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Hi everyone well as I write this I am on my way to Tasmania for my first visit. I am pretty excited, it is always fun to travel and visiting somewhere new is always exciting. I am only there for a short visit, just a long weekend but I am sure it will be worthwhile. I will let you know next week.

Each week I put out the VMware newsletter and there has ben for a while now the sections you see below. I wanted to explain briefly what each section is. The Local Events section is where we place anything local to the newsletter. As I am in Brisbane for example I try and put anything that is happening in the next week or two in our city in this section that is being run by VMware. The local training classes are again local classes that VMware will be running directly in Brisbane in my case. There is a link to this which will allow you to see all of the courses and get more info or register if you wish. Next we have the VMware bloggers, this is a section for only VMware employees bloggers and can therefore be considered “official” VMware related information. We then have External Bloggers which is my collection of non VMware employee or official blogs that I follow and find useful, you are welcome to suggest others for me to use. The final section is always the KB Digest which is our weekly Knowledge Base articles which are of vital importance to the health and well being of your VMware environment.

I hope that gives you an idea of each section. Feel free to send me any comments or suggestions anytime.

Have a fantastic week.

Virtually Yours

Neil Isserow

Senior Technical Account Manager

VMware Australia

Local Events

Local Training Classes

VMware Bloggers

VMware Cloud Ops Blog: An ITBM Service Costing Process is Key to IT Transformation (http://blogs.vmware.com/cloudops/?p=809)By Khalid Hakim As more businesses recognize the integral role IT plays in the overall success of the enterprise, executive and business stakeholders have higher expectations of IT’s performance and its ability to prove its value. Providing cost transparency back to the business is key to meeting those expectations. That is why today’s IT organization needs to have an in-depth understanding of the costs associated with delivering IT services, enabling each service manager/owner to defend his or her…

VMwareTV: VMware customer case study: Biomni & Computacenter (tag:youtube.com,2008:video:W2m6OzCs9Us)VMware customer case study: Biomni & Computacenter Here, Angus Gregory, CEO of service catalogue and request management technology company Biomni and Paul Casey of European service provider Computacenter talk... From: VMware Views: 111 0 ratings Time: 06:42 More in Science & Technology

VMware vSphere Blog: Using vCenter Heartbeat To Protect The Auto Deploy Server (https://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/?p=11701)I’m often asked if you can use vCenter Server Heartbeat to protect the Auto Deploy Server. The answer is yes and I’m happy to announce that we now have some videos and product walkthroughs that show how this is done. To view the product walkthrough visit http://vmwarewalkthroughs.com and select the recently added vCenter Server Heartbeat section. Here you will see the walkthrough showing how to use vCenter Server Heartbeat to protect your Auto Deploy server. Along with the walkthrough on protecting…

VMware Education & Certification Blog: New Exam for VCP-Cloud Certification Available (http://blogs.vmware.com/education/?p=3765)There is a new exam available to qualify candidates for the VCP-Cloud Certification. This new exam (exam code VCPC550) is based on vCloud Automation Center 5.2 and vCloud Director 5.5, where the existing exam (exam code VCPC510) is based on vCloud Director 5.1. Passing either of these exams will earn VCP-Cloud certification if you have also taken an approved required course. Learn more about these exams. Note: There is still a third method to earn VCP-Cloud certification; if you already have your…

VMware for Small-Medium Business Blog: The Many Clouds of Hands-on Labs (http://blogs.vmware.com/smb/?p=2574)Post by Doug Baer, Infrastructure Architect, Hands-on Labs team in Technical Marketing, VMware This post originally appeared on the VMware Hands-on Lab (HOL) Blog Behind the scenes of VMware’s Hands-on Labs , there is a lot of “care and feeding” of the lab infrastructure, manuals, and the lab environments themselves. You might be surprised at how much opportunity there is for things to stop working, even in environments that have been precisely configured and then effectively frozen in time.…

VMware Virtualization Management Blog: Improve Storage Intelligence with HP 3PAR StoreServ and vCenter Operations (http://blogs.vmware.com/management/?p=2936)Storage analytics are critical for managing small and large scale visualization deployments. For HP and VMware customers, HP has built a great management pack for vCenter Operations. HP StoreFront Analytics provides the vSphere administrator with dashboards to visualize and analyze HP 3PAR StoreServ data from within vCenter Operations Manager. Standard and custom operational dashboards ensure you gain deep insight and visibility into the health, risk, and efficiency of the performance and capacity…

