Sample scenario for the Cisco UCS Manager plug-in (vCenter Orchestrator Blog)
We announced some days ago the general availability of the vCenter Orchestrator plug-in for Cisco UCS Manager. As we said, this plug-in provides a complete set of workflows, actions and scripting...
View ArticleAll good things come to an end; i.e. Forced change. (VMwareInfo.com)
image This is the notice I got the other day when I fired up my Firefox browser. Sxipper has been the password manager I have used for the past couple years now and have grown COMPLETELY dependent on...
View ArticleCloudFoundry Apps not VMs (Virtualization Practice)
VMware's latest effort, CloudFoundry, is not about VMware delving into the PaaS market even deeper. They have done that already with VMforce. CloudFoundry on the other hand is a fairly astute move to...
View ArticleVMware Blog posts a Sample scenario for the Cisco UCS Manager plug-in! (vCO...
As some of you may know, VMware recently launched an official vCenter Orchestrator blog! The team at VMware has put together a nice sample scenario post that walks you through the use of the Cisco UCS...
View ArticleBook Reviews – vSphere Design (Professional VMware)
Amazon just posted my 5 star review of VMware vSphere Design. The review: I received this book via Kindle loan for 14 days, of which I only needed about 12 to get through it. Mind, that is not because...
View ArticleNew Podcast, New Partnership, HandsOnVirtualization.com (Virtualised Reality)
I have been wanting to do a Podcast for some time, I love working with virtualisation and the community and any opportunity to discuss virtualisation is fantastic. What has typically stopped me doing...
View ArticleThree new videos explaining VMware Go from VMware TV (ESX Virtualization)
There has been 3 new videos made by VMware TV and which explains in details about VMware Go. VMware TV YouTube channel is a resource, which you should bookmark, or RSS, or come back from time to time....
View ArticleVirtualization management not quite there yet (Server Virtualization Blog)
Virtualization has always posed management problems for IT departments. And as more IT shops deploy multiple hypervisors, the problems are getting worse. In companies that deploy both VMware vSphere...
View ArticleWhat’s in your VMware toolbox? (VMware tips and tricks)
Every administrator needs a VMware toolbox, a set of tools, documents and scripts for any crisis. With a well-equipped VMware toolbox, you’ll be the Bob Vila of your data center. Add to digg Add to...
View ArticleNeed to install 100s of ESXi hosts? (ESXi Chronicles)
Yes you can of course use UDA or EDA but in my environments that is not an option. I was scavenging the internet to find an article that explained how to build your own UDA/EDA appliance and found...
View ArticleVirtual Storage Integrator Short Videos (Pivot Point)
I have taken a long hiatus from blogging of late and am jumping back into the fold with a simple but important addition to the blogosphere. A few weeks ago Chad Sakac announced a new video showing the...
View ArticleVideo: finally here vSphere Client for iPad (Part One) (Virtual Aleph)
Hello all,finally vSphere Client for iPAD has been released.watch the video to configure vCMA to start working with this APP!cheers\mf
View ArticleVCA-DT 4 passed! (That's My View)
Yesterday night I got the confirmation from VMware’s certification department that I’ve passed the VCA-DT desktop exam. By next week I should get my score. I’m really looking forward to this. The...
View ArticleTop 5 Planet V12N blog posts for week 15 (VMTN Blog)
Michael Poore - Trying vCenter CapacityIQ - Previously I have posted about trying out vCenter Operations. Now the trial, assuming that you went down that route, is actually for vCenter Operations...
View ArticleFinland VMUG in Helsinki on 28th of April (vReality)
Next Finnish VMUG is almost at hand, meeting will be held on Thursday 28th of April at Elisa Oyj premises in Pasila, Helsinki. Sponsors for this event will be EMC and Elisa Oyj. EMC will be providing...
View ArticleMy Take of infoworld.com Virtualization shoot-out: Citrix, Microsoft, Red...
Infoworld has published a quite interesting comparison between Citrix, Microsoft, Red Hat, & VMware at Virtualization shoot-out: Citrix, Microsoft, Red Hat, and VMware. Its quite detailed and the...
View ArticleVideo - How to deploy the Arista vEOS (NTPRO.NL)
Arista vEOS is a virtual-machine-based or switch-integrated implementation of Arista EOS that integrates with VMware vSphere to provide the network operator visibility and configuration access to the...
View ArticleVMware Regional Summit in Charlotte, NC! (Jason's Nash's Blog)
It’s that time of year again! Actually…we’re doing it a little earlier this year…but anyway, it’s time for the VMware Summit in Charlotte! This has been a really great event over the last couple of...
View ArticleDoes Quest+MokaFive = threat to Citrix? (Brian Madden Blog)
Last week Quest Software announced that they would begin selling and supporting MokaFive's client-based desktop virtualization product. This means that Quest can now offer a very complete (albeit not...
View ArticleDBA Guide to Databases on VMware (Business Critical Applications)
DBAs are being challenged to provide 24x7 database services to application owners with the flexibility and autonomy they expect while keeping the infrastructure as simple and economical as possible....
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