of virtualization and cloud computing, has left the company. Greschler and Douglas A. Brown of the popular virtualization site DABCC.com have founded a new...
View ArticleReplication Receiver Clouds: Protecting your Data (Virtualization Practice)
Security in the cloud and the virtual environment is 'all about the data' and not specifically about any other subsystem. It is about the data. As such the data has something it knows (the contents of...
View ArticleAutomation 101: vCenter Orchestrator – Set Custom Attributes (Professional...
vCenter Orchestrator… It’s power is only exceeded by it’s mystery. Or so we thought… We’ve touched on vCO a number of times in the past. So much so that I’m actually writing a book on it (Yes that was...
View ArticlevCloud Director 1.0.1: Networking Samples (IT 2.0)
My old vCloud Director Networking for Dummies post is still going strong according to my blog statistics. I believe this is an indicator that people are looking for more information about this topic so...
View ArticleAnd the winner is… (RTFM Education)
Congratulations to Kirk Shaffer – he wins the $15 iToons Gift card. Kevin is a 27 year old Network Analyst for a large Health Care provider in Pennsylvania. Where he supports the VMware infrastructure...
View ArticleVMworld Team Visited Las Vegas (VMworld Blog)
This past week most of the VMworld event team headed to Las Vegas to look at the hotels, taste some of the food that will be served and meet with vendors. Based on this meeting we are getting even more...
View ArticleUpgrading MacBookPro 13″ with SSD Drive – Stage 1 (RTFM Education)
First, let me say why I wanted to add SSD to the MBP. I’ve been a McUser for just over year. Generally, I love it. But lately the rainbow circle of hell has been coming up more often than would like –...
View ArticleHow to downgrade HP Virtual Connect Flex-10 Firmware (WoodITWork.com)
There may be a situation where you need to downgrade your HP Virtual Connect Flex-10 firmware. You may need to downgrade to test/prove an upgrade again, you may have encountered a bug which forces you...
View ArticleToronto vForum 2011 (VMware Support Insider)
by Rick Blythe The Toronto vForum 2011 took place last Thursday and I can say from first hand experience that it was noticeably better attended than last year's event. The labs were very well attended...
View ArticleA week in virtualization (VMTN Blog)
Big news first. A new version of the vSphere client for iPad has been released and is now available in the Apple App Store. You can find a link to the announcement, and all the details of the release...
View ArticleVMware View PCoIP Client on Ubuntu is finally here (Virtualization Team)
If you are an Ubuntu user like I am, a VMware View PCoIP Client for Ubuntu has been long waited for. Unfortunately, officially it still not released by VMware so if you want the official release then...
View ArticleWhatcom Community College Virtualizes Student, Faculty, Staff Desktops and...
The IT team at Whatcom Community College has been doing some great things with both server and desktop virtualization. We recently published a full case study on the school’s IT strategy here… Pasted...
View ArticleTips on Migrating to ESXi (ESXi Chronicles)
Over the past couple months I've been on the road presenting on the topic of ESXi migration at several regional VMware User Group (VMUG) conferences. When presenting on ESXi migration one question that...
View ArticleVeeam Backup and Replication is in my future (VirtualizationAdmin Blogs)
Hi, everyone! Last fall, we moved to Microsoft Data Protection Manager 2010 to protect both our physical and virtual workloads. We’ve opted to install an agent in each virtual machine. I’ll start by...
View ArticleCB Richard Ellis Closes the Deal on VDI with Technologies from Xangati and...
Posted by Raj Mallempati, Director of Product Marketing,End-User Computing It’s awesome to start blogging again after a “short” break. Yesterday, VMware and Xangati announced the successful desktop...
View ArticleKaviza VDI-in-a-Box FAQ (VirtualizationAdmin Blogs)
Citrix recently acquired Kaviza. Kaviza has taken a virtual appliance and grid approach to standing up a VDI infrastructure. All the functionality needed to create, provision, manage, and load balance...
View Article20 Microsoft Hyper-V Dynamic Memory Tips (VirtualizationAdmin Blogs)
Michel Roth has been tweeting various Microsoft Hyper-V Dynamic Memory tips. Now, he has taken those tips and compiled them all into a single article. Some of the tips include: Dynamic Memory Tip#3: If...
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