VMware Newsletter 5.30

From the editors virtual desk

Hi everyone, I have had quite a week. In Brisbane we had Wednesday as a public holiday for the Ekka which is a local event. I took the opportunity to get down to the beach for a bit of relaxation and of course spent some extra time on my Lab. Of course it did mean a shorter than normal week so I had loads to catch up on but all good and I actually enjoyed a midweek break.

Not much other news from my side this week so I will let the newsletter do all of the talking.

Oh yes if you are in Brisbane and have registered for our upcoming Lunch and Learn I look forward to seeing you there.

Virtually Yours

Neil Isserow

Senior Technical Account Manager

VMware Australia

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The Console: Forbes Most Innovative Companies: VMware Comes in at #3 (http://blogs.vmware.com/vmware/?p=999)Forbes just released their 2013 list of the world’s most innovative companies and VMware was ranked number three. The editors at Forbes have taken a data-driven approach to their list by identifying the “company innovation premium” – the difference between their … Continue reading →

VMware Cloud Ops Blog: Workload Assessment for Cloud Migration, Part 3: Assessing the Costs and Benefits of Moving to the Cloud (http://blogs.vmware.com/cloudops/?p=461)By: Andy Troup Successfully assessing workloads and placing them in the appropriate private, hybrid, and public cloud environments can make or break your cloud strategy, enabling greater agility and cost efficiency. In this series, I’m reviewing four key areas to consider when performing a workload assessment. In the first two parts, I suggested a framework for classifying workloads as potential candidates for moving to a cloud environment and then looked at service portfolio mapping and how to best…

VMware for Small-Medium Business Blog: Fifth in a Series: How We Cut 40 Percent in Energy Usage by Bolstering our Virtualization Environment (http://blogs.vmware.com/smb/?p=1974)By Guest Blogger Todd Leavitt, IT Manager at PBS Engineering and E nvironmental A little over a year ago, we experienced a near-catastrophic data center outage. Our servers were protected by a potassium-based fire suppression system that a service contractor accidentally set off, nearly destroying all our critical hardware and rendering our servers useless. As IT Manager at PBS Engineering and Environmental , this was my worst nightmare, but our IT team kept a constant vigil for several weeks to make sure…

VMware ThinApp Blog: ThinApp at VMworld 2013 (https://blogs.vmware.com/thinapp/?p=1573)Here is a quick list of ThinApp related sessions and labs showing at VMworld 2013. EUC4629 – ThinApp 101 and what’s new in ThinApp next version What’s Now, What’s New and What’s Next. This session will give an overview on the functionality of ThinApp including what’s new in ThinApp.Next. We will show you how ThinApp simplifies application deployment using various technical demos given in this session. Speakers: Peter Bjrk – EMEA Horizon & ThinApp Specialist Systems Engineer, VMware …

VMware Support Insider: Going to miss VMworld? Watch it live online! (http://blogs.vmware.com/kb/?p=5488)We know there are a few of you who can’t attend VMworld 2013 for one reason or another with all of it’s exciting keynotes and announcements. For you, we have an alternative. VMware NOW —your online destination for breaking news, live events, product announcements, and more. Register now and join us online for the live stream of Pat’s General Session on August 26th ! If you prefer, you can replay later at your convenience.

Office of the CTO Blogs: Log Insight Now Understands More of your IT Environment with Partner Content Packs (http://cto.vmware.com/?p=2135)In my last post , I introduced VMware vCenter Log Insight. Since announcing the public beta and subsequent GA of Log Insight, we’ve seen tremendous response from the community with more than thousands of downloads within the first four weeks of availability. We’ve been very pleased with the results that customers are seeing – often within an hour of downloading the appliance. One of my recent favorites was a customer who was able to quantify using Log Insight the impact their virtual machine backup…

Office of the CTO Blogs: Network Virtualization Gets Physical (http://cto.vmware.com/?p=2143)Network virtualization, as others have noted , is now well past the hype stage and in serious production deployments . One factor that has facilitated the adoption of network virtualization is the ease with which it can be incrementally deployed. In a typical data center, the necessary infrastructure is already in place. Servers are interconnected by a physical network that already meets the basic requirements for network virtualization: providing IP connectivity between the physical servers. And the…

