VMware Newsletter 5.41

From the editors virtual desk

Hi everyone, been a pretty hectic week for me with november creeping (no pun intended) up on us like it has. I was fortunate to attend a local session on the new vCloud Suite 5.5 this week which went through the many facets of the suite and some of the features of the new individual technologies provided. The ones that struck me as most important for me to get to grips with are the vCAC solution for cloud automation, the new features in vCops with much better integration with many other technologies to provide a single pane of glass to manage the operations of a complex environment, possibly spanning private and public cloud infrastructures as well as some newer technologies that are not part of the suite but have requirements on it such as the IT Business Management suite.

If you haven’t had a chance to take a look at this I urge you to do so as it could make a huge difference to your environment with a lot less effort than expected.

ITBM Suite - http://www.vmware.com/au/products/itbm-suite/

vCloud Suite 5.5 - http://www.vmware.com/au/products/vcloud-suite/compare.html

Have a great week.

Virtually Yours

Neil Isserow

Senior Technical Account Manager

VMware Australia

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VMware ThinApp Blog: VMware ThinApp 5.0 Is NOW AVAILABLE! (http://blogs.vmware.com/thinapp/?p=1624)By Aaron Black, ThinApp Product Manager, End-User Computing, VMware On behalf of VMware, I’d like to introduce the product of a substantial engineering effort to optimize the architecture and capabilities of our market-leading application virtualization offering–ThinApp 5.0. We took the opportunity earlier this month to make some announcements during the VMworld event in Europe. In this blog, I’m just going to offer a quick review of the offering and invite you to download and see for yourself the…

VMware End User Computing: VMware ThinApp 5.0 Is NOW AVAILABLE! (http://blogs.vmware.com/euc/?p=4129)By Aaron Black, ThinApp Product Manager, End-User Computing, VMware On behalf of VMware, I’d like to introduce the product of a substantial engineering effort to optimize the architecture and capabilities of our market-leading application virtualization offering–ThinApp 5.0. We took the opportunity earlier this month to make some announcements during the VMworld event in Europe. In this blog, I’m just going to offer a quick review of the offering and invite you to download and see for yourself the…

VMware vSphere Blog: How do I Correlate VMware Tools Version Numbers to a Corresponding ESX/ESXi Version? (http://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/?p=10758)A while back I posted a blog to answer the question “ do I have to upgrade VMware Tools following an ESXi host upgrade? ”. In that post I showed how you can use the VMware Product Interoperability Matrix to list the supported tools versions for a given ESXi release. Here’s a quick example showing the VMware Tools support available with ESXi 5.1 Update 1: Notice that the interoperability matrix shows support based on the ESX/ESXi version that is providing the tools. This is different from…

VMware vSphere Blog: Three Hosts, two VSAN Datastores! (http://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/?p=10748)For those of you who have been testing out VSAN , you may realize that a VSAN cluster creates one scale-out datastore across participating hosts. Well, while working on an internal Virtual SAN lab setup, and following my colleague William Lam’s excellent vCenter bootstrap instructions, I got into a situation where I had a single node vsanDatastore with my vCenter Server Appliance residing on it, and a VSAN enabled vSphere cluster with a second vsanDatastore(1). So how do I add my single node VSAN…

VMware Virtualization Management Blog: Accelerate IT Transformation with VMware IT Business Management 8.0 (http://blogs.vmware.com/management/?p=2155)At VMworld Barcelona (October 2013), VMware announced new versions of existing VMware IT Business Management products and the introduction of a new IT Business Management offering focused on cloud infrastructure. The new versions of ITBM Advanced and Enterprise Edition feature new dashboard capabilities focused on key IT Service stakeholders. The news from Barcelona If you weren’t able to be in Barcelona to hear the news live on October 15th, VMware announced the new 8.0 version of our IT Business…

VMware End User Computing: No More Crying Wolf: Troubleshooting Performance Issues in a VMware Horizon View Virtual Desktop Implementation (http://blogs.vmware.com/euc/?p=4132)By Cindy Heyer, Contract Technical Writer, Technical Marketing, End-User Computing at VMware; with significant contributions from David Wooten, Product Manager for vCenter Operations Manager for Horizon View, VMware Nothing is more deadly to a network administrator than a boy who cries wolf. He’s the kid who gets bored tending the family sheep, and thinks it’s funny to yell, “Wolf! Wolf!” Then he gets his kicks watching people falling all over themselves to save a flock of sheep that aren’t in…

