Upgrading VMware ESX 3.5 to ESX 4.0 (vSphere)
Yesterday we did an upgrade from an ESX 3.5 host to ESX 4.0 using the VMware Upgrade Manager. I must say it’s cool to see how you can upgrade your ESX hosts and after that you can schedule the updates for your virtual machines with…
Determining VMware Software Version and Build Number
I am just writing an observation report about a virtual infrastructure based upon VMware ESX and was wondering which version the customer is running Virtual Center at the moment. After asking my vExpert colleagues 8-) they pointed me to the help menu and the about…
HP introduces new ProLiant G6 server line
Today HP announced the release of the new ProLiant G6 server line. After visiting an NDA session with HP on VMworld Europe 2009 a lot of new G6 ProLiant servers were shown. Nice new hardware build up for even better supporting virtualization in common. All…
What server hardware to choose for your virtualization project?
Selecting physical server hardware while rounding up the business case is always a fun exercise, what do you need and what is smart too choose? A question you should definitely ask yourself is are we going to scale up or to scale out or do…
Software Vendors with Support Policies for Customers Running in VMware Environments
I get more and more the question does vendor x with application y support their software running in a VMware environment. There are several questions to ask: Can the application be virtualized? or in other words does the application run without problems in a VMware…
There is no such thing as a free lunch
XenServer Enterprise for free? Anne Jan and I were asked last week ,while doing work at our companies Headquarters, how we thought about Citrix giving away XenServer Enterprise for free and positions it as “XenServer a complete free Enterprise Virtual Infrastructure solution”. So I asked…
VMworld Europe 2009 – vSphere
VMware uses the name vSphere for their Virtualisation Infrastructure product also known as ESX. Here in Cannes in the hands on labs I have used the new interface and some of its nifty features. You have to get used to the new interface, but when…
VMworld Europe 2009 – vCenter Data Recovery hands-on lab
Yesterday I tried out the VMware vCenter Data Recovery Appliance in a hands on lab. It’s a disk-based backup and recovery solution that enables quick, simple and complete data protection for virtual machines. I didn’t have to load an agent on the virtual machines since…
VMWorld Euope 2009 – Blogging on the spot
The process of blogging is through several means from making notes during the session the old fashioned way or by using new technology. (Got the laptop charging again). Also lots of photos or video are shot during the process and we will…
VMWorld Europe 2009 – New strong leader shown to the public
Today VMware announced a new team member for the EMEA region for the fastest growing market world wide, his name is Maurizio Carli. Carli has more than twenty years of experience in the technology industry, including five years at Business Objects where he was Senior…
Visio Stencil for VMware Host & Cluster descriptions
After drawing another Host & Cluster configuration manually for a Technical Design I decided, enough is enough, lets automate this. So a new visio stencil is born, nothing fancy but it does the job and you can quickly draw a Host & Clusters configuration. For…
How to fit 100 people in a 9 square foot office?
The solution to that problem isn’t hard, just built virtualized workspaces. Last few weeks I have had several dreams how such a place could look like. Imagine a small 1 person office completely surrounded in glass with lots of plants in it like a green…