VMTN Blog: VMware Communities Roundtable Podcast – 244 – VMworld Previews (http://blogs.vmware.com/vmtn/?p=7943)Hosts John Mark Troyer, VMware @jtroyer Mike Gordon Laverick, VMware @mike_laverick Guests Dan Wendlandt, VMware @danwendlandt Sonal Patel, VMware Brian Knudtson, VMunderground @bknudtson Jim Millard, VMunderground @millardjk News Don’t miss VMworld 2013 (10th annual) VMworld Content Catalog VMware Certification Exams 75% off During VMworld VMware Technical Journal, Summer 2013 VMworld Hotel & Travel Welcome to the VMware Workstation Technology Preview 2013 Around the Community vBrownbag Podcast…

VMwareTV: VMware Cloud Credits (tag:youtube.com,2008:video:QqYXa9u1yzU)VMware Cloud Credits Overview of the VMware Cloud Credits Purchasing Program. From: vmwaretv Views: 24 1 ratings Time: 03:43 More in Science & Technology

VMware Technology Alliance Partner Blog: Awesome TEX Sessions at VMworld! (http://blogs.vmware.com/tap/?p=733)VMworld is almost here and session seats are filling up very quickly. Reserve you seat at the sessions now to avoid disappointment. Here are some great sessions to go to in the TECHNOLOGY EXCHANGE TRACK (TEX): TEX5221 - Go to Market with the VMware Solution Exchange - Watch promo video The VMware Solution Exchange (VSX) is VMware’s marketplace for ecosystem solutions. It currently contains more than 2,000 solutions from VMware partners and developers. Since its launch in 2012, it has had more than 3…

VMware vCloud Blog: VMworld 2013 Predictions and Must-See Events – Recap of Our July #cloudtalk (http://blogs.vmware.com/vcloud/?p=2754)On July 30 th , we hosted our #cloudtalk on predictions and must-see sessions taking place at VMworld 2013. We wanted to thank our co-hosts for this #cloudtalk, Greg Stuart (@vDestination ) and Wade Holmes (@wholmes ) for helping to facilitate a lively discussion. We hope it got you as excited for VMworld as we are! Here are highlights from the chat: Our #cloudtalk began with the question, “What are you most looking forward to at VMworld 2013?” Both @BonnieBauder and @wsellers said that they always…

VMware Education & Certification Blog: FREE Instructional Videos on vCloud Networking and Security (http://blogs.vmware.com/education/?p=2202)VMware Certified Instructor, Mark Jones provides a tutorial on VMware vCloud Networking and Security Suite, sharing the vision of the networking and security product line and the challenges it is designed to address. Topics include: Mark Jones, VCI vCloud Networking and Security Vision Overview of vCloud Networking vCloud Networking Components Overview of vCloud Security vCloud Security Components Part 1 vCloud Security Components Part 2 vCloud Security Components Part 3 Visit the VMware…

VMTN Blog: VMware Communities Roundtable Podcast – 242 – VXLAN, Cloud Ops: VMworld Preview (http://blogs.vmware.com/vmtn/?p=7929)Hosts John Mark Troyer, VMware @jtroyer Guests Rohan Kalra, VMware @kalrarohan Venky Deshpande, VMware @VMWNetworking News Don’t miss VMworld 2013 (10th annual) VMworld Content Catalog VMware Certification Exams 75% off During VMworld VMware Technical Journal, Summer 2013 VMworld Hotel & Travel Welcome to the VMware Workstation Technology Preview 2013 Around the Community vBrownbag Podcast VMUG Local Meetings – Check it today AdaptingIT – Lauren Malhoit Podcast Virtualization Security…

VMware Network Virtualization Blog: Networking and Security Session Guide for VMworld 2013 (http://blogs.vmware.com/networkvirtualization/?p=233)So, you’re a network geek, security ninja or cloud architect and you’re wondering what to attend at VMworld 2013. Well, here’s your handy guide to the sessions at this year’s conference in San Francisco you will be most interested in.. This year we have a full agenda of networking and security track sessions. We recognize that there may be overlap in times and many of these sessions will be repeated so make sure you check the schedule builder to catch any repeats. Monday August 26 , 2013 …