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VMware End User Computing: Moving Beyond IOPs for VDI (http://blogs.vmware.com/euc/?p=4111)By Courtney Burry, Director of Product Marketing, and Tristan Todd, Reference Architect Engineer, End-User Computing, VMware When it comes to desktop virtualization, one of the places you will end up spending a lot of your time is on storage planning and design. Given that 50%+ of the cost associated with most VDI deployments comes from storage—it’s definitely worth the time and effort to do your homework in advance. But wading through the sea of storage vendors can often leave you wondering what’s…

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VMware Consulting Blog: Are You Optimizing your SAP Virtualization? (http://blogs.vmware.com/consulting/?p=997)If you are virtualizing an SAP environment running business-critical applications, chances are these questions will sound familiar: Am I optimizing my SAP virtualization for the maximum benefit? What measures should I take to avoid negative business impact when running SAP production workloads on the VMware virtualized platform? Luckily, VMware Consulting Architect Girish Manmadkar recently shared his advice on this topic. To make sure you are designing and sizing your infrastructure for optimum business…

VMware for Small-Medium Business Blog: Considering Hybrid Cloud? Three Reasons Why You Should (http://blogs.vmware.com/smb/?p=2238)Hybrid cloud is becoming an increasingly popular buzzword, but still, some may wonder, “Why should I make the transition to hybrid cloud?” The true hybrid cloud gives customers choice – the choice to deploy workloads in the best location, based on that particular workload’s security needs, performance needs and scalability needs. If you’re still on the fence as to why you should make the leap to the hybrid cloud, here are three key reasons why you should definitely consider it: reliability,…

VMware Virtualization Management Blog: VMware Cloud Management Solutions: Automate and Operate your Technology Stack (http://blogs.vmware.com/management/?p=2103)We recently announced our Cloud Management Marketplace with over 100 solutions. As your IT shop deploys automation and management technologies from VMware, it is critical to integrate your technology stack choices: storage, network and compute. Our management products vCloud Automation Center, vCenter Orchestrator, vCenter Operations and vCenter Log Insight have frameworks to extend these products to integrate, consume, analyze, display and orchestrate your target technologies. Watch the video below…

VMware End User Computing: Lost and Found: End-User Computing Tech Resources on VMware.com (http://blogs.vmware.com/euc/?p=4163)By Tina de Benedictis, Senior Technical Marketing Manager, End-User Computing, VMWare You may have noticed that VMware redesigned its website to better meet user needs. Over 7000 web pages were flipped over in unison to the new design on the 26 th of August 2013. The new site is more modern and visually appealing, with built-in social functionality. Research on what our users want informed our decision to provide rapid access to technical content, with the business case ready for when you need to convince…

VMware for Public Sector Blog: vSphere 5.5 Hardening Guidelines (http://blogs.vmware.com/publicsector/?p=101)It is important to keep the VMware Public Sector community up to date on tools that they are consistently looking for. At this time, we wanted to let you know that Mike Foley has released the vSphere 5.5 Hardening Guidelines. If you are interested in reading his blog regarding the changes he has made to the document, it is available here. If you are interesting in going to the guidelines directly, it is available here Happy Reading & Happy Hardening!!!

VMTN Blog: VMware Communities Roundtable Podcast – 252 – What’s new in vC Ops, vCAC, Horizon: VMworld Europe Recap (http://blogs.vmware.com/vmtn/?p=8113)Hosts John Mark Troyer, VMware @jtroyer GS-Gurusimran Khalsa, VMware @gurusimran Guests Martin Klaus, VMware @mklausvm Courtney Burry, VMware News VMware Hands-On Lab (HOL) Blog Oracle Licenses VMware vSphere® Storage APIs for Oracle Storage Real world SDN: VMware NSX on Packet Pushers Breaking down the latest VMware desktop strategy buzz Around the Community vBrownbag Podcast VMUG Local Meetings – Check it today! AdaptingIT – Lauren Malhoit Podcast Virtualization Security Roundtable vCatchup…

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VMware Education & Certification Blog: Japan: vForum 2013 の期間中、会場にて 75% 割引で VMware 認定試験（一部のVCP試験）が受けられます (http://blogs.vmware.com/education/?p=2834)Attendees of the Japan vForum 2013 will receive 75% off VCAP and VCAP exams during the vForum event. See details and sign up today to reserve your seat.

