VMware Newsletter 5.16

From the editors Virtual Desk

Hi everyone

I hope you are all well. I am busy as usual with multiple projects for my customers. I was really hoping to take a shot at the desktop exam still in may but it does not look like I will be able to achieve that and now aiming for a go in June. We will see how things go with my workload.

This weeks newsletter is pretty big and I have tried to include the latest blog posts that I can. There is also some new blog postings this week from the official TAM blog featured in the newsletter so take a read.

Hope you have a fantastic week.

Best Wishes

Neil Isserow (Newsletter Editor)

Queensland Technical Account Manager

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  VMware vCloud Blog: Be Confident in Your Data Center Security – Register for May 16 Webinar with Trend Micro!Data center security is often cited as a primary concern for organizations considering a move to a public, private or hybrid cloud environment. As a service provider, are you confident that your virtual environment is keeping your customers’ data secure? Ease your fears next Thursday, May 16 at 11am PT as VMware partner Trend Micro discusses the advantages of their virtualization-aware Deep Security solution . Trend Micro is the industry leader in virtualization security, supporting compliance and…

   

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  VMware Support Insider: vCenter Server issue with Oracle client resolvedBack in December, we posted the support alert: vCenter Server 5.x does not function correctly when installed with Oracle 11.2.0.3 Patch 10 . The support alert was documented fully in KB article: vCenter Server 5.x does not function correctly when installed with Oracle 11.2.0.3 Patch 10 (2039874) . There is news on this alert. Oracle has since resolved the issue in the Windows Oracle Client 11.2.0.3 p16656151 (Patch 19) 64-bit , which can be downloaded today.

   

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  VMwareTV: Enable vSphere Host Lockdown Mode for VMware vSphereEnable vSphere Host Lockdown Mode for VMware vSphere VSOM video series: http://bit.ly/15BqQUp] This video shows how to secure VMware vSphere hosts with Lockdown Mode in order to limit direct access to the host... From: vmwaretv Views: 7 0 ratings Time: 04:49 More in Science & Technology

   

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  VMwareTV: Virtual Machine Migration (vMotion) of Host and Storage for VMware vSphereVirtual Machine Migration (vMotion) of Host and Storage for VMware vSphere VSOM video series: http://bit.ly/15BqQUp] This video shows how to use the VMware vSphere web client to perform live virtual machine migrations (vMotion) bet... From: vmwaretv Views: 7 1 ratings Time: 03:00 More in Science & Technology

   

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  VMwareTV: RSA 2013: A Conversation with Rapid7RSA 2013: A Conversation with Rapid7 Rapid7 Nexpose integrated with VMware makes it easy to secure virtual environments. The integrated solution enables customers to discover virtual assets and ... From: vmwaretv Views: 24 0 ratings Time: 05:02 More in Science & Technology

   

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  VMware Cloud Ops Blog: The Changing Role of the IT Admin – Highlights from #CloudOpsChatLast Thursday, we hosted our inaugural #CloudOpsChat on “The Changing Role of the IT Admin.” Special thanks to everyone who participated for making it an informational and thought-provoking conversation. We also wanted to thank Nigel Kersten ( @NigelKersten ) and Andrea Mauro (@Andrea_Mauro ) for co-hosting the chat with us. We kick-started #CloudOpsChat with the question, “Is increasing automation and virtualization good or bad for your career?” Our co-host @Andrea_Mauro was the first to answer,…

   

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  VMware vCloud Blog: Bluelock Launches VMware vCloud® Recovery-as-a-Service SolutionsThis is a guest post from vCloud Service Provider, Bluelock . Bluelock’s new Recovery-as-a-Service (RaaS) offerings deliver the benefits of VMware vCloud ® with the latest recovery technology for a highly reliable, testable recovery solution. The new RaaS offerings are a unique type of Virtual Datacenter that enables organizations to recover critical IT resources with increased efficiencies and complete effectiveness when an adverse situation strikes. Cloud-based RaaS is nothing like traditional…

