New articles published for week ending 3/29/2009
In the last week these items are added or edited in VMware’s Knowledgebase at http://kb.vmware.com
Virtualisation: it isn’t an app, it’s an infrastructure
Now most of our loyal followers know, I usually do not post any content on this blog other than things related to the hosting of website. It’s my “job” to keep this part of the infrastructure running (well, that’s not quite how it is, but…
VI3 Advanced Technical Design Guide chapter 4 released
I know it has been a while so maybe it’s old news to some of you but we have to support our VMGuru-founder, Scott Herold. Scott released chapter 4 of his VMware Infrastructure 3, Advanced technical Design Guide and it can be downloaded (for free)…
Earth hour.
As virtualization freaks on this planet we sell virtualiziation solutions to clients with the motivation that it will save on power, cooling, space, etc and therefore we reduce the CO2-emission (we should receive government funding ;-)) If you support this motivation you will also like…
User Photo disabled
We experienced some trouble with the “User Photo” plugin which caused a load of PHP code to be displayed in the comments. We couldn’t pinpoint the exact cause and we decided to disable it. Now I’m no PHP hero (actually, far from it) but I’ve…
Dell EqualLogic introduces PS6000 Series
Today Dell EqualLogic introduced their new PS6000 series iSCSI SANs. The new models in this serie are the PS6000E, PS6000X, PS6000XV, PS6000S and the PS6500E. One of the most interesting models is the PS6000S. This PS6000S is an enterprise-class iSCSI SAN with SSD technology and…
What server hardware to choose for your virtualization project?
Selecting physical server hardware while rounding up the business case is always a fun exercise, what do you need and what is smart too choose? A question you should definitely ask yourself is are we going to scale up or to scale out or do…
ESXi bug when changing IP address
Yesterday I ran into VMware HA problems again. With my past HA troubleshooting experiences I thought configuring HA wouldn’t be a problem any more but unfortunately it bit me in the ass again. We all know VMware ESX implementations where not all information, access, etc…
Webcast: Security in the Cloud: Protecting Confidential Data in Cloud Computing Environments
Title: Webcast: Security in the Cloud: Protecting Confidential Data in Cloud Computing Environments Location: online Link out: Click here Description: Cloud computing is opening up opportunities for cost savings and increased scalability of IT infrastructure. However, security concerns can sometimes obscure these benefits. In this…
Webcast: Deploying Oracle on VMware: Challenges and Opportunities
Title: Webcast: Deploying Oracle on VMware: Challenges and Opportunities Location: online Link out: Click here Description: Many IT organizations are standardizing on VMware as the default platform for all their applications. However, virtualizing Oracle solutions – including databases, RAC, WebLogic and enterprise apps – can…
Software Vendors with Support Policies for Customers Running in VMware Environments
I get more and more the question does vendor x with application y support their software running in a VMware environment. There are several questions to ask: Can the application be virtualized? or in other words does the application run without problems in a VMware…
IT personnel lack communication skills?
Last Saturday I read an article in a well known magazine in The Netherlands. The article talked about that people in the IT/ICT branche lack good communication skills. I often wonder when reading articles: Who’s the author? Is he or she biased in any way?…
VMware releases Cost-Per-Application-Calculator
After a frustrating weekend, today I was scouting the Internet for virtualization news and I ran into a very interesting post by Jason Boche. This morning VMware released their Cost-Per-Application-Calculator. With this calculator you can accurately estimate and compare acquisition cost of a virtualization solution,…
New articles published for week ending 3/22/2009
In the last week these items are added or edited in VMware’s Knowledgebase at http://kb.vmware.com
Getting rid of my frustration ………
Most of the time when I’m frustrated it helps to play some squash, ride my bike or vent my frustration on this blog. As all walls in the area have been smashed to bits due to frustrations in the past and it is too cold…