VMware View 4.6 (Now with more PCoIP) (Virtualised Reality)
VMware have introduced View 4.6 which as anticipated has introduced PCoIP to the WAN without the need for an SSL VPN. There are a number of other new features and updates in the release, such as...
View ArticlePGP WDE vs. Lion Disk Encryption (RomantT.net)
Lion Disk Encryption more than twice as fast as PGP WDE.
View ArticleVMware View and Location Based Scripts (Virtualised Reality)
One of the challenges I have been dealing with recently specifically in educational establishments is how can we get location based scripts to work inside a View desktop. A number of these types of...
View ArticleMy Recap of a Cloud Heavy Cisco Partner Summit (Jason's Nash's Blog)
This week I attended my first Cisco Partner Summit and found it was a really great event. Unlike other partner conferences there is very little technical content but a great deal of partner and market...
View ArticleGetting Paid to Run vscsiStats? :) (Virtual Scoop)
The most awesome thing I've heard in a while is effectively getting paid to run and share vscsiStats data. See Chad Sakac's on this topic blog posting on this topic. I should ask for royalties ;) More...
View ArticleVMware High Availability Behavior (Malaysia VMware Communities)
This post is to shared 1 of the incident happened to the previous deployment. There were 2 types of Network adapters running on the physical host, which are NetXen and Broadcom in this case. For the...
View ArticlePowerCLI Book Preview (Virtu-Al)
If you follow any of my co-authors blogs you will know that our PowerCLI book “Vmware vSphere PowerCLI Reference” is due out imminently, around the end of this month, you of course do not have to wait...
View ArticleThe Datacenter - in a Few Years From Now (Technodrone)
I recently wrote a short piece on the question, "Is the Hypervisor a Commodity Nowadays?" on TechTarget. The consensus there was split 50/50. I would like to explain a little more. What is a commodity?...
View ArticleReleased: VMware vSphere API and SDK FAQ (DoubleCloud)
After working on this for weeks, I am pleased to announce the first release of VMware vSphere API and SDK Frequently Asked Questions. It includes 70+ questions and trustable answers in 6 different...
View ArticleThe nuclear option: 1 VM per ESX server (SeanClark.us)
I’ve been working on another Veeam whitepaper that you’ll probably see here in the next few weeks. Since my bloggie was starved for attention, I thought I would release an excerpt from it to whet your...
View ArticleFIX: Poor VM Performance & Errors with VMware Workstation 7.1.3 after...
This is an issue which will likely have been affecting those of you, like myself, who upgraded their Windows 7 PC to Service Pack 1 and also run VMs under VMware Workstation 7.1.3 from the same PC....
View ArticleVDI Flash Calculator v2.1 Released (myvirtualcloud.net)
I have just uploaded a new release of the online VDI Flash Calculator. This new release offers full support to VMware View 4.6 architecture. This release also introduce the support to CPU/Core speed...
View ArticleVCAP-DCA Live Lab Rescheduled (Professional VMware)
Update 3/14 @ 10A At this point, Kendrick is rebuilding various bits of his home lab due to some damage caused in the outage. So we’re going to put this on hold for a bit longer. I’ve cancelled the...
View ArticleChanges to Filing a Support Request (VMware Support Insider)
Changes are afoot in the process of opening support requests at VMware, and we want to fill in you in on all the exciting changes we’ve made. We are streamlining processes so that you get what you need...
View ArticleOde to Winning fueled by TigerBlood... (blog.virtualtacit.com)
Varrow has been named to the inaugural CRN Tech Elite 250. The Tech Elite 250 serves as the industry’s definitive list of VARs with both deep technical expertise and premier certifications. Varrow has...
View ArticleRemoving “EMC-SNAS” comment on Celerra CIFS shares (Going Virtual)
If you’ve ever configured CIFS shares on your Celerra before (VSA included) you’ll know when mapping to the shares using Windows 2000, XP or Server 2003 you get the default CIFS server comment added in...
View ArticleImproving VMware Performance and Operations (vCenter Operations) (Virtual...
I spend a majority of my time talking with VMware customers trying to help understand their needs and how we can help them with some of their internal IT business challenges. I would say a majority of...
View ArticleVideo – Creating web applications with WaveMaker (NTPRO.NL)
WaveMaker has recently been acquired by VMware. This partnership is the result of discussions that have been going on between WaveMaker and the SpringSource division of VMware for more than a year....
View ArticleHA/DRS Deepdive now available on Amazon.co.uk and Amazon.de (Yellow Bricks)
After 14 emails with absolutely no reply whatsoever our book, vSphere 4.1 HA and DRS Technical Deepdive, popped up on both the German and UK version of Amazon. For those who haven’t ordered it yet...
View ArticleNew support for VNX/VNXe Storage Arrays (Going Virtual)
When it comes to VMware integration, two of my favorite pieces of software now support the new EMC VNX/VNXe product range. The first link below is to one of Chad’s latest posts covering the latest...
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