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DaaS vs. IaaS for Desktops
Blogs6 May 2013 | 6:14 pmTrading in one virtual solution for another that's more virtual. -
New Release 'Cadence' Begins with Visual Studio 2012 Update 2
News10 May 2013 | 10:03 amMicrosoft exec also says Visual Studio 2012 has been downloaded more than 4 million times since its release. -
Advantages of Hosting an ERP in the Cloud
Official Web Hosting Blog by bodHOST18 May 2013 | 5:07 amWhat is an ERP System? Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) is a business management system, which is gaining a great value in industry especially with small medium enterprises (SMEs). Enterprises require planning, resource allocation, and project goals in order to achieve success. The ERP software plays a very crucial role in driving businesses towards success. Its [...]The post Advantages of Hosting an ERP in the Cloud appeared first on Official Web Hosting Blog by bodHOST. -
VMware Horizon View: New Technical White Papers
The SLOG - SimonLong/Blog18 May 2013 | 1:55 amOver the past few week or so VMware has release some really useful technical white papers focused around VMware Horizon View. I just wanted to bring these to your attention in case you messed the announcements. Virtual Machine Graphics Acceleration Deployment Guide VMware Horizon View 5.2 Performance & Best Practices A Performance Deep Dive on Hardware Accelerated 3D Graphics VMware Horizon View Optimization Guide for Windows 7 and Windows 8 If you have an Horizon View environment, I would highly recommend you give these papers a read to ensure you are following all of the VMware's…
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VMware PowerCLI Blog
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Vote PowerCLI at VMworld 2013
2 May 2013 | 12:41 pmIts time to vote for VMworld sessions again and this year there are a whopping 13 PowerCLI related sessions in the public voting for you to select, that’s a lot more than last year. There is a good variety of sessions from learning up to the expert, from VMware engineers (The guys who wrote PowerCLI) and also customers who use PowerCLI. Personally I would like to accept all of them but hey, its down to you so go to the VMworld Voting Page sign in and vote for your top sessions. I’m looking forward to automation and fun filled VMworld this year! 4887 The PowerCLI – vSphere API… -
Joining ESXi hosts to a domain and granting permissions with PowerCLI
30 Apr 2013 | 12:26 pmRecently I was asked by an administrator to help him automate the process of joining ESXi Hosts or as PowerCLI refers to them “VMhosts” to a domain and granting permissions for a domain user with PowerCLI. In this post I am going to show you how this can be done with a few lines of code and also share my lessons learned throughout this process. Let’s assume that you have list of VMhost IP addresses and all VMhosts have the same local administrator credentials, you want to join them to a domain and grant permissions for a domain user or group account assigning it a specific role. In the… -
VDS Export/Import with PowerCLI
29 Mar 2013 | 2:06 pmOne of the great new features introduced in vSphere 5.1 was the ability to export and import the configuration of your vSphere Distributed Switch (VDS) and port groups to a file. This gives you a quick restore method in case of issues or misconfigurations and also allows you to copy the entire VDS or port group configuration to a new VDS. This feature is detailed by this VMware KB and is available via the vSphere Web Client, below you can see how we would do this via the web client: Exporting the configuration with PowerCLI With the introduction of the VDS cmdlets in PowerCLI 5.1 R2 we can… -
PowerCLI Lab Online – Sign up now for the public beta
25 Mar 2013 | 10:12 amIf you were at VMworld in 2012 you may have attended the Hands on Labs (HOL), this is normally one of the most popular areas at VMworld as it’s a time when people can use the applications they don’t currently have installed in their own environments, they can use a virtual environment to follow instructions and see how the applications really work. One of the most popular labs at VMworld is always the PowerCLI Lab, this was no exception in 2012, every year the PowerCLI team does a great job of adding new features to the latest version of PowerCLI and this is always a great way to check… -
PowerScripting Podcast–What’s new in PowerCLI 5.1 R2
22 Mar 2013 | 10:28 amIf you enjoy podcasts or have a long commute and don’t mind listening to people talk about PowerShell then I can highly recommend the PowerScripting Podcast, they have some great PowerShell information every week and if you have not listened before then you already have 219 podcasts to catch up on! Recently I had the pleasure of being interviewed on the PowerScripting Podcast by Hal and Jonathan, we talked about what was new with PowerCLI, what was cool in the world of PowerShell and also what I would do on a trip to Mars (I know – Random!). For more information and ways to download the…
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VMware vSphere Blog
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Download DMZ Design and Deployment Guide
20 May 2013 | 4:00 pmI am happy to announce the availability of the VMware vCloud Networking and Security – DMZ Design and Deployment Guide. This paper highlights how securing a virtual DMZ environment using vCloud Networking and Security can be a strategic enabler to your organization as it helps you to reduce your capital expenditure and increase agility, while building a cloud ready, secure and scalable environment for business applications. The paper also highlights the different design approaches to securing business critical applications and enables you to make the choice that is most suited to your… -
VXLAN Series – Multiple logical networks mapped to one Multicast group address – Part 4
13 May 2013 | 12:00 amIn this post I am going to address a common question about the security and performance impact when multiple logical Layer 2 networks are mapped to one multicast group address. As mentioned in earlier post here, vCloud Networking and Security (vCNS) Manager is responsible for mapping the logical Layer 2 networks to multicast group addresses. If you provide less number of multicast group addresses than the logical layer 2 networks, vCNS manager will assign the logical layer 2 networks to multicast addresses in a round robin fashion. For example, if there are 4 logical L2 networks (A1,A2,A3,A4)… -
How Smart Is Your Hadoop?
7 May 2013 | 3:33 pmEMC World kicked off today in Las Vegas, and much of this week’s buzz is focused squarely on big data. Specifically, VMware’s CEO Pat Gelsinger is hot on how to build big data solutions into the enterprise as a service. During his keynote, Gelsinger and VMware data architect Michael West showed attendees how smart organizations will be deploying and managing Hadoop clusters in the future that will dramatically improve time-to-insight and productivity. What they demonstrated was Apache Hadoop running on Serengeti on vSphere. What attendees saw was some innovative thinking about how to get… -
VXLAN Series – Multicast usage in VXLAN – Part 3
6 May 2013 | 12:13 pmI covered some basics on Multicast in the last blog entry here. Let’s now take a look how multicast is utilized in VXLAN deployments. During the configuration of VXLAN, it is required to allocate a multicast address range and also define the number of logical Layer 2 networks that will be created. For more details on the configuration steps please refer to the VXLAN Deployment Guide. Ideally, one logical Layer 2 network is associated with one multicast group address. Sixteen million logical Layer 2 networks can be identified in VXLAN, using 24 bit field in the encapsulation header, but the… -
Using App Firewall with VXLAN Networks
6 May 2013 | 7:45 amVMware vCloud Networking and Security App Firewall is a hypervisor-based firewall that protects applications in the virtual datacenter from network-based attacks. In this blog, let’s look at how to micro-segment a VXLAN network to deploy a 3-tier application using vCloud Networking and Security 5.1 App Firewall. Use Case Each application is deployed using a separate VXLAN network as shown below. To keep the diagram simple, only one application is shown below. The application has three tiers – web, app and db. Enforce the following separation between tiers of the application…
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VMware Security & Compliance Blog
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vSphere 5.1 Hardening Guide goes mobile!
