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VMware Bloggers

VMware Cloud Ops Blog: To Succeed in the Cloud, CIOs Must Look Beyond Technology (http://blogs.vmware.com/cloudops/?p=902)By Paul Chapman, VMware Vice President Global Infrastructure and Cloud Operations I’ve watched with interest as cloud solutions and services have matured in recent years to offer more agility, cost optimization, security, and quality of service for the full range of enterprise needs. Yet I continue to see many businesses adopt cloud services in an ad hoc—rather than holistic—fashion. This is often driven by business leaders who feel the systems they need can not be delivered fast enough by corporate…

VMwareTV: Automating the Software Defined Data Center (tag:youtube.com,2008:video:RYgwiXOZbdk)Automating the Software Defined Data Center This video explores how cloud automation and management combined with software defined services will drive the next round IT efficiency improvements. From: VMware Views: 0 0 ratings Time: 07:43 More in Science & Technology

VMwareTV: vCAC Automated Provisioning with VMware NSX Overview (tag:youtube.com,2008:video:AhHaQgSQzeE)vCAC Automated Provisioning with VMware NSX Overview This video explains how VMware vCloud Automation Center discovers, consumes, and provisions VMware security and network services. From: VMware Views: 0 0 ratings Time: 04:11 More in Science & Technology

VMwareTV: Managing Network Profiles for NSX Integration (tag:youtube.com,2008:video:HHK01VkXbxo)Managing Network Profiles for NSX Integration This video demonstrates how to configure VMware vCloud Automation Center network profiles for use with NSX security and network services. From: VMware Views: 0 0 ratings Time: 05:47 More in Science & Technology

VMwareTV: Preparing vCloud Automation Center for NSX Integration (tag:youtube.com,2008:video:yieRFJdmqWw)Preparing vCloud Automation Center for NSX Integration This video demonstrates how to configure resource reservations and multi-machine blueprints for use with NSX security and network services. From: VMware Views: 2 0 ratings Time: 08:00 More in Science & Technology

VMware Accelerate: Competing with Shadow IT (http://blogs.vmware.com/accelerate/?p=1977)By Daryl Bishop Over the last few years, business units have increasingly been bypassing IT and ordering services directly from external service providers (e.g., SaaS applications and cloud IaaS services). IT has been largely oblivious to this threat, believing that the business will continue to rely on IT for technology services. We’re now seeing the next stage of shadow IT with business openly bypassing IT, in fact the business model for some external providers is now purposely built around dealing…

VMwareTV: A Day in the Life of Dr. Jim Roland (tag:youtube.com,2008:video:66ms2ulpqD8)A Day in the Life of Dr. Jim Roland See how VMware Horizon helps Dr. Roland get fast secure access to his patient's information from anywhere, on any device, helping him make patient care decisions based on the latest information.... From: VMware Views: 3 0 ratings Time: 02:13 More in Science & Technology

VMware vCloud Blog: VMware is Ready to Shake Up the Cloud at EMC World 2014! (http://blogs.vmware.com/vcloud/?p=3468)The VMware vCloud Hybrid Service team is looking forward to this year’s EMC World! We’ll be front-and-center at EMC World, hosting breakout sessions, booth demos and keynote addresses throughout the conference. We’re also participating in a live three-day demonstration on the show floor where attendees will be able to watch a hybrid cloud – featuring vCloud Hybrid Service – being built from scratch! If you’re attending EMC World, here’s a rundown of what you won’t want to miss: Build a…

VMware Company Blog: Weekly News Recap, May 2 (http://blogs.vmware.com/vmware/?p=2493)VMware News VMware received recognition for its visionary approach this week in the new Gartner Magic Quadrant for Data Center Networking. In fact, VMware had the highest rating for Completeness of Vision. In his post on the VMware Company Blog, “NSX Vision: Validated!”, Chris Wolf writes, “We believe this level of recognition is remarkable considering […]

VMware Education & Certification Blog: Question of the Week: vSphere 5.0 (http://blogs.vmware.com/education/?p=4091)This week’s question comes from the VCP5- Data Center Virtualization practice exam . a) Enterprise Editions b) Standard Edition with Operations Management c) Enterprise Plus Edition d) Standard Edition Click through to the comments for the answer and learn more here . Follow @VMwareEducation on Instagram to see more #TechTrivia every Friday and visual updates from the VMware Education and Certification community.

