Attended NE VMUG Today 3/3/11 vSPHERE 5 info… (K12 Virtualization)
Nothing official, but info and discussion are out there….and it sounds, awesome, as long as they “Grandfather” in current customers instead of creating and Uber-Ultra-Super-Duper Pack…and then charge...
View ArticleVMware Partner Exchange 2011 In Summary (VMware vCloud Blog)
By David Davis Continuing from where I left off in my last post (VMware Partner Exchange 2011 - Get Ready!), I attended Partner Exchange (PEX) last month (February 7-11) in Orlando, FL. In this post,...
View ArticleVideo – Deploying the vCloud Connector (NTPRO.NL)
In this video I’ll show how to deploy the vCloud Connector virtual appliance and connect it to a vCenter server instance. vCloud Connector (vCC) allows the vSphere Administrators to use their familiar...
View ArticleVMware vCloud connector available (Run Virtual)
I really wanted to wait writing this article, as I would have loved to shown you the new VMware vCloud Connector working in the real world with a Colt, BlueLock or Verizon, but unfortunately it is...
View ArticleVMware HCL version support (virtual-blog.com)
Last week a customer asked the question why the VMware HCL listed products that are certified with one version update but not the other. For example, the HCL shows HP BL620c G7 lists on ESXi4U2 but NOT...
View ArticleDon’t Get Caught Not Knowing Your vSphere Requirements (VMware Videos)
You’re exempt from reading the manual, right? I am too, but sometimes the consequences can hurt. Recently I was trying to build as compact of a vSphere lab as I could build and, after some frustration,...
View ArticleReset the Microsoft Outlook folder language (Virtual IEF)
During a Microsoft Exchange (Exchange 2007 to Exchange 2007) migration between to organizations, I discovered that some mailboxes had an English folder structure in MS Outlook instead of a Dutch. After...
View ArticleVMware Partner Exchange (PEX) 2011 Summary by @DavidMDavis (VMware Videos)
In my new post on the VMware vCloud Blog, I summarize my experience at VMware Partner Exchange (PEX) 2011. Read the full post at- VMware Partner Exchange 2011 Summary
View ArticleVeeam Backup: RPC error The RPC server is unavailable. Code 1722 (ICT-Freak.nl)
In one of my Veeam Backup jobs I had two Windows 2008 R2 VM’s with the Windows Firewall enabled. The backup job failed with the error: RPC error The RPC server is unavailable. Code 1722. You can find...
View ArticleNo one likes queues (Yellow Bricks)
Well depending on what type of queues we are talking about of course, but in general no one likes queues. We are however confronted with queues on a daily basis, especially in compute environments. I...
View ArticleOps changes part 5 - Scratch partition (ESXi Chronicles)
When implementing ESXi the first noticeable difference in the architecture is the partition layout.With ESX classic you always had the ability to customize your partition layout and many used the...
View ArticleTPM/TXT Redux (Virtualization Practice)
On the third Virtualization Security Podcast of 2011 we were joined by Charlton Barreto of Intel to further discuss the possibility of using TPM/TXT to enhance security within the virtual and cloud...
View ArticlePowerCLI cmdlet XRef – Another look (LucD notes)
This post was triggered by a question in the PowerCLI Community around the ConfirmImpact attribute for PowerCLI cmdlets. In PowerShell you can access the metadata of each cmdlet and extract quite a bit...
View ArticleVMware Workstation Installation Woes (VMware Support Insider)
Stephen Gardner is up today for a post about those install/un-install gremlins that sometimes come out of nowhere. We've been noticing increased call volume related to installing VMware Workstation...
View ArticleTop 5 Planet V12N blog posts for week 9 (VMTN Blog)
You guys are making this harder and harder to pick just 5 posts. Loads of good posts this past week, I had a hard time locking down only 5 but I felt these were really good ones that should be...
View ArticleNew Book: VMware ESX and ESXi in the Enterprise by Haletky (@texiwill) –...
I just received a great new VMware vSphere book in the mail today – VMware ESX and ESXi in the Enterprise by Edward Haletky (aka @TexiWill on Twitter or the VMware Community). I know that Ed has poured...
View ArticleNew Book Canceled - Professional vSphere 4: Implementation and Management...
Cody Bunch has informed me that this project was canceled... According to a recent tweet; He’s not sure why the publisher hasn’t pulled it down and he definitely has stopped with writing the book a...
View ArticleVMware goes back to basics at New England VMUG (Server Virtualization Blog)
VMware’s approach to management is still a problem for users. Several attendees at yesterday’s New England VMware User Group meeting in Newport, R.I. said the company has too many management products...
View ArticleWhat’s wrong with Google in Safari on my iPhone 4? (Jase's Place)
Am I crazy? That’s what I thought tonight. I could access Google from every PC/Mac in the house, but on my iPhone 4? Nope. An Error 404 is all I could get. Every time I attempted to search anything,...
View ArticleVMware Workstation troubleshooting installations issues (ESX Virtualization)
Why those installation errors happens when installing VMware Workstation? There are days when everything don’t work like it should. You’re installing VMware Workstation on friend’s system or at...
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