vSoup A Man After Midnight #13 (vSoup podcast)
Mike Laverick, the SRM guru, is our guest and we get into all sorts of goodness: VMUG’s, SRM, VMworld bands, some vRAM semi-speculation and vBeers get some attention too! What is an unconference? Are...
View ArticlevSphere 5 Coverage (Yellow Bricks)
I just read Eric’s article about all the topics he covered around vSphere 5 over the last couple of weeks and as I just published the last article I had prepared I figured it would make sense to post...
View ArticleMy vSphere 5 coverarge - Linkage (NTPRO.NL)
During the past weeks I’ve been working very hard to create cool articles regarding the release of VMware’s new flagship vSphere 5. Since I was asked to participate in the beta program, I had a great...
View ArticlevSphere 5 – Clean ESXi 5.0 Installation video from my lab (ESX Virtualization)
My turn to show an installation of ESXi 5.0 in my lab. In this video I’m showing clean installation of ESXi 5.0 in one whitebox from my lab. I do a clean installation of ESXi 5.0 (beta release), so I’m...
View ArticleTop 5 Planet V12N blog posts for week 31 (VMTN Blog)
VMware made a rather large announcement this week around the new vSphere 5 licensing model which is based on the concept of vRAM. Based on customer feedback the vRAM entitlements per socket have been...
View ArticlevCloud Director Hard coded MAC (2 VCP's and a Truck)
If you are like me and build and destroy things constantly or just like doing things in ways you probably are not supposed to here is a quick tip. I was destroying a vCD environment the other day but I...
View ArticleGrant User Access to vCenter CapacityIQ (Virtualization Team)
As lately I have been testing several of our Enterprise Management Solutions, & I have been sharing them more often with our customers. After the announcement of vRAM, vCenter CapacityIQ is one of...
View ArticleTop 10 Reasons to Upgrade to vSphere 5 (Pivot Point)
I was recently re-watching the classic cultural assessment of our friends down under, Bart vs. Australia. Among the other completely accurate portrayals of our Aussie friends, you will see MPs slopping...
View ArticleWeekly Twitter Updates (Virtualization Information)
Killers at #VMworld – Somebody told me you had a VM that looked like a server that was P2V'd in February of last year. # RT @ericsiebert: @KendrickColeman @PatrickRedknap @rickvanover @servervirt_tt...
View ArticlevSphere 5 Storage Appliance Resilience Demo (NTPRO.NL)
The vSphere Storage Appliance (VSA) Resilience demo will show you how the VSA cluster can survive an appliance failure & an ESXi failure, so that the VMs running on a VSA datastore are not...
View ArticlevSphere 5 Profile-Driven Storage Demo (NTPRO.NL)
This demo shows vSphere Profile-Driven Storage, a feature in vSphere that allows rapid and intelligent provisioning of applications, while ensuring application service levels match the available...
View ArticlevSphere 5 Storage DRS Demo (NTPRO.NL)
Storage DRS is an I/O and space load balancing mechanism that determines the best place for a given virtual machine's data to live when it is created and then used over time. For more information...
View ArticlevSphere 5 Web Client Demo (NTPRO.NL)
The demo will show how easy the new vSphere web client is to access as well as highlight the simplicity of navigating the new interface for common day-to-day tasks of virtualization administrators....
View ArticlevSphere 5 Storage Appliance Installation and Configuration Demo (NTPRO.NL)
In vSphere 5.0, VMware releases a new software storage appliance called the vSphere Storage Appliance (VSA). This appliance provides an alternative storage solution for customers who lack the in-house...
View ArticlevSphere 5 Auto Deploy Demo (NTPRO.NL)
This demo will show how vSphere Auto Deploy enables dynamic provisioning of new hosts to a vSphere 5.0 cluster. For more information click here.
View ArticleWin a VMworld Pass from StarWind Software (VMware Virtualization Evangelist)
Win a Free VMworld Expo Only Pass* from StarWind Software!!! Would you like to attend VMworld 2011 Expo in Las Vegas? It’s easy and free! Follow these simple steps: 1. Click “Like” on the StarWind...
View ArticlevSphere 5 Auto Deploy PXE booting through Cisco ASA firewall (Gabe's Virtual...
In response to my blog post on “vSphere 5 – How to run ESXi stateless with vSphere Auto Deploy“, I received a comment from Rob Ellison, who ran into issues when PXE booting through a Cisco ASA...
View ArticleVirtualizing tier-one applications: How to turn cynics into believers (VMware...
Tier-one applications are the lifeblood of businesses, so application owners are protective. But with a little coaxing, you can make the doubters into virtualization believers. Add to digg Add to...
View ArticleProgrammable Data Centers: Next Big Thing in IT? (DoubleCloud)
As cloud computing gains momentum, more mega data centers are constructed or to be constructed. You can find cool videos on how companies like Google, Microsoft build and run their state-of-the-art...
View ArticleMy first bowl of vSoup (RTFM Education)
Last week it was my pleasure to take part in my first ever vSoup podcast hosted by none other than Chris Dearden, Ed Czerwin and Christian Mohn. We discussed the following topics: VMware User Groups...
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