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Hi everyone, I hope you have had a really good week since we last spoke. The VMware news jut keeps on coming in fast and frantic. This week news of a new acquisition hit the internet with the acquisition of Airwatch (http://www.zdnet.com/vmware-buys-airwatch-for-1-54-billion-acquires-mobility-strategy-7000025445/). Of course there was also many other news articles and items which I hope you enjoy reading this week.
Have a great week.
Virtually Yours
Neil Isserow
Senior Technical Account Manager
VMware Australia
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- VMware vSphere Blog: BIOS Power Policies Affect Performance (https://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/?p=11639)How should one set the BIOS power management policies of their VMware infrastructure for maximum virtual performance? Simple: OS Controlled in the host BIOS, Balanced within vSphere But are there exceptions? You’ve probably heard the general guidance to configure your hosting server’s BIOS to “Maximum Performance” to draw out everything you can from a host. While this might have been sage advice in the past, it is no longer current. In the vSphere 5 era, VMware’s recommendation is to set…
- VMware Accelerate: 4 Ways a Software-Defined Data Center Reduces TCO (http://blogs.vmware.com/accelerate/?p=1849)By Aernoud van de Graaff I worked with several IT organizations last year to develop TCO studies to determine the financial impact of moving toward a software-defined data center (SDDC). And for each customer, an SDDC reduced TCO in one or more of the following areas: 1. Lower hardware (and hardware-related) costs Server, storage and network consolidation, pooling, and virtualization enable you to get the most out of your existing hardware investment. Automation of performance and capacity management,…
- VMware End User Computing: Customizing the View Portal in Horizon View 5.3 (http://blogs.vmware.com/euc/?p=5094)By Alexander West, Technical Writer for End-User Computing Technical Marketing, VMware, and Hans Bader, Consulting Architect, VMware Professional Services In Customize the View Portal for Client Download with View 5.1 we learned to personalize the portal to provide specific client download links. Since then, a few things have changed: In View 5.3, the default portal page does NOT automatically provide client download links, but instead links to the View Clients download page on VMware.com. With the…
- VMware vCloud Blog: Get to Know the vCloud Hybrid Service at VMware Partner Exchange 2014! (http://blogs.vmware.com/vcloud/?p=3168)Master the new reality at VMware Partner Exchange 2014 ! At this year’s conference, prepare yourself to be empowered with actionable, real-world insights, strategies and tools to help you not only deliver business value, but gain a competitive advantage as well. The vCloud team is eagerly preparing for this year’s VMware Partner Exchange, VMware’s largest event of the year for partners, ready to share all there is to know for partners looking to learn more about the vCloud Hybrid Service! Ready to…
- The Console: VMware Weekly News Recap: January 31 (http://blogs.vmware.com/vmware/?p=2172)VMware News This week VMware announced financial results for the fourth quarter and full year of 2013, with Q4 revenues growing 15 percent year-over-year to $1.48 billion. Excluding Pivotal and other 2013 divestitures, total Q4 revenues grew at a rate of 20 percent year-over-year. Revenues for 2013 were $5.21 billion, a year-over-year increase of 13% […]
- VMware Virtualization Management Blog: Achieving Operational Efficiency through vCenter Operations with Dell Storage (http://blogs.vmware.com/management/?p=2821)Storage and vCenter Operations have been top of mind this week… We all know about the explosion of data and this has significant impact on our lives as IT professionals. Admins have more servers to support and are looking for ways to do tasks consistently and quickly in their virtualized environments. To assist with this ongoing need, Dell has created multiple VMware integrations to streamline and expedite day to day storage administrative tasks in vSphere environments. The first integration…
- VMware Consulting Blog: Helpful Hints: Horizon Workspace Large Environment (http://blogs.vmware.com/consulting/?p=1260)By Dale Carter, Consulting Architect, End User Computing Over the past several months I have been heavily involved in testing and deploying VMware Horizon Workspace into a very large production environment. Horizon Workspace helps IT centrally deliver, manage, and secure apps and files while providing employees with fluid access from any device. While working on this engagement, I came across a few things that could prove helpful for anyone deploying Horizon Workspace in a production environment.…
- VMware for Small-Medium Business Blog: vCenter Support Assistant 5.5 (http://blogs.vmware.com/smb/?p=2456)VMware vCenter Support Assistant 5.5 is now available: Submit support requests and receive troubleshooting alerts with vSphere Web Client Do you want to shorten the time it takes to submit a support request and upload diagnostic support data to GSS? Do you wish to be notified about latent technical issues in your VMware vSphere environment before they impact your environment so you can spend less time troubleshooting and more time on important business? If you answered yes to either of these questions,…
- VMware Virtualization Management Blog: Earthquakes in Log Insight using RSS (http://blogs.vmware.com/management/?p=2791)Here’s my fun project for a Friday afternoon: send an earthquake RSS feed to Log Insight. vCenter Log Insight is a powerful log storage and analysis platform, but there is the potential for using this platform for digging into other types information. I’m going to use earthquake data, but any rss feed should work by using cron, syslog and theyoke . And I’m going to do it on a Mac, but this should work on any operating system that has perl, cron and syslog. Setup Start by configuring syslog to…