30 Apr 2013 | 1:05 pmHi, It has been a couple of weeks since the release of the vSphere 5.1 Hardening Guide. Right around that time there was a call for updated content for the VMware Mobile Knowledge Portal app Well, I really wanted to see the updated Hardening Guide available on that platform. That presented a challenge. For most customers, the format of releasing it as an Excel spreadsheet meets their need but have you looked at a spreadsheet on an iPad? Not a pretty sight. So, using Microsoft Word’s Mail Merge capability I whipped up a proof of concept and showed it to a couple of folks. When your… -
VMware Common Criteria Update – April 2013
23 Apr 2013 | 9:36 amThe following is an article from Eric Betts, who manages VMware’s Common Criteria certification program. Feed back to VMware’s announcement of vSphere 5.1 achieving “In-Evaluation” has been overwhelmingly successful. However, it also caused quite a flurry of questions regarding the change in EAL level from EAL4+ to EAL2+ and questions on EAL4 vs. EAL2. This blog posting will help with clarifying VMware’s position and overview of reform changes in-progress with Common Criteria. Information Technology (IT) customers often leverage third party validations, such as Common… -
VMware CP&C releases VMware vSphere 5.1 Hardening Guide Compliance toolkit in VCM!
15 Apr 2013 | 8:35 pmThe VMware Center for Policy & Compliance (CP&C) is pleased to announce, the most awaited and anticipated content of the year, the release of VMware vSphere 5.1 Hardening Guide Compliance toolkit in VMware vCenter Configuration Manager (VCM), a key component in the VMware vCenter Operations Suite. (vC Ops). As a critical component of the vC Ops suite, VCM is the FIRST product in the market today to have the official GA version of the vSphere 5.1 Hardening Guidelines. The package comes in 4 versions: Full – Has all recommendations present in the hardening guide Profile… -
vSphere 5.1 Hardening Guide – Official Release
15 Apr 2013 | 1:26 pmHi, I’m pleased to announce to availability of the official release of the vSphere 5.1 Hardening Guide. The guide is being released as an Excel spreadsheet only. This guide follows the same format as the 5.0 guide. All reference and documentation URL’s and code samples have been updated for 5.1. The guide is available here The permanent home will be here soon: http://vmware.com/go/securityguides Also available is a separate document containing the Change Log for the guide. The Change Log is available here Thanks to everyone who contributed feedback on the Public Drafts and also… -
vSphere 5.1 Hardening Guide Release Candidate now available
28 Mar 2013 | 6:41 amI would like to announce the release of the Rev B/Release Candidate for the vSphere 5.1 Security Hardening Guide. This guide should be functionally complete and has been posted for your review and your feedback. We’d love to hear your feedback, good and bad, on the contents of the guide. I would encourage you to post your reply in the Security and Compliance Communities forum but if you have more sensitive concerns, send it to me at mfoley@vmware.com. The intent is to publish the final GA copy in two weeks with any changes/updates incorporated so get your inputs in as soon as possible!
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VMware VROOM! Blog
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VMware Horizon View 5.2 Performance & Best Practices and A Performance Deep Dive on Hardware Accelerated 3D Graphics
13 May 2013 | 11:52 pmVMware Horizon View 5.2 simplifies desktop and application management while increasing security and control and delivers a personalized high fidelity experience for end-users across sessions and devices. It enables higher availability and agility of desktop services unmatched by traditional PCs while reducing the total cost of desktop ownership and end-users can enjoy new levels of productivity and the freedom to access desktops from more devices and locations while giving IT greater policy control. Recently, we published two whitepapers to provide a performance deep-dive on Horizon View 5.2… -
Virtualized Hadoop Performance with vSphere 5.1
19 Apr 2013 | 10:49 amIn an earlier paper on a small seven-host cluster it was shown that Hadoop can be virtualized with little overhead, and that better-than-native performance can be achieved with the right configuration. However, the reasons for the observed performance behavior were not well understood. Recently, this work was refreshed with a larger cluster of 32 high-performance hosts running VMware vSphere® 5.1. The performance of native and several virtual configurations was compared for three applications. The apples-to-apples case of a single virtual machine per host shows performance close to that of… -
Performance Enhancements in View 5.2
4 Mar 2013 | 4:27 pmView 5.2 became generally available today, and we wanted to take this opportunity to present a high-level overview of some of the performance enhancements that debut with View 5.2 and PCoIP. In this release, PCoIP’s image cache has been significantly improved to allow users on memory constrained devices to run with much smaller cache sizes; firstly, support was introduced to efficiently handle situations where image content is shifted vertically, as occurs during scroll operations. Secondly, View 5.2 debuts improved cache compression algorithms that provide significant additional… -
Technical deep dive on VMware VIew Planner
26 Feb 2013 | 3:28 pmIn our prior VMworld sessions and performance white papers, we have presented user experience performance results based on VMware View® Planner, a tool that can generate workloads that are representative of many user-initiated operations in VDI environments. While we have discussed briefly about this tool in prior occasions, there have been many requests to get the architectural details and inner working of the tool. To provide more deep dive and technical details on View Planner, we have recently published an article in the recent release of VMware technical journal (VMTJ Winter… -
Exploring Generational Differences in Performance and Energy Efficiency Using VMware VMmark 2.5
12 Feb 2013 | 12:50 pmEach new generation of servers brings advances in hardware components. For IT professionals purchasing or managing new generations of hardware, it’s vital to understand how these incremental hardware improvements translate into real-world gains in the datacenter. Using the VMware VMmark 2.5 virtualization benchmark, we compared performance and energy efficiency of two different generations of servers in four-node clusters. VMmark 2.5 is a multi-host virtualization benchmark that uses varied application workloads as well as common datacenter operations to model the demands of the datacenter.
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VMblog.com - Virtualization News and Information for Everyone
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Veeam Announces Veeam Backup & Replication v7 with Built-in WAN Acceleration
20 May 2013 | 4:55 pmVeeam Software , innovative provider of backup, replication and virtualization management solutions for VMware vSphere and Microsoft Hyper-V, today... Read more at VMblog.com. -
Veeam Enables Dramatically Better RPOs with Backup from Storage Snapshots
20 May 2013 | 4:54 pmVeeam Software, innovative provider of backup, replication and virtualization management solutions for VMware vSphere and Microsoft Hyper-V, today... Read more at VMblog.com. -
Dell Combines End-to-End Security and High Performance with New Dell Wyse ThinOS 8 and Dual-Core Thin Client
20 May 2013 | 4:53 pmDell today announced the latest addition to its Cloud Client Computing portfolio, Dell Wyse ThinOS 8 firmware and the Dell Wyse D10D thin client.... Read more at VMblog.com. -
Dell to Deliver Public Cloud through Partner Ecosystem
20 May 2013 | 4:51 pmDell is launching the Dell Cloud Partner Program to deliver public cloud Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) through an ecosystem of partners. Acting... Read more at VMblog.com. -
Nutanix Virtual Computing Platform Receives Citrix Ready Verification
20 May 2013 | 4:50 pmNutanix , a leading provider of hyper-efficient, massively scalable and elegantly simple datacenter infrastructure solutions, today announced that it Read more at VMblog.com.
