Have a Question? Ask the Expert vBloggers! (VMware Tips)
This year at VMworld I have the extreme honor to be moderating a panel discussion with some fellow bloggers that in my opinion are experts in virtualization, Frank Denneman, Duncan Epping, Scott Lowe...
View ArticleWhat's New in VMware vSphere 5 - Technical Whitepapers (NTPRO.NL)
<img> What's New in VMware vSphere 5.0 Storage This paper focuses on the storage-specific features and enhancements that are available in vSphere 5.0 and provides an overview of how they optimize...
View ArticleVMware Labs present its latest fling - CloudFS (NTPRO.NL)
CloudFS is a prototype replicated and distributed storage system for the VMware ESX platform. It allows VMs to run using local storage, without any single points of failure. CloudFS has been described...
View Article3 Design Considerations for Your vSphere 5 Auto Deploy Environment (Paul...
This post focuses on design considerations for using Auto Deploy Server to provision stateless ESXi hosts. Here are the three topics that I’ll address: Placement of New Services (Auto Deploy Server,...
View ArticleAutomation with ESXi and vSphere 5.0 (Virtualization Practice)
With the announcement of vSphere 5.0, VMware has kept its word on only having VMware ESXi for the physical host operating system. This is the first release of vSphere with just VMware ESXi as an...
View ArticleHA Architecture Series – Advanced Settings (5/5) (Yellow Bricks)
When doing some research for the vSphere Clustering Technical Deepdive book I stumbled across something which was very surprising and difficult to grasp at first. I figured explaining it in a short...
View ArticleNew vSphere 5 CLI Utilities/Tricks Marketing Did Not Tell You About Part 3...
Continuing from New vSphere 5 CLI Utilities/Tricks Marketing Did Not Tell You About Part 215. Another way to run dcui utility is using the dcuiweasel, I'm not exactly sure what the difference between...
View ArticleHow to Automate Host Cache Configuration in ESXi 5 (virtuallyGhetto)
ESXi 5.0 now supports a new feature called Host Cache which allows a user to offload the virtual machine's swap onto a local SSD device for performance, this can be very helpful for VMware View...
View Article2 Hidden Virtual Machine Gems in the vSphere 5 API (virtuallyGhetto)
I was recently going through the new vSphere 5 API reference guide and I had stumbled across two new interesting virtual machine features that I did not see any mention of in the vSphere 5 beta...
View ArticleHow to Retrieve Workflow Execution Details (vCO Team)
A common task among vCenter Orchestrator (vCO) developers is to check the results of workflows that have already executed. This can be done in the vCO Client by clicking the plus sign next to the...
View ArticleVirtualization Vendor Profile: Altaro (Server Virtualization Blog)
SMB users of Hyper-V will soon get a new backup alternative. Altaro, which previously focused on desktop-level backups, plans to release software in August it says will be simpler and cheaper than...
View ArticlePCoIP Enhancements Coming to VMware View – 75% Bandwidth Improvement (VMware...
By Warren Ponder, Director, Desktop Product Management, VMware This morning Vittorio Viarengo, vice president, End-User Computing for VMware is participating in what promises to be an exciting session...
View ArticleLinux Kernel 3.0 is out (with KVM and Xen included) (virtualization.info)
Last week, Linux kernel father Linus Torvalds announced the release of version 3.0 of the Linux Kernel. This release does not introduce any binary incompatibility neither major changes....
View ArticleEducators Cut Costs, Streamline Management and Go Green with VMware View and...
Exciting times here at VMware! Earlier today we outlined new enhancements to PCoIP in the next version of VMware View that will lead to dramatic bandwidth improvements – opening up new use cases and...
View ArticleVMware still supporting DOS (It's Just Another Layer)
Just saw the release of the 28 July 2011 patches for ESX(i) and in the list fixed is this little nugget. When you use Altiris DOS boot disk and PXE boot a virtual machine running on ESX 4.1 with...
View ArticleRemoving the Last Competitive Hurdle for VMware View (Virtualization Journey)
Today I had the opportunity to discuss VDI protocols on a panel with Citrix and Quest at the Gartner Catalyst conference. My thanks to Chris Wolf and Gartner for the opportunity. I took the chance to...
View ArticleLast year’s VMworld sessions Free to watch Online (ESX Virtualization)
A sessions from VMworld 2010 were enabled for free watch. It’s been announced by VMworld blog. The session from last year’s VMworld are no longer restricted. VMworld sessions are video sessions from...
View ArticleRelease: Linux Integration Services for Microsoft Hyper-V 3.1...
Microsoft has released version 3.1 of the Linux Integration Services for its hypervisor Hyper-V, providing support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6.0 and 6.1 and CentOS 6.0, for which...
View ArticleVCAP4-DCA Exam Experience and Tips (Kendrick Coleman)
It was almost 1 year ago today that I published my VCAP4-DCA Landing Page. Back on July 16th, I finally got around to taking my VCAP4-DCA exam after the struggle with my VCAP Madness and accidentally...
View ArticleVCAP4-DCA Exam Experience and Tips (Kendrick Coleman)
It was almost 1 year ago today that I published my VCAP4-DCA Landing Page. Back on July 16th, I finally got around to taking my VCAP4-DCA exam after the struggle with my VCAP Madness and accidentally...
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