   

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  VMware vSphere Blog: How Smart Is Your Hadoop?EMC World kicked off today in Las Vegas, and much of this week’s buzz is focused squarely on big data. Specifically, VMware’s CEO Pat Gelsinger is hot on how to build big data solutions into the enterprise as a service. During his keynote, Gelsinger and VMware data architect Michael West showed attendees how smart organizations will be deploying and managing Hadoop clusters in the future that will dramatically improve time-to-insight and productivity. What they demonstrated was Apache Hadoop running on…

   

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  VMTN Blog: Everything VMware at #Interop 2013At Interop in Vegas? VMware has brought out a great team and a full set of breakout sessions,  keynotes, and demos. Want to find out more about Network Virtualization and VMware Hybrid Cloud? You’ve come to right place. Breakout Sessions Tuesday, May 7 SDN  Workshop panel session ,  Lagoon H, 1:55 – 2:30pm What Is Software Defined Networking and What Impact Will It Have on Your Network?  SDN: A Vendor’s Perspective Hatem Naguib (with participants from Microsoft and Broadcom.) Moderator: Jim…

   

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  VMwareTV: VMware vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) InstallVMware vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) Install VSOM video series: http://bit.ly/15BqQUp] This video shows how to use the VMware vSphere client to connect to a vSphere host and deploy the vCenter Server A... From: vmwaretv Views: 5 0 ratings Time: 02:21 More in Science & Technology

   

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  VMware Education & Certification Blog: Question of the Week: VCP5-DCVThis week’s “Question of the Week” comes from the VMware Certified Professional 5-Data Center Virtualization (VCP5-DCV) Official Study Guide . Which of the following is true about vDS policies? a. Policies set at the port group level override those are the port level. b. Policies cannot be set at the port level. c. Policies are always set at the port level. d. Policies set at the port level override policies set at the port group level. See below for the answer Not sure of the answer? You can learn…

   

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  VMware Virtualization Management Blog: IT Innovation Just Got Easier in the CloudIT Innovation just got easier in the cloud In the latest installation of the Innovation series on the ReThink IT blog, Ramin Sayar, VP of Products & Strategy at VMware, discusses how to build a pathway to innovation by following 5 short – but impactful – principles including: • Focus on What’s Important • Rely on Standardization • Calculate Your Baseline • It’s All About the Data • Strive for Visibility and Transparency By following the above principles, IT execs not only put their…

   

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  VMTN Blog: VMware Communities Roundtable Podcast – Show Notes 230 – Live from Silicon Valley VMUG** Special Live Broadcast from the Silicon Valley VMware User Group – May 1, 2013 ** Hosts John Mark Troyer, VMware @jtroyer Mike Gordon Laverick, VMware @Mike_Laverick Guests Manjeet Bavage, @Mantraaz Silicon Valley VMUG Leader Ravi Venkatasubbaiah, @ravi_venk Silicon Valley VMUG Leader Adam Zimman, VMware News VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger to unveil vCloud Hybrid Service May 21st EMC World 2013 – IT Technology Conference IT Conference and Expo | Interop Las Vegas 2013 Part 68: My vCloud Journey Journal…

   

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  VMware Technical Account Manager Blog: Cloud Real-Estate: Build vs. RentThis past month I had an opportunity to present a couple of sessions at the South Florida VMUG User Conference on behalf of VMware. The VMUG leadership and RoundTower put on a terrific conference that drew ~450 attendees and ~40 vendors in the Exchange. My second session of the day was titled “ Cloud Real Estate: Build vs. Rent .” No, this session wasn’t about foreclosures or how to short sale your cloud. Instead, this session was focused on the three models to consume a VMware vCloud. So, lets dive…

   