Office of the CTO Blogs: Healthcare at VMworld 2013: Best Practices in Action (http://cto.vmware.com/?p=2110)Technology is enabling healthcare to accelerate its innovation and industry transformation. And I’m reminded of this whenever I walk into a hospital – I think of the best practices current physicians follow and the researchers who are breaking new ground on a daily basis. I believe cloud, mobility and collaboration technologies are the key building blocks that will ultimately help transform the healthcare landscape like nothing we have ever seen. As a healthcare IT professional, you face unique and…

VMware Education & Certification Blog: Question of the Week: VCP5-DCV (http://blogs.vmware.com/education/?p=1679)This 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 not a requirement of HA? a. Hosts must be in the same cluster. b. Hosts must share the same CPU vendor and family. c. Hosts must have shared datastores. d. Hosts must have access to the same physical networks. See below for the answer Not sure of the answer? You can learn more about this topic in our VMware vSphere: Install,…

VMware vCloud Blog: Another VMware Cloud – A California Private University Runs Its Hybrid Cloud on VMware (http://blogs.vmware.com/vcloud/?p=2735)A California-based private university doing genome research successfully leveraged the vCloud Hybrid Service to help accelerate their research on genetic markets , thereby supporting the university’s efforts to improve the lives of individuals with cancer. A top-tier research university and a vCloud Hybrid Service beta customer turned to the vCloud Hybrid Service to help support their research on genetic markets around a particular form of cancer, which appeared to be hereditary. The university decided…

VMware Consulting Blog: Your Questions Answered—In Person—At ‘Meet The Bloggers’ (http://blogs.vmware.com/consulting/?p=726)By Ted Ohr, Senior Director of Americas Service Delivery Here at the VMWare Consulting Blog, we are lucky to be able to gather an incredible range of knowledge under one roof, from BYOD and security policies, to SDDC and Tier-1 applications. Our goal is to share insights across many topics, and to help you get to know the professional services consultants through their posts. We’ll be extending that mission from the digital realm into the real world at our Meet the Bloggers event, Tuesday, August 27, at…

VMware for Small-Medium Business Blog: Horizon Workspace: Bridging the Gap, and Giving Your Users What They Expect From “The Cloud” (http://blogs.vmware.com/smb/?p=1960)by Mike Fegan, System Engineer, VMware It’s very obvious that all IT pros have been forced to at least think about the cloud. What are the legal ramifications? How can I assure uptime? How do I back-up my data? Is it secure? Who has access to my stuff? Most importantly, how do I get all of my stuff over there? The questions go on and on. Pressure is coming from management because they’ve heard about all of the benefits of the cloud. Are you sure your definition of “The Cloud” is the same as theirs?…

VMware Cloud Ops Blog: Problem Management with vCenter Operations: Dealing with Events and Incidents Before They Impact Users (http://blogs.vmware.com/cloudops/?p=446)By: Pierre Moncassin In some more traditional IT environments, if you have “problem manager” anywhere near your job title, you are probably faced with formidable challenges. Let me guess… your mission is to steer the IT infrastructure clear of forthcoming issues – sometimes referred to as root causes – that will lead to incidents. Most of the time, though, you can only see what occurred in the past. To take a page from the famous TV Series, an incident has occurred and detective Columbo is…

VMware Network Virtualization Blog: Picking The Right Abstrations For Your Network Virtualization Solution (http://blogs.vmware.com/networkvirtualization/?p=223)In my travels around the internet, I became increasingly frustrated by the fact that most descriptions of SDN and network virtualisation solutions dive right down into the specifics of how stuff works. While I’m all for the details, I feel that there is an opportunity here to step back a bit and talk about the abstractions, which is what the end-user will see and deal with. For this post, (and yes, by association) I will talk about the abstractions used by perhaps the most mature network virtualisation…

VMware Hands On Labs Blog: Getting ready for VMworld 2013 – New features, new links,…. (http://blogs.vmware.com/hol/?p=347)Hands-on Lab friends,, Just wanted to let you know about some really cool new features to help you share your labs with your friends and colleagues. Invite a Friend – This is a great new feature we have been planning on for a while and just got out – The idea here was to help you share a specific lab with someone that might be interested in learning more. Rate this Lab – This is one of my favorites – we always get asked which labs are the most popular ? This feature will be able to provide a view…

VMwareTV: vCenter Operations Manager - PBS Engineering and Environmental Customer Showcase (tag:youtube.com,2008:video:-t_v_nUGBo4)vCenter Operations Manager - PBS Engineering and Environmental Customer Showcase Discover how PBS Engineering and Environmental has been able to improve their business continuity and productivity with help from VMware and Dell. Quote: "vC... From: vmwaretv Views: 75 0 ratings Time: 03:20 More in Science & Technology