- VMware Education & Certification Blog: New Course VMware vCloud Automation Center: Extensibility and Advanced Administration [V5.2] (http://blogs.vmware.com/education/?p=3636)For those having taken either VMware vCloud Automation Center: Install, Configure, Manage [V5.2] or VMware vCenter Orchestrator Develop Workflows [V5.1] (1), and are ready to extend your vCloud knowldege , this new course is for you. VMware vCloud Automation Center: Extensibility and Advanced Administration [V5.2] focuses on extensibility and advanced administration for VMware vCloud® Automation Center™ 5.2. You learn how to extend the vCloud Automation Center by using the administration portal and…
- VMware Support Insider: Uploading diagnostic information for VMware through the Secure FTP portal (http://blogs.vmware.com/kb/?p=5994)VMware recently launched the new VMWARE Secure Data Transfer portal which offers the ability to upload diagnostic information and files to VMware in a safe and secure way. To address a Support Request, VMware Technical Support may request diagnostic information from the affected VMware products. Our video today provides a demonstration of the procedures necessary to upload diagnostic information to VMware using the Secure FTP (sftpsite.vmware.com) portal. Uploading diagnostic information to VMware…
- VMware Virtualization Management Blog: Ten Key vCenter Operations Dashboards for EMC Storage Analytics (ESA) (http://blogs.vmware.com/management/?p=2811)In our latest release of vC operations 5.8 we have added many Management Packs that drive heterogeneity beyond vSphere. Who would have thought of hyperV and AWS data and dashboards out of the box in vCenter Operations? The key focus for us this past year has been Storage. Storage visibility to the virtual infrastructure admin really helps drive operation excellent (aka find the problem quickly and get off the CIO’s operational dashboard). Ah, but what about those Storage administrators that need…
- VMware End User Computing: Dell Introduces Dell Wyse Cloud Connect using VMware Horizon View (http://blogs.vmware.com/euc/?p=5089)By Erik Frieberg, VP of Product Marketing, End-User Computing, VMware Enterprise mobility on an USB stick – it doesn’t get more mobile than that. But that’s exactly what Dell has developed and VMware is proud to be a technology supporter of this brand new device. Dell announced yesterday a brand new end-user device category with a new device called Dell Wyse Cloud Connect , an ultra-compact and highly mobile cloud access device that instantly delivers desktop virtualization and personal cloud…
- VMware End User Computing: Windows 7 Migration Made Easy…with Horizon Mirage Layers! (http://blogs.vmware.com/euc/?p=5083)By Sachin Sharma, Horizon Mirage Product Marketing Manager, End-User Computing, VMware Many organizations face challenges during operating system and hardware migration projects. These challenges include choosing the right tool to help automate the process, utilizing precious IT staff time to accurately complete the project, pre- and post-migration assessment…to name a few. And it doesn’t help if IT is constantly under pressure to help drive the migration project to completion under strict time…
- VMware vCloud Blog: Clarity on Cloud, Compliance and Security (http://blogs.vmware.com/vcloud/?p=3172)Cloud computing is gaining in the tech world, and the reason is simple: cloud environments give businesses the agility, flexibility, reduction in costs, and portability they need to compete in today’s markets. But there are a few key questions businesses should answer before they jump into the cloud. Specifically, they need to ask how they’re going to comply with security standards and protect customer and company data. Luckily, VMware recently sat down with Allen Shortnacy , Partner Architect at…
- VMware vSphere Blog: Virtual SAN VM Density Contest Results! (http://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/?p=11628)Dear vSphere Blog Readers, Please join me in congratulating our VM Density contest winners – The Miami VMUG Team: Alex Correa, Systems Engineer – Espirito Santo Bank Tony Santiago, Lead Infrastructure Engineer – Venturian Group Bruno Ferreira, Technical Advisor – FedEx The Miami VMUG team was able to power on 2,248 VMs on a 3-node Virtual SAN cluster! The team decided to donate the award to the Miami Children’s Hospital. We also wanted to recognize the runner-up in the contest for his…
- VMware Cloud Ops Blog: A Critical Balance of Roles Must Be in Place in the Cloud Center of Excellence (http://blogs.vmware.com/cloudops/?p=785)By: Pierre Moncassin There is a rather subtle balance required to make a cloud organization effective – and, as I was reminded recently, it is easy to overlook it. One key requirement to run a private cloud infrastructure is to establish a dedicated team i.e. a Cloud Center of Excellence. As a whole this group will act as an internal service provider in charge of all technical and functional aspects of the cloud, but also deal with the user-facing aspects of the service. But there is an important…
- VMTN Blog: VMware Communities Roundtable Podcast – #262 vSphere Web Client: are we there yet? (http://blogs.vmware.com/vmtn/?p=8277)Hosts John Mark Troyer, VMware @jtroyer Mike Gordon Laverick, VMware @Mike_Laverick Guests Justin King, VMware, @vCenterGuy News VMware Appoints Ben Fathi as Chief Technology Officer – twitter account @BenBfathi VMware Strengthens End-User Computing Business With Enterprise Industry Veterans Big data analytics star in VMware vCenter Log Insight 1.5 update Around the Community vBrownbag Podcast VMUG Local Meetings – Check it today AdaptingIT – Lauren Malhoit Podcast Virtualization Security…
- VMware Education & Certification Blog: Free Book Excerpt: VCP-Cloud Official Cert Guide (http://blogs.vmware.com/education/?p=3627)Our friends at VMware Press have released another excerpt from the VCP-Cloud Official Cert Guide : What Is a vCloud Resource? VMware defines cloud resources in two sections, compute and network resources. vCenter Server clusters and vSphere hosts provide compute resources, while vCloud Networking and Security (in conjunction with vCenter Server) provides the network resources. We covered network resource configuration and allocation in Chapter 6, “Configure and Administer vCloud Networking.” vCloud…
