Long-distance vMotion inches toward reality…who will use it? (Server...
A new product announced by VMware parent company EMC Corp. this week could lay the groundwork for live migration of virtual servers over large geographic distances. But storage is just one part of that...
View ArticleEMC World Day 2 & 3 Wrap-Up (Professional VMware)
One post, two parts. Not because they’re short, but because the days were so intense I only had a chance to jot down notes & start to expand on them now. TL;DR – For those at the show, you’ll...
View ArticleStretched Clusters, Distance vMotion and L2 Adjacency (blog.scottlowe.org)
I need to correct a couple technical inaccuracies with a recent article. Read on and enjoy!This article was originally posted on blog.scottlowe.org. Visit the site for more information on...
View ArticlevShield Zone – vShield App – vShield Edge – vShield EndPoint Required vSphere...
Lately vShield seems to gain much popularity due to all the security benefits it offer in a virtual environment. Further, the security concern of merging 10s and (maybe 100s in the near future) of VMs...
View ArticleVMware Knowledge Management Team wins Industry Award (VMware Support Insider)
Today is an important day for us on the Knowledge Management Team at VMware. We are proud to announce that we are this year’s winner of the TSIA STAR Award for Excellence in Knowledge Management...
View ArticleCloud Applications are 3-5 years Out: Underlying Layers are Evolving...
EMCworld 2011 was full of very interesting announcements and statements by EMC and VMware executives. They were:EMC eats it own “Dog Food” in the form of 7-10 PBs of data with only ~2PBs of constantly...
View ArticleMark Gibbs names VMware Fusion in "My Top 10 Tools" List (Team Fusion)
We’re excited to announce that Mark Gibbs of Network World and PC World named VMware Fusion and VMware Workstation in his list of most crucial apps he can’t live without. Gibbs writes about how both...
View ArticleConfiguring VMware View Events Database with SQL Server (Kendrick Coleman)
I've been rebuilding my VMware lab and decided to do it all right this time by having a centralized database server, and I choose SQL Server 2008 R2. I have configured vCenter, VUM, and View Composer...
View ArticleNew Mind-map for vSphere Install & Upgrade Troubleshooting (VMware Support...
Today the Support Insider brings you another new Mind Map we expect to be popular— vSphere Install & Upgrade Troubleshooting! These interactive Flash-embedded PDFs are clickable so that you can...
View ArticleUpgrade ESX 3.5 to ESX 4.1 most watched video (ESX Virtualization)
A reference video from VMware KB TV showing the upgrade process from ESX 3.5 to ESX 4.1. This video from VMware KB TV was seen more than 45 000 times… wow. It’s one of the reference videos I’d like to...
View ArticlevCloud Reference Architecture Kit – Public and Private vCloud Implementation...
VMware has released the vCloud Reference Architecture Kit which can help you with creating Public and Private vCloud implementations. The Service Definition for Private Cloud describes the creation of...
View ArticleSecurity : VMware Compliance Checker (Think©Loud)
One thing to always take into account while designing and managing your vSphere infrastructure is security. VMware also recognizes this and has several resources available to help you in securing [...]
View ArticleEMC Isilon 15PB Storage system (VMGuru.nl)
EMC has announced a new storage system called Isilon 108NL. The Isilon storage system consists of 36 disk 4U nodes which can be joined together to create a 144 node storage system with a capacity of 15...
View ArticleWhat The? (Mike D's Blog)
What in the world is going on here? Where’s Mike D’s blog, man? Well, to make a long story short, technology didn’t really go my way today. I was trying to put up a new post and images just wouldn’t...
View ArticlePCoIP Server Offload Card (That's My View)
Michael Klein (Twitter: @michael__klein) brought a link to Terdici’s website to my attention, which gives an overview of the Teradici PCoIP Server Offload Card. The Server Offload Card features a brand...
View ArticleExchange 2010 on vSphere update (VirtualizationAdmin Blogs)
Most workloads can run comfortably in a virtual environment these days as long as that environment is built out appropriately. At Westminster College, we recently virtualized almost all of our...
View ArticleMark Gibbs names VMware Fusion in "My Top 10 Tools" List (VMware End User...
We’re excited to announce that Mark Gibbs of Network World and PC World named VMware Fusion and VMware Workstation in his list of most crucial apps he can’t live without. Gibbs writes about how both...
View Articlevmworld 2011 - time to vote! (VMware Tips)
it’s that time of year again! vmworld 2011 is fast approaching and some great sessions are now up for public vote! Included in all of those great sessions are (5) sessions that I’m part of and I’d love...
View ArticleProject Horizon: VMware moves beyond virtualization (VMware tips and tricks)
With Project Horizon, VMware wants to challenge Microsoft’s dominance in desktop computing. But it’s quite the departure for the virtualization leader. Add to digg Add to StumbleUpon Add to del.icio.us...
View ArticlePXE Manager for vCenter (Think©Loud)
VMware Labs has again released a fine piece of work which should make installing ESXi a lot easier : PXE manager for vCenter. I’m a fan of automation. Especially when [...]
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