VMware vCloud Blog: Deep Dive into Advanced Networking and Security with Hybrid Cloud – Register for the 11/7 Webcast! (http://blogs.vmware.com/vcloud/?p=2972)Calling all infrastructure, cloud, security and network architects and managers! Security and networking are among top concerns for users when moving workloads to the cloud. Fortunately, with the vCloud Hybrid Service, built on vSphere, you can extend your data center to the cloud using the same security policies and network topology that you have in your onsite VMware vSphere data center. Next Thursday, November 7 th , 2013 at 10am PST , we invite you to take a deep-dive into the advanced networking and…

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VMware vCloud Blog: How to Budget for Recovery-as-a-Service (http://blogs.vmware.com/vcloud/?p=2967)This is a guest post from vCloud Service Provider, Bluelock . Budgeting for a new or unfamiliar project can be one of the hardest things to do. If you budget too much, you risk not getting approval. If you budget too little, you risk losing out on the right solution. Budgeting for cloud-based DR can be especially hard, too, if you don’t have experience consuming the cloud and understanding it’s pay-as-you-go economics. If you’re looking at 2014 spending right now, you may be struggling to…

VMware End User Computing: The Software-Defined Data Center Meets End-User Computing: Here, Now and Coming to a City Near You (http://blogs.vmware.com/euc/?p=4094)by Courtney Burry, Director of Product Marketing End-User Computing, VMware At VMworld San Francisco, VMware made some big announcements around the software-defined data center – providing customers with a path to automate the control of the data center and support private, public and hybrid clouds with the virtualization of not just computer – but the storage and network infrastructure, as well. Naturally, this has led many people to ask us how these announcements will tie into the VMware…

VMware Education & Certification Blog: Quiz Question of the Week: vSphere 5.1 (http://blogs.vmware.com/education/?p=2829)This week’s question of the week comes from the VMware Instructional Video vSphere 5.1 series . What does vSphere Data Protection replace? [a] Storage vMotion [b] vSphere Replication [c] Site Recovery Manager [d] VMware Data Recovery _______________________________________________________________ Not sure of the answer? Then watch New Feature Overview for vSphere 5.1. Answer: [d] VMware Data Recovery

Office of the CTO Blogs: Is Your Cloud Ready for Big Data? (http://cto.vmware.com/?p=2433)This week is Big Data Week in NY, if your into big data it’s one of the coolest places to be right now. At the center of stage is O’Reilly Strata Conf and Hadoop World, with an array of other data events happening around the venue — a data sensing lab , a NY big data meet-up, and many others listed here . I’m happy to see that we’re seeing continued increase in momentum of using virtualization as a platform for Hadoop and big data. At VMworld 2013, I shared the stage with Fedex who described that…

VMware Network Virtualization Blog: VMware @ OpenStack Summit Hong Kong (http://blogs.vmware.com/networkvirtualization/?p=656)Next week in Hong Kong, the VMware team will have a major presence at the OpenStack Summit , and we have an ever-growing presence on the agenda of speaking sessions and demos. As we did with the Portland show, he is a show planner with a schedule of all the VMware sessions. Here’s a snapshot of what you can expect (and experience) at the show. Tuesday, November 5 12:05pm – Navigating the Transition to Network Virtualization 12:05pm – Marriage of Openstack with KVM and ESX at PayPal 2:50pm – User…

VMware Education & Certification Blog: Congratulations to the New VCDXs from VMworld Barcelona! (http://blogs.vmware.com/education/?p=2820)We are excited to announce and recognize the newest VMware Certified Design Experts (VCDXs) , who successfully defended their Data Center Virtualization designs during VMworld Barcelona 2013. Magnus Andersson, VCDX 056 Romain Decker, VCDX 120 Viktor van den Berg, VCDX 121 Ray Heffer, VCDX122 Steven Wenban, VCDX123 This prestigious designation is the highest level of certification offered by VMware and held by only a select few. You can read more about these and the other VCDXs in our online …

VMware vCloud Blog: Tips When Evaluating What Workloads to Move to the Hybrid Cloud (http://blogs.vmware.com/vcloud/?p=2958)Recently on the blog, we’ve discussed why you should consider moving to the hybrid cloud , as well as the positive relationship between hybrid cloud and IT . In this blog, we’ll provide you with some tips and considerations to keep in mind when evaluating what workloads would be good candidates to move to the public cloud. The transition to the hybrid cloud is not as daunting as you might think. When thinking about the hybrid cloud, consider it an extension of what’s already going on in your data…