- VMware Support Insider: vCenter Support Assistant version 5.5 is now available (http://blogs.vmware.com/kb/?p=5976)Submit support requests and receive troubleshooting alerts with vSphere Web Client Do you want to shorten the time it takes to submit a support request and upload diagnostic support data to GSS? Do you wish to be notified about latent technical issues in your VMware vSphere environment before they impact your environment so you can spend less time troubleshooting and more time on important business? If you answered yes to either of these questions, then VMware vCenter Support Assistant 5.5 can help.…
- VMware Virtualization Management Blog: David Davis on vCenter Operations: Post#1 – Why Do You Need More Tools? (http://blogs.vmware.com/management/?p=2750)In the past, when most virtual infrastructure was smaller, more static, and less complex, vCenter was adequate for most companies. They didn’t feel the need to push their utilization levels as they were already satisfied that they had consolidated 10 or 20 VMs on each server (as compared to the 1:1 OS to server ratio they were running with physical servers). Today, enterprises are running hundreds of VMs on each host and pushing the VM to host ratio to the maximum to squeeze every penny out of their…
- VMware Network Virtualization Blog: VMware NSX is Off and Running In 2014 (http://blogs.vmware.com/networkvirtualization/?p=1247)This afternoon, VMware announced Q4 2013 and FY2013 earnings. The results can be found here in our earnings press release . During the earnings call, we provided an update on VMware NSX momentum which we want to share with you. In the fourth quarter, we delivered VMware NSX , our network virtualization platform, which we believe will do for networking what vSphere and server virtualization did for compute. The VMware NSX customers we highlighted for the fourth quarter are great examples of innovative…
- VMwareTV: Cooper Grace Ward Lawyers' Flexible Device Policy using VMware (tag:youtube.com,2008:video:8pBnUTU93cg)Cooper Grace Ward Lawyers' Flexible Device Policy using VMware Flexible device policy brings law staff closer to clients by using VMware products and mobility offerings. From: VMware Views: 287 2 ratings Time: 03:15 More in Science & Technology
- VMware Technology Alliance Partner Blog: New Hands-on Lab – Eclipse Workbench vSphere Integration (http://blogs.vmware.com/tap/?p=785)For cloud infrastructure developers, who wish to build applications to manage resources on vCenter server, there is a new hands-on lab. You can find the lab listed as HOL-SDC-1322 here: http://labs.hol.vmware.com/HOL/#lab/713 You will need to register if you have never taken a VMware hands-on lab before. In this lab you will build a Java application to manage resources on vCenter server using the Workbench IS IDE and the vSphere Management SDK. Hands-on labs are a great way to try out VMware…
- VMwareTV: VMware vCloud Hybrid Service Customer Stories (tag:youtube.com,2008:video:tcJogFu5HLg)VMware vCloud Hybrid Service Customer Stories Discover from customers across different industries on why they chose VMware vCloud Hybrid Service as their hybrid cloud solution. You'll hear first-hand how... From: VMware Views: 34 0 ratings Time: 02:41 More in Science & Technology
- VMware for Public Sector Blog: VMware Hardened Virtual Appliance Operations Guide (http://blogs.vmware.com/publicsector/?p=227)[originally posted on www.commondenial.com ] VMware recently released the Hardened Virtual Appliance Operations Guide . This whitepaper was written to assist with the additional components that an administrator may choose to implement on the hardened virtual appliances. You see VMware created a hardened virtual appliance “by embedding the technical requirements of the STIG in the design”. What the heck am I talking about you might say? Well, the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) is an entity…
- VMware ThinApp Blog: ThinApp Packages Can Now Be Delivered in VMDKs! (http://blogs.vmware.com/thinapp/?p=1676)By Aaron Black, End-User Computing Product Manager, VMware I’d like to introduce a capability from our partner CloudVolumes, which allows ThinApp packages to be delivered as VMDKs. This is an exciting form factor because of the added performance and flexibility that any customer with ThinApp packages and a vSphere datastore can start utilizing today. There are a number of benefits with this approach which complement the isolation and cross-platform compatibility that application virtualization…
- VMware Virtualization Management Blog: Introducing a New Blog Series: David Davis on vCenter Operations (http://blogs.vmware.com/management/?p=2695)Hi folks, I have some fantastic news for you. Starting tomorrow, we are launching a new blog post series – David Davis on vCenter Operations ! This new blog series will be authored by David Davis, an industry personality known for his focus on virtualization and cloud technologies. David will share his experiences and opinions on various topics, including cloud operations management, his conversations with real world customers, as well as technical blog posts about VMware vCenter Operations…
- VMware Education & Certification Blog: Question of the Week: Site Recovery Manager (http://blogs.vmware.com/education/?p=3574)This week’s question comes from the Site Recovery Manager Instructional Video Series . a) Storage replication appliance b) Storage replication adapter c) Storage replication array Click through to the comments for the answer and watch Storage Replication Part 1 for more information. Follow @VMwareEducation on Instagram to see more #TechTrivia every Tuesday and visual updates from the VMware Education and Certification community.