VMware Education & Certification Blog: Introducing On Demand Classroom, a New Self-paced Training Format (http://blogs.vmware.com/education/?p=2070)VMware announces an exciting new delivery format with On Demand Classroom , a robust self-paced training solution offering modular learning increments so you can start and stop at your own pace. It is led by an avatar-instructor, yet is completely interactive, and fulfills course requirements necessary for VMware Certification . Because it is accessed on-demand, you can play the course at your convenience, anytime, anywhere! Avatar-Instructor On Demand Classroom is currently available globally in…

VMware End User Computing: Announcing the VMware Reference Implementation series! (http://blogs.vmware.com/euc/?p=3258)by John Dodge, Director, End User Computing It is my great pleasure to introduce the VMware Reference Implementations series! Our Reference Implementations shed light on real world VMware EUC deployments, giving you the insider’s view of the architecture and the behind-the-scenes perspective of key decisions, and the lessons learned along the way. As compared to reference architectures, reference implementations focus on actual customer environments, and whenever possible we’ll share the benefits…

VMware vSphere Blog: Preview – VMworld 2013 Extreme Performance Series: Storage in a Flash (https://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/?p=9821)Finally a shout out to our final session the Extreme Performance Series focused on Flash! Flash is changing how traditional storage is leveraged and consumed so you won’t want to miss this breakout on what VMware is doing. Sankaran and Pradeep have some detailed performance information to share with you and I’ll personally round out the session with important troubleshooting processes. VSVC5603 – Extreme Performance Series: Storage in a Flash Sankaran Sivathanu , VMware Pradeep Chikku, VMware…

VMware vSphere Blog: Preview – VMworld 2013 Extreme Performance Series: Network Speed Ahead (https://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/?p=9819)People are madly registering for VMworld sessions as the 10 year anniversary of the conference opens in less than 2 weeks. I highly recommend this next session in the Extreme Performance Series not only because latency is the next frontier to be conquered in network virtualization, but because of the speakers. Lenin and Haoqiang are two of my go-to network folks in the performance engineering team when I get hard questions and need to dig deep into the details of our stack. VSVC5596 – Extreme…

VMware vCloud Blog: Architecting Recovery-as-a-Service: DR Stories From the Trenches – Attend the 8/14 Webinar! (http://blogs.vmware.com/vcloud/?p=2729)This is a guest post from vCloud Service Provider, Bluelock . If you’ve been following the industry lately, you already know Recovery-as-a-Service, or cloud-based DR, is the wave of the future. It’s not just a new version of an old solution; Recovery-as-a-Service is focused on protecting your data and recovering your applications in ways your current solution can’t, all at a reasonable price. Architecting your cloud-based DR solution will force you to confront several questions including which…

VMware End User Computing: Atlantis Computing™ and VMware announce “Secure and High Performance End-User Computing for Financial Services” solution. (http://blogs.vmware.com/euc/?p=3493)Atlantis Computing and VMware have partnered to offer a best-in-class VDI solution, combining Atlantis ILIO and VMware® Horizon View™ . This joint solution allows IT teams to provide around-the-clock access to digitized information and applications—anytime, anywhere, and more important than ever, from any device. The solution not only gives employees more freedom, but it also keeps IT in control while lowering TCO, improving user experience and delivering Virtual Desktop performance that is better than…

VMware Hands On Labs Blog: HOL Scheduled maintenance this weekend – Sunday 8:00 PM – Midnight EST (http://blogs.vmware.com/hol/?p=340)Folks In preparation for VMworld we will be switching ProjectNEE to our Las Vegas DataCenter this weekend. We willl need to take our Project Nee portals off line Sunday evening – hoping this does not cause too much grief for yo. Rest assured we have “user admin” and Trevor to ensure things come back online without a hitch.. You might be asking who Trevor is ?