VMware Accelerate: Microsoft Windows 7 Migration: You Can’t Afford to Put it Off (http://blogs.vmware.com/accelerate/?p=1426)Author: Charles Barratt Almost every IT organisation I have worked with in recent years is struggling with the same question: How do we help the business see IT as a strategic partner rather than a cost centre? The looming April 2014 end of support date for Microsoft Windows XP and the requisite migration off to Windows 7 or 8.x presents an opportunity for IT to do just that—if IT leaders put in place the right end-user strategy. This strategy should address issues such as the consumerisation of IT, the…

VMware vCloud Blog: Software Defined Datacenter (SDDC) Survey (http://blogs.vmware.com/vcloud/?p=2963)Please take a few minutes to fill out this Software Defined Datacenter survey and take advantage for an opportunity to influence the development of VMware products and services by providing your opinion and help us improve our products and services. As we plan for our next generation platform features, we would like to know more about you and the way you automate your datacenter. For VMware, the future is all about the Software Defined Datacenter (SDDC). Integral to the SDDC vision is automation and…

VMware vSphere Blog: Software Defined Datacenter (SDDC) Survey (http://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/?p=10655)Please take a few minutes to fill out this Software Defined Datacenter survey and take advantage for an opportunity to influence the development of VMware products and services by providing your opinion and help us improve our products and services. As we plan for our next generation platform features, we would like to know more about you and the way you automate your datacenter. For VMware, the future is all about the Software Defined Datacenter (SDDC). Integral to the SDDC vision is automation and…

The Console: VMware Weekly News Recap: October 25 (http://blogs.vmware.com/vmware/?p=1499)VMware News This week VMware reported 2013 third quarter results, with Q3 revenues growing 14 percent year-over-year to $1.29 billion. Excluding pivotal and other divestitures, total revenues grew at a rate of 19 percent year-over-year. In the earnings call, CFO … Continue reading →

VMware Education & Certification Blog: Networking Tips: Connect with Certifications – Stand Out with VCA (http://blogs.vmware.com/education/?p=2802)To complement our new certification, the VMware Certified Associate , we’ve examined the certifications value and ongoing professional education to help you do better work , advance your career , and stand out when applying and interviewing for new jobs . There is one final benefit to certification that we want to be sure to highlight: community. Studying for and completing a certification exam constitutes a shared experience that we often find professionals bond over. And with that specific knowledge,…

VMware Virtualization Management Blog: vCenter Operations Management Tech Tips: Tip #13 – Configuring an Adapter Instance (http://blogs.vmware.com/management/?p=2085)Hi folks, We’re back after a phenomenal VMworld Europe, and it is time for another video Tech Tip for vCenter Operations! By the way, if you haven’t already, check out the other blog posts on the Cloud Management Blog about the announcements we made at VMworld Europe last week, especially my post about what’s new in the upcoming vCenter Operations Management Suite 5.8 . So, in Tip #8 , you learned how to quickly and easily download and install an adapter. Today, with Tip #13 , we pickup from…

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VMworld PowerCLI Group Discussion–Part 2–Resources (http://www.virtu-al.net/?p=2959)Following Part 1 of these posts where we discussed getting started in PowerCLI I now give you Part 2 of the note taking by Nigel Boulton at VMworld in the PowerCLI Group Discussion. In this part of the session we discussed what resources were available to people using PowerCLI. As with the previous post I […] VMworld PowerCLI Group Discussion–Part 2–Resources is a post from: Virtu-Al . Virtu-Al is one of the authors of VMware vSphere PowerCLI Reference: Automating vSphere Administration" Buy it…

NorCal PowerShell User Group–San Francisco (http://www.virtu-al.net/?p=2951)PowerShell user groups are a great way for people to talk about PowerShell with like minded people and share thoughts, tips and tricks and generally discuss their usage.. If you are in the San Francisco area then now is your chance to get involved, in fact if you are anywhere in the world you can […] NorCal PowerShell User Group–San Francisco 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…