- By Aaron Black, End-User Computing Product Manager, VMware I’d like to introduce a capability from our partner CloudVolumes, which allows ThinApp packages to be delivered as VMDKs. This is an exciting form factor because of the added performance and flexibility that any customer with ThinApp packages and a vSphere datastore can start utilizing today. There are a number of benefits with this approach which complement the isolation and cross-platform compatibility that application virtualization…
- VMware vSphere Blog: vCenter Linked Mode Survey (http://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/?p=11619)We are gathering data to understand how our customers are (or why they are not) using vCenter in a Linked Mode Configuration. Please take 5-10 minutes and fill out this brief survey. Thanks! http://www.surveymethods.com/EndUser.aspx?D0F49881D6968480D0
- VMwareTV: VMware and AirWatch: Communicating the Combined Power of VMware and AirWatch (tag:youtube.com,2008:video:iy4a335tSoY)VMware and AirWatch: Communicating the Combined Power of VMware and AirWatch Sanjay Poonen, Executive Vice President and GM of End-User Computing at VMware, describes the combined power of VMware and AirWatch, as the two companies com... From: VMware Views: 862 4 ratings Time: 06:47 More in Science & Technology
- VMware vSphere Blog: vCenter Server Heartbeat Product Walkthrough’s Now Available (http://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/?p=11615)The VMware Product Walkthroughs available at http://vmwarewalkthroughs.com now have a section for vCenter Server Heartbeat. If you need to learn how to install or upgrade vCenter Server Heartbeat, do upgrades or installs to vCenter Server or SQL with vCenter Server Heartbeat or just want to see what the product is capable of these walkthroughs are a good place to start. Also all of these are available in video format on YouTube and will soon be in our VMware Mobile Knowledge Portal App .
- Office of the CTO Blogs: Why I Decided to Join VMware (http://cto.vmware.com/?p=2573)When you have the perfect job, it’s not easy to walk away. I had spent the past seven years as an analyst for Burton Group and then at Gartner. In my role as an analyst, I was able to work with hundreds of end user organizations and help them with their virtualization, private cloud, and desktop transformation strategies and architectures. I was also able to take feedback from the field and work with a variety of vendors to help them shape their future innovations and product roadmaps. At Gartner, I only…
- VMwareTV: vSphere Data Protection Advanced (VMware Webinar) (tag:youtube.com,2008:video:p4pWECpCt2E)vSphere Data Protection Advanced (VMware Webinar) On-demand webinar / webcast: http://bit.ly/1cdhlN8 Attend and learn how vSphere Data Protection Advanced will: - Save you money on backup storage with unique... From: VMware Views: 4 0 ratings Time: 00:40 More in Science & Technology
- VMware End User Computing: Enabling VMware vShield Endpoint in Horizon View (http://blogs.vmware.com/euc/?p=5029)By Gary Sloane, Consultant for VMware End-User Computing Every system, whether physical or virtual, needs antivirus and antimalware protection. But administrators and security officers, and many end users, know that virus scanning can affect performance, consuming CPU cycles as well as memory and storage, and can lead to potentially serious resource bottlenecks. Faced with these problems, administrators and antivirus vendors have made some progress in reducing the impact of login storms and other…
- VMwareTV: Peconic Bay Medical Information Access with VMware Horizon View and Siemens (tag:youtube.com,2008:video:Y9XCMuJN2kc)Peconic Bay Medical Information Access with VMware Horizon View and Siemens Peconic Bay Medical Center discusses VMware Horizon View and Siemens Soarian information access for their Healthcare technology needs. From: VMware Views: 1456 6 ratings Time: 04:23 More in Science & Technology
- Workstation Zealot: We’re adding to the team! (http://blogs.vmware.com/workstation/?p=1040)The New Year starts out with some great additions to the VMware Workstation and VMware Fusion teams. As a result of continued growth and ongoing product development, VMware has decided to add more product marketing and product management expertise to the Fusion and Workstation teams. Bo Fu, Nannette Vilushis, and me, William Myrhang, wanted to take the opportunity to introduce ourselves, revitalize the Workstation and Fusion blogs, and engage with our Workstation and Fusion users. We bring many years of…
External Bloggers
- Understanding Storage Architectures. (http://virtualgeek.typepad.com/virtual_geek/2014/01/understanding-storage-architectures.html)This is a topic that is a perennial one – and I suspect it will keep evolving. What is the right way to classify architectural models of storage? How does one figure out what the heck is going on through...
