Patch Tuesday causes issue with VMware View Windows 7 connections....
image Looks like a recent patch from Microsoft has caused some view clients to stop connecting. VMware is aware of the newly discovered issue and is advising customers to not install the MS Security...
View ArticlevSphere Host cannot enter Standby mode using DPM and WoL (vinf.net)
I encountered this error in my lab recently, I previously wrote about how I was able to use DPM in my home lab, I’ve recently re-built it into a different configuration but found that I was no longer...
View ArticleWant a free HA/DRS Technical Deepdive Book? (Yellow Bricks)
Want a free HA/DRS Technical Deepdive Book? Watch vChat 15! In Episode 15 of our vChat series, we have a couple of special guests with us whom I’m sure you would have heard of or if not met before,...
View ArticleWindows 7 Update Breaks VMware View Client: An Important Lesson In BYOD...
Many customers I talk to are interested in supporting a bring-your-own-device (BYOD) delivery model. A thought frequently echoed by customers is that allowing users to access their applications on...
View ArticleDistributed Virtual Switch Failures: Failing-Safe (Virtualization Practice)
In my virtual environment recently, I experienced two major failures. The first was with VMware vNetwork Distributed Switch and the second was related to the use of a VMware vShield. Both led to...
View ArticleVMware Partner Exchange 2011 – Thursday General Session (The VMguy)
I personally anticipated Thursday’s general session mostly because I like to hear Carl Eschenbach speak. Carl started as a SE for EMC a long time ago. He’s very comfortable speaking to a large room and...
View ArticleRingCube is positioning vDesk as "Workspace Virtualization" now, which is...
If you're not familiar with RingCube, they have a software product called "vDesk" ( video demo ) that they've marketed as a client-based desktop virtualization solution. vDesk allows a user to boot a...
View ArticleOur Top 5 KBTV Videos. Are You Tuning In? (VMware Support Insider)
If you follow this blog, you know about the great KB content that we highlight, and the supports alerts we send out. Do you know about our sister blog VMware KB TV? KBTV is made up of how-to videos,...
View ArticleThird post in the Top 5 Planet V12N (Virtual Infrastructure Tips)
More or less by coincidence I discovered that one of my posts had made it to the weekly V12N top 5 blog posts at the VMTN blog - which to me is quite an honour. It means, I guess, that someone else...
View ArticleSwitch from RDP to PCoIP with a nice drop in the WAN network traffic (ESX...
In this video from VMware TV you’ll see a VMware client using VMware View 4.5 in a heath-care environement. A quick video about using VMware View for Virtualizing Desktops in medial care institutions....
View ArticleCapacity Planner - reports don't work in 2.8.0 (Virtual Infrastructure Tips)
After the recent upgrade of Capacity Planner to version 2.8.0 a number of minor changes have been introduced some of which has been mentioned in a previous post. But there is one change in particular...
View ArticleCapacity Planner - uploading to Dashboard without internet access (Virtual...
Over the last couple of weeks, I've been setting up a Capacity Planner at a customer site (not full time, though). There have been the usual complications of not receiving user accounts with the proper...
View ArticleMy VCAP-DCA Exam Experience (NTPRO.NL)
Today I took my VCAP-DCA exam over at Global Knowledge in Nieuwegein. I had to complete approximately 40 assignments ranging from easy to ones I really didn’t know or had the potential to consume a lot...
View ArticleEMC Admits NetApp is the Leader (The Virtual Storage Guy)
Chris Mellor of The Register recently published the article EMC races to catch up with NetApp, in which he covers a recent EMC webcast where EMC’s President and COO, Pat Gelsinger admitted EMC is...
View ArticlevSoup Episode #4 now available (vNinja.net)
The fourth edition (Big Fat Pipes with Bob) of the vSoup podcast is now available. This time we had the honor of having Bob Plankers as a guest. Bob runs The Lone Sysadmin, where his recent post...
View ArticleI Invented Port Knocking (ChipLog)
Let me tell you about something that’s been bothering me for a while. I invented Port Knocking. No, really. In 2002. According to portknocking.org, it was invented by Martin Krzywinski in 2003. I’m not...
View ArticleTech Field Day and Sweater Vests (SeanClark.us)
I’m furiously taking notes on the firehouse of content coming out of Tech Field Day. I won’t have time to create a coherent, in-depth blog post about any sessions yet. So I’m creating this quick post...
View ArticleA free tool – RVTools provides great information (VirtualizationAdmin Blogs)
Sometimes, you just need to have a quick and easy way to review what's going on with your virtual machines. A free tool called RVTools does this really, really well and even provides with you a very...
View ArticleVMware is hiring a Senior Integration Engineer - Workflow Developer (vCO Team)
If you would like to join the great team of the VMware Cloud Provider Solutions - Cloud Services Engineering and have strong software development skills you may want to know VMware is interested in...
View ArticleAutomated support bundles (Virtu-Al)
I received an email recently from a gentleman asking if it was possible to export the support bundles for each host on a daily basis, this can be useful for not only having an archive of your system...
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