VMware Consulting Blog: Quick Tip: vSphere Auto Deploy Reverse Web Proxy Caching (http://blogs.vmware.com/consulting/?p=1415)

By Ryan Johnson Lately, I’ve been working with a customer on a vSphere 5.1 and 5.5 Auto Deploy environment. The environment is rather large, and each pod of compute/storage requires localized access to the ESXi VIBs during the boot process. This falls in line with the best practice outlined in the VMware vSphere Installation and Setup Guide .  Auto Deploy Load Management Best Practice Simultaneously booting large numbers of hosts places a significant load on the Auto Deploy server. Because Auto Deploy…

VMwareTV: VMware Customer Reference Program (tag:youtube.com,2008:video:3Uki1LklK84)VMware Customer Reference Program See more at: http://goo.gl/HCaLDL Alex White, Vice President, Enterprise Business EMEA talks about VMware Customer Reference Program and Fiona Partlow, Sr. Customer Programs Manager explains... From: VMware Views: 1 0 ratings Time: 01:50 More in Science & Technology

VMware vCloud Blog: Get Your Cloud Budget Under Control With VMware Cloud Credits (http://blogs.vmware.com/vcloud/?p=3451)Scaling your public and hybrid cloud to meet business demands shouldn’t be a pain. Luckily, with VMware Cloud Credits , you can purchase and manage spending in one transaction through your MyVMware account! The VMware Cloud Credits Purchasing Program provides you with the means to make cost-effective VMware purchases while giving you greater visibility and cost control of your public and hybrid cloud deployments. It’s the easiest way to on-ramp to the cloud, enabling your company to utilize the cloud…

VMware Education & Certification Blog: Five-Part Recertification Blog Series Launching to Share Insights, Opinions (http://blogs.vmware.com/education/?p=4078)Certifications are required to practice a variety of professions: Doctors, dentists, architects, and, of course, IT. These industry-wide certifications are based on a core set of standards and knowledge each practitioner needs to know to maintain an effective practice, ensuring patients stay healthy, homes remain structurally sound, and infrastructures stay agile. And, as with all professions and practices, new discoveries, advances, and research mean that nothing stays static for very long. No…

VMTN Blog: VMware Communities Roundtable Podcast 276 – @PowerCLI & vCloud Suite Automation @alanrenouf (http://blogs.vmware.com/vmtn/?p=8415)Hosts John Mark Troyer, VMware @jtroyer Mike Gordon Laverick, VMware @Mike_Laverick Guests Alan Renouf, VMware @alanrenouf Brian Knudtson, VMunderground @bknudtson Jim Millard, VMunderground @millardjk News VMware vCloud Hybrid Service – Disaster Recovery, Available Now, Seamlessly Extends Disaster Recovery to the Public Cloud EMC World – May 5 – 8 FREE Book Excerpt: Networking for VMware Administrators Virtual SAN Training for World-Class Storage VMware Recognized as a Visionary in Data…

VMwareTV: VMware Horizon 6 Unleashed (tag:youtube.com,2008:video:iqyCXpg_5Ic)VMware Horizon 6 Unleashed Extending the power of virtualization from the data center to device — VMware Horizon 6 allows IT organizations to take advantage of end-to-end management and automation, tight integration... From: VMware Views: 258 0 ratings Time: 00:50 More in Science & Technology

Virtual Reality: Debunking Myths About vSphere Data Protection (http://blogs.vmware.com/virtualreality/?p=613)The release of VMware’s vSphere Data Protection 5.5 (VDP) seems to have caused a stir in the virtual backup industry. It appears we have hit a soft spot with some of the other vendors offering backup solutions for vSphere and have seen some confusing messaging coming from our partners/competitors in this market. While we’re certainly proud of the technology partner ecosystem built around VMware solutions I would like to take this opportunity to set the record straight on vSphere Data Protection. The…

VMware Hands On Labs Blog: Backstage Pass Session #3 – Performance Tuning Hands-on Labs VMworld (http://blogs.vmware.com/hol/?p=950)Jon S. asking Joshua S. about our HOL Cloud Performance VMworld 2013 San Francisco CA Backstage Pass Session #3 – Performance Tuning Hands-on Labs VMworld This session will discuss how we tested and tuned our Datacenters for optimal performance. Josh will discuss the tools he used to test our multiple clouds and Joey will go into details on the infrastructure we have deployed and our planning for VMworld. This is a great session for folks getting ready to roll out their Clouds and a great opportunity…