VMware for Small-Medium Business Blog: Nominate an IT Hero, Win a VMworld Pass – One Week Only! (http://blogs.vmware.com/smb/?p=1955)We’ve received many great submissions for our IT Hero contest since we first launched the contest in May, and we wanted to take this time to thank everyone who’s nominated their IT Hero so far – it’s inspiring to hear the stories of our unsung IT Heroes out there! For the next week only, we’re sweetening the deal and will be awarding full conference passes to VMworld San Francisco to two lucky winners! All you have to do is nominate your IT Hero between now and next Friday, August 16 th , and…

VMware vCloud Blog: VMworld 2013: Check Out What’s In Store! (http://blogs.vmware.com/vcloud/?p=2703)VMworld 2013 is right around the corner and we hope that you are just as excited as we are! As long time veterans know and as first time attendees will soon find out, VMworld is one jam-packed event. We want to make sure that you don’t miss a beat, so we’ll be on-site live−tweeting, taking photos, making videos and holding contests where you’ll have a chance to win VMware swag and more! Take a look at everything you need to know about VMworld 2013. Every year at the VMware booth at VMworld,…

VMware vCloud Blog: How To Setup vSphere Stretch Deploy To vCloud Hybrid Service – Part 2 (http://blogs.vmware.com/vcloud/?p=2690)By: Chris Colotti This is a repost from Chris Colotti’s blog, chriscolotti.us . Part 2 of this series on how to set up vSphere Stretch Deploy with vCloud Hybrid Service will deal specifically with the requirements and workings of the vShield Edge Gateway component in the local vSphere infrastructure. The reason I think this aspect is important is that from my experience most vSphere only customers may have never introduced this into their environment. However, it is a requirement for the…

External Bloggers

VMworld 2012 Session - ESXtop for Advanced Users (http://www.ntpro.nl/blog/archives/2417-guid.html)

vCenter Operations and the Quest for the Missing Metrics (http://www.ntpro.nl/blog/archives/2403-guid.html)

Minimum bandwidth requirements per concurrent vMotion? (http://www.yellow-bricks.com/?p=13327)I have been digging for a long time now to figure out what the minimum bandwidth requirements are per concurrent vMotion. After a long time I finally managed to get a statement. In the past the statement was made that 622Mbps was the minimum required bandwidth for vMotion, it appears that this is incorrect for […] " Minimum bandwidth requirements per concurrent vMotion? " originally appeared on Yellow-Bricks.com . Follow me on twitter - @DuncanYB. Looking for a VMware Training ? Sign up for a…

ESXi “Management traffic” tickbox, what does it do? (http://www.yellow-bricks.com/?p=13297)I have seen this popping up various times over the last few years. That little tickbox on your VMkernel NIC that says “Management traffic” (aka management network) what is it for? What if I untick it, will SSH to that VMkernel still work? Will the HA heartbeat still work? Can I still ping the VMkernel […] " ESXi “Management traffic” tickbox, what does it do? " originally appeared on Yellow-Bricks.com . Follow me on twitter - @DuncanYB. Looking for a VMware Training ? Sign up for a Free 3…

Startup News Flash part 2 (http://www.yellow-bricks.com/?p=13209)First part of the Startup News Flash was published a couple of weeks ago, and as many things have happened I figured I would publish another. At times I guess I will miss out on a news fact or a new company, if that happens don’t hesitate to leave a comment with your findings/opinion or […] " Startup News Flash part 2 " originally appeared on Yellow-Bricks.com . Follow me on twitter - @DuncanYB. Looking for a VMware Training ? Sign up for a Free 3 day Trial today on Train Signal!

My VMworld US 2013 schedule… (http://www.yellow-bricks.com/?p=13236)It seems that the dust has finally settled, it is clear what my VMworld schedule will look like. Well for now at least, as I will expect some “one on one” slots to be added, as part of the Expert track. If one of the sessions fills up there might also be a repeat, who […] " My VMworld US 2013 schedule… " originally appeared on Yellow-Bricks.com . Follow me on twitter - @DuncanYB. Looking for a VMware Training ? Sign up for a Free 3 day Trial today on Train Signal!

