Presenting 2 Free Tools from Solarwinds for VMware Infrastructure admins (ESX...
VMware Admins has got another choice for free monitoring of ESX(i) hosts and managing them. First of all, I’d like to welcome Solarwinds as a new sponsor for my ESX Virtualization MAG website. If...
View ArticleALUA and the useANO setting (Yellow Bricks)
Disclaimer: Now, lets make this very clear. Don’t touch “useANO” unless you are specifically instructed to do so, this article is just for educational purposes. I had some issues in my lab with an ALUA...
View ArticleAnother Day, Another Cloud (Mike D's Blog)
Today, SingTel announced their PowerOn cloud. This is a new VMware powered cloud based on the VMware vCloud Datacenter Service. VMware had previously announced a partnership with SingTel but now that...
View ArticleUsing The PCoIP Secure Gateway to extend PCoIP Connections (VMware Support...
by Hasan Mahmood In VMware View 4.5 and earlier, PCoIP connections were restricted to internal connections or connections through VPN as a direct connection was required between the Client and the View...
View ArticlePHD Backup– The other people in Green.. (J.F.V.I.)
If you are at a virtualisation conference and talking about backup technologies with someone in a green shirt , then there is a 50% chance you are having a conversation with the PHD Backup team. The...
View ArticleVMware at the Cloud Security Alliance Summit (VMware vCloud Blog)
Matthew D. Sarrel, Sarrel Group The RSA conference is usually the biggest security practitioner event in the country and this year was no exception. As I discuss in my posting on CIOUpdate, major...
View ArticleNews – Cisco Announces Intent to Acquire newScale (Virtualization Practice)
Cisco has announced the intent to acquire newScale. This puts the leading service catalog into the hands of Cisco, who will certainly pursue deep integration between newScale and the UCS - providing...
View ArticleThe missing link for scripted installs, adding your ESXi host to vCenter...
It was bound to happen at some point and this morning William Lam published a script which enables you to add a host to your vCenter server during the scripted install. Now I have seen many cool...
View ArticleChads Choice Webcast Perf Tools of the Trade (Virtual Geek)
Well – by popular vote – here it is. This week’s webcast is on Thursday, March 31, 2011 (8:00 am PT / 11:00 am ET / 15:00 GMT Performance Troubleshooting: My personal toolbox and techniques Abstract:...
View ArticleVMware vSphere Client for iPad (VirtualizationAdmin Blogs)
VMware recently released the VMware vSphere client for the iPad. The vSphere client for iPad has a basic set of features that will enable you to do most common maintenance tasks for your vSphere...
View ArticleRelease: Xen 4.1 (virtualization.info)
Xen.org, the community which develops the Xen hypervisor under the GNU General Public License (GPLv2) has released version 4.1, this version is the follow-up of version 4.0 which was released...
View ArticleRelease: Microsoft SCVMM 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 (virtualization.info)
During the annual Microsoft Management Summit (MMS) in Las Vegas last week, Microsoft announced the release of Service Pack 1 for System Center Virtual Machine Manager Release 2. Service Pack...
View ArticleMicrosoft releases beta of SCVMM 2012 (virtualization.info)
During the Microsoft Management Summit (MMS) in Las Vegas last week Microsoft announced the public Beta of System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012, the successor of System Center Virtual Machine...
View ArticleHave you heard of Finestra Virtual Desktops? (myvirtualcloud.net)
Applications that divide Windows workspace up into multiple "virtual" desktops is not something new. Couple days ago I stumbled upon a FREE tool (Finestra) that runs under the Microsoft Public License...
View ArticleAutomation in vCloud Datacenter: Rabid, Rapid Provisioning (VMware vCloud Blog)
By John Ellis, Chief vCloud Architect at BlueLock I must admit, I'm one of those guys who can't stop checking the shipping status of my online orders. When order five hundred pounds of rare earth...
View ArticlevCenter Orchestrator Plug-In for Cisco UCS Manager is GA (vCenter...
We are extremely pleased to announce the General Availability of the VMware vCenter Orchestrator Plug-in for Cisco UCS Manager. The UCS Manager Plug-In plays an important role in enabling organizations...
View ArticleNon-Patentable Software Architecture (DoubleCloud)
I was working at Rational Software when IBM bought it almost 10 years ago. After the acquisition, we got emails and trainings encouraging us to file patent disclosures. As you may have known, IBM has...
View ArticleFun cartoon from Quest explaining desktop virt (and of course their products)...
Quest just released this cartoon explaining desktop virtualization, their products, and how they fit with Microsoft. It's pretty fun! (Please visit the site to view this media) My only beef with it is...
View ArticleThe V-team is complete again! (VMGuru.nl)
After 5 years at Centric Alex has accepted a new challenge and on May 1st he will be following Edwin, Anne Jan and myself to Imtech ICT. At Imtech ICT his new job will be Solution Architect. We are...
View ArticleVMware Security Advisory:- VMSA-2011-0006 (PlanetVM)
Only one advisory today and this relates to the hosted platform and even more rare it is Linux only, So you enterprise and Windows boys can rest easy for once. Synopsis: VMware vmrun utility local...
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