VMwareTV: Failing over a Public Website using vCloud Hybrid Service Disaster Recovery (tag:youtube.com,2008:video:catdDlNmJ40)Failing over a Public Website using vCloud Hybrid Service Disaster Recovery This video will show how to fail over a live, running public website hosted on a single appliance, (Wordpress), on premises using vCloud Hybrid Service Disaster Recovery. We will see the basic... From: VMware Views: 128 0 ratings Time: 09:49 More in Science & Technology

VMware vCloud Blog: Zero Lead-Time Computer “Hardware” (http://blogs.vmware.com/vcloud/?p=3447)By Chris De Vere Let me share an idea with you: The manufacturers of all products have the same problem regarding delivery lead-time: How can I get my products to my customers when they want them? The traditional approach is to use a two tier distribution model: a wholesaler who buys in bulk from the manufacturer; and a retailer who uses his understanding of his customer to stock the items that he believes his customer will purchase. There are three problems that I see with this approach: the first is the…

VMwareTV: Bringing VMware and AirWatch Together (tag:youtube.com,2008:video:p8uzevtEPHs)Bringing VMware and AirWatch Together VMware EUC CTO Kit Colbert discusses the integration plans of VMware's desktop and mobile technologies. http://cto.vmware.com/bringing-vmware-airwatch-together. From: VMware Views: 936 0 ratings Time: 10:37 More in Science & Technology

VMware Virtualization Management Blog: vCenter Operations Management Tech Tips: Tip #33 – Introduction to the Cluster Utilization Dashboard: Part 1 (http://blogs.vmware.com/management/?p=3571)A few days back I wrote a #TechTip on creating a One-Click Cluster Capacity Dashboard which was liked by a number of people in the virtual world. In-fact it was so easy to download and replicate that within a few hours of rolling out that post, I could see a number of people coming back to me stating that they have deployed the Dashboard and have started looking at the Capacity numbers for their infrastructure. Many of them asked as to how they can create their own XMLs for creating similar dashboards.…

VMware Security Blog: Updated VMware Security Advisory VMSA-2014-0002.2 (http://blogs.vmware.com/security/?p=1092)Today VMware has released the following updated security advisory: VMSA-2014-0002.2 The advisory was updated to document the release of an ESXi 5.1 patch that addresses CVE-2013-5211, “DDoS vulnerability in NTP third party library”. VMware Knowledge Base article 2070193 provides mitigation for this issue and documents when vSphere components are affected. The ESXi 5.1 patches released today are not related to the OpenSSL Heartbleed issue ( ESXi 5.1 and below are not affected by this issue ). The…

Office of the CTO Blogs: Bringing VMware and AirWatch together (http://cto.vmware.com/?p=2712)AirWatch is our biggest acquisition ever and as you can imagine, customers and partners alike are eager to hear how we plan to integrate it into VMware. Specifically, how are we going to bring the two traditionally separate silos of desktop and mobile together? To help explain our vision for uniting VMware and AirWatch, we released a video describing our architecture and technology integration plans. Definitely watch the video to learn more, and the rest of this blog will give you a summary of our…

VMware for Small-Medium Business Blog: Why Your Organization Needs a Cloud-Based Disaster Recovery Plan (http://blogs.vmware.com/smb/?p=2778)Businesses know they need to back up their data, their workloads and their applications in the event that disaster strikes. Downtime of business-critical applications or data loss could cause a major disruption for organizations caught without a comprehensive disaster recovery (DR) plan in place. In fact, according to the U.S. Small Business Administration, approximately 25% of businesses that are affected by a disaster fail to reopen . Organizations don’t need to wait for a disaster to strike to start…

Virtualize Business Critical Applications Blog: Effect of VAAI on cloning with All Flash Arrays: (http://blogs.vmware.com/apps/?p=975)Cloning virtual machines is an area where VAAI can provide many advantages. Flash storage arrays provide excellent IO performance. We wanted to see what difference VAAI makes in virtual machine cloning operations for “All Flash Arrays”. The following components were used for testing VAAI performance on an all Flash storage array: Dell R910 server with 40 cores and 256 GB RAM Pure FA-400 Flash Array with two shelves that included 44 238 GB Flash drives and 8.2 TB usable capacity. Centos Linux Virtual…