Using Your Home DNS Servers with Corporate VPNs (http://blog.scottlowe.org/?p=3236)This post contains a handy tip for avoiding DNS-related issues when using internal (private) DNS servers and using a corporate VPN solution. This article was originally posted on blog.scottlowe.org . Visit the site for more information on virtualization, servers, storage, and other enterprise technologies. Using Your Home DNS Servers with Corporate VPNs

Introduction to Networking: Part 1, The Basics (http://blog.scottlowe.org/?p=3233)This is the first in a series of posts designed to help introduce networking to VMware administrators. This post starts with some basic concepts that I'll build upon later. This article was originally posted on blog.scottlowe.org . Visit the site for more information on virtualization, servers, storage, and other enterprise technologies. Introduction to Networking: Part 1, The Basics

vCenter Server Heartbeat – Product Manager Needs Your Feedback! (http://longwhiteclouds.com/?p=2220)vCenter Server Heartbeat is a critical component used to protect vCenter Server from outages in a LAN configuration, which provides high availability, and for DR in a WAN configuration, which can also support site outages. It is the only supported way to get high availability for vCenter Server, and can also protect the vCenter Server […]

Veeam Back-up & Replication 7 available NOW (http://www.vmguru.nl/wordpress/?p=11192)Veeam has just released the new version of their award winning product, Veeam Backup & Replication. Veeam Back-up & Replication 7 includes a lot of enhancement and cool new features. With these new features and enhancements Veeam Backup & Replication 7 leverages the capabilities and benefits of virtualization to deliver a powerful, easy-to use and affordable solution for […] Leave A Comment posted in Third party product(s) by Erik Scholten

Try the EMC Storage simulators (http://www.vmguru.nl/wordpress/?p=11169)At work I only use storage from NetApp or HP because that’s what our portfolio includes. If I want to familiarize myself with other storage solutions we at VMGuru regularly test Synology, QNAP or Thecus SMB/home storage solutions. For enterprise grade storage solution I rely on special one-of projects like I’m in right now were […] Leave A Comment posted in EMC by Erik Scholten

My VMworld 2013 San Francisco Sessions (http://www.simonlong.co.uk/blog/?p=4857)VMworld 2013 San Francisco is now less than two weeks away!! But there is still plenty of time to make sure you schedule in all of your “must see” sessions. To help with the scheduling, VMware has just release their VMworld 2013 app for both iOS and Android. This is a cool app that you [...] " My VMworld 2013 San Francisco Sessions " originally appeared on The SLOG . - Follow Simon Long on Twitter: @SimonLong_ Related posts: VMworld 2013 Public Voting is OPEN vBeers Tweetup – VMworld…

vBeers Tweetup – VMworld San Francisco 2013 (Saturday 24th August 2013) (http://www.simonlong.co.uk/blog/?p=4841)VMworld San Francisco is almost here again folks and it’s time for another vBeers Tweetup! The last vBeers Tweetup from VMworld SF 2012 was a great time so we couldn’t let this opportunity go by without arranging another one. The official vBeers tweetup goes from strength to strength and increases in popularity every year that [...] " vBeers Tweetup – VMworld San Francisco 2013 (Saturday 24th August 2013) " originally appeared on The SLOG . - Follow Simon Long on Twitter: @SimonLong_ …

Storage made simple, use the VDI Storage Decision Tree (http://myvirtualcloud.net/?p=5343)I have lost track of how many articles about VDI and Storage I have written. It seems that no matter how many times I write about it people are still confused about what type of storage technology to choose from when architecting VDI solutions. Yet this week I had to explain the difference between XtremeIO, Atlantis … Continue reading »

Horizon View + GPU + APEX + Leap Motion (http://myvirtualcloud.net/?p=5339)Just thought would be nice to share this little video recorded by Gunnar Berger, a Gartner Analyst (@gunnarwb). In the video Gunnar uses a Horizon View VDI session with PCoIP, plus NVIDIA GPU and a Teradici APEX acceleration card. Nothing new here, except that he added a Leap Motion making it a cool demo! … Continue reading »

How to improve VDI with Hardware Accelerated 3D Graphics (http://myvirtualcloud.net/?p=5325)I am constantly receiving questions about graphic performance in virtual desktops. This blog post will help you to better understand the 3D graphics state of affairs for VMware Horizon View 5.2. Broadly speaking most leading VDI solutions on the market today are all talking about delivering new advanced 3D capabilities. VMware was the first company to virtualize … Continue reading »

vSphere Portable Management Toolbox – vPi by Xtravirt (http://www.vladan.fr/?p=31482)vPi is a nice portable Management toolbox created by Xtravirt, for VMware admins. This toolbox which can be installed on Rapsberry Pi pocket computers, is packed with opensource tools and scripts for managing and monitoring VMware vSphere environments, so it’s kind of “Swiss knife” for Virtualization consultants or IT admins. The toolbox can be downloaded as […] You might also like: vSphere License validator Demo video PowerShell Plus 4.7 – Free tool to learn and master… VMware Tools Download…