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  VMware for Small-Medium Business Blog: Simplifying the Back-Up Process – VMware Data Protection (VDP)Post by Mike Rose, Systems Engineer, Midmarket and Small Business Team In today’s market there is no shortage of backup technologies to address virtual infrastructure.  There are dozens of vendors with multiple solutions and this can easily and quickly contribute to confusion.  Very quickly you will find yourself buried in questions like: Can I understand the complicated licensing model? How hard is it to deploy in my virtual environment? Do I need to deploy agents? What kind of overhead will be…

   

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  VMware vCloud Blog: Is Your Application Cloud-Ready?By: Chris Colotti In the past few years that I have been blogging about VMware vCloud, we have always focused on the architecture “of the Cloud.”  Recently I have started talking more about how to “consume” the clouds we have finally built, either public or private.  The next evolution of this is understanding how we determine if our applications are actually cloud-ready.  There are a number of ways to look at this, but here are some of my perspectives on a few questions you can ask yourself.…

   

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  VMware Cloud Ops Blog: The Secret to Avoiding the Portfolio Management Bottleneck: SimplicityBy: David Crane Delivering a set of standardized infrastructure services is a critical dependency as IT becomes more service oriented. Getting application owners who are used to custom infrastructure to agree to only use standard service configurations may be the defining problem of the cloud era. The lifecycle of defining new service elements, adding them to the service portfolio, then formally releasing them for use by adding to service catalog is the very heart of the problem when getting multiple…

   

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  VMware Consulting Blog: Business as Usual with Tier 1 Business Critical Applications? – Not!By David Gallant , VMWare Professional Services Consultant Ok so you’ve decided to virtualize your Tier 1 Business Critical Applications, awesome that’s great news.  The daunting question is “Where do you start?” As a VMware PS Consultant, I see customers go through this process every day; some customers get us involved when that question comes up, others get us involved much later. I can say with certainty earlier is always better than later.  Tier 1 application design and architecture it is…

   

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  VMware Support Insider: My VMware Turns OneBy Greg Daly, Sr. Director, VMware Customer Advocacy My VMware, the web site that provides our customers and partners with simplified management of product licenses and support, is celebrating an anniversary – the site was launched one year ago. My VMware has had more than 33 million visits, and we are continuing to see an increase in usage over time. Other milestones include 3.8 million downloads, 188 million page views, and a recent new release loaded with new features and functionality. Since its…

   

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  vCO Team: Orchestrate NetApp OnCommand Workflow Automation (WFA)Jeremy Goodrum from NetApp has released the NetApp OnCommand Workflow Automation (WFA) package for vCenter Orchestrator. Also included are a How-to video for using the OnCommand Workflow Automation package for vCenter Orchestrator and a solution video for creating new Multi-Tenant vCloud Director environment using WFA and vCenter Orchestrator. Find more about this here .

   

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  VMware Education & Certification Blog: Save 50% on BETA Course: VMware Horizon Mirage: Install, Configure ManageVMware offers BETA courses to those wanting to participate in finalizing the near complete course. You save 50% off the course price.  Register today as BETA courses fill up quickly. VMware Horizon Mirage: Install, Configure, Manage [V4.0]-BETA Location: classroom delivery in El Segundo, CA, USA Time:  June 17-18 @ 9:00 PDT See Course Description and register today ! Or see what other VMware BETA Courses are available.

   

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  VMware vSphere Blog: VXLAN Series – Multicast usage in VXLAN – Part 3I covered some basics on Multicast in the last blog entry here . Let’s now take a look how multicast is utilized in VXLAN deployments. During the configuration of VXLAN, it is required to allocate a multicast address range and also define the number of logical Layer 2 networks that will be created. For more details on the configuration steps please refer to the VXLAN Deployment Guide . Ideally, one logical Layer 2 network is associated with one multicast group address. Sixteen million logical Layer 2…

   

