Fling: PXE Manager for vCenter (Yellow Bricks)
It is finally released… PXE Manager for vCenter. My former Cloud colleague Max Daneri of VMTS fame has worked very very hard on this and actually demoed it at VMworld in 2009. I know Max is already...
View ArticlevCenter Update Manager – A Feature Request (vNinja.net)
Way back in August 24 2010 I wrote a post called vCenter Update Manager to lose it’s fat. I’m still very happy that VMware has decided to drop OS patching from the product, and I still mean that can...
View ArticleNew PowerShell Tools from Sapien (Virtu-Al)
Sapien have just released some great PowerShell tools, if you have not tried their tools before I suggest you head over to their site and make use of their free trials before making your mind up for...
View ArticleFirst impression of the PXE Manager for vSphere (VMGuru.nl)
I just fiddled somewhat with the ‘fling’ from the VMware site: PXE Manager. Well, if you ask me, it’s not just a ‘fling’, but it is really, really useful. It’s easy to install and easy to use. Here’s...
View ArticleVMware releases technical preview of PXE Manager for vCenter...
VMware has released a technical preview of PXE manager for vCenter, which is available from the flings section from the VMware Labs website . PXE Manager is a management tool,...
View ArticlePalo Alto VCDX Defense Application Due Date June 6th (VMware Virtualization...
The application due date for the VCDX Defenses in Palo Alto, CA is fast approaching. Applications are due June 6, 2011, 5:00 PM Pacific Time. For those who may be interested in an upcoming Palo Alto...
View ArticleA must have – PXE plugin for vSphere (ESX Virtualization)
New Plugin for VMware vSphere from VMware Labs: PXE plugin for deployment of stateless ESXi hosts. This new plugin which comes from VMware Labs is a must have tool in case you do a mass deployments....
View ArticleNexentaStor Community Edition 3.0.5 released (vReality)
Nexenta has released new version of their free Community Edition storage appliance NexentaStor. NexentaStor is a ZFS Open Storage appliance with advanced features such as in-line deduplication,...
View ArticleBye, Bye My Clustered AMIs…A Cloud Tribute to Don McLean (Rational...
Sung to the tune of Don McLeans “American Pie” A long, long time ago… I could launch an instance How that AMI used to make me smile And I knew if I needed scale that I’d avoid that fail whale though I...
View ArticleVMware vExpert 2011 Program is now open even for VMware Employees...
For all of you vExperts out there I am sure you have already received an e-mail from John Troyer informing you to fill the forum for VMware vExpert 2011. The nomination/registration process for the...
View ArticleFirewall settings for a VMware View environment (That's My View)
<CONNECTIONSERVER> <CLIENTPORT> Outbound <TRANSFERSERVER> TCP 80 HTTP Used if SSL/HTTPS is not used on the Transfer Server HTTPS prefered ... <INTERNALCLIENT> <CLIENTPORT>...
View ArticleVMware Compatibility Guide 2.0 – easier way to check your existing or future...
New version of VMware Compatibility guide has been released by VMware. The Online Searching tool is still in preview, but the possibilities are numerous. You can check whether your existing parts of...
View ArticleOne of the largest Public cloud services (Amazon EC2) experienced an outage...
Are you a user of Quora, FourSquare or Reddit? If so then you might have already experienced the Amazon EC2 Public Cloud service failure. Being a user of two of the above services FourSquare &...
View ArticleTop 5 Planet V12N blog posts for week 16 (VMTN Blog)
Sorry the Top 5 is a little late this week, I was able to slip away for a few days and visit my new(er)born nephew in Philadelphia, PA. Anyways, here we go! Joshua Townsend - Storage Basics – Part VIII...
View ArticlePCoIP terminals: What’s your experience? (VirtualizationAdmin Blogs)
There are a lot of PCoIP terminals available out there that work very well with VMware View. I've been personally testing a couple of different units, but the price per unit is still a bit higher than...
View ArticlevCloud Director vApp hot clone in less than one hour Solution Video (vCO Team)
Did you have trouble getting things "just right" in our previous tutorial "Create your own vCloud Director vApp hot clone in less than one hour"? No worries, we've just added our solution video to...
View ArticleThe New Way to Work – End-user computing in the post-PC era (The Console)
Posted by Steve Herrod Chief Technology Officer Cloud computing is the most impactful advance in information technology in years, and VMware’s contributions to this field have been defined by...
View ArticleVMware acquired SlideRocket – Next step in End User Computing (That's My View)
I just realized that VMware acquired SlideRocket, the leader in online presentations. VMware’s CTO Steve Herrod just published a great article about the solution which gives you a perfect insight....
View ArticleBrownBag – PowerCLI 101 with Glenn Sizemore (Professional VMware)
You know those guys? The ones who wrote that book? No? Well, the book is the VMware vSphere PowerCLI Reference and this weeks guest is none other than Glenn Sizemore, one of the authors of said volume....
View ArticleNew KB: Guidelines for Supported Microsoft Clustering Configurations...
Microsoft Clustering Services is a topic we get many questions on. Specifically, we spend time talking about the configurations that are possible when deploying MSCS on vSphere and what is and isn't...
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