Veeam Backup & Replication v 7.0 Released! (http://www.vladan.fr/?p=31492)Long awaited by many virtualization admins, Veeam Backup & Replication v 7.0 has finally been released today. I’ve covered (almost) all features and new enhancements already. But there is always more to tell about this piece of software. Veeam brought this new version just before VMworld San Francisco, which is also the 10th VMworld in […] You might also like: 75 Enhancements in Veeam 7 – Plus the new features! Veeam Backup and Replication v7 – Virtual Labs for… Veeam 7 Release Date – with…

Virtualizing Microsoft Business Critical Applications on VMware vSphere (http://www.vladan.fr/?p=31473)New book by VMware press - Virtualizing Microsoft Business Critical Applications on VMware vSphere. This book written by Matt Liebowitz and Alex Fontana guides you and gives you tips for virtualizing Microsoft business critical applications on VMware vSphere. The book is available from Amazon as a Paperback ($40.74) or Kindle edition ($41.99) and covers advanced topics […] You might also like: New performance study for virtualizing SQL Microsoft Windows Server Hyper-V 3.0 Technical Hands on… Aligning…

75 Enhancements in Veeam 7 – Plus the new features! (http://www.vladan.fr/?p=31435)Veeam has finally announced all the new features, plus 75 enhancements which will be part of their upcoming release of Veeam Backup & Replication 7, which is a major release of Veeam. While the product will most likely be available and demoed during upcoming VMworld 2013 in SF and Barcelona, today we know already about […] You might also like: Veeam Backup & Replication v 7.0 Released! Veeam Backup and Replication 6.5 has been released Veeam 7 Tape Support Read the full post 75 Enhancements in…

Cloud Backup Costs Estimate with Amazon AWS S3 – Including retention policies (http://www.vladan.fr/?p=31414)More and more backup vendors offers backup to the cloud storage. It’s one of the features that VMware virtualization admins are looking for as it allows a DR solution at reduced costs. Especially for small shops where there is no need of a remote site with another host for replication (or backup). So Cloud Backup Costs […] You might also like: Trilead VM Explorer beta: Backup/Restore to Amazon S3 WordPress Backup Cloud Service I’m using – a… Trilead VM Explorer Updated Read the full post Cloud…

Nakivo Backup & Replication 4.0 Announced – Multitenancy, Per VM Licensing, Scalability and Exchange Objects Recovery (http://www.vladan.fr/?p=31295)Many new features have been announced today by Nakivo. The Rapidly growing product Nakivo Backup & Replication brings new features that are good for IT admins and Service providers. The Vendor announces another major release not long after recent 3.2 release which brought WAN acceleration capabilities. Today’s announcements of Nakivo Backup & Replication 4.0 brings […] You might also like: Nakivo Backup & Replication – Free NFR license… Nakivo Backup & Replication 3.0 released –……

Networking for VMware Administrators from VMware Press (http://www.vladan.fr/?p=31335)Networking for VMware Administrators by VMware Press. This upcoming book is written by Chris Wahl and Steve Pantol. The book as you would expect by the title, focuses on networking, and is destined for VMware admins willing to learn more about networking. Chris Wahl is one of the bloggers out there which is very active […] You might also like: Securing a virtual DMZ environment using vCloud Networking… Free vCloud Networking Poster to download VMware vSphere Design Book – 2nd Edition Read the full…

"Build Your Own Vblock" MidLevel Tool - Now Available! (http://kendrickcoleman.com/index.php/Tech-Blog/qbuild-your-own-vblockq-midlevel-tool-now-available.html)I'm actually really excited about this. I've spent a lot of hours building this tool and (about a YEAR AND HALF LATER!) I'm finally able to share it. This project started off about 1.5 to 2 years ago after talking to Justin Guidroz ( @jguidroz ) who was a rockstar VCE architect at the time (now over at VMware). Everytime someone had to give their customer a visio diagram of their purchased Vblock, it was a mess. There was no standardization, and the time it took to make a visio could easily…

#vBrownBag Tech Talks @VMworld 2013 (http://professionalvmware.com/?p=3768)As you may have heard, ProfessionalVMware.com will once again be running the Tech Talks at VMworld in both San Francisco and Barcelona. Talk Techs are 10 to 15 minute presentations by members of the VMware community on topics of their choice, almost like a mini #vBrownBag. You can check out the Tech Talks from VMworld [...]