VMworld Blog: Don’t Miss Your Chance – VMworld Call for Papers Closes May 2, 2014 (http://www.vmworld.com/blogs/vmworld/2014/04/29/don-t-miss-your-chance-vmworld-call-for-papers-closes-may-2-2014)Don’t let the deadline slip by you. The VMworld Call for Papers submission window closes on May 2, 2014, so it’s time to put the final touches on your abstract and mark your submissions complete. Late submissions will not be eligible, so don’t miss the opportunity to be a part of this year’s conference, and to make an impact by leading a session at VMworld 2014 . You still have time to get your submission complete and into the system for consideration. Below is a guide of the steps for you to…

VMware Education & Certification Blog: Free Book Excerpt: Networking for VMware Administrators (http://blogs.vmware.com/education/?p=3927)Our friends at VMware Press have provided us with another free book excerpt, this time from the new release, Networking for VMware Administrators by Steven Pantol and Christopher Wahl. The vSphere Standard Switch The goal of VMware’s Standard Switch is to allow network traffic to flow in any scenario. This could mean that the ESXi host is not connected to a vCenter server at all, which is typically referred to as a “standalone” or “vSphere Hypervisor” install of vSphere. In this case,…

VMware vSphere Blog: Intro to Storage Resource Management (http://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/?p=12501)Most customers are aware of and are utilizing vSphere’s Resource Management capabilities in regards to compute and memory. On the contrary many of our customers, even the ones who own the licenses, aren’t utilizing the resource management capabilities on the storage side. Talking to quite a few customers, it seems to be an education issue. They simply don’t know what the features do or that they exist in the first place. The following video is meant to demonstrate the capabilities the vSphere…

VMware Virtualization Management Blog: David Davis on vCenter Operations – Post #8 – Understanding vCenter Operations Badges (http://blogs.vmware.com/management/?p=3479)In my last article in this series, Adding your License to vCenter Operations Manager , I walked you through the difference between VMware’s vCenter Operations Manager Foundation and more advanced, standard edition. I also showed you how, step by step, to install your vC Ops license key and assign it to the vC Ops solution. In this article, we’ll cover one of the most important things that you need to know to use vC Ops, on a daily basis. Specifically, we’ll cover what vC Ops Badges are and how…

VMware Company Blog: NSX Vision: Validated! (http://blogs.vmware.com/vmware/?p=2486)VMware has been on a journey to bring the same benefits of server virtualization to the network for over a decade, starting with virtual switches, accelerating to our vCloud Networking and Security suite, and culminating with our 2012 Nicira acquisition and launch of our VMware NSX™ network virtualization platform. In the new Gartner Magic Quadrant […]

Office of the CTO Blogs: Be the Better Choice (http://cto.vmware.com/?p=2705)Aaron Sweemer entered a data center for the first time early in 1996 when he worked part-time as an intern while completing his undergraduate degree at the University of Maryland, College Park. In addition to typical intern tasks, like getting coffee and doughnuts for everyone, Aaron was afforded the opportunity work on some pretty powerful and expensive hardware, such as Tandem NonStop Systems. It is also where Aaron first got his hands on technologies like Linux, PERL and Cisco. He soon discovered that he…

VMware End User Computing: Delivering a Better User Experience for Horizon 6 with GPU Technology (http://blogs.vmware.com/euc/?p=5717)Guest Blog by Nick Pandher, Professional Graphics Business Development, AMD AMD is improving user experiences across a wide variety of platforms including VMware Horizon 6 . AMD designs and integrates technology for the new era of computing. AMD technology powers all the leading consumer gaming console solutions ensuring our GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) technology leadership. In the professional graphics market we deliver high performance GPU-based compute solutions using open standards like OpenCL…

VMware Education & Certification Blog: Virtual SAN Training for World-Class Storage (http://blogs.vmware.com/education/?p=4065)Virtual SAN is a hot topic lately, and for good reason. “Significant technological advancement” and “the standard bearer for a new class of storage solutions that promise to revolutionize how the world buys storage” – that’s what the judges at Interop 2014 in Las Vegas, said when they awarded first place in the Storage category to VMware® Virtual SAN™ . But the accolades don’t stop there – Virtual SAN also won the Best of Interop Audience Choice Award. Why has Virtual SAN turned so…