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News
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Rackspace Cloud SDK for .NET Released
16 May 2013 | 9:38 amRackspace Cloud SDK for Microsoft .NET is a tool suite for .NET developers working with the OpenStack cloud OS. -
Microsoft Reopening Build Registration on May 15
14 May 2013 | 3:50 pmMicrosoft will release additional tickets for its Build conference. -
Accelerate Code Builds with IncrediBuild
13 May 2013 | 12:00 amXoreax Software releases version 4.6 of its code-build-acceleration product. -
New Release 'Cadence' Begins with Visual Studio 2012 Update 2
10 May 2013 | 10:03 amMicrosoft exec also says Visual Studio 2012 has been downloaded more than 4 million times since its release. -
Windows 'Blue' Set for 2013 Release
8 May 2013 | 2:24 pmMicrosoft also says it's sold more than 100 million Windows 8 licenses.
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blog.scottlowe.org
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Examining Open vSwitch Traffic Patterns
15 May 2013 | 8:52 amIn this post, I want to provide some additional insight on how the use of Open vSwitch (OVS) affects—or doesn’t affect, in some cases—how a Linux host directs traffic through physical interfaces, OVS internal interfaces, and OVS bridges. This is something that I had a hard time understanding as I started exploring more advanced OVS configurations, and hopefully the information I share here will be helpful to others. To help structure this discussion, I’m going to walk through a few different OVS configurations and scenarios. In these scenarios, I’ll use the… -
Using pf on OS X Mountain Lion
15 May 2013 | 6:00 amI’ve written before about adding an extra layer of network security to your Macintosh by leveraging the BSD-level ipfw firewall, in addition to the standard GUI firewall and additional third-party firewalls (like Little Snitch). In OS X Lion and OS X Mountain Lion, though, ipfw was deprecated in favor of pf, the powerful packet filter that I believe originated on OpenBSD. (OS X’s version of pf is ported from FreeBSD.) In this article, I’m going to show you how to use pf on OS X. Note that this is just one way of leveraging pf, not necessarily the only way of doing it. I… -
Joint OpenStack Denver and Infracoders Denver Meetup
14 May 2013 | 8:19 amNext Monday, May 20, the OpenStack Denver meetup group will gather jointly with the inaugural meeting of the Infracoders Denver meetup group for a talk titled “Infrastructure as Code with Chef and OpenStack.” The joint meeting will be held at Innovation Pavilion in Centennial/Englewood (location information here). The event will start at 7PM. Giving the presentation will be none other than Joshua Timberman of OpsCode (@jtimberman on Twitter). Joshua will be speaking on Chef, a system integration framework that is commonly used in “infrastructure as code” environments… -
Using GRE Tunnels with Open vSwitch
7 May 2013 | 3:59 pmI’m back with another “how to” article on Open vSwitch (OVS), this time taking a look at using GRE (Generic Routing Encapsulation) tunnels with OVS. OVS can use GRE tunnels between hosts as a way of encapsulating traffic and creating an overlay network. OpenStack Quantum can (and does) leverage this functionality, in fact, to help separate different “tenant networks” from one another. In this write-up, I’ll walk you through the process of configuring OVS to build a GRE tunnel to build an overlay network between two hypervisors running KVM. Naturally, any… -
Very Early Thoughts about EMC ViPR
6 May 2013 | 4:44 pmEMC announced ViPR today, the culmination of the not-so-secret Project Bourne and its lesser-known predecessor, Project Orion. Although I used to work at EMC before I joined VMware earlier this year, I never really had deep access to what was going on with this project, so my thoughts here are strictly based on what’s been publicly disclosed. Naturally, given that the product was only announced today, these are very early thoughts. Naturally, Chad Sakac has a write-up on ViPR and what led up to its creation. It’s worth having a read, but allocate plenty of time (it is a bit on the…
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Eric Sloof - NTPRO.NL
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New Technical White Paper - Securing the DMZ with VMware vCloud Networking and Security
20 May 2013 | 11:30 pmThis paper demonstrates how securing a virtual DMZ environment using VMware vCloud Networking and Security can help your organization reduce capital expenditure and increase agility, while building a cloud-ready, secure and scalable environment for business applications. It also highlights the different design approaches to securing business-critical applications and enables you to make suitable choices for your organization regarding the cloud. Further, it provides configuration guidance to help you with your deployment. VMware customer experience and independent… -
Free e-learning course - vCloud Networking and Security Fundamentals
20 May 2013 | 12:44 amThe vCloud Networking and Security Fundamentals course covers VMware’s vision of a Software Defined Datacenter (SDDC) and explains key features of vCloud Networking and Security Suite. This course also examines various methods for implementing vCloud Networking and Security. This course consists of the following modules: vCloud Networking and Security Vision describes the challenges that vCloud Networking and Security addresses, its key concepts, and the customer benefits. vCloud Networking and Security Overview explains workload networking and security requirements, describes vCloud… -
New Technical White Paper - Virtual Machine Graphics Acceleration Deployment Guide
20 May 2013 | 12:11 amThe purpose of this document is to explain the various types of virtual machine graphics acceleration available, how to implement and troubleshoot them, and to provide knowledge around the benefits offered by each technology. The capability for 3D graphics and video in VMware Horizon View further expands the use cases and target users that IT can deliver with virtual desktops. In addition to expanding the target use cases, 3D augments the virtual desktop user interface by enabling a more graphically rich experience.Graphics Acceleration in Horizon View Virtual Machines:… -
Dutch - Een bar met geniën
17 May 2013 | 8:00 amVMware-expert Eric Sloof neemt tijdens VMware Forum deel aan een nieuw initiatief: de 'Genius bar'. In onderstaande blogpost legt hij uit wat dit inhoudt: "Begin juni staat iets leuks te gebeuren! Je kunt namelijk op 4 juni gratis het VMware Forum in Den Bosch bezoeken. Deze dag geeft je de gelegenheid om met leveranciers te praten en technische sessies bij te wonen, maar als klap op de vuurpijl is er dit jaar een zogenaamde Genius bar ingericht. De term Genius bar is komen overwaaien uit Amerika waar op evenementen als VMworld een speciale stand aanwezig is met VMware-specialisten die… -
Windows 7 and Windows 8 Optimization Guide for Horizon View Virtual Desktops
16 May 2013 | 1:14 amThis guide provides guidelines for configuring a standard Windows image for use in a VMware Horizon View infrastructure. It gives administrators the information necessary to create a standard Windows image, whether by leveraging the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) or by utilizing a script-based approach to optimize traditionally installed Windows virtual machines. The recommended configuration settings optimize the operating system to enhance overall scalability and performance in a Horizon View implementation. The procedures described in this guide apply to the…
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Virtualfuture.info
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Login VSI 4.0 released!
2 May 2013 | 4:38 amLogin VSI B.V. announces 4.0, a major new release of its flagship product Login VSI, the industry standard performance and scalability testing tool for Virtual Desktop Infrastructures and Server Based Computing environments. The design of this new release has been ... -
Change properties in VMware Horizon Workspace
23 Apr 2013 | 6:36 amThe following error appeared in the VMware Horizon Configurator Webpage after I upgraded vCenter 5.0 to vCenter 5.1: Error detail: Cannot login to vCenter Server. Please confirm vCenter Server is running. See catalina.out log for the full stack trace. I ... -
VMware View Desktop plugin for vSphere Web Client
22 Apr 2013 | 8:26 amToday I installed the VMware View Desktops Plug-in on the vSphere Web Client. This plugin is a Technical Preview included with Horizon View 5.2. After installing this plugin you can use the vSphere Web Client to search for a View ... -
Site-failover a VMware View Stateful desktop, not supported?!
4 Mar 2013 | 4:00 amIn this blogpost I describe the challenge with stateful desktops in a multi-datacenter View environment: VMware doesn’t support it! Stateful vs. Stateless In my opinion, a stateful desktop is a desktop, usually with a static user assignment, where the user ... -
Secure your VMware View security server!