Official Music Video for VMworld Europe 2013 [OFFICIAL VMWORLDTV] (http://www.ntpro.nl/blog/archives/2499-guid.html)

vSphere 5.5 Hardening Guide Released (http://www.ntpro.nl/blog/archives/2516-guid.html)

Video - Using the pktcap-uw tool in ESXi 5.5 (http://www.ntpro.nl/blog/archives/2515-guid.html)

VMware NSX Product Walkthrough (http://www.ntpro.nl/blog/archives/2514-guid.html)

VMware vCenter Operations Manager for Horizon View 1.5 Deployment Guide (http://www.ntpro.nl/blog/archives/2513-guid.html)

FAQ - VMware vSphere Flash Read Cache 1.0 (http://www.ntpro.nl/blog/archives/2512-guid.html)

New Book - VCP5-DT Official Cert Guide (with DVD): VMware Certified Professional 5 - Desktop (http://www.ntpro.nl/blog/archives/2511-guid.html)

Exclusive interview with VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger (http://www.ntpro.nl/blog/archives/2510-guid.html)

vSphere Metro Storage Cluster using Virtual SAN, can I do it? (http://www.yellow-bricks.com/?p=13910)This question keeps on coming up over and over again lately, vSphere Metro Storage Cluster (vMSC) using Virtual SAN, can I do it? (I guess the real question is “should you do it”.) It seems that Virtual SAN/VSAN is getting more and more traction, even though it is still beta and people are trying to […] " vSphere Metro Storage Cluster using Virtual SAN, can I do it? " originally appeared on Yellow-Bricks.com . Follow me on twitter - @DuncanYB.

Virtual SAN and Network IO Control (http://www.yellow-bricks.com/?p=13876)Since I started playing with Virtual SAN there was something that I more or less avoided / neglected and that is Network IO Control. However, Virtual SAN and Network IO Control should go hand-in-hand. (And as such the Distributed Switch.) I guess I skipped it as there were more exciting thing to talk about, but […] " Virtual SAN and Network IO Control " originally appeared on Yellow-Bricks.com . Follow me on twitter - @DuncanYB.

Coming soon: Top vBlog 2014 edition (http://vsphere-land.com/?p=4358)This year the top VMware & virtualization blogger voting will be bigger and better thanks to Veeam. We’ll be doing random prize giveaways both for bloggers that make it into the top 50 and for the voters as well. I’ll randomly pick 3 blogger names and 4 voter names to win prizes which include a [...]

Timbuk2 Commute Messenger Bag, Two Months Later (http://blog.scottlowe.org/?p=3324)Here are some thoughts on the Timbuk2 Commute messenger bag I bought a couple of months ago, now that I've had some time to put some miles on it. This article was originally posted on blog.scottlowe.org . Visit the site for more information on virtualization, servers, storage, and other enterprise technologies. Timbuk2 Commute Messenger Bag, Two Months Later

Some Recent OSS-Related Announcements (http://blog.scottlowe.org/?p=3317)Here are my thoughts on a couple of recent open source software (OSS)-related announcements. This article was originally posted on blog.scottlowe.org . Visit the site for more information on virtualization, servers, storage, and other enterprise technologies. Some Recent OSS-Related Announcements

Learning NVP, Part 6: Adding an NVP Gateway (http://blog.scottlowe.org/?p=3319)This is part 6 of the "Learning NVP" series, in which I show you how to add an NVP gateway appliance to your environment. This article was originally posted on blog.scottlowe.org . Visit the site for more information on virtualization, servers, storage, and other enterprise technologies. Learning NVP, Part 6: Adding an NVP Gateway

VMware vCloud Suite 5.5, vSAN and NSX walk-through (http://www.vmguru.nl/wordpress/?p=11960)VMware has launched three new websites which will help you to get up to speed with VMware vCloud Suite 5.5, vSAN and NSX. An extensive website gives you a detailed overview of the entire vCloud Suite with all the new features VMware released at VMworld. VMware vSphere DataProtection, VMware App HA, vSphere Flash Read Cache and all the other ingredients of the vCloud Suite. The total walk-through includes: – vSphere DataProtection – vSphere App HA – vCloud Director – vSphere Replication – vSphere…

New fling AND a pass for VMworld 2014? (http://www.vmguru.nl/wordpress/?p=11842)Perhaps you are already using a fling from VMware, for example the View pool manager or the Autodeploy GUI. But it isn’t enough. You want more. You have the need to automate some manual task and there just isn’t a tool for it right now. Well, here’s your chance. VMware invites you to share ideas for new VMware Flings from August 26 to November 15, 2013. The submitter of the winning Fling idea, as chosen by the VMware judging panel, will be awarded a Free Pass to VMworld 2014. Even more exciting is…

