Configuring vSphere 4.1 VM to Host DRS Affinity Rules (Petri IT Knowledgebase)
VMware vSphere’s Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) is mainly used for load balancing virtual machines on a cluster. While most virtualization admins will want to run DRS in fully automated mode,...
View ArticleAutomate (the Cloud) or Die (vCenter Orchestrator Blog)
If you ask 10 different people for their definition of Cloud computing, you’ll likely get 10 different answers, not to mention the occasional wise remark about an open-air or floating datacenter. While...
View ArticleProduct Review: Veeam Backup & Replication v5 (VMware Virtualization Evangelist)
Do you like free? Do you like backup and replication? Do you like VMware? If you answered “yes” to any of the three, then you might like this: I wrote a product review on Veeam Backup and...
View ArticleThe correct legal way to write about VCE Vblock Infrastructure Platform...
During my blogging for the past 3 years, I have never been contacted about using the wrong upper & lower case incorrectly in the product name. Though the VCE VblockTM Infrastructure Platform was...
View ArticlePXE Manager for VMware vCenter (virtual-blog.com)
Today VMware have officially released PXE Manager for VMware vCenter written by Max Danieri. Max works in the Technical Services Cloud Practice. Before joining VMware Max wrote products like VMTS Patch...
View ArticleRelease: Oracle VM VirtualBox 4.0.6 (virtualization.info)
Oracle has released an update for its destkop virtualization solution VM VirtualBox. The release, which is considered a maintence release can be installed on top of version 4.0 of VirtualBox....
View ArticleDOJ blocks EMC/VMware from acquiring Virtualization Patents from Novell...
EMC, the majority owner of VMware, has agreed with the Department of Justice not to acquire 33 Virtualization Patents from Novell as part of a side-transaction in the acquisition of Novell by...
View ArticleTo the cloud? Walk… do not run. (VirtualizationAdmin Blogs)
Yesterday, Amazon's cloud services went into free fall as services began to fail and, today, the issue is not yet resolved; Amazon engineers continue to work to fully repair the damage and bring all...
View ArticleReturn Of The Chaos Monkey: Positive Lessons From A Cloud Failure (Rethink IT)
It seemed like the Chaos Monkey had struck again when Amazon Web Services (AWS) customers suffered major disruption yesterday, caused by a failure cascade that began with a network outage and rapdily...
View ArticleVMware Compatibility Guide 2.0 Preview is now available (Virtualization Team)
While VMware Compatibility Guide has always been quite helpful in finding the compatibility between different part of the virtual infrastructure. Vmware are currently working on releasing a next...
View ArticleESX scalability and Amdahl’s Law – Guranteed Labradoodle free! (SeanClark.us)
Note: This was drafted and posted from my Blackberry. Please forgive the typos and lack of Labradoodle pictures. Working on an interesting exercise this week about the age old consideration of what...
View ArticleNew Cloudcast - News, News, News (blog.aarondelp.com)
A new Cloudcast posted this morning. This episode is all about the news that we had in recent weeks. It turned out great and I encourage you click the button below to listen (if you are viewing this...
View ArticleAdding Shell Extensions to ThinApp Packages (VMware ThinApp Blog)
By following the examples below, it is possible to add 'Right Click' functionality, or Shell Extensions, to your ThinApp packages. In this way you can use Windows Explorer to send paths and file names...
View ArticleVeeam Reporter Quickstart Guide– VM IP Address Report Example (VM /ETC)
Veeam recently published a Veeam Reporter Quickstart Guide that can be downloaded here: NEW! Quick Start Guide: Veeam Reporter Dashboard In short, It was written (by me!) in order to help Veeam...
View ArticleCitrix CTO joins Atlantis Computing Advisory Board (virtualization.info)
In July 2009, Harry Labana joined Citrix as the new Chief Technology Officer (CTO) for the Desktop and Application Virtualization division. Now Atlantis Computing, a company which provides Virtual...
View ArticlePaper: Deployment Guide for Citrix XenDesktop 5 on VMware vSphere and Citrix...
NetApp has released a whitepaper titled: Deployment Guide for Citrix XenDesktop 5 on VMware vSphere and Citrix XenServer on NetApp Storage. The paper which contains 62 pages, provides guidance on...
View ArticleGet the maximum IOPS (LucD notes)
A quick post that is triggered by a tweet from @GernotNusshall I saw passing today. He wanted to know how to find the maximum IOPS values over the last 5 minutes for a number of VMs. The IOPS values...
View ArticleNew public beta of Starwind SAN 5.7 (ESX Virtualization)
Starwind has made public new beta release of Starwind SAN. In this new public beta release v. 5.7 you’ll be able to discover several enhancements and if you want to test the beta, just email to...
View ArticleGot BrownBag Feedback? – Survey (Professional VMware)
Have you been to a BrownBag? Have you wanted to and haven’t had the time? Do I run them too late, early, on the wrong day? What about the format, to long? short? To little lab, to many words? Content...
View ArticleVMware Labs present its latest fling - PXE Manager for vCenter (NTPRO.NL)
VMware Labs present its latest fling PXE Manager for vCenter. VMware PXE Manager is a management tool that supports automatic PXE boot (network boot using PXE) and automatic customization of large...
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