5 Feb 2013 | 1:16 amRecently, one of my customers had a security scan performed on the infrastructure and the result was that the VMware View security server was configured to support a couple of weak cipher suites. As it turns out, there is a ...
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A few VDI tips
30 Apr 2013 | 1:16 pmVDI is still hard work. This technology had carried with it major challenges that must be overcome. Here are a few tips. -
VMware Product Primer - vSphere Storage Appliance
30 Apr 2013 | 1:11 pmWhat, exactly, is VMware's vSphere Storage Appliance? Is it a hypervisor? Is it a storage array? Is it both? Read on to learn more. -
This week kicks off a geek movie lover's paradise!
30 Apr 2013 | 12:54 pmIn a departure from normal virtualization fare, let's talk about the movies that are coming out during the summer of 2013! -
High level comparison of HyperV and vSphere 51
30 Apr 2013 | 12:21 pmHyper-V's maximum configuration has become an impressive thing, indeed! -
Get details of a virtual machine using PowerCLI
30 Apr 2013 | 11:50 amPowerCLI is a powerful tool in the virtual admins arsenal. Read on to learn more.
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4 VDI Success Tips from an Insider
20 May 2013 | 4:25 pmTime has been our greatest teacher and has taught us some valuable lessons as far as what works in virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI). -
Disaster Recovery as a Service Considerations
15 May 2013 | 9:25 amThere are lots of DRaaS providers, but not all are create equal. Here are some ideas for pinpointing the one that will fulfill your needs in event of a disaster. -
Hidden Jewel: vCenter Server Status
13 May 2013 | 11:36 amGetting an immediate health check on your virtualized environment means never having to say, "I did not know that." That's what vCenter Server Status does. -
DaaS vs. IaaS for Desktops
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Expanding VMFS Volumes: Do or Do Not?
6 May 2013 | 6:10 pmIt's one of the things I don't recommend, even thought the feature is built into vSphere. Still, don't do it
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The State of Security
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Does Anybody Really Care About Vulnerability Scoring?
20 May 2013 | 9:05 pmI’ve been involved in vulnerability scoring discussions more times than I can count. Colleagues, customers, conference-goers, and complete strangers all want to discuss the topic and I can’t say I blame them… the topic is interesting. So after numerous blog posts on other subjects, it’s probably time to tackle the issue in an open forum… Read More -
Passing NERC CIP Audits via Automation
20 May 2013 | 9:00 pmThis presentation will provide attendees with the keys to achieving and maintaining NERC CIP compliance using Tripwire solutions. Jeff Simon, Tripwire Director of Services Solutions, and Jason Iler, Principal Services Engineer, will discuss their experiences in working with registered entities to reduce the time and effort required to pass NERC CIP audits through the appropriate… Read More -
VM.2: To Cloud or Not to Cloud? That is the Question…
19 May 2013 | 9:05 pmIn my second vulnerability management blog post (part one here), I’ll focus on-premise vs. cloud-based questions and try cover some the most common questions and concerns in these areas. With every industry ‘moving to the cloud’, it should come as no surprise that many cloud-based vulnerability management solutions are readily available. For most decision makers,… Read More -
Five Quick Wins from Verizon’s 2013 Data Breach Investigations Report
19 May 2013 | 9:05 pmIt’s that time of year again – new 2013 IT Security reports – trends, breach investigations, and more on 2012 data from Verizon, Symantec, Ponemon, Mandiant, PWC (focused on Europe) – and others have been published. In the interest of those of us with short attention spans, in this post I’ll focus on Verizon’s 2013… Read More -
On Defending Against Unintended Consequences
19 May 2013 | 9:00 pmWith all the precautions you can take to actively protect sensitive data on your web server, sometimes there are unintended consequences of your actions that may result in information disclosure. Consider this scenario: Adam is the administrator of a WordPress-based website. The database credentials have changed and Adam needs to update the WordPress configuration for… Read More
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ZDNet | Virtually Speaking Blog RSS
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Desktone DaaS supports private, public and hybrid clouds
20 May 2013 | 11:50 amDesktop as a Service is a cloud model that hasn't caught on the way Desktone and others would have liked. Where and how data is stored and who has access to it has been of concern. Desktone has enhanced its offerings to make this choice more acceptable to everyone. -
IBM launches SmartCloud Entry 3.1: A cloud solution for all seasons
17 May 2013 | 3:30 pmToday IBM launches SmartCloud Entry 3.1, which is an easy to deploy, easy to use, easy to manage, and easy to adopt cloud solution. -
Delta Airlines and slippery pricing
17 May 2013 | 12:15 pmFlights are offered at one price on Delta Air Lines' website. When a purchase is attempted, the price goes up. Company claims focus groups said this was acceptable behavior. -
VMware's vCloudDirector has me confused
16 May 2013 | 8:49 pmAfter working with VMware's vCloudDirector for a while, I'm still confused. -
IBM PureSystems, SAP and business transformation
15 May 2013 | 11:30 amOrganizations seeking to reduce costs while also increasing flexibility find that they need to embark on a journey to a virtualized environment. IBM, in conjunction with SAP, just announced the IBM Systems for SAP Business Suite and SAP HANA, which are designed to assist.
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Yellow Bricks
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EMC ViPR; My take
15 May 2013 | 4:56 amWhen I started writing this article I knew people were going to say that I am biased considering I work for VMware (EMC owns a part of VMware), but so be it. It is not like that has ever stopped me from posting anything about potential competitors so it also will not stop me now either. After seeing all the heated debates on twitter between the various storage vendors I figured it wouldn’t hurt to try to provide my perspective. I am looking at this from a VMware Infrastructure point of view and with my customer hat on. Considering I have huge interest in Software Defined Storage… -
vSphere HA – VM Monitoring sensitivity
14 May 2013 | 5:30 amLast week there was a question on VMTN about VM Monitoring sensitivity. I could have sworn I did an article on that exact topic, but I couldn’t find it. I figured I would do a new one with a table explaining the levels of sensitivity that you can configure VM Monitoring to. The question that was asked was based on a false positive response of VM Monitoring, in this case the virtual machine was frozen due to the consolidation of snapshots and VM Monitoring responded by restarting the virtual machine. As you can imagine the admin wasn’t too impressed as it caused downtime for his… -
vSphere 5.1 Storage DRS Interoperability
13 May 2013 | 5:30 amA while back I did this article on Storage DRS Interoperability. I had questions last week about this so I figured I would write a new article which reflects the current state (vSphere 5.1). I also included some details that are part of the interoperability white paper Frank and I did so that we have a fairly complete picture. This white paper is on 5.0, it will probably be updated at some point in the future. The first column describes the feature or functionality, the second column the recommended or supported automation mode and the third and fourth column show which type of balancing is… -
DRS not taking CPU Ready Time in to account? Need your help!