#vBrownbag Follow-Up Seb Hakiel and Grant Friend covering pain points and lessons learnt from a 4k seat VDI deployment (http://professionalvmware.com/?p=3762)On the 13th of August 2013 Seb Hakiel and Grant Friend covered pain point and lessons learnt from a 4000 seat VDI deployment. The recording form the webinar is below EMEA vBrownbag with Seb Hakiel and Grant Friend 4k seat VDI deployment from EMEA vBrownbag on Vimeo.

#vBrownBag Follow-up Stretched Cluster with Joey Ware (@joey_vm_ware) (http://professionalvmware.com/?p=3752)Joey Ware gives an overview of how University of Oklahoma’s Shared Services group is using a stretched cluster for their private cloud utilizing state fiber for sub 5ms speeds. #vBrownBag Follow-up Stretched Cluster Deployment with Joey Ware (@joey_vm_ware) from ProfessionalVMware on Vimeo.

Infinio use case (http://professionalvmware.com/?p=3749)I wrote a few weeks ago about Infinio and their NFS acceleration product for NFS datastores on vSphere. Since then I realised that one of the clients I’m working at is an ideal candidate for the product. The customer has an aged VDI environment containing some old ESXi hosts and backed by an old low [...]

#vBrownBag Follow-up Software Defined Networking with Joe Onisick (@jonisick) (http://professionalvmware.com/?p=3747)Joe Onisick goes over what defines a SDN, what the features you can expect to find from a SDN, the components of SDN and why you want SDN. #vBrownBag Follow-up Software Defined Networking SDN with Joe Onisick (@jonisick) from ProfessionalVMware on Vimeo.

VMware KB Digest – New KB articles published for week ending 8/10/13 (http://vmwaretips.com/wp/?p=2104)In 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. My VMware Updating the Subscription Service Renewal Method in My VMware (2056648) Date Published: 8/10/2013 Socialcast Process updates and changes [...]

VMworld 2013 – Ask the Experts Panel Sessions (http://vmwaretips.com/wp/?p=2102)Wow…another year, and another VMworld coming up. I can’t believe how fast time goes by, and how fast things evolve in the tech industry. I know it’s cliche to say that this will be the most exciting VMworld, because I say that every year, but honestly every year brings something new and this year is going [...]

Top 100 Cloud Computing Experts On Twitter (tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5819640694385843490.post-7858780874343359753)I just found out that I was included on the Huffington Post's Top 100 Cloud Computing Experts on Twitter . I was surprised (to say the least) to be included in a list with a number of familiar faces on Twitter : Randy Bias, @randybias Stephen Foskett, @SFoskett Reuven Cohen, @rUv Hoff, @beaker Ben Kepes, @benkepes Alessandro Perilli, @a_perilli Duncan Epping, @DuncanYB Dave McCrory, @mccrory Stuart Miniman, @stu John Mark Troyer, @jtroyer Brian Gracely, @bgracely Ed Saipetch, @edsai Vanessa…

Virtualizing the Management Layer with Intigua (tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5819640694385843490.post-8857349662180840148)About two weeks ago I spent a very interesting hour with Shimon Hason (Co-Founder & CEO), Phil Neray (VP of Marketing) and Tomer Levy (Co-founder). Intigua ? Where have you perhaps heard that name before? Intigua won the Best of VMworld 2012 in the New Technology category. So what is Intigua? The blurb from their website says… Intigua was founded in 2010. Currently they have an R&D facility in Herzliya, Israel and their headquarters are located in Boston ( and not in Palo Alto ). They secured…

KB Articles

My VMware
Updating the Subscription Service Renewal Method in My VMware (2056648)
Date Published: 8/10/2013

Socialcast
Process updates and changes for VMware Horizon Socialcast support (2053624)
Date Published: 8/9/2013
Socialcast customers transitioning to standard VMware Support (2054136)
Date Published: 8/8/2013
Information about VMware Socialcast (2053781)
Date Published: 8/7/2013

VMware ESX
Simulating HA failover (2056634)
Date Published: 8/8/2013