- Two “Big Deals” – EMC Architect Tool, and a HUGE new way to get EMC software. (http://virtualgeek.typepad.com/virtual_geek/2014/01/two-big-deals-emc-architect-tool-and-a-huge-new-way-to-get-emc-software.html)On last week’s “Speaking in Tech” episode (it’s one of my favorite podcasts – sometimes silly, sometimes insightful, but always fun – subscribe here), Greg asked me what is going on in my gig – and I mentioned that I...
- VMTurbo releases Operations Manager 4.5 (http://www.gabesvirtualworld.com/?p=3287)Copied from their news release: BOSTON – January 28, 2014 – VMTurbo, provider of the only Software-Driven Control for virtualized environments, today announced a new version of its flagship product, VMTurbo Operations Manager, enhanced with control modules for storage and fabric to drive virtualized environments to their desired state and maintain control in that state […] See full post at: VMTurbo releases Operations Manager 4.5
- Manually deleting protected Horizon View replicas (http://www.vmguru.nl/wordpress/?p=12164)Two weeks ago Sander wrote an article on ‘How to link VMware View desktop to its replica‘. Unfortunately in my case my server died and because I had to reinstall my Horizon View environment. Because the View desktops were provisioned on another server and on shared storage the the replicas became orphaned. During normal operation the View Connection Server creates, manages, and deletes linked clones during View Composer operations. If the Connection Server functions are interrupted, the linked clones…
- vFLOWer Toolkit – a solution that converts vCO packages into versionable source code (XML) and vice versa (http://www.vladan.fr/?p=33843)Interesting solution for sharing vCenter Orchestrator Workflows has been developed by ByteLife. The solution can convert vCO packages into versionable source code in XML and back. Even if vCO is one of the less known products of VMware vSphere and even I’m not a vCO expert AT ALL, this solution has took my attention as […] Read the full post vFLOWer Toolkit – a solution that converts vCO packages into versionable source code (XML) and vice versa at ESX Virtualization . Featured Paper : Top Seven…
- Best Practices for Virtualizing AD on VMware vSphere (http://www.vladan.fr/?p=33813)Virtualizing business critical applications, like Microsoft Active Directory (AD) must be done right and with caution. Windows Server 2012 has introduced new feature called VM-Generation ID, which enables the underlying ESXi to expose a 128bit counter within the guest VM. This allows the VM to be aware that the VM has been restored from snapshot or […] Read the full post Best Practices for Virtualizing AD on VMware vSphere at ESX Virtualization . Featured Paper : Top Seven Networking Concepts Every…
- How to tag disk as SSD VMware esxi 5.x (http://www.vladan.fr/?p=33800)One of VCAP topics which lays on the blueprint and which is also necessary if your SSD you just bought for your brand new whitebox lab is not recognized as SSD but as Non-SSD. It can happen for locally attached SSD or also for LUNs accessed via iSCSI. The only remediation is to tag that […] Read the full post How to tag disk as SSD VMware esxi 5.x at ESX Virtualization . Featured Paper : Top Seven Networking Concepts Every Virtualization Administrator Should Know
- VMturbo Operations Manager 4.5 brings UCS fabric control module and Microsoft VMM (http://www.vladan.fr/?p=33786)VMturbo introduces new major release of their flagship product – VMturbo Operations Manager 4.5. Several new features including new Fabric Control module which allows to manage and control Cisco UCS fabric and also integration of Microsoft VMM to manage Microsoft Hyper-V hosts and VMs. Together with this new module, several enhancements has been made into […] Read the full post VMturbo Operations Manager 4.5 brings UCS fabric control module and Microsoft VMM at ESX Virtualization . Featured Paper :…
- DNS name does not display as FQDN on the Summary tab of a virtual machine (http://www.vladan.fr/?p=33761)This usually happens when your VM is not part of the Microsoft domain. The summary TAB do not show the FQDN (fully qualified domain name) but only the hostname. DNS name does not display as FQDN on the Summary tab of a virtual machine and you might be thinking how to fix this. Fortunately the fix […] Read the full post DNS name does not display as FQDN on the Summary tab of a virtual machine at ESX Virtualization . Featured Paper : Top Seven Networking Concepts Every Virtualization Administrator Should…
- Expanding a Nutanix Cluster (http://myvirtualcloud.net/?p=5818)I was given a Nutanix cluster with 2 blocks (8 nodes) to learn about the product, features and interoperability. During the installation and configuration process I recorded a video to demonstrate how simple and easy Nutanix really is. In the first video of this series I demonstrated how I quickly switched Nutanix Hyper-V to vSphere. In the second video I … Continue reading »