VMware Security Blog: VMware among founding members of the Core Infrastructure Initiative (http://blogs.vmware.com/security/?p=1089)We are happy to announce that VMware is one of the founding members of the Core Infrastructure Initiative . This project hosted by the Linux Foundation will fund open source projects that are critical to core computing and Internet functions. Over time, the project will help make open source software more secure, which will benefit our customers, partners, users, and just about anyone who goes online. Core Infrastructure Initiative explained The Core Infrastructure Initiative will fund and support critical…

vCenter Orchestrator Blog: vCO Spring Plug-in season is here! (http://blogs.vmware.com/orchestrator/?p=634)The Spring is here along with the season gifts from vCenter Orchestrator Team just in time for Easter. The holiday plug-in bundle comes with quite a few new integrations and major updates. vCenter Orchestrator Plug-In for vCloud Automation Center 6.0.1 vCenter Orchestrator became an integral part of vCloud automation center since version 6.0, playing a major role of an unified integration layer and XaaS engine. In order to better serve the extensibility story of vCAC VMware released vCenter…

VMware Accelerate: CIOs Need to Restructure to Deliver Today’s Innovations (http://blogs.vmware.com/accelerate/?p=1964)No doubt you’ve heard the argument that CIOs are merely technology brokers who “don’t matter” in the world of digital business. We all know that the opposite is true: CIOs who understand the intersection of business and technology matter more than ever. What also matters is that you understand when it’s time to change your organization to meet the needs of the business. Take a moment to check out this InformationWeek report , which provides practical advice on when and why to restructure, what…

External Bloggers

Something is coming…. (http://virtualgeek.typepad.com/virtual_geek/2014/05/something-is-coming.html)We are mere DAYS away from the start of EMC World 2014 (#EMCWorld)! EMCers and our partners are working furiously at this point. It’s interesting to see even our competitors build up around an EMC event. I think it’s a...

Re: SFD5 event and negativity / respect (http://www.yellow-bricks.com/?p=14884)Storage Field Day was hosted last week, and I typically like these events. Mainly because they have start-ups presenting their new technology and I like the flow of the sessions typically. I also like the interaction between the “delegates” and the vendors, well at times I do. There were several blog posts on the topic […] " Re: SFD5 event and negativity / respect " originally appeared on Yellow-Bricks.com . Follow me on twitter - @DuncanYB.

Now available as Rough Cut - DevOps for VMware Administrators (http://www.ntpro.nl/blog/archives/2628-guid.html)

Networking for VMware Administrators - Get a free sample chapter now (http://www.ntpro.nl/blog/archives/2627-guid.html)

Available On Demand - Troubleshooting VMware vSphere [V5.5] Webinar (http://www.ntpro.nl/blog/archives/2626-guid.html)

Free e-learning course - VMware Virtual SAN Fundamentals [V5.5] (http://www.ntpro.nl/blog/archives/2625-guid.html)

Another Look at an OpenStack Heat Template (http://blog.scottlowe.org/?p=3448)This post provides another look at an OpenStack Heat template, this time using the HOT format and YAML. This article was originally posted on blog.scottlowe.org . Visit the site for more information on virtualization, servers, storage, and other enterprise technologies. Another Look at an OpenStack Heat Template

An Introduction to OpenStack Heat (http://blog.scottlowe.org/?p=3446)This post provides an introduction to OpenStack Heat, the orchestration service that enables users to deploy "stacks" of infrastructure. This article was originally posted on blog.scottlowe.org . Visit the site for more information on virtualization, servers, storage, and other enterprise technologies. An Introduction to OpenStack Heat

vSphere Network Health Check and Cisco UCS (http://blog.scottlowe.org/?p=3444)This post is just a quick heads-up on some expected behavior when using the vSphere Health Check feature in Cisco UCS environments. This article was originally posted on blog.scottlowe.org . Visit the site for more information on virtualization, servers, storage, and other enterprise technologies. vSphere Network Health Check and Cisco UCS

Learning NSX, Part 13: Revisiting Logical Networking (http://blog.scottlowe.org/?p=3441)In part 13 of my Learning NSX series, I revisit the topic of logical networking in VMware NSX (first discussed in part 5) with some additional detail and a look at how it works in an OpenStack 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 NSX, Part 13: Revisiting Logical Networking

