How to: Upgrade to vSphere 4.1
With yesterdays release of vSphere 4.1 comes the challenge to upgrade your existing installation to this new version. Because I have been testing the beta for a while now, I couldn´t wait to try it in our new testing environment. However, there are a…
VMware vSphere 4.1 released
A few minutes ago VMware has released the new version of VMware vSphere, version 4.1. This new vSphere version contains 150 new features and has improved scalability, memory management, DRS, etc. Besides all the new features the greatest news is that vSphere 4.1…
VMware abandons CPU based licensing model
With the release of vSphere 4.1, VMware has released a new licensing model. The management products below change from a CPU-based pricing model to one that is VM-based. VMware vCenter CapacityIQ; VMware vCenter AppSpeed; VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager; VMware vCenter Chargeback. Until December 15th…
Problem solved (?)
Update: The problem seems to be solved! We will continue to monitor the web server but it looks like we’re back in business. Since last week we are experiencing problems with the stability of our web server. Sorry for the inconvenience, we’re working hard…
Consolidation ratios. Picture vs thousand words…
When we are selling, designing and/or building a virtual infrastructure, we brag about consolidation ratios we can accomplish. But what’s a consolidation ratio of 8 to 1 or 10 to 1? In this case a picture says more than a thousand words …….. On the…
vExpert 2010!! [Update]
Yesterday I already reported on Edwin being awarded vExpert 2010! Today Anne Jan and myself received the identical e-mail from John Troyer, so we’re excited to tell you that we extended our vExpert 2009 and are also VMware vExperts 2010!
vExpert 2010!!
This weekend Edwin received an e-mail from John Troyer (VMware) confirming his 2010 VMware vExpert award! Edwin congratulations! For those of you who aren’t familiar, the VMware vExpert Award is given to individuals who have significantly contributed to the community of VMware users over the…
VMware Fusion, an essential Mac app
Last week VMware released the new 3.1 version of their Mac workstation virtualisation application and according to VMware it is better, stronger, and faster than ever before and it is a free update for all VMware Fusion 3 customers. When I started my VMware…
vSphere network troubleshooting
During the last month I have been very busy building a new infrastructure at a client site. I’m responsible for the overall technical solution and the basis, a VMware vSphere infrastructure build on five Dell PowerEdge R805’s, Dell EqualLogic PS5000 and 6000 storage and Cisco…
A ‘real life’ View, XenDesktop, Microsoft VDI comparison
After attending the dutch Citrix Partner Exchange 2010 I realized that there is a lot of FUD out there: in the Citrix community with regards to VMware View and PCoIP; with me personally with regards to XenDesktop (no F, but a lot of UD) This…
VMware ThinApp 4.5 released
Yesterday VMware has released the new version of their application virtualization product, ThinApp 4.5 ThinApp 4.5 includes the following new features to improve usability, performance, and updates: Support for Windows Server 2008 R2, 32-bit Windows 7, and 64-bit Windows 7 operating systems. ThinApp version updates…
Add additional drivers to ESXi
Last week I have been struggling with the installation of a vSphere 4 infrastructure on Dell hardware at a Belgium client site. I have done many many many VMware installations and encountered my fair share of issues but apart from the HP USB sticks the…
VKernel Capacity View
Last Wednesday VKernel released a new free tool which delivers capacity alerts to the desktop. Capacity View provides quick visibility and alerting to the storage and server capacity issues in your VMware virtualized infrastructure. I downloaded the toolto give it a testdrive and it is…
Life made easy – Dell EqualLogic storage swap
When it comes to storage, the EqualLogic PS-series amazes me every time. Last Tuesday I was at a client site investigating performance issues but when I opened SANHQ and the web interface on the PS 6000E one thing stood out. The performance issues were not…
VMware View 4.0.1 released
VMware has just released the new 4.0.1 version of their VMware View VDI suite. VMware View 4.0.1 is a maintenance release that fixes some known issues in the previous releases. So, what’s new in version 4.0.1? Support for vCenter 2.5 Update 6 and ESX 3.5…