VMware ThinApp Blog: Virtualizing Internet Explorer, what works? (http://blogs.vmware.com/thinapp/?p=1690)Today many enterprises are struggling with their Internet Explorer implementation. You know what works today but what happens if you change the Java version or even worse, the version of Internet Explorer? Updating your browser implementation is many times almost as complex and risky as migrating to a new Operating System. ThinApp offers it-departments around the globe help with their browser implementation. By virtualizing your browsers and by using our URL redirection feature called ThinDirect you can…

VMware Education & Certification Blog: Welcome the Newest VCDXs (http://blogs.vmware.com/education/?p=3762)During the VMware Partner Exchange event in February, we also held VCDX (VMware Certified Design Expert) Defenses. The following people received the coveted VCDX status at this event. VCDX-Cloud Matt Vandenbeld (in addition to his existing VCDX-DCV) Garrette Grouwstra, VCDX 127 VCDX5-DCV Derek Seaman, VCDX 125 Richard Arsenian, VCDX 126 Hersey Cartwright, VCDX 128 Josh Coen, VCDX 129 Sean Howard, VCDX 130 Jeff Mercier, VCDX 131 Kalen Arndt, VCDX 132 VCDX is the highest level of certification…

VMware Network Virtualization Blog: VMware at RSA Conference 2014 (#RSAC) (http://blogs.vmware.com/networkvirtualization/?p=1308)Summary: Company outlines vision for security in the Software-Defined Data Center Product and partner demonstrations in Booth #1615 to showcase growing security portfolio New PCI-DSS 3.0 and FedRAMP reference architectures to be presented Throughout its history, RSA Conference has consistently attracted the world’s best and brightest in the security field, creating opportunities for attendees to learn about IT security’s most important issues through first-hand interactions with peers, luminaries…

VMware Support Insider: Upgrading vCenter Server Appliance 5.0.x/5.1 to 5.5 (http://blogs.vmware.com/kb/?p=6027)Here is a new vSphere video tutorial which demonstrates how to upgrade the vCenter Server Appliance from versions 5.0.x or 5.1 to that of version 5.5 . Before attempting the upgrade: If you are using custom SSL certificates, ensure that they meet the requirements as per VMware KB article Configuring Certificate Authority (CA) signed certificates for vCenter Server Appliance 5.5 (2057223) Ensure that you have taken a backup/snapshot of your existing vCenter Server Appliance and the external database. …

VMware Education & Certification Blog: ‘VCDX Alpha’ Named at VMware Partner Exchange 2014 (http://blogs.vmware.com/education/?p=3772)Last week’s VCDX and vExpert party at VMware Partner Exchange 2014 included a special surprise for VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger. Amid drinks and hors d’oeuvres, John Arrasjid (VCDX #1) presented him with a custom briefcase to commemorate his newly appointed status as “VCDX Alpha.” VCDX #1, John Arrasjid, presents “VCDX Alpha” and VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger with his custom briefcase. Pat Gelsinger addresses the VCDXs and vExperts. VMware President and COO Carl Eschenbach talks with partygoers.…

VMware Support Insider: Some Small Changes Around Here (http://blogs.vmware.com/kb/?p=6007)Those of you who follow us on Twitter @vmwarecares and @vmwarekb are going to notice a small change. Same goes for our Facebook pages ( VMware Knowledge Base and VMware Cares ). In order to better serve our global customer base, we are transitioning the concierge focused vmwarecares responsibilities to our Customer Service team. Some new faces on that team will be responding to your inquires going forward. The vmwarekb social accounts will still be manned by me, but I will be focusing my efforts on…

VMware Support Insider: Exporting data to a CSV file in My VMware (http://blogs.vmware.com/kb/?p=6021)This video discusses and demonstrates how to export My VMware data to a CSV file . Our video is based on VMware Knowledge Base article Exporting data to a CSV file in My VMware (2045109). You can export data to a CSV file from numerous pages in My VMware: Exporting data from the Users & Permissions page Exporting folder data from the License Keys page Exporting data from the Account Summary page Exporting data from the Order History page Exporting data from the Support Contract History page …

VMwareTV: VMware vCloud Hybrid Service Virtual Machine Monitoring Overview (tag:youtube.com,2008:video:w9JnItYxOFo)VMware vCloud Hybrid Service Virtual Machine Monitoring Overview This video is a brief overview of the newly activated virtual machine monitoring feature in VMware vCloud Hybrid Service. You will see examples of the data p... From: VMware Views: 551 3 ratings Time: 05:52 More in Science & Technology

