ESXi disks must be “considered local” for scratch to be created (vReference)
A new KB was released yesterday (http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1033696), in which I noticed something interesting. ESXi Installable creates a 4 GB Fat16 partition on the target device during installation if...
View ArticleVMware aims to topple Windows PCs with Project Horizon, SlideRocket (VMware...
With its acquisition of SlideRocket and the imminent release of Project Horizon, VMware has the tools to banish Windows desktops to the dustbin of history. Add to digg Add to StumbleUpon Add to...
View ArticleHow to avoid VDI boot storm problems using SSD (vSphere-land)
Desktop virtualization, or virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI), can bring many benefits to an IT organization, including easier system management and centralized security and data protection. But the...
View Article2010's Trend and Risk Report from a VMware Perspective (VMware Security Blog)
Hi Everyone, Rob Babb here. Yes there are 2 Rob’s on VMware’s security specialist team, but aside from name it’s very difficult to get us confused in person! At any rate, I wanted to take an...
View ArticleAlternatives to Domain Specific Languages (DoubleCloud)
I have been reading Martin Fowler’s book Domain-Specific Language during last two months. Now I am not fully done with the book but have a good idea because the rest of the book is about individual DSL...
View ArticleeLearing: Transition to ESXi Essentials (VMGuru.nl)
Yesterday Anne Jan linked me to an article on the VMware website which contained information on a free online training course. The title is Transition to ESXi Essentials. The course is dedicated to...
View ArticleGentle Reminder – London VMUG “Cloud Day” – 12th May (RTFM Education)
This is just a gentle reminder – I recently recieved an email for the London VMUG to say that the registration process had opened up for our “Cloudy Day”. It’s been a long time since London had a...
View ArticleScratch partition best practices for USB/SD booted ESXi? (ESXi Chronicles)
Last week I received some questions around the best practice for sizing the scratch partition with USB/SD booted ESXi hosts. As the installable uses 4GB as a default value the assumption was made that...
View ArticleCinco de Carolinas: The 2011 Carolina Summit VMUG, Thursday May 5 (VM /ETC)
Start your Cinco de Mayo 2011 celebration with one of the largest VMUGs in the Southeast US! The 2011 Carolina Summit is at the Charlotte Convention Center (in Charlotte, NC) on Thursday May 5 from...
View ArticleReinventing the Infrastructure for Virtualization and the Cloud...
Running VMware on legacy infrastructure is like driving a Ferrari on a gravel road. If you look at what is run in most production VMware environments today, the only really new things in the...
View ArticleFree training on ESXi for VMware Partners (ESX Virtualization)
Free ESXi Training for VMware Partners and as a bonus Free e-book (during limited time) from Dave Mischenko. This 3 hours online course is available for FREE from VMware education services and all...
View ArticleContention on lightly utilized hosts (Frank Denneman)
Often I receive the question why a virtual machine is not receiving resources while the ESXi host is lightly utilized and is accumulating idle time. This behavior is observed while reviewing the DRS...
View ArticleNew Cloudcast (.net) - Get off your PaaS and Build Clouds with Ed Saipetch...
This week on the Cloudcast (.net) we have all around awesome dude Ed Saipetch on the show to discuss PaaS and the journey from IaaS to PaaS and the challenges in the market. Here's a link to the...
View ArticleTCP-clouds, UDP-clouds, “design for fail” and AWS (IT 2.0)
An entire Amazon AWS Region was recently down for four days. Everyone has got to blog something about it and this is my attempt. Just as a warning: this post may be highly controversial. There has been...
View ArticleVMware ESXi Local Disks Showing as Remote (blog.scottlowe.org)
This morning I solved a mystery that I brought up on Twitter about a month ago regarding local disks showing up as remote during ESXi installation.This article was originally posted on...
View ArticleCreating a VMware Virtual (Home) Lab for VMware VCP & VCAP - Step Two:...
This article is part of my Virtual Lab Series. In the first part of this series I discussed the over all design of this lab. Time to install! Step One: Install AD & DNS Nothing sexy here. I...
View ArticleTech Talk Episode 3 Part 3 - VMware View Discussion (VMware KBTV)
Here is another video wherein Rick and Scott discuss VMware View. This is the third and concluding part in a three-part series which dives into various different aspects of the VMware View product. In...
View ArticleNew Tax Year… New Job (vspecialist)
The two are not entirely unrelated. Although I only got into contracting by accident I have been considering returning to permanent work for some time. However, it was the imminent end of the tax year...
View ArticleNew Technical White Paper - PowerShell Integration with VMware View 4.5/4.6...
Windows PowerShell is Microsoft’s command line shell and scripting language. PowerShell is built on the Microsoft .NET Framework and helps in system administration. By providing full access to COM...
View ArticleA week in virtualization (VMTN Blog)
Weekly virtualization news, as featured on the Community Roundtable podcast. Yesterday, VMware announced acquisition of SlideRocket. SlideRocket delivers innovative presentation solutions that use...
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