VMworld Europe 2014 Events
It’s only one week until the start of VMworld Europe 2014 in Barcelona. Of course VMworld is all about virtualization tech, networking, hands-on labs, etc. But besides all the hard work you need time to relax. That’s why several vendors or even individuals…
VMware Fling – PowerActions for vSphere Web Client
VMware released a new fling called ‘PowerActions for vSphere Web Client’ which integrates the vSphere Web Client and PowerCLI to provide complex automation solutions from within the standard vSphere management client. In short, PowerAction can now run PowerShell/PowerCLI scripts from the Web Client! How does it work?…
Top VMware Horizon support issues
VMware’s Support Insider, Rick Blythe, has put together a great list of the top VMware Horizon support issues by studying the support trends and identifying the top issues driving calls into the VMware support centers. So if you are a VMware Horizon admin or implementer supporting a single…
Webinar: Optimizing Business Value and Minimizing Risk
Sifting through the marketing hype from VMware and Microsoft regarding their “server-side software-defined storage models” can be almost as challenging as understanding the underlying technical issues that software-defined storage seeks to solve. What is needed is a clear headed analysis of the storage challenges created…
Webinar: Storage Best Practices for Hyper-V & SQL Server
What is the trick to supporting growth for your Microsoft environment without breaking your budget, or causing performance problems? Scale-Out File Server (SOFS) is the Microsoft solution for enabling a flexible, scalable resilient data infrastructure supporting Windows, Hyper-V and SQL Server environments. New Microsoft Storage…
vSphere 5.5 Update 2 available now
A few moments ago VMware released vSphere 5.5 Update 2 which has a ton of enhancements. What’s new in vSphere 5.5 Update 2 Support for hosts with 6TB of RAM – vSphere 5.5 Update 2 starts to support hosts with 6TB of RAM. VMware vShield…
VMware Fling – View Auditing Portal
Today VMware Labs released a new fling, the View Auditing Portal which is a new web portal that serves as an extension to Horizon View Administrator. View Auditing Portal features: Show parent virtual machines of linked clone desktop pools and descendant snapshots in a tree view. The…
VMware Fusion 7 released
Just moments ago VMware has released VMware Fusion 7, their personal desktop virtualization software for the Mac. VMware Fusion 7 is optimized for the latest Macs and ready for OS X Yosemite and Windows 8.1. Designed for OSX Yosemite With Fusion 7 you will be…
VMworld 2014 Highlights – a complete recap
VMworld 2014 Highlights – Day 1 Live report from the VMworld 2014 General session. Today VMworld 2014 kicks off with the VMworld 2014 General session. The theme for this year is “No Limits”. Follow the VMworld 2014 General session live, here, on VMGuru. Announcement of VMware EVO:…
VMworld 2014 Day 4 Highlights
Today was the last day at VMworld 2014, check out the VMworld 2014 Day 4 Highlights. Live report from the VMworld 2014 Day 4 General session. The general session on the second day often shows a lot of speakers and demos. We did some MMPTW…
Veeam v8
Yesterday at VMworld 2014 I attended a breakout session which gave a preview of Veeam v8. Veeam compared it to the V8 Lamborghini, it’s a beast. Just as Veeam Backup & Replication product name implies, the cornerstone of data protection strategy includes both…
VMware Virtual SAN best practices
This morning at VMworld 2014 there was a great session regarding the most common mistakes/pitfalls in VMware Virtual SAN design. One of the speakers was Cormac Hogan, VMware Storage Architect. He had some great tips. Minimal cluster size is 4 nodes. According to the…
VMworld 2014 Day 3 Highlights
Today was a great day at VMworld 2014 with a lot of breakout sessions. Wednesday on VMworld 2014 is always a busy day with a lot of sessions and of course the VMworld Party. Because of the many sessions I have had no time to…
VMworld 2014 Day 2 Highlights
Today was a great day at VMworld 2014 with a lot of VMware EUC news. Check out the VMworld 2014 Day 2 Highlights. Live report from the VMworld 2014 Day 2 General session. The general session on the second day often shows a lot of…
VMware releases Workspace Suite
Todays General Session at VMworld 2014 was mainly about EUC and one of the new items was VMware Workspace Suite. VMware Workspace Suite combines application, device and data management with centralized identity management and policy enforcement to empower anytime, anywhere workers, transform workflows…