VMwareTV: VMware IT Private Cloud -- People and Process Transformation (tag:youtube.com,2008:video:SDUgDaDLZ_g)VMware IT Private Cloud -- People and Process Transformation VMware IT has deployed a private cloud based on the vCloud Suite. The Private Cloud has transformed the way IT services are consumed by the business, and tra... From: VMware Views: 1 0 ratings Time: 02:56 More in Science & Technology

VMwareTV: VMware IT Private Cloud - Exceeding Expectations (tag:youtube.com,2008:video:uEEXze2tXts)VMware IT Private Cloud - Exceeding Expectations VMware IT has deployed a private cloud based on the vCloud Suite. The Private Cloud has changed the way IT services are delivered and consumed. Users have driven adoption. Scale economies have... From: VMware Views: 1 0 ratings Time: 02:29 More in Science & Technology

VMwareTV: VMware IT Private Cloud -- DevOps Provisioning (tag:youtube.com,2008:video:uvlQVOUlLdU)VMware IT Private Cloud -- DevOps Provisioning VMware IT has deployed a private cloud based on the vCloud Suite. Dev and Ops teams are one tenant using the cloud to automate dev test provisioning and streamline application development.... From: VMware Views: 390 1 ratings Time: 03:14 More in Science & Technology

VMwareTV: VMware IT Private Cloud - Agility and Cost Savings (tag:youtube.com,2008:video:2wFF-bhb1v8)VMware IT Private Cloud - Agility and Cost Savings VMware IT has deployed a private cloud based on the vCloud Suite. The IT management team focused on improving business agility with the private cloud. They have experienced the additional... From: VMware Views: 415 1 ratings Time: 02:39 More in Science & Technology

VMwareTV: Bill Fathers at Insight CloudCast 2014 - Why is Hybrid Cloud Necessary? (tag:youtube.com,2008:video:3Afp5toH2a4)Bill Fathers at Insight CloudCast 2014 - Why is Hybrid Cloud Necessary? Server virtualization was just the beginning of the journey to IT-as-a-Service. Businesses today are looking for on-demand access to cloud resources by exten... From: VMware Views: 5 1 ratings Time: 49:46 More in Science & Technology

VMware Education & Certification Blog: Take A Sneak Peek at On Demand Classroom (http://blogs.vmware.com/education/?p=3746)You’ve seen the testimonials but still haven’t tried On Demand Classroom yet. Well, here’s an opportunity to try it, FREE by taking a SNEAK PEEK at the robust self-paced learning option. The SNEAK PEEK for On Demand Classroom offers a FREE one time, 90-minute access to the first two course modules, from VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V5.1], including: Module 1: Course Introduction and Logistics Module 2: Introduction to VMware Virtualization, which includes: - Introduces…

VMware End User Computing: VMware Horizon View Extends Chromebooks in the Enterprise (http://blogs.vmware.com/euc/?p=5212)by Geoffrey Murase, Solutions Marketing, End-User Computing As more and more corporate applications are delivered from the cloud, businesses are presented with multiple choices in how to access them. No longer are businesses required to use full blown desktops or laptops to get their work done. For many, all they need is a way to access the web. With Google Chromebooks, businesses of all sizes can take advantage of the low price, built-in security, fast boot times, and worry-free upgrades that…

VMware vCloud Blog: Virtual Machine Monitoring Now Active in vCloud Hybrid Service (http://blogs.vmware.com/vcloud/?p=3195)By: Chris Colotti A few months ago customers of vCloud Hybrid Service noticed a new tab on the Virtual machine view that said “Monitoring”. At that time people also noticed it stated that the feature was not yet available. The reason for this is that the vCloud Hybrid Service portal code is updated separately from the vCloud Suite components under the covers. The monitoring feature required some updates to vCloud Director to be rolled to all the tenants. I’m happy to report that as part of…

VMware for Small-Medium Business Blog: State of SMB IT in 2014 (http://blogs.vmware.com/smb/?p=2570)Good news for SMB IT pros in 2014! In a recent survey, Spiceworks asked 450 IT pros what their budget forecast looks like for the year. The outlook is positive, with nearly half of respondents reporting both an anticipated increase in IT budget, IT headcount and overall company revenue. In North America alone, Forrester Research predicts IT budgets will rise to an estimated $976 billion in 2014. On average, IT pros surveyed said they plan to invest an average of $302,000 on IT products this year. Where…