Apple Mac Pro 2013 – How It’s Made Video (http://techhead.co/?p=7738)The Apple Mac Pro 2013 model is the first product from Apple in quite some time that has really caught my eye. The innovative look and design of this new Mac Pro really is something of beauty, not to mention it’s considerable IT horsepower power under the hood. It will no doubt end up on […] The post Apple Mac Pro 2013 – How It’s Made Video appeared first on TechHead and was written by Simon Seagrave . Why not take a look at my other related posts?: Video – Good Virtualization Fundamentals…

Join me for the Kansas City VMUG User Conference (http://myvirtualcloud.net/?p=5544) If you are near Kansas City region make sure you attend the KS VMUG User Conference. The event is happening on Tuesday, November 5, 2013. This is a huge VMUG – a mini VMworld with almost 1,000 attendees. The VMUG is filled with sessions from well-known community members, partners, and the afternoon … Continue reading »

A Review of Horizon View 5.3 Limits and Maximums (http://myvirtualcloud.net/?p=5518)Giving continuity to my Horizon View Limits and Maximums series (VMware View 4.0 | VMware View 5.0 | Horizon View 5.2) I am now releasing an updated version for Horizon View 5.3. As an administrator or architect you should always ensure your designs are within the product’s Maximums and Limits in order to be entitled to VMware Support. … Continue reading »

Linked Clone GUI Tool called LCTree – a Fling (http://www.vladan.fr/?p=32818)Another usefull utility allowing to display linked clones in hierarchical view of linked clones of VMs from vCloud Director. There are two VCD version which can be used with, the 1.5 and 5.1 (5.5 is not on the list yet). Also you’ll need Java Runtime Environment 6 installed on your workstation in order to have the […] You might also like: How-to install VMware View Composer Visual ESX Top – New Free tool from VMware Labs Excellent new utility for Optimizing Windows 7/8 VDI… Read the full post…

VMware vSphere and Private VLANs (http://www.vladan.fr/?p=32829)As the title shows, this post is about private VLANs (PVLAN). This topic shows on VCAP exams, but also on VCP based exams. So if you’re studying for VCAP or VCP, this article might be your interest. VMware vSphere and Private VLANs are great topic, but not easy. Usually you can separate traffic and secure […] You might also like: How to create and use VLANs in VMware Workstation vSphere Network Health Check Video VMware vDS is not that complicated – see the video Read the full post VMware vSphere and…

Windows Server Hyper-V 2012 R2 Poster of component architecture – Free Download (http://www.vladan.fr/?p=32810)If you collection freebies, this might be your interest. With the release of Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2012 R2 as well as Windows Server 2012 R2 few days back, there is a new poster(s) available as a free download from Microsoft’s website. A poster showing the Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V component Architecture, which can be […] You might also like: Free video – Configuring Dynamic Memory in Hyper-V… Microsoft Windows Server Hyper-V 3.0 Technical Hands on… Hyper-V Read the full post Windows…

VMware NSX Product Walkthrough and details from the UI (http://www.vladan.fr/?p=32797)I have already reported on new website for vSphere 5.5 Online demos. This time, there is a new addition by NSX team. They put in place new section which shows you the all the components and configuration steps for NSX. The Walkthrough is accessible on http://vmwarewalkthroughs.com/NSX/. It’s a convenient way to see what are the components […] You might also like: vSphere 5.5 demos – New Interactive Product… VMware NSX Introduced – Network Virtualization… VMworld 2013 General Session – Lot’s…

vSphere Essentials and Veeam Free Edition Tips (http://www.vladan.fr/?p=32779)vSphere Essentials does not offer vMotion functionality, only vSphere Essentials Plus and higher editions. Even if you have installed vCenter server and managing the environment without having vmotion, you cannot move VMs from one ESXi host to another without much downtime. Here are some Veeam Free Edition Tips. I have seen environments just with two hosts […] You might also like: Veeam Backup Free Edition does some good compression – New video from Veeam about using U-Air for Exchange MS Exchange…

