News: Compuware acquires dynaTrace (Virtualization Practice)
The news today is that Compuware has acquired dynaTrace. This is an extremely significant development as this is the first example of one of the "traditional" systems management vendors (IBM, HP, CA,...
View Article3 Pieces of Bad News and a Deep Dive into APD (Virtual Geek)
So – last week’s EMC/VMware webcast was… funky. AFAIK, it might just be a first – a wide open webcast where we publicly “out” some EMC gaffes, bugs, and other things. In this case, we discussed recent...
View ArticleTop 20 Articles for June 2011 (VMware Support Insider)
Here is our Top 20 KB list for June 2011. This list is ranked by the number of times a VMware Support Service Request was resolved by following the steps in a published Knowledge Base article. Enhanced...
View ArticleExchange 2010 SP1 and KB2393802 or How to Have an Interesting Afternoon at...
Let me start this post out with a little story. I am normally a hardcore virtualization and storage guy. Sometimes my career in this sector brings me into working with stuff I haven’t worked with...
View ArticleStart with SaaS Security: End with Data Security (Virtualization Practice)
The 6/30 Virtualization Security Podcast with Simon Crosby Founder and CEO of Bromium started with a discussion of SaaS security but soon went to a discussion of Data Security. Simon left Citrix not to...
View ArticleTrilead VM Explorer 3.5 review (ESX Virtualization)
Review of Trilead’s VM Explorer 3.5 – an easy backup for VMware ESX/ESXi. Trilead VM Explorer is not an unknown product for my readers. In fact It has been here for a while and kept growing with each...
View ArticleHow to open the Virtual Machine and Home tabs in VMware Workstation (VMware...
Our users of VMware Workstation often ask us these two questions: I just opened Workstation, and the tab for my virtual machine is missing. What happened to it? I accidentally closed my Home tab, did...
View ArticleVMTurbo Free Community Edition (ESX Virtualization)
VMturbo Free community edition. New product release from VMTurbo. This product is not limited in time, no spyware or adware. No number of hosts limitations or VMs limitation. In fact VMturbo has...
View ArticlepfSense - virtual firewall and router VMware appliance (NTPRO.NL)
pfSense is a free, open source customized distribution of FreeBSD tailored for use as a firewall and router. In addition to being a powerful, flexible firewalling and routing platform, it includes a...
View ArticleVMware View Video Training – Using Location Based Printing (VMware Videos)
Launched today, our new VMware Certified Associate – Desktop (or VCA-DT) video training course covers VMware View Administration. This 8 hour course is taught by Brian Knudtson, a VCP, VCA-DT,...
View ArticleFree VMware View Bootcamp starting at 19th July (That's My View)
Join the VMware VDI experts for a 9-part bootcamp training series. Partners and Customers can get an in-depth look at how to successfully roll out and optimize virtual desktops and applications within...
View ArticleA week in virtualization (VMTN Blog)
Weekly virtualization news, as featured on the Community Roundtable podcast. VMware Labs has released two new flings last week, called the Cloud Cleaner and the VMware Zimbra client for Android. The...
View ArticlevExpert 2011 (knudt blog)
I’m most happy and pleased to announce my acceptance back into the vExpert community for yet another year. It’s been a great program that I’ve had the honor to be involved in for all three years it’s...
View ArticleOff-host back-ups with EqualLogic (Virtual Lifestyle)
A while back, I investigated how to optimize backups in an EqualLogic storage environment. I wanted to make use of all the (EqualLogic) features available to me. I created a list of ‘must haves’ for...
View ArticleDell Management Plug-In for VMware vCenter (Pt. 2) (Virtual Lifestyle)
In part two of this three-part series, I’m going to dive deeper into the main components of the DMPVV, which are the various profiles and templates. Also, I’m going to show you an example on how to...
View ArticleRegister now for "Raising the Bar, Part V" -- online event (VMTN Blog)
Register now for this online event July 12, 2011 9am-Noon Pacific Time VMware CEO Paul Maritz and CTO Steve Herrod will be presenting on the next generation of cloud infrastructure. Join us and...
View ArticleTeradici updates Firmware to v3.4 and Management Console to 1.5.30 (That's My...
Teradici has updated the firmware for their PCoIP zero clients to version 3.4 and the Management Console to 1.5.30. The following list gives you an overview of the new functionality. PCoIP Firmware...
View ArticleHappy 1st Birthday vDestination! (vDestination)
Well, June 27th has come and passed, and vDestination is officially 1 year old. I’m pretty excited with how the past year has gone for me in the blogging arena, I couldn’t imagine this blog turning out...
View ArticleVMware Certified Professional – Desktop, Experience and Resources...
A few months ago I took part in the VCP4-DT Beta Exam, I recently received the confirmation that I had in fact passed this exam so I though I would share my experience and resources for this...
View ArticleSetting Up Automated ESXi Deployments (vNinja.net)
Automating ESXi installs was made much easier after the release of vSphere 4.1 where the Scripted Install feature was added, and by using VMware Auto Deploy from VMware Labs. VMware Auto Deploy...
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