Nutanix Disruption as a Service Serves Up VDI Assurance World First (http://longwhiteclouds.com/?p=3443)I normally bring you information about business critical apps such as Oracle, SAP, Java, SQL Server and the like, and the infrastructure configurations and performance that support them. But if you look at it any Virtual Desktop Infrastructure that is widely deployed to a larger percentage of an organisation, it is a business critical app. […]

[Powershell] vCPU to Physical Core for XenApp VM (http://www.gabesvirtualworld.com/?p=3300)For our Citrix XenApp environment that runs on ESXi, we tend to keep a 1:1 ratio when it comes to physical cores and vCPUs. In other words, an ESXi host with 12 cores, will only be running 6 XenApp VMs with 2 cores or 3 XenApp VMs with 4 cores or any other combination, just […] See full post at: [Powershell] vCPU to Physical Core for XenApp VM

HP Proliant Firmware Update Potential NIC Issue (http://techhead.co/?p=7819)I like to ensure my home lab servers firmware revisions are up to date from time to time and noticed this recent HP advisory (c04258304: dated 18th April 2014) warning about a possible issue when performing a latest firmware update to some models of HP Proliant servers, which are running particular Broadcom based network cards. […]

Hello World… (http://techhead.co/?p=7805)Well, you may (or may not ) have noticed that it’s been a while since I wrote my last blog post. The past few months have certainly been “interesting” for me as I’ve been working through a unexpected health scare. After undergoing treatment I am now popping out the other side of things with only […]

Get-Scripting Podcast Episode 38 - (Happy New Year) (tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-261470339069403116.post-7055743417801738562)This is Episode 38 of the Get-Scripting podcast. Tune in to listen to us talk and interview people about PowerShell. Download it here , subscribe in iTunes or via a different feed reader . Intro: Alan: PowerCLI 5.5 R2 Release Introduction to PowerCLi Video Mobile IT Jonathan: PowerShell News: Windows Management Framework V5 Preview - http://blogs.technet.com/b/windowsserver/archive/2014/04/03/windows-management-framework-v5-preview.aspx OneGet - As part of above but worth a separate mention PowerShell ISE…

VDI Calculator v5.8 is Now Available with XenDesktop support for Nutanix (http://myvirtualcloud.net/?p=6293)Today I am announcing the general availability of the new VDI Calculator v5.8. This new version introduces few important features. XenDesktop support for Nutanix Platform – previously only Horizon View calculations on Nutanix platform was possible. This release introduces full calculation for XenDesktop pooled and assigned on Nutanix. Increase to up to 5 Desktop Types … Continue reading »

Join Nutanix and Me for Citrix Synergy 2014 (http://myvirtualcloud.net/?p=6131)Wow! How exciting…. for the first time ever I am attending a Citrix Synergy Conference and I also have been given the opportunity to present a Thought Leadership session during the conference. Citrix was one of the End-User Computing pioneers and makes me very grateful to be presenting with such amazing group of individuals. I would … Continue reading »

Unitrends Enterprise Backup 7.4 Product Review (http://www.vladan.fr/?p=34695)Unitrends Enterprise Backup (UEB) 7.4 for VMware vSphere and Hyper-V is a newly released version of Unitrend’s Enterprise backup solution. The product brings a very innovative set of features that offer additional functionality to a product that is already packed with benefits that enable you to reliably protect enterprise workloads. But before diving into each […] Read the full post Unitrends Enterprise Backup 7.4 Product Review at ESX Virtualization . Featured : VMware vSphere Editions - Make…

VeeamON 2014 – Veeam’s First Datacenter Availability Conference (http://www.vladan.fr/?p=34676)Veeam just announced that will be holding a Datacenter Availability Conference in October 6-9, 2014 in Las Vegas. Wow. The conference will have general sessions, technical breakouts and expo lounge. There will also be labs and certifications running during the 4 days event. It will be possible to get certified as Veeam Certified Engineer (VMCE) at […] Read the full post VeeamON 2014 – Veeam’s First Datacenter Availability Conference at ESX Virtualization . Featured : VMware vSphere Editions -…