Windows Update Cleanup Plugin (http://www.vladan.fr/?p=32766)This is a quick tip and good news for Windows 7 SP1 users and also perhaps VDI admins running W7 desktops in their VDI environments. Windows Update Cleanup Plugin allows to uninstall outdated Windows patches and free some disk space on the root folder automatically, without messing up with the WinSxS folder. The option presents […] You might also like: Service Pack Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Windows 8 Upgrade Paths from XP, Vista and Seven announced Windows 8.1 upgrade options Read the full post…

How-to convert VHD to VMDK with Free Starwind V2V Converter (http://www.vladan.fr/?p=32751)Starwind V2V converter is a free software which allows converting VHD to VMDK virtual disk files. It allows to convert VHD to VMDK virtual disk file format. VMware converter, which has been updated recently to version 5.5, does need Hyper-V server running in order to connect to and convert hyper-V virtual machine into VMware VMs. […] You might also like: Free tools to convert VHD into VMDK and vice versa Microsoft Virtual Machine Converter Solution Accelerator… VMware Converter 5.1 Standalone Released…

VCP-Cloud Official Cert Guide (http://www.vladan.fr/?p=32725)New book by VMware Press, with DVD allowing to learn towards VCP Cloud exam. The authors Tom Ralph and Nathan Raper who works as a senior cloud service architect at VMware. The paper book shall be released the 31st of October and contains a DVD with testing software, whether the kindle edition is already out. But the […] You might also like: VCAP5-DCD Official Cert Guide, Premium Edition eBook and… VCP5-DT Official Cert Guide – new book for preparing… The Official VCP 5 Certification Guide Read…

Solution Architecture – VMware NSX 6.0 with vCloud Director – Part 1 of 2 (http://www.hypervizor.com/?p=1370)This is a two-part blog post to show you two different solution architectures for VMware NSX 6.0 and vCloud Director. These architectures are focused primarily on securing, load-balancing and publishing the vCD portal through NSX. Although this blog post is typically targeted for Service Providers, I do not see why it won’t fit the bill […]

VMware KB Digest – New KB articles published for week ending 10/26/13 (http://vmwaretips.com/wp/?p=2211)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. http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/VmwareKnowledgebaseWeeklyDigest?d=yIl2AUoC8zA My VMware About the VMware Authentication Code (2056457) Date Published: 10/25/2013 VMware ESX VMware ESX 4.0 Patch ESX400-201310401-SG: Updates [...]

KB Articles

My VMware
About the VMware Authentication Code (2056457)
Date Published: 10/25/2013

VMware ESX
VMware ESX 4.0 Patch ESX400-201310401-SG: Updates VMkernel, VMware Tools, VMX, hostd (2059490)
Date Published: 10/25/2013
VMware ESX 4.0 Patch ESX400-201310402-SG: Updates libxml2 and libxml2-python (2059491)
Date Published: 10/25/2013
VMware ESX 4.0 Patch ESX400-201310403-BG: Updates e1000e drivers (2059493)
Date Published: 10/25/2013
VMware ESX 4.0, Patch Release ESX400-201310001 (2059495)
Date Published: 10/25/2013

VMware ESXi
Match Windows disk drive mapping to virtual machine SCSI controller settings (2051606)
Date Published: 10/24/2013
ESXi 5.x host experiences a purple diagnostic screen with errors for E1000PollRxRing and E1000DevRx (2059053)
Date Published: 10/24/2013
ESXi 5.0 host fails with a purple diagnostic screen and reports PF Exception 14 IOSpaceVMK_Fire (2061211)
Date Published: 10/24/2013
SCSI Device Order not maintained after export and import of OVF/OVA template (2061660)
Date Published: 10/23/2013
VMware ESXi 4.0, Patch Release ESXi400-201310001 (2059496)
Date Published: 10/25/2013
VMware ESXi 4.0 Patch ESXi400-201310401-SG: Updates Firmware (2059497)
Date Published: 10/25/2013
VMware ESXi 4.0 Patch ESXi400-201310402-BG: Updates VMware Tools (2059500)
Date Published: 10/25/2013
VMware ESXi 4.0 Patch ESXi400-201310403-BG: Updates vSphere Client (2060188)
Date Published: 10/25/2013
HP Smart Array P7xx Controller may experience boot from storage and Datastore creation failures (2062656)
Date Published: 10/22/2013
The ESXi Dump Collector fails to connect to the remote server (2061197)
Date Published: 10/24/2013