Index of Resolution Path KB Articles (VMware Support Insider)
We have featured many Mind Maps in this blog and gotten fabulous feedback on them, so today we are presenting an Index so you can easily locate and download the ones most relevant to you. Mind Maps are...
View ArticleShort-Take: Nexenta 3.1 Adds VAAI Support, Auto-Sync Resume (Colin MacMillan)
Nexneta Systems Inc released version 3.1 of its open storage software yesterday with a couple of VMware vSphere-specific feature enhancements. These enhancements are specifically targets at VMware’s...
View ArticleA week in virtualization (VMTN Blog)
My world has been consumed by the VMwold, so let me run down a list of all the things you should check out. First, there is the Schedule Builder, which you should use if you are planning to attend any...
View ArticleAdditional VMworld 2011 Session Added (Jason's Nash's Blog)
To show how behind I am in getting ready for VMworld this year I think I forgot to do a post about when my sessions were scheduled…. Last night they added a second running of my vDS and N1Kv Deep Dive...
View ArticleTwitter and Blog Contributors at VMworld 2011 (Las Vegas) (VMworld Blog)
<img>VMworld 2011 (Las Vegas) is fast approaching and VMworld tweets and blog postings are building momentum. To help collaboration and exposure for these social media efforts at the conference,...
View ArticleVMware has a change of heart on licensing (vSphere-land)
When VMware announced the new licensing model based on vRAM when they revealed vSphere 5 the ensueing uproar overshadowed all the great features and enhancements that are part of vSphere 5. In fact if...
View ArticleDesktop Virtualization with vSphere 5: Licensing Overview (Update 8/3/11)...
By Raj Mallempati, Director, Product Marketing, End-User Computing, VMware ??> As we have been interacting with customers and partners over the past couple of...???>
View ArticleValidating vSphere 5 license information using vSphere PowerCLI script...
Alan Renouf, a Senior Technical Marketing Architect here at VMware today updated his PowerCLI script that you can run on your existing vSphere 4 systems. The script generates an HTML report showing...
View ArticleOfficial: Revisions to VMware vSphere 5 Licensing (The Lone Sysadmin)
It’s official, VMware is changing the vRAM licensing in response to the feedback they’ve received. And, from the sounds of it, lots of feedback. They read every single vRAM post and thread in the...
View ArticleChanges to the vRAM licensing model introduced on July 12, 2011 (Rethink IT)
As many of you know, with the introduction of vSphere 5 we also announced changes to the vSphere licensing model in order to align costs with the benefits of virtualization rather than with the...
View ArticleVMware Announces Revised vRAM Licensing! (Jason's Nash's Blog)
If you’re around the virtualization industry at all you’re probably aware of VMware’s recently announced licensing changes as discussed here. The rumor came out last week that VMware was going to make...
View ArticlevSphere 5. 0 vRAM Entitlements are to be changed (Technodrone)
The first rumor of this was mentioned here by Gabrie van Zanten The original levels were as follows: Current vRAM As I mentioned on a previous post of mine vSphere 5 Licensing is (some kind of) per-VM...
View ArticleAdjusting the New vRAM Model with vSphere 5 - We Heard You! (VMware vSphere...
Hi folks, just wanted to make sure you read our announcement today on the Rethink IT blog. We have made 3 key changes to the new vRAM entitlements introduced with vSphere 5. We have listened to our...
View ArticleVMware Licensing Debate Post-Mortem (Virtual Insanity)
BREAKING – PALO ALTO (VP) The VMware licensing debate was killed this afternoon while trying to rescue the #vTax hashtag from the inside lane of the Ridiculous Interstate. Witnesses say a bearded,...
View ArticleHow VMware is listening to their clientele: new vRAM limits (VMGuru.nl)
Sometimes a company rethinks its strategy and thinks it has found a new edge. This was, or better, is the case with the new licensing model for vSphere 5, that was announced 12th of July. Actually,...
View ArticleVMware Listened: vSphere 5 Licensing Changes (latoga labs)
So VMware announced a change in licensing with vSphere 5…the customers reacted…and VMware listened and adjusted the licensing in about 3 weeks. Quite a rarity in the enterprise software industry… When...
View ArticleHidden vCenter Debugging Performance Metrics (virtuallyGhetto)
While extracting the new performance metrics in vSphere 5 for a blog post, I came across a metric type that I had never noticed before, vcDebugInfo. These performance metrics seems to deal with some of...
View ArticleMy Cloud - VMware for 21st Century Education (VMwareTV)
My Cloud - VMware for 21st Century Education vmware.com -- Extend the reach of education with virtualization and Your Cloud. From: vmwaretv Views: 429 5 ratings Time: 03:01 More in Science &...
View ArticleA Quick Update – vSphere 5 (2 VCP's and a Truck)
Sometimes it seems like you look down and everything has changed. It has been almost 2 months since I blogged. That is unacceptable. I used to always write things that I was learning. I can assure you...
View ArticleThe biggest Linked Clone “IO” Split Study – Part 1/2 (myvirtualcloud.net)
In my article Get hold of VDI IOPs, Read/Write Ratios and Storage Tiering I discussed the importance of understanding the virtual desktop IO pattern in VDI deployments. On the same article I briefly...
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