VMware Education & Certification Blog: Question of the Week: vSphere 5.1 (http://blogs.vmware.com/education/?p=3740)This week’s question comes from the vSphere 5.1 video series . a. To allow safe change to virtual machine states without the worry of failed implementation. b. To allow a safe backup of the system. c. To allow rapid return to the pre-change state without traditional uninstallation or recovery. d. and when used improperly poses a risk to not only the virtual machine in question but other VMs in the environment. Click through to the comments for the answer and watch vSphere Snapshot Overview…

Virtualize Business Critical Applications Blog: Critical Factors to consider when virtualizing Business Critical Applications: (Part 2 of 2) (http://blogs.vmware.com/apps/?p=954)Availability: Availability of the applications is one of the important requirements for business critical applications. The vSphere platform provides capabilities to protect against hardware and software failures to meet the stringent SLA requirements of business critical applications. Virtualized applications can avail of features such as vSphere HA protects from HW failures by restarting virtual machines on surviving hosts if a physical host were to fail. vSphere FT (Fault Tolerance) protects…

VMware Hands On Labs Blog: How to send text to console – New Feature VMware Hands-on Labs (http://blogs.vmware.com/hol/?p=769)Folks, Just wanted to call out a new feature the teams have put into the HOL portal to allow users to send text directly to the console – Some of you might not have been able to enter credentials into some of the labs due to a bug encountered when using international keyboard. The send text to console button will appear after you start your lab – it is in the lower left hand side of your window (see below) Hope this helps making your life easier when taking your labs – Enjoy !

Virtualize Business Critical Applications Blog: Impact of database licensing on Cluster Design for Production SAP virtualization (http://blogs.vmware.com/apps/?p=945)Type of Database licensing for SAP: The type of licensing impacts the cluster design for SAP virtualization. SAP is supported on most common database platforms such as SQL, Oracle, DB2 and SYBASE. When customers procure SAP, they can choose to buy the database licensing through SAP or purchase it directly from the database vendor. This decision impacts the cluster design for virtualized SAP environments. Let us look at these two scenarios and their impact on the design. Scenario 1: Database License…

VMTN Blog: VMware Communities Roundtable Podcast – 265 – Accelerate – IT Transformation (http://blogs.vmware.com/vmtn/?p=8306)Hosts John Mark Troyer, VMware @jtroyer Mike Gordon Laverick, VMware @Mike_Laverick Guests Tony Foster, @wonder_nerd Eric Ledyard, VMware @ericledyard News F5 and VMware Strengthen End-User Computing Offerings to Enhance Customers’ Virtual Desktop Infrastructures VMware and Google to Modernize Corporate Desktops for the Mobile Cloud Era 2014 VMware Partner Network Award Winners Named VMware NOW: Virtual SAN Special Online Event Around the Community vBrownbag Podcast VMUG Local Meetings – Check it…

External Bloggers

Automation Tip 7–Testing (http://www.virtu-al.net/?p=3092)One of the great things about automation is the ability to achieve consistent results, same thing every time, but go careful. What happens for example if your automation task is incorrect, if it doesn’t... Automation Tip 7–Testing 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 Amazon UK Sybex

VMware vSphere Mobile Watchlist (http://www.virtu-al.net/?p=3087)Last week VMware announced vSphere Mobile Watchlist, this is a mobile phone app for iOS and Android devices that enables you to work with virtual machines, create custom lists or watchlists to monitor and... VMware vSphere Mobile Watchlist 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 Amazon UK Sybex

Serve, Learn and Inspire – support the cause and donate/contribute! (http://www.yellow-bricks.com/?p=14391)Today I am flying out to Vietnam. No not for a holiday, as many seem to think. I am flying out to Vietnam to work with several great VMware colleagues whom have been asked by the VMware Foundation to go on this journey. I am very grateful and honored to have been selected for this […] " Serve, Learn and Inspire – support the cause and donate/contribute! " originally appeared on Yellow-Bricks.com . Follow me on twitter - @DuncanYB.

Don’t create a Frankencluster just because you can… (http://www.yellow-bricks.com/?p=14377)In the last couple of weeks I have had various discussions around creating imbalanced clusters. Imbalanced from either CPU, memory and even a storage point of view. This typically comes up in discussions where either someone wants to bring larger scale to their cluster and they want to add hosts with more resources of any […] " Don’t create a Frankencluster just because you can… " originally appeared on Yellow-Bricks.com . Follow me on twitter - @DuncanYB.

