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As I mentioned in an article a few days ago, I will be representing Vizioncore at the Virtualization Congress show taking place in London from the 14th - 16th of October. I actually had every intention of releaseing my primary presentation that was rejected by VMware for the VMworld 2008 show to the public, but was stopped by my marketing team when this opportunity presented itself. With a slightly extended preparation time, and a much more interesting presentation format, I'm quite excited that I'll be able to provide some valuable information to the community about the future challenges surrounding virtualization, and how to meet them head on.

Yes, I realize the abstract describes me as a Vizioncore employee. I find that I often need to bring shirts for 3-4 different companies to various shows depending on exactly what I'm talking about on that particular day.

I was recently asked a question by a reader that made me realize some further explanation was required. The question as posted to me was the following:

Why should a zoned lun not be shared between clusters? I tried to find an official stance from VMWare on the communities section and the only information I could find was that you could share a lun between clusters or more accurately between all ESX host in multiple clusters. I would rather not share the luns between clusters, but a team member seems to be bent on doing it. What reasons personal, political, or technical led to the statement in the book about not having luns cross environmets?

It's no secret that I get to travel to Europe a lot for my job, and truth be told, I quite enjoy it.  One country that has continuously eluded me has been Germany.  In fact, the only reason I have ever been there is to connect through either Frankfurt (an airport I absolutely despise) or Munich to get to Italy.  Well, not only will I finally get my chance this summer, but I will also get a second chance in the fall.  Combine that with another trip to London in October and I'm all of a sudden moving up to Platinum status on American Airlines in 3 quick trips.

I was pleasantly surprised this morning when I woke up, grabbed my cup of coffee (as is necessary in order for me to function in the morning) and checked Amazon.com like I do every morning by searching for my name (no vanity whatsoever). I was quite pleasantly surprised when I noticed that Amazon finally had the new VI3 Book listed as In-Stock. In fact, I didn't trust my eyes just yet and made Leah come down and verify for me as well. Low and behold, I wasn't crazy or still blind from a horrible night of sleep.