- Creating a Nutanix Storage Pool and Container with PRISM (http://myvirtualcloud.net/?p=5813)I was given a Nutanix cluster with 2 blocks (8 nodes) to learn about the product, features and interoperability. During the installation and configuration process I recorded a video to demonstrate how simple and easy Nutanix really is. In the first video of this series I demonstrated how I quick switched Nutanix Hyper-V to vSphere. In the … Continue reading »
- Hands Down the Ultimate VDI/DaaS platform – non-Persistent Desktops – Part 2 (http://myvirtualcloud.net/?p=5789)Earlier this week in my article Hands Down the Ultimate VDI/DaaS platform – Persistent Desktops I described how Nutanix help organizations to achieve higher performance, maximum capacity and better end-user experience for VDI deployments. This previous article was mostly focused on Persistent Desktops. I would like now to highlight some of the features implemented in … Continue reading »
- Nutanix Cluster Initialization (http://myvirtualcloud.net/?p=5783)I was given a Nutanix cluster with 2 blocks (8 nodes) to learn about the product, features and interoperability. During the installation and configuration process I recorded a video to demonstrate how simple and easy Nutanix really is. In the first video of this series I demonstrated how I quick switched Nutanix Hyper-V to vSphere. This second … Continue reading »
- Quick Switching Nutanix Hyper-V to vSphere (http://myvirtualcloud.net/?p=5763)I was given a Nutanix cluster with 2 blocks (8 nodes) to learn about the product, features and interoperability. The cluster already had Hyper-V installed. My core virtualization skills are on vSphere, so I decided to switch the base hypervizor for all nodes to vSphere. As I mentioned in previous posts Nutanix is hypervizor … Continue reading »
- #vBrownBag VMware VCAP Administration Bootcamp with John Arrasjid (@vcdx001) and Mostafa Khalil (@MostafaVMW) (http://professionalvmware.com/?p=4167)John Arrasjid and Mostafa Khalil from VMware join the ProfessionalVMware.com #vBrownBag to present the VMware Certified Advanced Professional Administration Bootcamp. The bootcamp covers considerations, challenges and blueprints for all 3 VCAP Administration exams (VCAP-DCA, VCAP-CIA, VCAP-DTA). You can find John on Twitter @vcdx001 and Mostafa at @MostafaVMW. Video Sign up for the ProfessionalVMware.com #vBrownBag at […]
- Upcoming #vBrownBag VMware VCAP Administration Boot Camp 1/29 with @vcdx001 & more (http://professionalvmware.com/?p=4163)Join John Arrasjid, Mostafa Khalil, Linus Bourque, Jon Hall and Mark Brunstad on Wednesday January 29th at 8:30PM EST / 7:30PM CST for a VMware VCAP Administration boot camp. The bootcamp will cover considerations, challenges and blueprints for all 3 VCAP Administration exams (Data Center, Cloud, Desktop). If you are not already registered, go to http://professionalvmware.com/brownbags/ […]
- SDN on the Horizon, get ready (http://www.kendrickcoleman.com/index.php/Tech-Blog/sdn-on-the-horizon-get-ready.html)In the realm of virtualization, the majority of us have been implementing VMware. VMware has consumed around 90% of my attention over the past few years. This is why we are intrigued to read Duncan and Frank's books on in-depth HA and DRS technical algorithms. In 2013, a lot of attention has shifted away from a primary VMware focus and more Hyper-V and KVM discussions are happening. Hyper-V for cost reductions and feature parity, but KVM for native OpenStack integration. OpenStack has garnered much…
- SDN Adoption Is Not As Easy As You Think–Take #2 (tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5819640694385843490.post-9214251508118222655)Kendrick Coleman wrote a post today titled SDN on the Horizon, get ready – where amongst other things he stated: If I were a betting man (and I am, considering I am avid horse racing fan), VMware's NSX is going to get a pretty good stronghold on... This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more!..
- vCenter Orchestrator - Finally Gaining Traction (tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5819640694385843490.post-3874461700643314819)I have stated before (here), vCenter Orchestrator was the least utilized and least understood product in the VMware product suites, which is a shame – because the capabilities in Orchestrator are pretty much endless. I started to do some number... This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more!..
- VMware KB Digest – New KB articles published for week ending 1/25/14 (http://vmwaretips.com/wp/?p=2260)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. Socialcast On Premise Deleting or wiping all community data in Socialcast On Premise (2070108) Date Published: 1/23/2014 VMware ESX Host [...]