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  VMware vSphere Blog: Using App Firewall with VXLAN NetworksVMware vCloud Networking and Security App Firewall is a hypervisor-based firewall that protects applications in the virtual datacenter from network-based attacks. In this blog, let’s look at how to micro-segment a VXLAN network to deploy a 3-tier application using vCloud Networking and Security 5.1 App Firewall. Use Case Each application is deployed using a separate VXLAN network as shown below.  To keep the diagram simple, only one application is shown below.  The application has three tiers – web,…

   

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  VMware vSphere Blog: How To Import An OVA Into vCloud Director?For those of you who have tried to import an OVA directly into vCloud Director have probably noticed that this is not supported and only an OVF file can be uploaded. However, it is possible to upload an OVA directly into vCloud Director, but it does require the use of another tool called the ovftool which is multi-platform command-line utility for OVF/OVA management. This article was motivated by a recent internal discussion and I thought I share this little tidbit in case it was not very well known. …

   

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  VMTN Blog: Everything VMware at #EMCWorld 2013At EMC World 2013 this week? There will be plenty of VMware-oriented content about virtualization and cloud all across the show, but here are the sessions, booth theater schedule, and other events that the VMware team will be involved with. General Session Tuesday, May 7, 2:30-3:30pm Pat Gelsinger,  Chief Executive Officer,  VMware The Software-Defined Data Center: The Foundation for IT in the Mobile/Cloud Era CIOs today are looking to data center and cloud innovations for new ways to deliver more…VMware Technical Account Manager Blog: Hidden benefits of virtualisation – reboot time and the impact on server availability and regular operations

   

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  By guest blogger, Christian Wickham, Technical Account Manager, South Australia and Northern Territory, and Local Government and Councils in Western Australia, Victoria and New South Wales at VMware Australia and New Zealand Hidden benefits of virtualisation – reboot time and the impact on server availability and regular operations Within VMware we are often focussing on the latest and greatest features and capabilities offered by all our newest software. Of course, we are always driving forward and the…

   

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  EMC Support–Re-imaginedWhile it doesn’t get the airtime that big products/technologies/acquisitions gets – I think that things like tools and support are as important ultimately. There’s been a ton of work on the EMC Support tools and models that is getting refreshed...

   

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  EMC VPLEX and VMware NiciraThis is a REALLY cool demonstration on the power of coupling the network virtualization capabilities of VMware Nicira with storage replication, and specifically VPLEX active-active models. Imagine this with vVPLEX, or put another way, VPLEX as a software data service...

   

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  EMC Recoverpoint 4.0–Virtualized and Software Defined for more goodnessEMC Recoverpoint 4.0 (codenamed “Elarra”) was announced last week to “clear the deck” for EMC World, but is shipping this week, so I held my post back until GA and EMC World. I’d highly encourage people to read Itzik’s blog...

   

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  Under the covers: Storage Virtualization Platform Re-imagined.And so, off come the covers! ViPR = Virtualization Platform Re-imagined = Project Bourne. Like all things, the story behind the story is half the fun. If you turn back in the way back machine here, about 2 years a...

   

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  Twas the night before EMC World 2013…And everyone was scurrying around like EMCers :-) I was trapped on a delayed flight, but got there there soon enough. The SE Conference is kicking into to high gear also… What to expect? The announcements people have come to...

   

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  New Technical White Paper - Understanding vSphere 5.1 Storage DRS

   

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  Free e-learning course - vCloud Automation Center: Fundamentals

   

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  Free e-learning course - Security Principles in Virtualized Datacenters

   

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  New Training Course - VMware Horizon Mirage: Install, Configure, Manage

   

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  DRS not taking CPU Ready Time in to account? Need your help!For years these rumors have been floating around that DRS does not take CPU Ready Time (%RDY) in to account when it comes load balancing the virtual infrastructure. Fact is that %RDY has always been a part of the DRS algorithm but not as a first class citizen but as part of CPU Demand, which … … Continue reading → " DRS not taking CPU Ready Time in to account? Need your help! " originally appeared on Yellow-Bricks.com . Follow me on twitter - @DuncanYB.