9 May 2013 | 6:58 amFor years these rumors have been floating around that DRS does not take CPU Ready Time (%RDY) in to account when it comes load balancing the virtual infrastructure. Fact is that %RDY has always been a part of the DRS algorithm but not as a first class citizen but as part of CPU Demand, which is a combination of various metrics but includes %RDY. Still, one might ask why %RDY is not a first class citizen. There is a good reason though that %RDY isn’t, just think about what DRS is and does and how it actually goes about balancing out the environment, trying to please all virtual machines. -
Tested / Supported / Certified by VMware? (caching / dr solutions)
8 May 2013 | 4:35 amLately I have been receiving more and more questions around support for specific “hypervisor side” solutions. With that meaning, how VMware deals with solutions which are installed within the hypervisor. I have always found it very difficult to dig up details around this both externally and internally. I figured it was time to try to make things a bit more clear, if possible at all. For VMware Technology Partners there are various programs they can join. Some of the programs include a rigid VMware test/certification process which results in being listed on the VMware Compatibility…
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CohesiveFT Blog
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A hybrid strategy
20 May 2013 | 8:00 amIt seems that the debate on Twitter over hybrid cloud rumbles on. I might have hoped that this was the end of it: But then a few days ago we're back to the usual: I felt obliged to reply: This brings me back to a point I made during a panel session at ODCA Forecast last year. There's a difference between a hybrid cloud and a hybrid strategy: A hybrid cloud is a public and private cloud munged together so that they (ostensibly) work as some sort of unified thing. It's a bit of a mythical beast as most private clouds work very differently to public clouds, so there's usually a massive impedance… -
Google Compute Engine - first impressions
17 May 2013 | 3:50 amOne of the announcements that seemed to get lost in the noise at this week's IO conference was that Google Compute Engine (GCE) is now available for everyone. I took it for a quick test drive yesterday, and here are some of my thoughts about what I found. Web interface The web UI is less bad than most of the other public clouds I've tried of late, but it's nowhere near as good as AWS. I see a number of places where I think 'that works fine now whilst I'm just playing, but I'm not going to like that when I'm using this in anger and I've got LOTS of stuff to manage'. One thing I like… -
Image management - an introduction
15 May 2013 | 9:00 amOne of the key elements of any cloud is an image library, which gives users the choice of what software they get when they start a virtual machine[1]. With a popular cloud like Amazon's EC2 there are thousands of images (in their case called Amazon Machine Images [AMIs]) to choose from: Most image libraries start out with bare operating systems, but it's possible to add additional functionality such as middleware or complete applications (often referred to as 'virtual appliances'): Amazon these days has a shop front for images ranging from bare operating systems to complete virtual appliances… -
Chef versus Puppet, a different take
9 May 2013 | 9:00 amWhen I wrote 'An adventure with Chef' at the end of last month I promised that I'd also take a look at Puppet. I've read a ton of articles online comparing these two DevOps platforms, and filtering for outrageous advocacy it seemed that the unbiased opinions tilted in favour of Puppet, so I was expecting to like it. First impressions of Puppet were good. I found the Learning Puppet guide (in combination with the Learning Puppet VM) an easier on ramp than the Chef quick start guide, though it progressed quickly to fairly challenging exercises that illustrated the power of the tool. I was… -
In Cloud Networking, Security Needs to be a Combined Effort
7 May 2013 | 8:00 amFrom our life in the cloud, layers of security are best. Cloud computing infrastructure is elastic, scalable, highly available, and accessible - but is it safe? The undisputed largest barrier to business cloud migration is security. From the IDG Enterprise Cloud Computing Study last January, 70% of respondents said security is a barrier to implementing cloud strategies. Security, customization and control were the conceptual backdrop to the creation of our own software-defined networking product (VNS3). As we began to put our own computing systems into the cloud, we were uncomfortable…
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VMware Videos - Virtualization News and How-To
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vChat – Episode 35 – Josh Atwell at SFLVMUG Talking vCO and Career Success
6 May 2013 | 7:01 amIn vChat #35, I sit down with vExpert, Blogger (at vtesseract.com), vBrownbag leader, VCE Guru, and virtualization evangelist to chat. We cover his presentation at the VMUG of “How to Become a vRockstar with vCenter Orchestrator” and my presentation “Secrets to a Successful Career in Tech“. vChat is a regular virtualization video chat covering VMware vSphere, Cloud Computing, Virtualization News, and maybe some geeky humor. Regular contributors are 3 vExperts – Simon Seagrave (TechHead.co), Eric Siebert (vSphere-Land.com), and David Davis (VMwareVideos.com). -
Secrets to a Successful Career in Tech by David Davis (@davidmdavis)
6 May 2013 | 6:33 amIn April 2013 I was invited to give the keynote address at the South Florida Regional VMware User Group (VMUG) in West Palm Beach, FL. Honored to do so, I spoke on a topic that I feel passionate about – The “Secrets to a Successful Career in Tech”. There were roughly 400 attendees at the S FL VMUG that say, which took place at the West Palm Beach Convention Center (a beautiful venue with beautiful weather). It was also great to speak along with fellow vExpert Josh Atwell of the N Carolina VMUG, who did a fantastic job on the noon-day keynote – “How to Become a… -
VIDEO: How to Upgrade vCenter Operations Manager by VCDX Jason Nash
28 Mar 2013 | 7:00 amIn this free video from the TrainSignal VMware vCenter Operations Manager Training, VCDX Jason Nash demonstrates the steps necessary to perform a vCenter Ops Manager lab upgrade. -
Veeam Announces vCloud Director Support in Backup v7
28 Mar 2013 | 6:35 amIn the latest announcement by Veeam, they announced that in the next version of their ever-popular Veeam Backup and Recovery, version 7, they will include support for VMware vCloud Director. For some time I have been wishing that backup vendors would support the backup of vCD and I believe that Veeam is the first. I look forward to testing (and maybe even creating video training) on this exciting new feature! Here’s a video that talks about how it will work: Additionally, a new video interview has been posted of Veeam evangelist, Doug Hazelman (or @VMDoug as many people know him on… -
Free Introduction to Virtualization Video Training by @DavidMDavis
19 Mar 2013 | 6:47 amNew to virtualization? Here is where you get started! Watch all 5 of my free introduction to virtualization videos to learn about hypervisors, virtualizing servers, testing and deploying, what VMware offers, how to build a virtualization lab in VMware Workstation, and the virtualization certifications offered by VMware and Microsoft. Lesson 1 – Server Virtualization and Hypervisors Testing and Deploying Server Virtualization Understanding VMware Virtualization Solutions Building a Virtualization Lab with VMware Workstation Virtualization Certifications from VMware and Microsoft
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VMwareTips
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VMware KB Digest – New Articles Published for Week Ending 5/18/13
20 May 2013 | 7:04 amIn our effort to provide our viewers with up to the minute information on VMware related news and topics, we’re posting the following list of new KB Entries for this week, direct from VMware Support. http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/VmwareKnowledgebaseWeeklyDigest?d=yIl2AUoC8zA VMware Data Recovery Migrating restore points from VMware Data Recovery to vSphere Data Protection (2051891) Date Published: 5/16/2013 VMware ESX Support for Hot Add Memory and Hot Add vCPU specifications on different editions of Windows Server 2008 R2 (2051989) Date Published: 5/15/2013 ESX/ESXi log messages: Out… -
VMware KB Digest – New Articles Published for Week Ending 5/11/13
13 May 2013 | 5:52 amIn our effort to provide our viewers with up to the minute information on VMware related news and topics, we’re posting the following list of new KB Entries for this week, direct from VMware Support. http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/VmwareKnowledgebaseWeeklyDigest?d=yIl2AUoC8zA My VMware Viewing Subscription Services in My VMware (2045030) Date Published: 5/10/2013 Viewing Subscription Service details in My VMware (2045031) Date Published: 5/10/2013 Requesting Subscription Service Add-ons in My VMware (2045033) Date Published: 5/10/2013 Viewing Subscription Services billing statements in… -
