Weekly VDI Digest May 17, 2011 (myvirtualcloud.net)
I am still settling down here in Silicon Valley and did not have time to catch up on all VDI articles I wanted to. However, I have found some good blogging that I have missed from the past few weeks. I...
View ArticleQuick Note on a Nice Blog Post from our Friends at Sourcefire (VMware...
Rob Randell here with a quick note to point folks at a nice blog post from Sourcefire PM Richard Park. He does an excellent job here outlining what it takes to integrate to vShield through the vShield...
View ArticleMigrating to ESXi part 2 – Moving VMs off the ESX Host (ESXi Chronicles)
In my last post I mentioned the requirement to upgrade vCenter in preparation for migrating to ESXi. In this post I will discuss the storage considerations related to an ESXi migration. Before you...
View ArticleIt’s Been A While & Shameless Plug: VMworld Session Voting…. (TechHead)
Well, I’ve almost missed the boat on trying to gain a vote or two for my sessions at the upcoming VMworld events in Las Vegas and Copenhagen later on this year… I’ve been working with others of the...
View ArticleUpdated VMware support policy on MSCS (VMGuru.nl)
August 2010 I wrote an article on support for Exchange CCR clustering on VMware with iSCSI. VMware’s response then was very simple and straight forward. Exchange CCR clustering on VMware is not...
View ArticleLVM and vmware linux guests. Just do it already. (Conrey.org)
What is LVM? Logical Volume Manager (LVM) provides a (virtualized would be a stretch) logical presentation of storage to the OS rather than physical devices. With LVM, logical partitions can span...
View ArticleIt’s today! (DoubleCloud)
After preparing the event for almost two months, we are finally ready. If you join us onsite, here is direction to our venue. We have free food/drinks, and many books/gifts waiting for you, thanks to...
View ArticleHow much time takes your browser to boot Linux? - Javascript PC Emulator...
<img>Fabrice Bellard has created a PC emulator written in Javascript. The emulated hardware consists in: • a 32 bit x86 compatible CPU • a 8259 Programmble Interrupt Controller • a 8254...
View ArticleExchange and VMware HA… (Yellow Bricks)
I guess many people have been waiting on official statements around this. Although this was posted a couple of days ago I wanted to make sure everyone has seen it as it could be crucial for your Design...
View ArticleMicrosoft announces enhanced hardware virtualization support for Exchange...
In November last year, VMware released a paper titled: Microsoft Exchange 2010 on VMware vSphere Best Practices Guide, on which Microsoft responded the week after by stating that Microsoft does...
View ArticleA different view on View (Think©Loud)
Yesterday I attended the VMware Partner Exchange on Tour here in the Netherlands. You can view an impression of this event on the site of Mr. Sloof over here. One [...]
View ArticleTripwire Inc. Acquired (Virtualization Practice)
In around 2008 Tripwire started making itself known in the virtualization space with the release of two free tools, Tripwire’s ConfigCheck and OpsCheck. By the time 2009 came around, Tripwire was...
View ArticleDavid Davis from Train Signal interviews our own John Simmons @......
David Davis from Train Signal interviews our own John Simmons @ the recent Charlotte Regional VMUG. John wittingly explains the anatomy of the Varrow vCloud Director Lab, focusing on the unique...
View ArticleDavid Davis Interviews Our Own John Simmons (Jason's Nash's Blog)
While at the VMware Summit in Charlotte our own John Simmons was interviewed by David Davis of vmwarevideos.com and Train Signal. John gave a great overview of the vCloud Director lab that Varrow...
View ArticleVMware press to release a book on automating vSphere with vCenter...
Automating vSphere5Pearsons and VMware are joining forces. They have announced VMware Press and three upcoming book for the fall 2011 including one covering vCenter Orchestrator named "Automating...
View ArticlePersonal journal article about iPad Mobile Endpoint Security on Computable.nl...
Computable.nl is the online portal for professionals in Information Technology. Computable is also the most read source of information about IT jobs, products and services with the highest reach among...
View ArticleCompetition–Win Trainsignal’s ‘Best of vSphere 4.1’ Training DVD (TechHead)
What better way to kick off a Friday than with a competition? David Davis from Trainsignal has kindly provided two copies of his ‘Best of vSphere 4.1 for vNerds’ training DVD to give away to a couple...
View ArticleChinwag with Mike – Doug Brown [Episode 54] (RTFM Education)
Once again this weeks chinwagee needs no introduction – its Doug Brown of the now legendary dabacc.com website. I first came across Doug’s site when I was lowly Citrix instructor – and I’d often point...
View ArticleFlexpod for SAP released (Virtualization for SAP Solutions)
Hello everyone, VMware,Netapp,Cisco and SAP worked together to create a solution that adapts and extends the existingFlexpod for VMware architecture to SAP customers. This solution allows• Secure...
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