Patch for vmware vSphere 4.0 (VMware Tips)
vmware has recently released a patch for their vSphere 4.0 product line, which affects both ESX and ESXi. Details from vmware; We are pleased to inform you that a new VMware ESX 4.0 Patch is available...
View ArticleRuby vSphere Console (RVC) (VMware Tips)
Hey there you Linux (or Mac) Users! vmware Labs has released another fling, with RVC you can now manage your vSphere environment using your Linux or Mac CLI! RVC is built on Ruby (RbVmomi bindings to...
View ArticleTop 5 Planet V12N blog posts for week 17 (VMTN Blog)
Luc Dekens - Orphaned files and folders – Spring cleaning - One of our readers asked if that function could be used to remove orphaned VMDK files from one or more datastores. Now unfortunately that is...
View ArticleGettting Statred with RemoteFX (VirtualizationAdmin Blogs)
Microsoft RemoteFX is a remoting protocol that is designed to improve the visual capabilities of Windows 7 Remote Desktop clients connected through the Hyper-V role to a Windows 7 virtual machine....
View ArticleMicrosoft Management Summit Private Cloud (VirtualizationAdmin Blogs)
At Microsoft Management Summit 2011, Microsoft implemented a "private cloud" to power all the necessary virtual machines. The infrastructure had to support creating 1,500 virtual machines in under 10...
View ArticleCitrix Synery Virtualization (VirtualizationAdmin Blogs)
Not to be outdone by other virtualization conference, Citrix has committed to running Citrix Synergy on their suite of virtualization products. Attendees will be using a wide range of virtual...
View ArticleVMware ThinApp and Shell Extensions (VirtualizationAdmin Blogs)
One of the disadvantages of virtualizing applications is the loss of local shell extension integration. This is most noticeable when trying to right-click an item that has a file type association to a...
View ArticleMicrosoft App-V and Shell Extensions (VirtualizationAdmin Blogs)
In a previous blog post, I pointed you in the direction of an article detailing the steps necessary to get Shell Extensions working for VMware ThinApp packages. One of the disadvantages of virtualizing...
View ArticleBusiness success means being able to say “no” (By the Bell)
My former boss once told me that you know you are successful in business when you can afford to say no. When you’re worried about survival, it’s very difficult to turn away any potential business – no...
View ArticleParagon Hard Disk Manager 2011 released (ESX Virtualization)
New Release of Paragon Hard Disk Manager Pro 2011. Paragon has recently updated Hard Disk manager and I had the opportunity to give it a try. First of all, the product runs on desktop OS only, if you...
View ArticleCrystalHD improvements (Wubble)
Hi all, It’s been a few weeks since I last posted, and I’ve accumulated a couple of useful CrystalHD improvements that I think are worth talking about. First off, my comprehensive interlaced detection...
View ArticleTest Drive the VMware View App for iPad (VMware Virtualization Evangelist)
Nearly two months ago, the VMware View app was released by VMware for the iPad and I wrote about it here. Since then, many in the community have been curious as to what the end user computing...
View ArticleVMware acquires SlideRocket (virtualization.info)
With another move likely to add gasoline on the fire of the recent Provider or Enabler discussion VMware announced the acquisition of SlideRocket, a SaaS-based business presentation provider....
View ArticleRelease: SpotCloud OpenStack Connector (virtualization.info)
Enomaly announced this week through its marketplace SpotCloud (which we covered in December) the availability of the SpotCloud OpenStack Connector, a tool to easily plug OpenStack based clouds into the...
View ArticleNew FlexPod CVD Released – Microsoft SharePoint 2010 (The Virtual Storage Guy)
One of the key goals of the FlexPod architecture is accelerating the adoption of tier 1 applications. In delivering this goal Cisco & NetApp work with our infrastructure partners to producing and...
View ArticleNetApp Raises Over $1,000,000 for St. Baldrick’s (The Virtual Storage Guy)
Childhood cancer takes the lives of one of every five kids diagnosed. It takes all of us to find a cure, and then some. Two weeks ago marked our 19th and final St. Baldrick’s event, which was held in...
View ArticleNew Licensing APIs Since VMware vSphere 4 (DoubleCloud)
There has been a total change in vSphere licensing model since version 4. Before that, you need a special/dedicated licensing server which may be more flexible/powerful but also cause many troubles in...
View ArticleDon’t Forget the VMware User Summit in Charlotte This Week! (Jason's Nash's...
I mentioned this the other day but wanted to give you another reminder. This Thursday, the 5th, is the VMware Summit in Charlotte at the Convention Center downtown. This is going to be a GREAT event...
View ArticleCloud Computing Reversed (DoubleCloud)
I always believe cloud computing is a computing, not the computing of the future. Its elastic and centralized nature allows greater level of sharing that was otherwise impossible within single...
View ArticleOrchestrator plugin for Active Directory released (VMGuru.nl)
Last Friday VMware released the Orchestrator plugin for Active Directory v1.0. With the plugin it is possible to manage Active Directory objects straight from within Orchestrator. For those of you that...
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