PowerShell Friday: Getting Started with PowerShell and PowerCLI
PowerShell was release on November 14, 2006 and is now (or should be?) one of the major components in an admins life. If you’re just getting started on Windows or are new to the whole scripting and automation scene, this one is especially for you. I…
Getting started with vRealize Log Insight
VMware has a lot of tools these days. From the tools for virtualization all kinds of workloads to managing all that in an automated manner. In that last category VMware also has a tool called vRealize Log Insight. vRealize Log Insight, together with vRealize Operations gives…
No network connection after cloning Linux VM
While upgrading our VMGuru environment I ran into an issue with the network connectivity of a cloned Linux VM. Erik wrote about it earlier when he was restoring a VCSA from backup. I had a similar issue after cloning the VM. On of the first things I did was…
VMworld parties, fun or business?
When you visit or visited VMworld before, do you or did you ever get these comments? Did you have a nice holiday? Did you go for the parties? VMworld is not work If so, forward this article to those people to educate them what is really going…
VMworld TV Daily wrap-up Tuesday
As always Jeremy van Doorn and Eric Sloof did a wrap-up of all the action at VMworld. If you’re unable to join VMworld, or want to know what you missed this is a good way to catch up and make your planning for tomorrow. VMworld…
vRealize Automation 7 – Converged Blueprints
Today VMware announced the long awaited new version of their cloud management product vRealize Automation 7 (vRA7). This new release, previously known under codename Bellatrix, is a major overhaul and includes many new features and enhancements. Converged blueprints A long awaited new feature is the…
VMware Releases Socialcast Integration Store
VMware releases a new feature for Socialcast: the Socialcast Integration Store. With the applications and services in the Socialcast Integration Store, you can add information from other programs to the Socialcast event stream. This way events can be commented on and referenced in other events….
Important VMworld data
VMworld is only a couple of months away. From August 30 till September 3rd VMworld US will be held at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, California. Last year was earth shattering, really. Hopefully this year the only earth shattering will be because of announcements…
VMware User Environment Manager released
In the past VMware bought a product that could manage your user environment. When I say manage I mean it synchronized a Windows profile to a central location and after that only loaded the files and registry settings needed at that time. When an application…
Free tool: VMware Software Manager
While browsing the VMware site I noticed a free download that I have never seen before. On March 12, 2015 VMware released VMware Software Manager. VMware Software Manager – Download Service is a tool for managing downloads of VMware suite products. The tool allows you…
New VCA exams
The virtual ink on the exam updates isn’t dry yet, and now there is already more to tell about VMware Certified Associate exams. VMware introduced a couple of new VMware Certified Associate (VCA) exams. Datacenter Virtualization. Desktop and Mobility. Datacenter Virtualization (VCA6-DCV) Introduction to the latest version…
VMware for your Citrix environment
It sounds a bit strange, but yes, now there is VMware for your Citrix environment. VMware has a lot of products for a VMware environment, but what if you have a Citrix SBC or VDI solution? Now there is a VMware bundle for that as well: VMware…
News from the VMware Education front
There’s a lot happening on the VMware Education side of things. Since VMware released vSphere 6 a lot of courses and exams are updated or are still in beta. So here’s the list: VMware Certified Professional 6 – Data Center Virtualization (VCP6-DCV) VMware Certified Professional…
Support on Windows 2003 ends soon
[ujicountdown id=”Default” expire=”2015/07/15 00:00″ hide=”true” url=”” subscr=”” recurring=”” rectype=”second” repeats=””] Are you stressed out about the oncoming storm? No? So, you migrated all your servers to Windows 2008 or later already? No hidden servers left, gathering dust somewhere? If you’re wondering what it is all…
How to properly license your infrastructure
Making sure you have the right licenses for your infrastructure is hard work. Real hard work. A lot of companies have one or more employees just to make sure they conform to all licensing requirements of their vendors. To make life a little easier I collected…