What is Virtual SAN really about? (http://www.yellow-bricks.com/?p=14365)When talking about Virtual SAN you hear a lot of people talking about the benefits, what Virtual SAN is essentially about. You see the same with various other so-called Software Defined Storage solutions. People typically, when talking about these solutions, talk about things like “enabling within 2 clicks”… Or maybe about how easy it is […] " What is Virtual SAN really about? " originally appeared on Yellow-Bricks.com . Follow me on twitter - @DuncanYB.

vSphere Availability Survey, please help out! (http://www.yellow-bricks.com/?p=14360)Just received the below from the vSphere Availability team. It takes a couple of minutes to fill out and it helps the vSphere Availability team to set priorities correctly for upcoming releases, yes indeed based on your answers! — copy / paste — The Availability team (that brings to you products such as vSphere HA, […] " vSphere Availability Survey, please help out! " originally appeared on Yellow-Bricks.com . Follow me on twitter - @DuncanYB.

New Book - VMware vCloud Director Cookbook (http://www.ntpro.nl/blog/archives/2580-guid.html)

New Book - VMware vCenter Operations Manager Essentials (http://www.ntpro.nl/blog/archives/2579-guid.html)

New Book - Learning PowerCLI (http://www.ntpro.nl/blog/archives/2578-guid.html)

Now available as Rough Cut - Essential VSAN: Administrator’s Guide to VMware Virtual SAN (http://www.ntpro.nl/blog/archives/2577-guid.html)

Using Curl to Interact with a RESTful API (http://blog.scottlowe.org/?p=3404)In this post, I provide some examples of using curl to interact with a couple of RESTful APIs: the OpenStack API and the VMware NSX API. This article was originally posted on blog.scottlowe.org . Visit the site for more information on virtualization, servers, storage, and other enterprise technologies. Using Curl to Interact with a RESTful API

How to delete an orphaned desktop pool (http://www.vmguru.nl/wordpress/?p=12207)Time for a new problem in the VMware Horizon View series. After running into problems which forced me to ‘Manually delete protected Horizon View replicas‘ and ‘Link a VMware View desktop to its replica‘, now I encountered an orphaned desktop pool which could not be deleted. First, What got me into this mess. As I told you last week I was testing a Nvidia Quadro K5000 graphics card when my ESXi whitebox died on me. This also corrupted the one hard drive which contained all my Horizon View desktops.…

No internet connection results in slow vSphere client consoles (http://www.vmguru.nl/wordpress/?p=12189)In the last few weeks a customer that I am working for has been making a lot of changes within their infrastructure. Some big and some (on the surface) small. Somewhere during those weeks a change was made and the consequence of that change has gone by unnoticed at first. Then reports started to come in from colleague administrators that console sessions for virtual machines, when using the vSphere client, where really slooooowwwww. Opening a console took more than 10 seconds and trying to open…

Building a new ESXi whitebox (http://www.vmguru.nl/wordpress/?p=12185)Unfortunately the whitebox ESXi server I build in June 2011 died on me when testing a Nvidia Quadro K5000 graphics card. So I needed a new ESXi server for my home lab. I looked at some HP and Dell mini servers but I decided to build a new VMware ESXi whitebox. Power supply, hard disks and SSD were still fine so I only needed a new motherboard, processor and memory. In the past I’ve used websites like, ‘Ultimate VMware ESX Whitebox‘ and ‘VM-help.com‘ to find compatible parts but because one no…

How to Establish PowerShell Connection to Nutanix and Execute your 1st Query (http://myvirtualcloud.net/?p=5938)In my article Nutanix Automation, Policies and the SDDC I discussed how Nutanix exposes all features and functions via REST API, enabling programmatic access to datacenter services within mainstream enterprises. The current list of features and services that can be fully managed by programmatic access is long and include the following: Alerts Authconfig Cluster … Continue reading »

Powershell Script to Mass Clone and Power VMs via vCenter using VAAI (http://myvirtualcloud.net/?p=5924)After publishing the Cloning and Powering VMs on Nutanix with VAAI video I was asked if I could share the PowerShell scripts used for the demo. I want to thank Steven Poitras (@StevenPoitras) for creating and allowing me to share the scripts with the broader community. The scripts utilize vCenter Server to create clones and … Continue reading »