   

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  Tested / Supported / Certified by VMware? (caching / dr solutions)Lately I have been receiving more and more questions around support for specific “hypervisor side” solutions. With that meaning, how VMware deals with solutions which are installed within the hypervisor. I have always found it very difficult to dig up details around this both externally and internally. I figured it was time to try to … … Continue reading → " Tested / Supported / Certified by VMware? (caching / dr solutions) " originally appeared on Yellow-Bricks.com . Follow me on…

   

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  What is static overhead memory?We had a discussion internally on static overhead memory. Coincidentally I spoke with Aashish Parikh from the DRS team on this topic a couple of weeks ago when I was in Palo Alto. Aashish is working on improving the overhead memory estimation calculation so that both HA and DRS can be even more efficient when … … Continue reading → " What is static overhead memory? " originally appeared on Yellow-Bricks.com . Follow me on twitter - @DuncanYB.

   

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  My VMworld 2013 SessionsThis year there are some awesome sessions at VMworld, I think people are starting to realize the benefits of automation and how these can be achieved with VMware products.  I am looking forward to attending and hopefully presenting some great sessions at VMworld 2013. Today is the last day of voting so if you are [...] My VMworld 2013 Sessions is a post from: Virtu-Al . Virtu-Al is one of the authors of VMware vSphere PowerCLI Reference: Automating vSphere Administration" Buy it now from: Amazon USA …

   

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  vSphere 5.1 Update 1 Update SequenceNot so long ago, VMware product releases were staggered.  Major versions of vSphere would launch at or shortly after VMworld in the fall, and all other products such as SRM, View, vCloud Director, etc. would rev on some other random schedule.  This was extremely frustrating for a vEvangelist because we wanted to be on the [...] Post from: boche.net - VMware Virtualization Evangelist Copyright (c) 2010 Jason Boche. The contents of this post may not be reproduced or republished on another web page or web…

  VMware View Pool Manager – Free ToolIn case you missed this one, there is new free tool for administrators doing a lot of work with VMware View. The tool is called VMware View Pool manager and it is a free tool (Fling) which is available at the VMware Labs website. The tool was created by Andre Leibovici, and can be used for [...] Read the full post VMware View Pool Manager – Free Tool at ESX Virtualization .   Check Out This Free Tool : VMturbo Community Edition

  VMware SSO Install – Single Sign On Server Installation OptionsVMware SSO install, when done wrong or when architected the wrong way, can put your infrastructure into a fragile state where SSO can became the single point of failure (SPOF). Before introduction of SSO in vSphere 5.1, there was a vCenter considerations when it comes to resiliency and protection. With the introduction SSO it’s like an additional [...] Read the full post VMware SSO Install – Single Sign On Server Installation Options at ESX Virtualization . Check Out This Free Tool : VMturbo…

  Install vCenter on Windows Server 2012 – ODBC and vCenter components installIn the first part we successfully installed SQL Server, and created vCenter, VMware update manager and SSO databases. In this part we will create the DSNs and Install vCenter on Windows Server 2012, together with all the different components. This post is a part of multipost, where we do an Install vCenter Server on Windows Server 2012, with [...] Read the full post Install vCenter on Windows Server 2012 – ODBC and vCenter components install at ESX Virtualization . Check Out This Free Tool : VMturbo…

   

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  Looking for a reliable hypervisor?Every time a vendor releases a new hypervisor, it’s always more reliable and stable than all the previous versions and certainly better than the competition. But was the previous version all that bad? Of course with the addition of more and more advanced features it becomes more and more difficult to create a reliable and [...]

   

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  Technology Minute with Craig Chapman (Cloud, People & Process) – EMC World’13This article was first published by Andre Leibovici (@andreleibovici) at myvirtualcloud.net.

   

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  Technology Minute with Keith Norbie (Flash) – EMC World’13This article was first published by Andre Leibovici (@andreleibovici) at myvirtualcloud.net.