KB Articles
Socialcast On Premise
Deleting or wiping all community data in Socialcast On Premise (2070108)
Date Published: 1/23/2014
VMware ESX
Host using Distributed Switch disconnects from the network after changing the DV-Uplink name (2009105)
Date Published: 1/20/2014
VAAI hardware acceleration status appears as Unknown on HP XP20000 series arrays (2016018)
Date Published: 1/24/2014
Support for Zerto Replication (2069900)
Date Published: 1/21/2014
HP Server memory Sensor might not be automatically reset after replacing a fault DIMM (2070006)
Date Published: 1/21/2014
Accessing VMware vCenter Server 4.x/5.x fails with the error: Value cannot be null (2011390)
Date Published: 1/23/2014
Disconnect of Packet VLAN on Cisco Nexus 1000V between VSM and its VEMs causes CDP-based port-channels to fail (2012881)
Date Published: 1/20/2014
VMware ESXi
VMware ESXi 5.0, Patch ESXi500-201401401-BG: Updates esx-base (2065691)
Date Published: 1/24/2014
VMware ESXi 5.0, Patch ESXi500-201401403-BG: Updates misc-drivers (2065697)
Date Published: 1/24/2014
VMware ESXi-5.0, Patch ESXi-5.0.0-20140104001-standard (2065700)
Date Published: 1/24/2014
VMware ESXi 5.0, Patch ESXi500-201401101-SG: Updates esx-base (2065702)
Date Published: 1/24/2014
VMware ESXi 5.0, Patch ESXi-5.0.0-20140101001s-no-tools (2065705)
Date Published: 1/24/2014
Non-existent portgroups appear under a cluster in network view in vCenter Server (2008098)
Date Published: 1/20/2014
Configuring software iSCSI via Host Profiles fails with: Failed to set CHAP authentication configuration (2008737)
Date Published: 1/20/2014
After upgrading to ESXi 5.5, virtual machines protected with vSphere Replication show status as Not Active (2066230)
Date Published: 1/24/2014
VMware ESXi 5.0, Patch ESXi500-201401402-BG: Updates tools-light (2065696)
Date Published: 1/24/2014
VMware ESXi 5.0, Patch ESXi500-201401404-BG: Updates net-e1000e (2065698)
Date Published: 1/24/2014
VMware ESXi 5.0, Patch ESXi500-201401405-BG: Updates scsi-rste (2065699)
Date Published: 1/24/2014
VMware ESXi 5.0, Patch ESXi-5.0.0-20140104001-no-tools (2065701)
Date Published: 1/24/2014
VMware ESXi 5.0, Patch ESXi-5.0.0-20140101001s-standard (2065703)
Date Published: 1/24/2014
VMware ESXi 5.0, Patch Release ESXi500-201401001 (2065814)
Date Published: 1/24/2014
Removing a file from VMFS volume fails with the error: Resource temporarily unavailable (2063629)
Date Published: 1/22/2014
Understanding IP Hash load balancing (2006129)
Date Published: 1/20/2014
ESXi/ESX hosts using Cisco fnic HBAs no longer appear in the vCenter Server inventory and become unresponsive (2050463)
Date Published: 1/20/2014
Adding a bnx2 network interface card fails with the error: Unable to add uplink! The MTU setting used by this virtual switch is not support by the NIC being added (2066229)
Date Published: 1/24/2014
VMware Fusion
Uploading diagnostic information for VMware through the Secure FTP portal (2069559)
Date Published: 1/25/2014
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 guest operating system option is not available (2069889)
Date Published: 1/23/2014
Uploading diagnostic information for VMware using FTP (2070100)
Date Published: 1/25/2014
VMware Horizon View
Installing VMware Horizon View Security Server fails with the error: Unable to connect to server connection_server_fqdn on TCP port <port_number> (2044589)
Date Published: 1/20/2014
VMware Horizon Workspace
Joining the Connector Virtual Appliance in VMware Horizon Workspace to a domain fails with the Access Denied error (2064042)
Date Published: 1/23/2014
VMware IT Business Management Suite
Negative numbers exported using Export to Excel appear as strings in VMware IT Business Management Suite 8.0.0 (2069985)
Date Published: 1/21/2014
VMware vCenter Configuration Manager
Creating a Collection Filter Set for vCenter Server specific data filters in vCenter Configuration Manager (2062560)
Date Published: 1/23/2014
VMware vCenter Operations Enterprise
Importing users in a LDAP group with more than 1500 members to VMware vCenter Operations from Active Directory fails (2031586)
Date Published: 1/22/2014
VMware vCenter Operations Manager (vApp)
Creating space remaining alerts for the virtual machine guest file systems in the vCenter Operations Manager vApp (2045000)
Date Published: 1/20/2014
VMware vCenter Orchestrator
Java 7 Update 51 blocks vCloud Director and vCenter Orchestrator features (2069664)
Date Published: 1/24/2014
VMware vCenter Orchestrator wrapper-server.log file grows rapidly and configuration settings do not apply (2067002)
Date Published: 1/21/2014
VMware vCenter Server
In a mixed vSphere 5.1/5.5 environment, logging in to the vSphere Web Client fails with the error: Client is not authenticated to VMware Inventory Service (2065195)
Date Published: 1/20/2014
Security scan returns Oracle GlassFish vulnerabilities CVE-2011-1511 and CVE-2011-2260 (2005483)
Date Published: 1/21/2014
Storage View tab in VMware vCenter Server 5.0 displays the error: An internal error occurred (2019833)
Date Published: 1/24/2014
Starting the VMware VirtualCenter Server service fails with the error: 1053: The services did not respond to the Start or control request in a timely fashion (2069296)
Date Published: 1/22/2014
Logging into VMware vCenter Server using Windows session credentials fails if VMware vCenter Server is not a member of the same domain (2070029)
Date Published: 1/22/2014
Removing Local Administrators from the vCenter Server Administrator role (2016639)
