Diablo Memory Channel Storage: The new Flash storage standard?
During VMworld we had the opportunity to sit down with Ricky Trigalo en Kevin Wagner from Diablo technologies to talk about their storage solution called “Memory Channel Storage” (MCS). Basically this means that you insert NAND flash memory into a memory bank instead of your standard…
HP announced as EVO:RAIL partner
Today I visited the HP booth for more information on EVO:RAIL, since they were announced as EVO:RAIL partner during the General Session on Monday. HP now is one of the partners that deliver a complete solution. Other EVO:RAIL partners are Dell, EMC, Fujitsu, Hitachi…
VMworld Europe 2014 Day 1 Highlights
Today was the official kickoff of VMworld 2014 in Europe which started with the general session. During VMworld in the USA the announcement was made for: VMware vCloud Suite 5.8 vSphere 6.0 Beta Virtual Volumes & Virtual SAN 2.0 Beta VMware EVO: Rail Hyper-converged…
Hands-on labs: Horizon 6 with View
Earlier this year Alex wrote an article about the release of VMware horizon 6. Today I had the opportunity to sit down at the hands-on labs and take a look at Horizon View 6. Two things, I was particularly interested in where the…
Hands-on lab: Cloud Management with vRealize Operations
With no queue for the hands-on labs I took my opportunity and had a look at the Hands-on lab: Cloud Management with vRealize Operations Manager 6.0. This lab walks you trough the interface of vRealize Operations Manager and also describes some of the new…
StarWind compared to VMware and Hyper-V
With both VMware and Microsoft developing software based storage solutions, we started to wonder what kind of edge a product like StarWind still would have on these solutions. When we asked StarWind, they quickly replied with a couple of feature comparison documents. These documents point out…
Untangle the mess! Network issues with VMware VMs
In the last couple of weeks my colleagues and I encountered several issues with virtual machines in relation to network configurations. These issues where relatively easy to fix but I wanted to write them down for myself and share them with you all. Problems first arose when…
Nakivo backup & replication v4.0 released
Today Nakivo announced the release of their fourth version for backup & replication. Nakivo backup & replication is build for handeling virtual infrastructures and is certified by VMware. The product works agentless and is meant for both onsite and offsite backup of virtual machines. The…
No internet connection results in slow vSphere client consoles
In the last few weeks a customer that I am working for has been making a lot of changes within their infrastructure. Some big and some (on the surface) small. Somewhere during those weeks a change was made and the consequence of that change has…
How to link VMware View desktop to its replica
A while back I was looking at a VMware View environment that had Storage DRS enabled and set to automatic. If I recall correctly, one of the first things the installation document from VMware mentions is not to use Storage DRS in a View enviroment….
Site update – Build numbers
Along with the new look of the website it was also time to update the build number database. In the last few weeks we have been working on updating the database, resulting in a increase with 387 entries making a total of 592 build numbers….
Acronis vmProtect
Recently we where approached by Acronis if we would be interested in having a look at their backup and replication product called vmProtect. vmProtect is suitable for environments that have up to 100 virtual clients in a vSphere virtual infrastructure. The installation and reviewing is…
VDI optimization script (part 2)
In my previous article I wrote about a VDI optimization script from Microsoft for Windows 8 and Windows 7. This article focuses on the features and services you could disable or adjust to increase the performance of your VDI desktops. There are a lot of…
VDI optimization script (part 1)
In the summer of 2010 Erik wrote an article about “How to: Optimize guests for VMware View” in which he describes all sorts of changes he makes for a Windows XP or Windows 7 virtual desktop in a VDI environment. The changes that are suggested…
Multi-hypervisor management with VMware vCenter
Shortly after the release of vCenter 5.1, VMware released “vCenter Multi-Hypervisor Manager 1.0”. With this product you as an administrator are able to manage third party hypervisors like Microsoft’s Hyper-V from within your vCenter installment. This will give companies more flexibility over what hypervisors they are…