   

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  Technology Minute with David Robertson (Oracle Backup) – EMC World’13This article was first published by Andre Leibovici (@andreleibovici) at myvirtualcloud.net.

   

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  Technology Minute with Daniel Bogda (Systems Build) – EMC World’13This article was first published by Andre Leibovici (@andreleibovici) at myvirtualcloud.net.

   

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  Engineers Unplugged: Bring Your Own DeviceLast month during VMware Partner Exchange Amy Lewis (@CommsNinja) from Cisco asked me and Ed Saipetch (@edsai) to talk during few minutes about any subject. Here is our talk on BYOD. This article was first published by Andre Leibovici (@andreleibovici) at myvirtualcloud.net.

   

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  Technology Minute with Jim Sanzone (VDI) – EMC World’13  This article was first published by Andre Leibovici (@andreleibovici) at myvirtualcloud.net.

   

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  Technology Minute with Amy Lewis (Communities) – EMC World’13  This article was first published by Andre Leibovici (@andreleibovici) at myvirtualcloud.net.

   

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  Technology Minute with Axel Streichart (SAP) – EMC World’13  This article was first published by Andre Leibovici (@andreleibovici) at myvirtualcloud.net.

   

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  Technology Minute with Jon Owings (PaaS) – EMC World’13  This article was first published by Andre Leibovici (@andreleibovici) at myvirtualcloud.net.

   

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  Horizon View Offline VDI Calculator (Sneak Peek)If you are wondering why my blog posting frequency has slowed down in the last couple weeks – worry not! Many consulting professionals and architects asked for a portable – offline – version of my  well-known VDI Calculator. I’m happy to say that the new tool finally coming and I’ve been busy trying to reach code complete. This new version is built … Continue reading »

   

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  vCloud Director (vCD) Host Agent Fails to InstallThis is going to go over three common errors you may see when trying to install the vCD agent on the host.   The first error message is quite simple: Failures occurred during prepare of host "ciscol01.r3hx.mlb03.lab.vce.com". - Cannot complete login due to an incorrect user name or password. - Cannot complete login due to an incorrect user name or password. Read more...

   

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  #vBrownBag at #EMCWorld 2013 – Jase McCarty InterviewEMC World 2013 features some of the latest advancements in storage technologies and their applications for virtualized workloads.  There was the big announcement regarding Project ViPR, and it will be interesting to see how it will allow storage allocations to be more agile.  Of course, we don’t want Storage Sprawl.  So, it will be important [...]

   

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  #vBrownBag Follow-up Home Lab Builds with Phillip Jaenke (@rootwyrm)Phillip Jaenke (@rootwyrm) reviews considerations for building your own own home lab and VMware ESXi servers.  Don’t forget to check the HCL! DIY VMware Hardware and Labs Phillip Jaenke (@rootwyrm) ProfessionalVMware #vBrownBag US from ProfessionalVMware on Vimeo.

   

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  VMware KB Digest – New Articles Published for Week Ending 5/4/13In our effort to provide our viewers with up to the minute information on VMware related news and topics, we’re posting the following list of new KB Entries for this week, direct from VMware Support. Socialcast On Premise v2 A person’s messages and comments are not showing in the Home Stream even though you follow [...]

   

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  My Take on the vCenter Certificate Automation ToolThis is just a note to point you to an article that was recently published about my thoughts on the newly released vCenter Certificate Automation Tool 1.0 . The full post can be found on TechTarget below I for one am looking forward to see vCert Manager released.

   

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  Upgrading to VMware's Latest Release of …Jason Boche posted a great article vSphere 5.1 Update 1 Update Sequence and there he pointed to an excellent KB article released by VMware - Update sequence for vSphere 5.1 Update 1 and its compatible VMware products (2037630)   I would like to add some of my thoughts about the mass release of products that happened last week. First look at the screenshot below. The first thing that I noticed - the number of products that are intertwined - is becoming larger and larger. 14 at the moment in this document.…

   

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