VMware KB Digest – New Articles Published for Week Ending 5/4/13
6 May 2013 | 5:52 amIn 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 v2 A person’s messages and comments are not showing in the Home Stream even though you follow the person in Socialcast (2043528) Date Published: 4/30/2013 VMware ESX VMware ESX 4.1, Patch Release ESX410-201304401-SG: Updates VMkernel, CIM, Tools, and others (2045251) Date Published: 4/30/2013 Python rpm conflict warning message when upgrading from ESX 4.0 GA to… -
VMware Support Alert – ALERT: Login issue after updating to vCenter 5.1 Update 1
29 Apr 2013 | 5:57 amIn our effort to provide our viewers with up to the minute information on VMware related news and topics, we’re posting the following Special Alert direct from VMware Support Insider. VMware has become aware of an issue that may occur after upgrading to vCenter Server 5.1 Update 1. Specifically: You are unable to log in using the vSphere Web Client or domain username/password credentials via the vSphere Client. This issue can occur if the specified vCenter Server login domain user account is associated with a large number of domain groups and multiple domains are configured as SSO… -
VMworld 2013 Public Voting Now Open
23 Apr 2013 | 2:26 pmIt’s that joyous time of year again! VMworld is fast approaching and Public Voting is NOW OPEN. This year I’ve submitted three different Ask the Expert sessions with focus on different topics, so there should be an Ask the Expert session for you! I’ve also submitted a great session on integrating two great technologies, vSphere Metro Cluster and VMware Horizon View, you should definitely vote for it if you’re planning on building a geo-clustered View environment. These sessions won’t be picked up unless you vote for them, I’d love to see you all in these…
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Vmware Scripting
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Columbus vBeers on May 20th @ 7pm
9 May 2013 | 7:01 amStart off the Central Ohio VMUG Users Conference a little early. Join the VMwareAdmins.com team at another edition of Columbus vBeers. This event is being held at the Gordon Biersch located in the Arena District. We will be located in the pool room located off the bar.… Read the restThe post Columbus vBeers on May 20th @ 7pm appeared first on vmware admins. -
Using ZFS filesystem as an NFS datastore for ESXi
13 Apr 2013 | 11:45 amUsing ZFS on Linux is an attractive solution for a high-performance NFS server due to several key factors: Cost, ability to use commodity hardware with free software Simplicity, quick install and easy to configure/manage Flexibility, ZFS offers a plethora of options for your filesystem needs In this case, I installed ZFS on CentOS 6.4 available here: http://isoredirect.centos.org/centos/6/isos/x86_64/ The hardware I used was a HP DL370 G6 with 11 3TB disks to be used for ZFS.… Read the restThe post Using ZFS filesystem as an NFS datastore for ESXi appeared first on vmware admins. -
Using a Self-Signed SSL Certificate with IBM Storage Management Console for Vmware vCenter
5 Apr 2013 | 8:45 amThe IBM Storage Management Console for Vmware vCenter adds a single-source of glass view into the IBM storage platform (in my case the StoreWize V7000) without leaving vCenter. However, the default installation ships with an unsigned SSL Certificate that does not function well with IE9/vCenter.… Read the restThe post Using a Self-Signed SSL Certificate with IBM Storage Management Console for Vmware vCenter appeared first on vmware admins. -
vCenter Operations Manager shows unlicensed, yet not showing as an asset in vSphere licensing page
5 Apr 2013 | 7:34 amI went to check out my vCenter Operations Manager deployment today, and it showed as unlicensed: vCenter Operations Manager shows unlicensed, yet not showing as an asset in vSphere licensing page Yet on the licensing page, Operations Manager does not even show as an asset: vCenter Operations Manager Not Showing On Licensing Asset Page A quick google search turns up the following Vmware KB Article And it turns out the resolution is quite simple: Resolution To generate an asset after first installing vCenter Operations you need to register it with vCenter Server: Browse to the IP of the UI… -
Corefig for Windows Server 2012 Core and Hyper-V Server 2012
26 Mar 2013 | 11:22 amI’ll admit it. I have spent very little time learning PowerShell. I fall back to the comfort of the Explore shell or using other peoples PowerShell scripts. For those of you diving into Microsoft Server Core can attest, not knowing PowerShell is kind of an issue.… Read the restThe post Corefig for Windows Server 2012 Core and Hyper-V Server 2012 appeared first on vmware admins.
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Virtualization
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what is VMware vSphere 5.1
13 May 2013 | 1:32 pmvSphere can be defined as a collection of hypervisor (ESXi) and associated suite of products where ESXi is a type 1 hypervisor. Following are vSphere 5.1 Components Originally Posted on ABCD of Cloud Computing. -
How To Install vCloud Director on RHEL 6.2 – No GUI
30 Apr 2013 | 10:52 amOne of my most popular articles (that I even turn to from time to time) is How To Install VMware vCloud Director 5.1 & 1.5 From Beginning to End. The article focused on installing with Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5. Since RHEL 6 is now a supported OS, it’s time for an update. RHEL 6 does not have a GUI installed. So the install process is a bit different, but not far off. You just have to know what you are doing with the CLI. Many of these steps follow the same steps as the original article, but need to be tweaked slightly. Step 1. Prepare the environment. Part A. Database. For… -
Host Deployments in a Software Defined Data Center (SDDC)
30 Apr 2013 | 10:31 amHost deployments in a Software Defined Data Center (SDDC): How do you deploy the hypervisors in your company? There are several different choices: installing from a CD, installing over the network, and/or Pre eXecution Environment (PXE), to name a few methods currently available. When there are not too many physical hypervisors to worry about, CD installation works just fine; the need for automated installation grows in direct correlation to the number of hosts. Once you have reached the point where automation is needed, PXE has been the tried and true method for hands-off automation… -
Cloud is designed to Fail
21 Apr 2013 | 9:56 amThe differents between a Datacenter design and Cloud design is Datacenters are build to prevent a failure instead assuming that something will fail. Datacenters are build with a lot of redundancies to prevent outage. One of the main concerns is business continuity. Companies rely on their information systems to run their operations. If a system becomes unavailable, company operations may be impaired or stopped completely. It is necessary to provide a reliable infrastructure for IT operations. It generally includes redundant or backup power supplies, redundant data communications… -
SSD, HOT OR NOT
9 Apr 2013 | 11:15 amSolid State Drives (SSDs) are immens populair these day’s. They are known for extreme performance. This is where SSDs shine. From that perspective it’s more then reasonable to think that there is a good future role for solid-state drives. The downside still is that SSDs are frakking expensive. But this is just a matter of time. Maybe we we’ll see a future were SSDs are Less expensive then HDDs. Just because we’ll consuming more SSDs then HDDs. Time will tell. A SSD uses what is called NAND-based flash memory. NAND Flash is a special form of Flash memory. This is a…
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The SLOG - SimonLong/Blog
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VMware Horizon View: New Technical White Papers
18 May 2013 | 1:55 amOver the past few week or so VMware has release some really useful technical white papers focused around VMware Horizon View. I just wanted to bring these to your attention in case you messed the announcements. Virtual Machine Graphics Acceleration Deployment Guide VMware Horizon View 5.2 Performance & Best Practices A Performance Deep Dive on Hardware Accelerated 3D Graphics VMware Horizon View Optimization Guide for Windows 7 and Windows 8 If you have an Horizon View environment, I would highly recommend you give these papers a read to ensure you are following all of the VMware's… -
My First Published Technical White Paper
18 May 2013 | 1:54 amToday my first official technical white paper got released on VMware.com – titled, Virtual Machine Graphics Acceleration Deployment Guide. It's been a long time coming. It was one of those papers where I could keep adding and adding to it. The paper talks about the following topics: Why 3D Matters for VMware Horizon View Understanding the Differences Between Soft 3D/SVGA, vDGA and vSGA Prerequisites Application Requirements and Use Cases vSGA Installation vDGA Installation (Tech Preview) VMware Horizon View Pool Configuration for vSGA Performance Tuning Tips Resource Monitoring… -
How Can I Run Multiple VMware Horizon View Clients At Once?
