How to build a low cost NAS for VMware Lab – introduction (ESX Virtualization)
Some words about how the project started. During the past several days/weeks I’ve been thinking of upgrading my home lab. It’s something that can be costly, especially when you start from zero. I...
View ArticleWhat’s keeping my Sandbox locked? (VMware ThinApp Blog)
Best practices packaging with ThinApp includes verifying nothing is being left running, locking the Sandbox, when the end-user shuts down the application. A simple method to verify nothing is running...
View ArticleHave You Registered Yet? (blog.scottlowe.org)
Spousetivities is coming to EMC World for the first time this year! Have you registered yet?This article was originally posted on blog.scottlowe.org. Visit the site for more information on...
View ArticleHow to read Linked Clone Storage Provisioning metrics in vCenter...
Understanding storage resource utilisation by a virtual machine in vCenter Client is not difficult, especially when Thick Provisioning is in use. When the virtual machine is using Thick Provisioning...
View ArticleHarris Trusted Cloud – Closing the Gap (Virtualization Practice)
On the 4/7/2011 Virtualization Security Podcast, we were joined by Wyatt Starnes of Harris Corporation. Wyatt is the Vice President of Advanced Concepts of Cyber Integrated Solutions at Harris. What...
View ArticleNew Articles Published for week ending 4/9/11 (VMware Knowledge Base Weekly...
VMware ESX Mounting NFS datastore with Storage I/O Control enabled fails with the error: Can't remove datastore (1037393) Date Published: 4/7/2011 Copying a virtual machine between vSphere and vCloud...
View ArticleCloud Computing, Open* and the Integrator’s Dilemma (Rational Survivability)
My esteemed co-tormentor of Twitter, Christian Reilly (@reillyusa,) did a fantastic job of describing the impact — or more specifically the potential lack thereof — of Facebook’s OpenCompute initiative...
View ArticleHome Lab Gear (Professional VMware)
A few of you may have heard the mutterings on Twitter that I was hunting around for some new gear. At first I was going to go down the path that Kendrick Coleman took and build out a white box lab (See...
View ArticleNeed an analogy around vCO and vCloud Director? (vCO Team)
We recently came across a nice little analogy around vCloud Director (vCD) and vCenter Orchestrator (vCO) from one of the folks over at NetApp on their blog. The article "What is vCloud Director,...
View ArticleLondon VMUG Cloud Day – May 12th (RTFM Education)
Click at the graphic above to register! The #lonvmug steering committee is very pleased to annouce that their “Cloud Day” agenda is now available, and registrations to attend the event are now open....
View ArticleNext London VMware User Group is on May 12th Register NOW (vinf.net)
The next London VMware User group is open for registration, with a rather cloudy-theme and for the 1st time ever – live labs and multiple tracks! Thursday, May 12, 2011 London Chamber of Commerce and...
View ArticleLondon VMUG–May 12th 2011 “Your Journey to the Cloud” (J.F.V.I.)
Details have just been released for the next meeting of the London VMware User Group – In the few years since I have started attending , this event has continually got better and better with May’s...
View ArticleWhat VMware gains with the takeover of Mozy's cloud storage (InfoWorld...
VMware is taking over the operations of the Mozy cloud-based storage service from mutual parent company EMC, once again expanding its cloud offerings and further signaling its intent to be a major...
View ArticleVirtacore’s vCloud Express is live! (VMware vCloud Blog)
Matthew D. Sarrel, Sarrel Group Since December, I have been updating blog readers on the evolution of Virtacore’s vCloud Express Beta. Virtacore’s beta trial ended earlier this month, and I’m happy to...
View ArticleVMUG Registration gets a face lift. (Virtualize Planet)
VMUG members have a glossy new site to register their interest in events. I’m a regular member of both NorthUK and London VMUG. The next event at London VMUG is happening on May 12 and this event is...
View ArticleAsk the vendors: VMware vCenter Operations (virtualization.info)
With the release of vCenter Operations in February, VMware took its chances in a market and operational segment which, until then, had been filled by its own partners. In the...
View ArticleNew version of RVTools! (Yellow Bricks)
Rob just released a brand new version of RVTools. So what’s new? Version 3.1 (April, 2011) Logon form tab order rearranged Logon form will remember your last selected host / vCenter server On vInfo new...
View ArticleThinapped vSphere Client (VMware Tips)
The VMware Labs team released a little gem of something that I’ve been wanting to do for quite some time. Taking the full install of the vSphere Client and creating a ThinApp package out of it…that’s...
View ArticleHow to mount a cdrom using vsish on ESXi (virtuallyGhetto)
While browsing the VMTN community forums today, I noticed a very interesting post about mounting the CD-ROM device from within ESXi. The solution involved the use of vsish as the traditional mount...
View ArticleHow to ThinApp the VMware vSphere Client (NTPRO.NL)
Installing the VMware vSphere Client every time you want to use it takes time and can slow you down. What if you could run the vSphere Client from a network share or USB key. Learn how to run the...
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