Virtualize Your VoIP Phone System? Yes You Can!
It’s summer and during summer, VMware Netherlands traditionally organizes the VMware Summerschool. I love to be there as you get to talk to people you normally wouldn’t meet. So, recently during the coffee break I found myself having a conversation I haven’t had for quite some…
Update your knowledge at VMware’s Summerschool
It has become sort of a tradition; The VMware Summerschool at the VMware offices in Utrecht, Netherlands. Every year during the summer, VMware’s SE’s get up and in front of a whiteboard and beamer to talk about the old and the new things in VMware’s…
Microsoft’s Convenience Update breaks VMware networking
Two days ago, Microsoft recently released a Convenience Update patch for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1. This update has incompatibility issues with virtual machines running on the VMware vSphere virtualization platform. This incompatibility is confined to one specific configuration scenario: It impacts…
A low budget SMB environment – Part 3: Configure and Run
This is the final part of the series on a low budget SMB or lab environment with VMware and vendor support. In this part we will configure our hosts, connect them to the storage, deploy vCenter and deploy our first virtual machine. In the last…
Dutch VMUG UserCon 2016 impressions
Last week the dutch VMUG UserCon was held again and it was amazing. I think it’s safe to say that it again was the biggest VMUG usergathering in the world for the second year in a row with around 1.000 attendees. Virtualization clearly has a…
Join us at Dutch VMUG UserCon 2016!
There are times when I’m especially proud to be Dutch. Last year, the Dutch VMUG UserCon was the largest VMUG gettogether in the world. Almost 1.000 particpants gathered in the venue in Den Bosch to exchange knowledge, listen to sessions, network and enjoy a drink….
A low budget SMB environment – Part 2: How to Assemble
A couple of weeks ago, I started with “A Low Budget SMB Environment“. This post was mainly focussed on the selection and purchase of the different components. This post will take it to the next level: Assembly. We will look at the specific parts, assemble…
vRealize Operations 6.2 released
Today, vRealize Operations (a.k.a. vROPS) version 6.2 was released. This has been a long awaited update. vRealize Operations 6.2 is the latest release of the VMware integrated vRealize Operations Suite. Updates cover all major areas of the product including installation, configuration, licensing, alerting, dashboards, reports,…
A low budget SMB environment – A HowTo (Part 1: Parts and budget)
As the last days of 2015 tick away, I wanted to share how I came about my new lab environment without spending a fortune. Some of you might want to set some goals for the new year and this might be some interesting input. My…
VMware releases Update 3 for vSphere 5.5 and vCenter 5.5
It has been a long time since a big update was released for probably the most installed hypervisor in the world, vSphere version 5.5 and vCenter 5.5. But now it’s here. On the 16th of September, VMware released vSphere 5.5 Update 3. ESXi 5.5 Update 3…
VMware released Update 1 for vSphere 6 and much much more
Last week VMware released Update 1 for vSphere 6. But that was not the only update that was released. There was a real wave of updates for a whole range of products. Here’s recap of the updates that were published. Sit tight because it’s a…
VMworld 2015: VMware released VAIO
At VMworld in San Francisco, VMware released vSphere APIs for IO filtering or VAIO (No relation with a certain laptop series). With VAIO, VMware offers a framework to develop filters that run in ESXi and can intercept any IO requests from a guest operating system…
VMworld 2015: Virtual SAN 6.1 introduction – vSAN grows up!
Today at VMworld the new version of Virtual SAN, version 6.1, was introduced. VMware’sVirtual SAN leverages local storage in servers and delivers it to the vSphere cluster as a virtual SAN. vSAN was introduced in 2014 as version 5.5. The new features are pretty impressive. Initially Virtual SAN…
VMware releases new versions of Fusion and Workstation
Yesterday VMware released the latest versions of its personal desktop hypervisors: Fusion for the Mac and Workstation (and Player) for Windows. For those of you who are not familiar with either product, both are used to provide a virtual environment on either Windows or OS…
VMware Fling – VNC Server and VNC Client
The VMware labs just released a new fling. This time it’s all about remote access with VNC. The release notes state: This Fling is a stand-alone, cross-platform VNC implementation based on the remoting technology found in vSphere and VMware Workstation. It allows remote access to…