15 May 2013 | 6:15 amSomething I get asked regularly is, "How Can I Run Multiple VMware Horizon View Clients At Once?", so I thought I'd just put a quick post out in the hope that in the future people will come across this post before having to ask. Quite often users would like to have multiple View sessions open at once on the screen or across screens. By default the Horizon View client only allows you to see a single View session at any one time. You can swap between multiple sessions, but you will still only be able to see a single session at any one time. This is how you can run multiple VMware… -
vOpenData – Get Involved!!
14 May 2013 | 6:03 amA few weeks ago my RSS feeds were inundated with posts about vOpenData. I had decided to wait until the hype had died down a bit until I created a little reminder post to help keep the momentum going. What is vOpenData? vOpenData is an open community project that grew from the question "What is the average VMDK size for deployed virtual machines?" We wanted to create an open community database that is purely driven by users submitting their virtual infrastructure configurations. Leveraging the powerful virtualization community and applying simple analytics we are able to provide… -
Seeing Double??
13 May 2013 | 9:29 amJust lately I've been fortunate enough to visit South Korea to see a customer. Whilst I was there I had a little spare time to see some of the sights of Korea. One of the cool things I saw there was a something called Dual Play by LG .Below you can see a photo I took of Dual-Play. As you can see, there is a different picture displayed on each screen. In this case there was a racing game being played, so it's not soo obvious. But take it from me, each of those two windows were displaying different images. What's so cool about that I hear you ask…… Well lets take a step…
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United Virtual OfficeUnited Virtual Office
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The Rebirth of Phone Answering Services for Businesses
1 May 2013 | 5:16 amThe advent of cloud based telecommunications has seen small business and entrepreneurs revive the use of phone answering services. Many businesses that use virtual office answering services are left... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] -
How to Find the Right Virtual Office Receptionist
29 Apr 2013 | 2:55 amFinding the right virtual office receptionist is important in moving your business forward. Since the receptionist plays the role of a telephone contact person with the public,it’s important... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] -
Entrepreneurial Success Depends on Smart Hiring, Marketing and Risk
26 Apr 2013 | 12:59 amEvery company needs to take the risk of launching a product or service into the market and engaging in serious promotional activities to make sales. But you cannot do this without human resource. If... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] -
Telecommuting- Uncovering a Recruiter’s Secrets
24 Apr 2013 | 4:48 amA certain degree of tact is required when engaging in your first communication with a recruiter. There are certain things that people want to see, and hear, and certain things they don’t. Either way,... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] -
Makeover Your Brand Image with a San Francisco Virtual Office
22 Apr 2013 | 5:53 amRunning a business is quite a challenge, especially when one has to deal with various elements of the business such as finding office space and recruiting the right employees. However, things are... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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vmware admins
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Columbus vBeers on May 20th @ 7pm
9 May 2013 | 7:01 amStart off the Central Ohio VMUG Users Conference a little early. Join the VMwareAdmins.com team at another edition of Columbus vBeers. This event is being held at the Gordon Biersch located in the Arena District. We will be located in the pool room located off the bar.… Read the restThe post Columbus vBeers on May 20th @ 7pm appeared first on vmware admins. -
Using ZFS filesystem as an NFS datastore for ESXi
13 Apr 2013 | 11:45 amUsing ZFS on Linux is an attractive solution for a high-performance NFS server due to several key factors: Cost, ability to use commodity hardware with free software Simplicity, quick install and easy to configure/manage Flexibility, ZFS offers a plethora of options for your filesystem needs In this case, I installed ZFS on CentOS 6.4 available here: http://isoredirect.centos.org/centos/6/isos/x86_64/ The hardware I used was a HP DL370 G6 with 11 3TB disks to be used for ZFS.… Read the restThe post Using ZFS filesystem as an NFS datastore for ESXi appeared first on vmware admins. -
Using a Self-Signed SSL Certificate with IBM Storage Management Console for Vmware vCenter
5 Apr 2013 | 8:45 amThe IBM Storage Management Console for Vmware vCenter adds a single-source of glass view into the IBM storage platform (in my case the StoreWize V7000) without leaving vCenter. However, the default installation ships with an unsigned SSL Certificate that does not function well with IE9/vCenter.… Read the restThe post Using a Self-Signed SSL Certificate with IBM Storage Management Console for Vmware vCenter appeared first on vmware admins. -
vCenter Operations Manager shows unlicensed, yet not showing as an asset in vSphere licensing page
5 Apr 2013 | 7:34 amI went to check out my vCenter Operations Manager deployment today, and it showed as unlicensed: vCenter Operations Manager shows unlicensed, yet not showing as an asset in vSphere licensing page Yet on the licensing page, Operations Manager does not even show as an asset: vCenter Operations Manager Not Showing On Licensing Asset Page A quick google search turns up the following Vmware KB Article And it turns out the resolution is quite simple: Resolution To generate an asset after first installing vCenter Operations you need to register it with vCenter Server: Browse to the IP of the UI… -
Corefig for Windows Server 2012 Core and Hyper-V Server 2012
26 Mar 2013 | 11:22 amI’ll admit it. I have spent very little time learning PowerShell. I fall back to the comfort of the Explore shell or using other peoples PowerShell scripts. For those of you diving into Microsoft Server Core can attest, not knowing PowerShell is kind of an issue.… Read the restThe post Corefig for Windows Server 2012 Core and Hyper-V Server 2012 appeared first on vmware admins.
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virtualization.net
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Google I/O 2013 – Cloud Computing and High-Energy Particle Physics: ATLAS Experiment at CERN & GCE
21 May 2013 | 12:53 amGoogle I/O 2013 - Cloud Computing and High-Energy Particle Physics: ATLAS Experiment at CERN & GCE Andrew Hanushevsy, Garrick Evans, Sergey Pani... -
VMware vSOM: Virtualization and Cloud Data Center Management
20 May 2013 | 7:53 pmVMware vSOM: Virtualization and Cloud Data Center Management VMware vSOM (vSphere with Operations Management) empowers channel partners and customers... -
Create VM, Install Guest OS and Install VMware Tools
20 May 2013 | 2:53 pmCreate VM, Install Guest OS and Install VMware Tools [VSOM video series: http://bit.ly/15BqQUp] This video shows how to use the VMware vSphere web cl... -
Cloud Computing Senior
20 May 2013 | 9:53 amCloud Computing Senior Agilidade, flexibilidade e escalabilidade: em parceria com a IBM, a Senior oferece em Cloud Computing as soluçõe... -
Veeam Announces Veeam Backup & Replication v7 with Built-in WAN Acceleration
20 May 2013 | 8:18 amVeeam® Software, innovative provider of backup, replication and virtualization management solutions for VMware vSphere and Microsoft Hyper-V, today announced Veeam Backup & Replication™ v7,...
