VMware vSphere 5 vRAM Pricing and Taxes (Virtualization Practice)
VMware has done the right thing by taking care of their enterprise customers and making sure that they know that they can purchase vSphere 5 licenses under the terms of their existing ELA's. The vast...
View ArticleVMworld 2011 Spousetivities (blog.scottlowe.org)
VMworld 2011 is almost here, and so are the Spousetivities! Here's a quick update on what's being planned for VMworld 2011 in Las Vegas.This article was originally posted on blog.scottlowe.org. Visit...
View ArticleHA Architecture Series – Datastore Heartbeating (3/5) (Yellow Bricks)
**disclaimer: Some of the content has been taken from the vSphere 5 Clustering Technical Deepdive book** The first time I was playing around with 5.0 and particularly HA I noticed a new section in the...
View ArticleRethinking the Value (and cost) of data (virtualization stuff)
I have had a number of conversations recently with some hospitals about storage requirements, and specifically where to put more gear as their data centers are bursting at the seams, or in some cases...
View ArticleHost Profiles Free in ESXi 5? (virtuallyGhetto)
No, VMware is not giving away their vCenter Host Profile feature which is still part of Enterprise Plus suite. But VMware has secretly introduced a new host profile framework that runs directly on an...
View ArticleAutomating the New Integrated VIX/Guest Operations API in vSphere 5...
VMware hinted earlier this year that the future of the VIX API would eventually be integrated into the core vSphere API, it looks like the wait is finally over. With the latest release of vSphere 5,...
View ArticleWho will use Zimbra? (Server Virtualization Blog)
VMware is putting together its applications portfolio piece by piece, including Zimbra email and collaboration software. But who’s going to use Zimbra? The most well known Zimbra customer is Comcast,...
View ArticleMem.MinFreePct sliding scale function (Frank Denneman)
One of the cool “under the hood” improvements vSphere 5 offers is the sliding scale function of the Mem.MinFreePct. Before diving into the sliding scale function, let’s take a look at the...
View ArticleVMware Boot Camp Day 6 - PCoIP Implementation & Tuning Best Practices (VMware...
OK campers... Today Chuck Hirstius, PSO, WW Advanced Services, VMware looks at best practices for optimizing PCoIP for different types of workloads. He also gives you the latest tips from the field for...
View ArticleDon’t Miss VMworld Europe 2011: Early Bird Rate Ends 7/29 and More (VMworld...
VMworld Europe 2011 is only 11 weeks away and you don’t want miss out. “Why?” For many reasons, including the ability to learn about the latest VMware offerings and see solutions from over 125...
View ArticleVMware ThinApp vs. Microsoft AppV – 50% less Disk I/O with ThinApp!! (VMware...
By Fred Schimscheimer, Sr.Technical Marketing Manager, Desktop Products I recently had the opportunity to do some extensive testing between VMware ThinApp and Microsoft App-V. As part of the End-User...
View ArticleNew Mind Map – Troubleshooting Storage Issues (VMware Support Insider)
Here’s our newest Mind Map, for Storage issues. As before, this PDF has a clickable Flash object embedded so that you can drill down into the various topics and articles. We list the steps to take, and...
View ArticleSocialcast Powers The Extended Enterprise (VMware End User Computing)
By Tim Young, founder of Socialcast and vice president Social Enterprise for VMware The modern workplace is a complex ecosystem of employees, vendors, partners, contractors and customers. As in nature,...
View ArticleView Android Client (Virtualization Journey)
In this previous post, I talked about the work that the View engineering team has been doing over the last 18 months to set the foundation for our client releases. We needed to decouple our client...
View ArticleVMworld Sessions Online (VMworld Blog)
As we approach VMworld 2011 and you are either still waiting to register or have registered already, please be sure to view the online sessions from 2010 and previous years. VMworld 2010 sessions are...
View ArticlevSphere Home Lab: Part 4 – Upgrading a Synology NAS (Jason's Nash's Blog)
It’s been a while since I wrote about the home vSphere lab but it has gotten a lot of use…even more than I expected. I use it when learning new products, testing out features, and just around the...
View ArticleVMware users suggest changes to vSphere 5 licensing model (VMware tips and...
Upping the memory limits per licensing level or shifting to pure vRAM licensing SKUs are popular suggestions for making the new vSphere 5 licensing model more palatable for users. Add to digg Add to...
View ArticleParallels Desktop for Mac through a VMware Fusion 3 user's eyes (VMware tips...
Parallels Desktop for Mac and VMware Fusion 3 are two, popular ways to run Windows on a Mac. Their differences in features and presentation can affect your virtualization tasks. Add to digg Add to...
View ArticleWhy VMware licensing changed in vSphere 5 and what it means for you (VMware...
VMware licensing had to change eventually. Advancements in technology made the old per-socket model a problem for VMware, which added vRAM limits to the vSphere 5 licensing model. Add to digg Add to...
View ArticleVirtual HD Audio Hardware in vSphere 5 (Kendrick Coleman)
I was in the midst of getting a few play VMs setup for my nested vCloud Director 1.5 environment and I ran into something new. I grabbed 2 linux distros from bagside.com because all of the distros...
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