New articles published for week ending 10/11/2009
In the last week these items are added or edited in VMware’s Knowledgebase at http://kb.vmware.com
VMware VCP410 second shot
Today VMware Education Services announced that they will allow a second shot for those who have failed their first attempt at the VCP 410 exam. This second shot is free but you will have to register before you attend your first exam. It is a…
VMware launches View 4.0 beta
As a real VMware View enthusiast I’m really anxious to work with the new VMware View 4 with PCoIP. Just like vCenter Site Recovery Manager, were the new version was released last week, VMware View has to be adjusted to support VMware vSphere 4. The…
VMware View Open Client 4.0 beta
During the last months it has become very clear that the fight in the VDI space is on. Citrix and VMware have released new and better versions of their product and Microsoft stumbles behind with their MED-V ‘solution’. Last February, around VMworld Europe 2009, VMware…
New articles published for week ending 10/04/2009
In the last week these items are added or edited in VMware’s Knowledgebase at http://kb.vmware.com
SRM 4.0 released
Back in April we we’re the first to report the limited management and automation support in vSphere, but now VMware has released version 4.0 of vCenter Site Recovery Manager. Besides that vCenter Site Recovery Manager can now be used with VMware’s vSphere 4 it has…
New articles published for week ending 9/27/2009
In the last week these items are added or edited in VMware’s Knowledgebase at http://kb.vmware.com
Oracle application support on VMware
According to buzz in the blogosphere, last July VMware COO Tod Nielsen met with Charles Phillips President of Oracle with regards to the ongoing support issues/questions customers experience when using VMware virtualization technology. Tod Nielsen providing Oracle with a list of over 500 VMware customers…
The first security products for VMSafe have arrived
This week I attend the launch party from Trend Micro. They presented their latest products which are fully virtualization aware. First they introduced the new way of defending viruses and malware. Because nowadays the viruses and malware changes signatures so quickly the signatures database grows…
A new blogger in town
Today we added a new blogger to VMGuru.nl! Arjan van ‘t Hoff is a colleague from another division of Centric, Centric ITS. Arjan is a great addition to VMGuru.nl because he works for another division of Centric which main focus is to sell hardware and…
Vizioncore vProduct range
This morning we had a meeting with Vizioncore/Quest. Danny Claproth and Jan-Willem Koppers informed us on their complete range of vProducts. Vizioncore offers a wide range of products which add additional features or deliver VMware-like features. I’ve not had very much time to test their…
The road to VCP 4 certification
After becoming a VCP4 I regularly get questions from my colleagues on how to become a VCP4. Can I take the VCP410 exam without further training? I attended the VI3, Install & configure course but didn’t take the exam yet. Can I take the VCP…
CDG Technical update
Yesterday, the three of us attended one of the quarterly CDG(1) Technical update sessions which was held at ‘de Glazen Ruimte‘ in Maarssen. The three subject were: RES Software and VMware View by Bart van Winden (RES) en Ton Hermes (VMware); Citrix reduces traffic jams…
Wyse Pocket Cloud demo
Just before VMworld 2009 Wyse released a great application for the iPhone called Wyse Pocket Cloud. It’s a great new application which enables you to connect to servers of desktops using RDP or VMware View. So, what do you need and how can you get…
VCP410 certified.
Today I took my VCP410 exam, as announced earlier this week. So I studied hard this week and …………….. succeeded! My score was 344 points of max 400 500. Unfortunately that’s 86%, not enough to become a VMware Certified Instructor :( (Edited after reading VCP…