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Cloud conversations: AWS EBS, Glacier and S3 overview (Part III)
Amazon Web Services (AWS) recently added EBS Optimized support for enhanced bandwidth EC2 instances (read more here). This industry trends and perspective cloud conversation is the third (tying the...
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[VMware] vOpenData Project
VMwareの仮想インフラに関する面白いプロジェクトが公開されました。"vOpenData"という名のプロジェクトで、現在利用中のvSphereのインフラ情報を提供してもらい、提供されたデータの統計値を公開するものです。このプロジェクトは、100%コミュニティ主導＆利用者（管理者）の任意でデータを提供してもらうというもので、集まったデータはvCenter、Hosts、LUNなどのデータごとに集計され...
View ArticlevCloud Automation Center – vCAC 5.1 – Installing Self-Service Portal
vCAC comes with a self-service portal outside the standard portal. The self-service portal is included with the vCAC-51-Extensibiliy installation files. The reason it is included with the...
View ArticlevCloud Automation Center – vCAC 5.1 – Installing the Workflow Designer
The VMware vCloud Automation Center Designer is a great tool that allows you to modify pre-built workflow stubs that are included with the designer. These workflow stubs allow you add custom machine...
View ArticleJoin the games!
The VMware Users Group has put out a challenge for fun and prizes - as well as knowledge about the cloud. See how much you know and have done to become a Cloud Expert?http://www.cloudcredibility.com/...
View ArticlevCloud Automation Center – vCAC 5.1 – Workflow Designer Walk-Through – Add...
Ok so in this article we are going to create our first workflow that executes a powershell script that adds a computer account to active directory in whatever OU you would like it to be placed in. Our...
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vCloud Automation Center – vCAC 5.1 – Creating Relational Drop Down Fields
One of the great benefits of vCloud Automation Center is it's Self-Service capabilities and although vCAC has a great Self-Service experience right out of the gate most organizations are going to want...
View ArticlevCloud Automation Center - vCAC 5.1 - Enable Connect Using SSH
You may have noticed on the security tab of a blueprint there is an option you can enable to "Connect using RDP or SSH". You may have also noticed when you provision a Windows Server you see a...
View ArticlevCloud Automation Center – vCAC 5.1 – Example CMDB Integration
I keep getting asked for an example of integrating into a CMDB. The challenge with this is which CMDB, Asset, or Ticketing system do you create an example around. They are all very different and most...
View ArticleVMware Newsletter 5.12
From the editors Virtual DeskHi everyone, firstly a big apology for the mistake in lasts weeks newsletter. As many of you know I use my ipad for most of my work and for the weekly newsletter. I find...
View ArticlevCloud Automation Center – vCAC 5.1 – Preventing vCAC from Deleting Destroyed...
The default behavior in vCAC when destroying a vSphere virtual machine is to delete it completely and permanently. In some environments and use cases, this may not be desired. Luckily, vCAC allows...
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Understanding Total Slots, Used Slots & Available slots in VMware HA Slots
This post is from my technical webiste http://www.vmwarearena.com This post is the follow up post for my previous post on VMware HA Slot Calculation. In that post, i have explained the step by step...
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Provisioned Storage, Non-Shared Storage & Used Storage in VMware
This post is from my technical website http://www.vmwarearena.com There will be difference in the view of Provisioned Storage, Non-shared Storage & Used Storage for Thick VMDK and Thin VMDK disk...
View ArticlevCloud Automation Center – vCAC 5.1 – Custom Property of the Day #1 –...
Property of the day is a new series I’m starting where I will cover a different custom property each day. This is the first property of the day check back each day for a new property.POTD #1 Operating...
View ArticlevCloud Automation Center – vCAC 5.1 – HTTPS Installation
I have been receiving a lot of questions about HTTPS installations. In this article you will find instructions for performing an HTTPS installation of vCAC 5.1. In this article I am only providing...
View ArticlevCloud Automation Center – vCAC 5.1 – Custom Property of the Day #2 – Hostname
POTD #2 HostnamevCAC version: 5.1Property NameHostname [Read more.....]
View ArticlevCloud Automation Center – vCAC 5.1 – Custom Property of the Day #3 – Thin...
POTD #3 Thin Provision vCAC version: 5.1 Property Name VirtualMachine.Admin.ThinProvision [Read more...]
View ArticleWhitepapers and other resources.
I appreciate we all like different types of content. Some of us are readers and others are watchers, so I wanted to create this blog post and build up, over time, a great list of resources for the...
View ArticlevSphere 4.1 to 5.1 Upgrade – Q&A
Browsing through the VMware blogs and communities today I noticed some excellent questions from individuals planning to start their upgrade from vSphere 4.1 to 5.1.Announced in late August 2012 I would...
View ArticleVote for sessions at VMworld 2013
As you may already know, the VMworld sessions are a result of a rigorous process that starts very early. Before a session is added, its approved, opened for public voting and after going through...
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