Nutanix Automation, Policies and the SDDC (http://myvirtualcloud.net/?p=5903)In a Nutanix cluster, PRISM is the management gateway for components and administrators to configure and monitor the cluster. This includes NCLI (command-line), the HTML5 UI (administrative interface) and REST API support for the entire management framework, providing customers a choice of building orchestration applications. Nutanix engineering made sure all features and functions … Continue reading »

New VCP-Cloud Certification Exam (VCPC550) available (http://www.vladan.fr/?p=33964)After a VCP550 announced last month (read my article - New VCP Exam VCP550 based on vSphere 5.5 is available) covering datacenter virtualization, there is now also new VCP-Cloud certification exam based on vCloud Director 5.5 and VCAC 5.2 is available. With codename VCPC550. You need to attend the vCloud Director: Install, Configure, Manage [V5.5] OR VMware vCloud Automation […] Read the full post New VCP-Cloud Certification Exam (VCPC550) available at ESX Virtualization . Featured Paper : Top…

Bandwidth, latency and connectivity measures with PsPing – Free Utility (http://www.vladan.fr/?p=33959)There is a free tool called PsPing – Free Utility, which implements Ping functionality, TCP ping, latency and bandwidth measurement. It’s a command line tool which shows you the results on the screen but there is also an option for generating histogram which can be easily imported into spreadsheet. The utility is part of PsTools which is […] Read the full post Bandwidth, latency and connectivity measures with PsPing – Free Utility at ESX Virtualization . Featured Paper : Top Seven Networking…

Free 90 min of On Demand Classroom which meets VCP requirements (http://www.vladan.fr/?p=33950)There is a new offer from VMware which promotes new training format for passing VCP certification. As you know, to pass VCP you need to attend a class and then only you are able to pass the certification exam to finaly earn the VCP title. There is another way to attend a VMware class – […] Read the full post Free 90 min of On Demand Classroom which meets VCP requirements at ESX Virtualization . Featured Paper : Top Seven Networking Concepts Every Virtualization Administrator Should Know

New Book – Learning PowerCLI (http://www.vladan.fr/?p=33939)There is a new book for VMware administrators willing to enter the learning process of PowerCLI. This is not the first book on PowerCLI as I know at least another one which I reviewed a while back – PowerCLI Book (VMware vSphere PowerCLI Reference) If you’re not aware, check this post. The book I’m referring […] Read the full post New Book – Learning PowerCLI at ESX Virtualization . Featured Paper : Top Seven Networking Concepts Every Virtualization Administrator Should Know

Veeam 7.0 R2 Patch 3 release brings performance improvements (http://www.vladan.fr/?p=33932)Veeam released third patch already for Veeam 7.0 which brings several enhancements and performance improvements especially useful in large scale environment. Veeam does recommends especially to those bigger customers so they can take advantage of new performance enhancements. Veeam 7.0 R2 Patch 3 release details can be found at this KB1854. One of the improvements […] Read the full post Veeam 7.0 R2 Patch 3 release brings performance improvements at ESX Virtualization . Featured Paper : Top Seven…

VMware vCloud Connector (VCC) now free (http://www.vladan.fr/?p=33926)VMware has made vCloud connector available as a free tool. In the past there were two versions of VCC, which one of them was paid one. The core and advanced versions were merged together in the version 2.6 to be available as free download. The architecture is still based on server node and client node […] Read the full post VMware vCloud Connector (VCC) now free at ESX Virtualization . Featured Paper : Top Seven Networking Concepts Every Virtualization Administrator Should Know

OpenStack Session Voting (tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5819640694385843490.post-7091659780769270953)I have submitted three different sessions for the upcoming Openstack Summit in Atlanta. This is the first time I have submitted content for an OpenStack Summit, and I am looking forward to attend the event. I think the content of these sessions... This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more!..

The First Step toward DevOps – Bridging the Gaps (tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5819640694385843490.post-2195986671924466652)This is a re-post of my article, originally published on The Ravello Blog. Without a doubt, the traditional role of IT is changing. Traditionally IT were the ones to make the decisions about all kinds of things, they ruled. Today the end... 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 2/15/14 (http://vmwaretips.com/wp/?p=2269)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://bit.ly/1hiTmwM VMware ESX VMware ESXi 5.1 hostname remains blank when deployed using Auto Deploy (2068827) Date Published: 2/13/2014 Broadcom adapter [...]

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