Date Published: 1/24/2014
Unable to log in to vCenter Server 5.1 with the error: Incorrect username or password” although the correct credentials are provided (2055994)
Date Published: 1/23/2014
Manual export or import performed on the secondary node of a vCenter Single Sign-On Multi-Site cluster fails with the command-line message “Bug” (2070507)
Date Published: 1/23/2014
Virtual machine consolidation needed alarm (2061896)
Date Published: 1/24/2014
SSO installation may perform a rollback or hangs indefinitely at “Configuring SSO components” (2065329)
Date Published: 1/20/2014
VMware vCenter Server Appliance
Performing a vMotion using vCenter Appliance 5.1 fails with the error: pbm.fault.pdm.fault.summary (2062112)
Date Published: 1/21/2014
Network connectivity issues after applying a host profile in vSphere 5.1 (2062581)
Date Published: 1/23/2014
Upgrading VMware vCenter Server Appliance from from version 5.0.x to 5.1 fails with the error: Unexpected error during the upgrade process (2056080)
Date Published: 1/23/2014
Virtual Center appliance does not start service after shut down or after upgrade to 5.1 (2063954)
Date Published: 1/22/2014
VMware vCenter Server Heartbeat
Best Practices for Upgrading vCenter Server when vCenter Server Heartbeat is installed (2070181)
Date Published: 1/21/2014
VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager
VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager service fails to start and reports the error: TerminateHandler called (2041658)
Date Published: 1/21/2014
Installing VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager on Windows Server 2012 reports an MsiExec.exe error in the Windows event log (2061852)
Date Published: 1/22/2014
VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager fails to create a pair connection with the error: Wrong server type found on target ‘x.x.x.x’ (2045637)
Date Published: 1/21/2014
VMware vCloud Automation Center
Load balancing requirements for vCloud Automation Center (2063220)
Date Published: 1/20/2014
When adding fields to Entitlements in VMware vCloud Automation Center using Internet Explorer 8, the data is added twice (2065887)
Date Published: 1/21/2014
VMware vCloud Automation Center for Desktop
When provisioning a KVM machine in VMware vCloud Automation Center and specifying a network name, the machine is provisioned without a NIC (2065883)
Date Published: 1/22/2014
Clicking a menu in the VMware vCloud Automation Center Appliance web page running in Internet Explorer fails with the error: An internal error has occurred (2065878)
Date Published: 1/21/2014
VMware vCloud Automation Center for Server
Registering a virtual machine with Xen Desktop 7.x in VMware vCloud Automation Center fails with the error: XenDesktop integration request unexpected error (2065870)
Date Published: 1/20/2014
Provisioning a machine on a Linked Clone blueprint in VMware vCloud Automation Center fails with the error: Object reference not set to an instance of an object (2065881)
Date Published: 1/22/2014
Provisioning a machine in VMware vCloud Automation Center fails with the error: Allocate reservation operation failed (2065882)
Date Published: 1/21/2014
Cannot remove an unused datastore from your KVM reservation in VMware vCloud Automation Center (2065886)
Date Published: 1/21/2014
Cannot install the VMware vCloud Automation Center Prerequisite Checker (2065568)
Date Published: 1/21/2014
The time displayed in the VMware vCloud Automation Center Identity Appliance web page does not match the time on the appliance itself (2065874)
Date Published: 1/21/2014
Provisioning a machine in VMware vCloud Automation Center fails with the error: CloneVM : Sequence contains no matching element (2065880)
Date Published: 1/21/2014
A machine that was moved from one cluster to another in KVM appears as missing in VMware vCloud Automation Center (2065885)
Date Published: 1/22/2014
Clicking the Business Management tab in VMware vCloud Automation Center reports the error: Unable to reach remote host HTTP status 401 (2069652)
Date Published: 1/23/2014
VMware vCloud Director
Fast provisioning a Virtual Machine in vCloud Director fail with the error “The specified delta disk format ‘nativeFormat’ is not supported” (2041555)
Date Published: 1/20/2014
Unable to Suballocate Ip address, Ip address already in use (2056770)
Date Published: 1/20/2014
Deploying vShield Edge Gateway fails with the error: VSM response error (10105) Failed to publish configuration on vShield Edge. Operation failed on VC. (2060542)
Date Published: 1/24/2014
Consoles and KVM switches for VMware vCloud Director 5.1 and 5.5 (2070361)
Date Published: 1/22/2014
Deploying vShield Edge Appliance or vApp fails with the error: Hub “Resources” doesn’t have enough “<Storage Profile>” storage (2062686)
Date Published: 1/24/2014
Creating an OVF template or uploading media fails on organization vDCs backed by datastore clusters (2038921)
Date Published: 1/20/2014
VMware vSphere Big Data Extensions
HDP 2.0 patch installation for Big Data Extensions 1.1 (2069237)
Date Published: 1/23/2014
VMware vSphere Replication
Collecting the vSphere Replication standalone appliance logs (2037065)
Date Published: 1/22/2014
VMware vSphere Storage Appliance
VMware vSphere Storage Appliance (VSA) 5.1 FAQ (2040481)
Date Published: 1/22/2014
Manually deleting a VMware vSphere Storage Appliance 5.1.x cluster (2048063)
Date Published: 1/20/2014