Virtual Network Best Practices Aggregation (Pivot Point)
This week a colleague of mine asked me to help out with a customer’s network design in his VMware environment. I have long possessed the kind of socratic wisdom that allows me to recognize my...
View ArticleCisco UCS Simulator (VM-Aware)
I don’t know how this bad boy has escaped me for so long, but it is absolutely amazing. It is basically a fully functional version of UCS Manager with the ability to add chassis and blades on the fly...
View ArticleReview: Exchange Server 2010 training by TrainSignal (VMGuru.nl)
Some time ago.. actually, a long time ago, we here at VMGuru.nl received a sample of a training DVD from TrainSignal. I promised to write a review on it, but I honestly didn’t come around to it due to...
View ArticleXVP manager from VMware can manage Hyper-V Servers (ESX Virtualization)
New tool called XVP manager and converter has been released by VMware Labs. With this new tool from VMware Labs you’re able not only to manage Hyper-V hosts but also convert VMs running on Hyper-V to...
View ArticleMac Users, Stop Exposing Yourself to other Hotel Guests (vinf.net)
If you use an Apple Mac (like I do), then maybe you’re happy not to have to be too bothered about all those virii, malware, worms and hackers attacks so don’t bother spending too long on your personal...
View ArticleVirtualization Performance and Availability Monitoring – A Reference...
In “A Perfect Storm in Availability and Performance Monitoring“, we proposed that legacy products from the physical environment should not be brought over into your new virtualized environment and that...
View Articleopvizor in RC for Free Up To 2 Hosts (Kendrick Coleman)
opvizor has been released in RC and is currently accessible as a free SaaS solution. According to this press release, "opvizor identifies issues in virtualized environments before they can lead to loss...
View Articleopvizor in RC for Free Up To 2 Hosts (Kendrick Coleman)
opvizor has been released in RC and is currently accessible as a free SaaS solution. According to this press release, "opvizor identifies issues in virtualized environments before they can lead to loss...
View ArticleHardware Monitoring in ESXi (VMware Support Insider)
Today we have a guest post from Arun Pandey, a Tech Support Engineer in Bangalore, India office. Arun explains below how hardware monitoring can be accomplished in ESXi using vCenter. Most of us are...
View ArticleManaging availability through vCenter Alarms (Yellow Bricks)
Last week a customer asked me a question about how to respond to for instance a partial failure in their SAN environment. A while back I had a similar question from one of my other customers so I more...
View ArticleAndroid Deleting All Our Text Messages! Google Doesn't Care (VirtualVCP)
So I’ve had my HTC Desire HD mobile phone since it was released in October 2010. As I’m not one to follow trends, line an arrogant company’s pockets and make a fashion statement by opting to buy an...
View ArticleCisco UCS–First impressions & The “Charlie Sheen” method for Troubleshooting....
I’ve been lucky enough in the last couple of days to get hands on with some Cisco UCS kit. Coming from a 99% HP environment , its been a very new experience. I’ll try to go get too bogged down into...
View ArticleIt’s all about the customer… (Jase's Place)
I was a customer Before becoming a vSpecialist with EMC, I was a systems engineer/architect in the SaaS space. In that environment, I managed several storage platforms from IBM, NetApp, and EMC. In...
View ArticleNew Book: Professional vSphere 4: Implementation and Management (Uptime)
I'm always on the lookout for new technical books with a VMware focus. It looks like Cody Bunch and Patrick Ancillotti are working on a new one called "Professional vSphere 4: Implementation and...
View ArticleVIDEO: 5Nine Manager Free Tool for Hyper-V – How-To by @davidmdavis (VMware...
A new free tool was released for Hyper-V that is better option than Hyper-V Manager from Microsoft. This tool is a GUI interface that can be installed directly on the console of a Hyper-V FREE server...
View ArticlevSoup the USB deviation #5 (vSoup podcast)
vSoup Episode #5 is now available! Gabrie van Zanten is our guest in Episode #5, where he explains some of the magic behind his Cheap disaster recovery with PowerShell concept. Management through a...
View ArticleImporting Hyper-V VMs into vSphere (Petri IT Knowledgebase)
David Davis walks us through the new VMware vSphere 4.1 feature which allows importing of Hyper-V virtual machines into vSphere. Complete instructions for importing Hyper-V VMs into vSphere, including...
View ArticlePano Logic hires new Vice President of Sales America (virtualization.info)
Pano Logic has hired Dave Butler as its new VP of Sales being responsible for sales, partner and field support throughout North and South America. Butler comes from VegaSpectrun where...
View ArticlePaper: Microsoft RemoteFX for VDI Architectural Overview (virtualization.info)
Microsoft has released a white paper titled: Microsoft RemoteFX for Virtual Desktop Infrastructure: Architectural Overview. The paper, which contains 18 pages provides an architectural overview of...
View ArticleParallels appoints new CEO (virtualization.info)
In August last year, Parallels announced that it hired Birger Steen, the former Microsoft VP of Russia to become President responsible for sales, marketing, product management, and support. Now...
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