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Veeam Software Official Blog
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Countdown to v7 – Built-in WAN Acceleration
19 May 2013 | 5:21 pmToday we announced 2 disruptive innovations that will be available in Veeam Backup & Replication v7: Built-in WAN Acceleration and Backup from Storage Snapshots. Over the past few months, you may have seen our announcements regarding the 7 new market-leading features coming in v7; if not, you can check them out here: http://go.veeam.com/v7. There is tremendous interest in v7, and I wanted to offer some additional explanation here about our Built-in WAN Acceleration. Built-in WAN Acceleration Yes, we’re going to be including WAN acceleration in Veeam Backup & Replication v7. -
Hyper-V Server 2012 or Windows Server 2012 with Hyper-V?
14 May 2013 | 11:31 amThere has been a lot of talk about Hyper-V in its 2012 editions. One of the questions that I hear on a regular basis is about which version of Hyper-V to use. Usually the conversation goes something like this. “So Microsoft makes Hyper-V Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 with Hyper-V?” “Yes.” “Hyper-V Server 2012 is a free download, right?” “Right!” “So why would I want to use Windows Server 2012 to get Hyper-V?” The question is a good one, and it has a really good answer. Licensing! Here are the nitty gritty details. First this from the Microsoft Hyper-V Server2012… -
Countdown to v7: Virtual Labs for Replicas
7 May 2013 | 5:19 amIf you thought we would run out of awesome ideas for our solution, think again. We’re announcing the 7th feature in our Countdown to v7 today: Virtual Labs for Replicas (currently for VMware only). Our customers and partners have long been asking us to add “SureReplica” functionality - in other words, enable the SureBackup capability for replicas and not just for backups. However, we at Veeam saw a lot more potential for also using replicas to take advantage of resources that are currently being wasted. In v7, we’re taking the SureReplica feature request beyond automated replica… -
Veeam Content Roundup for April 2013
3 May 2013 | 7:34 amIn this installment of the Content Roundup for April 2013, we have no shortage of things going on with the Veeam Teeam! This is a good time as we are really ramping up to v7 of Veeam Backup & Replication, but there are still a lot of other things going on. We’ve had a number of events, a release of the MP, awesome news and some great product and thought leadership content to share. Just recently we celebrated the 5th birthday of Veeam Backup & Replication on May 2, hence why this post is a bit after the end of the month. Nobody likes someone taking attention away from their birthday… -
Happy Birthday Veeam Backup & Replication!
2 May 2013 | 2:33 amIt's been just over 5 years that Veeam Backup & Replication has been available. The time sure did seem to fly...in 5 years Veeam Backup & Replication now has over 63,000 customers protecting millions of VM's. It's been a great first 5 years and I'm very excited for the next 5. I'd like to thank Timothy Lutz and Paul Campanale for providing us with some great feedback. Timothy and Paul have both been long time customers... Timothy Lutz System Administrator Frontier Science Foundation Frontier Science is a non-profit organization that specializes in data management and…
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Official Web Hosting Blog by bodHOST
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Advantages of Hosting an ERP in the Cloud
18 May 2013 | 5:07 amWhat is an ERP System? Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) is a business management system, which is gaining a great value in industry especially with small medium enterprises (SMEs). Enterprises require planning, resource allocation, and project goals in order to achieve success. The ERP software plays a very crucial role in driving businesses towards success. Its [...]The post Advantages of Hosting an ERP in the Cloud appeared first on Official Web Hosting Blog by bodHOST. -
Does Cloud Hosting Really Help with Mobile Banking Security?
18 May 2013 | 4:49 amToday, mobility plays a significant role in the growth of many sectors, may it be the health, education, tourism or IT sector. Day-by-day as the new technologies like cloud computing are emerging, more people are traction by it. With the help of emerging technologies banks worldwide are now able to offer home-based online banking and [...]The post Does Cloud Hosting Really Help with Mobile Banking Security? appeared first on Official Web Hosting Blog by bodHOST. -
The Three levels of Cloud Computing : IaaS, PaaS, SaaS
16 May 2013 | 8:43 amThe cloud computing can be divided into three levels depending on the services offered by providers. From the innermost level to the outermost Cloud hosting services include: Infrastructure as a Service, Platform as a Service and Software as a Service. A brief description of each of these levels: Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS – Infrastructure [...]The post The Three levels of Cloud Computing : IaaS, PaaS, SaaS appeared first on Official Web Hosting Blog by bodHOST. -
What you should know when you are looking for Web Hosting.
15 May 2013 | 2:53 amEveryone now wants to have a website and many also think about starting their own business online but only few are capable enough to turn this into reality. If you also feel like giving your online venture a try and want to get your own business website you must know certain essential things to get [...]The post What you should know when you are looking for Web Hosting. appeared first on Official Web Hosting Blog by bodHOST. -
Basics of Web Hosting in the Cloud.
13 May 2013 | 5:47 amWith the quick rise in Cloud Computing use cases and user interest it wasn’t unusual for hosting to be done in the cloud as well. All the benefits of the cloud platform like flexibility, scalability and on-demand resources can be applied effectively to web hosting services and make it a much better alternative to traditional [...]The post Basics of Web Hosting in the Cloud. appeared first on Official Web Hosting Blog by bodHOST.
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Everything Should Be Virtual
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vSphere 5.1 Network Designs
17 May 2013 | 4:30 pmI will be adding some vSphere 5.1 Network Design ideas in this post. I will be updating it as I create additional scenarios. These designs are based off of HP C7000 Blade Chassis’ using Flex-10 Virtual Connect. In this first scenario you will see that this is for those that may not want to put vCenter and Management Consoles into vDS (vSphere Distributed Switch). This scenario is also for environments that do not have VLANS for example DMZ or PCI riding on the same uplinks as LAN VLANS. This design is also using 10GB uplinks as well as 1GB uplinks. This scenario is the same as… -
Current NexentaStor Disk Layout
15 May 2013 | 7:35 amHere is a current view of how my NexentaStor NAS is configured from a disk and controller perspective. I will be modifying this some here soon. Go here to take a look at what parts were used to put this all together. What you see here is that starting on the top left going down and then again in the next row of disks and so on is what makes up our zdevs (mirror groups) within each zpool. There are 3 dual port sas controllers and each row alternates across controller ports. Which means that each disk that is part of a disk group is connected to a different controller so if a controller is lost… -
HP BL490G7 ESXi 5.1U1 – No adapters found During Install
13 May 2013 | 12:17 pmSo I was rebuilding some HP BL490G7 blades last week with VMware ESXi 5.1U1 and during the install it stopped with the message that there were not any network adapters detected therefore the installation would not continue. These blades had been running ESXi 4.1 for a good year prior so it caught me a little by surprise. I was also using the HP specific ISO of ESXi 5.1U1 which includes all of the specific HP drivers. So after a little digging it turned out to be that all I needed to do was to update the integrated Emulex firmware on the LOM NICS. Then I was able to continue on doing the… -
Random White Boarding
30 Apr 2013 | 9:29 amDoing some random whiteboarding today. Always fun to do. The post Random White Boarding appeared first on Everything Should Be Virtual. -
Veeam thoughts
29 Apr 2013 | 1:22 pmI have now been using Veeam Backup and Replication for a few months now and have to say it is a really amazing solution. During this time my thoughts along the way have changed in several ways. What I mean by that is that just using Veeam has changed my view on using several other technologies. One major change of view is that I have become to really appreciate what Windows Server 2012 brings to the table especially around storage. When I originally started using Veeam I was a firm believer in stating that I would never rely on a Windows OS to manage a huge amount of data (Regardless of what…