VMware Virtual SAN Fundamentals [V5.5] – Free 60 min training (http://www.vladan.fr/?p=34671)New Free training from VMware Education has been announced – VMware Virtual SAN Fundamentals [V5.5]. This training is about VSAN and has four modules where you’ll learn about use cases, interoperability, DR, management but also you’ll have the possibility to see enabling VSAN clusters, create disk groups, storage policies and how to expand VSAN clusters. […] Read the full post VMware Virtual SAN Fundamentals [V5.5] – Free 60 min training at ESX Virtualization . Featured : VMware vSphere…

PernixData FVP Introduces new features: In-Memory, NFS, Network compression and Topology awareness (http://www.vladan.fr/?p=34679)New features has been announced by PernixData during SFD5 event. If you don’t know PernixData and their FVP technology you should check this post - PernixData FVP in my lab. In short, PernixData FVP Technology is using kernel module. It’s not a VM acceleration appliance. You just have to install a local SSDs or PCIe flash […] Read the full post PernixData FVP Introduces new features: In-Memory, NFS, Network compression and Topology awareness at ESX Virtualization . Featured : VMware vSphere…

VMware Converter Standalone 5.5.1 With VSAN support and more (http://www.vladan.fr/?p=34665)The latest release of VMware Converter Standalone 5.5.1 is available since few days. It’s a build 1682692 and you can download it from here. It’s a maintenance release which fixed several bugs, but with a bonus added a support for VMware VSAN. You can check out the release notes from this page. VMware Converter standalone adds those new […] Read the full post VMware Converter Standalone 5.5.1 With VSAN support and more at ESX Virtualization . Featured : VMware vSphere Editions - Make your…

A Day of Remembrance - Holocaust Day (tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5819640694385843490.post-1734590223819558860)I just finished watching the opening ceremony of the Yom HaZikaron laShoah ve-laG'vurah (Holocaust and Heroism Remembrance Day) were both our President and Prime Minister addressed the dwindling number of Holocaust survivors that are still... This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more!..

#vBrownBag EMEA VMware Auto Deploy with Mike Marseglia (@mmars) (http://professionalvmware.com/?p=4468)Mike Marseglia stops by the EMEA #vBrownBag to talk about VMware Auto Deploy. Video You can find Mike on Twitter @mmars and his blog http://blog.mmars.org/ Sign up for the live ProfessionalVMware.com #vBrownBag broadcast at http://professionalvmware.com/brownbags/ where you can get updates on our upcoming Cisco certification track series as well as follow some of our past […]

#vBrownBag VMware vCloud Hybrid Service Disaster Recovery with Chris Colotti (@ccolotti) (http://professionalvmware.com/?p=4459)Chris Colotti stops by to introduce VMware’s vCloud Hybrid Service Disaster Recovery solution and presents an overview of the architecture, setup and configuration demo and considerations for using vCHS DR. Video You can find Chris on Twitter @ccolotti and his blog http://www.chriscolotti.us/ as well as some recent posts on his blog about vCHS DR http://www.chriscolotti.us/vmware/5-things-to-know-about-vcloud-hybrid-service-disaster-recovery/ […]

Automating vCloud Director Organization VDCs with Ruby (http://kendrickcoleman.com/index.php/Ruby-on-Rails-Projects/automating-vcloud-director-organization-vdcs.html)I filed this under rails projects, but it's really just some ruby code... I set a goal for myself to become familiar with the vCloud Director APIs using REST. Mainly to see how long it would take me to automate my first task and prove to myself I can do it. Well, I'm pleased to say that it's alot easier than I thought. I had a new vCloud Director instance installed on Monday, and by Wednesday morning I was just finishing up my code. So within 2 days I was doing some automation tasks and it…

VMware KB Digest – New KB articles published for week ending 4/26/14 (http://vmwaretips.com/wp/?p=2327)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. VMware ESXi Adding disks with errors to a disk group (2075379) Date Published: 4/22/2014 VMware ESXi 5.5 installation fails with [...]

Tips for defining your BYOD policy (http://www.v-wiki.net/?p=539)Whilst defining your BYOD policy, you might miss some important requirements to producing a document that will help guide your employees when they use their own device for work purposes. More organisations around the world are now providing an allowance to employees to allow them to buy their own consumer devices, however there is an […] The post Tips for defining your BYOD policy appeared first on Virtual Wiki .

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