Review: Synology Diskstation DS1513+ with VMware – Part 2
In part 1 we finished the hardware installation of the Synology and setup of the DSM software. In this part we will hook the Synology to the VMware vSphere 5.1 Lab environment. The Lab consist of a laptop with 32GB and 2 Quad core E5…
Top 10 VMworld 2013 Breakout Sessions
VMworld San Francisco is already behind us and we are preparing for VMworld Barcelona over five weeks. If you are also coming to Barcelona let us know and if we meet say hi. In preparation for which session to follow during VMworld take a look…
Review: Synology Diskstation DS1513+ with VMware – Part 1
So the holiday is over back to other fun things like reviewing a shiny new Synology Diskstation DS1513+. Our friends at Synology where so kind to ship us a brand new unit. Which is now sitting next to my desk ready to be tested. I…
How to license Windows 8 in a VMware Horizon View deployment
It is a common misunderstanding that, if you buy software licenses you can do anything with it. You will not become the owner of it, you only get the use right of the software under STRICT CONDITIONS. What you may or may not do with…
VMware vCenter Server 5.1 fails after demoting Windows Domain Controller
Last week a colleague of ours was tied up in troubleshooting a VMware environment with a vCenter Server. It failed authenticating through LDAP with the Windows Domain. He was demoting two old domain controllers from the Windows domain which became obsolete after creating new virtual…
Why visit VMworld 2013?
For 10 years VMworld has been the source for the knowledge and connections you need to leverage virtualization and cloud computing technologies in your business. You can try out several new or improved solutions through the Hands-On-Labs (HOL) get deeper insights through great breakout sessions…
New free tool Snapshot Explorer added to Foglight for Virtualization toolkit
Snapshot Explorer completes Dell’s Free Utility Toolbox for Virtual Machine Administrators. Detect all snapshots, including orphaned snapshots, to avoid problems with performance and capacity with this 6th utility which got added today! Foglight for Virtualization was formerly know under the name vOPS Server Explorer from…
Using Serial Ports in a VMware Environment
While pursuing the 100% virtual mark you once in a while run into trouble with legacy hardware where there is hardware directly attached to the physical server you are going to virtualize. If it is USB equipment you can use USB Anywhere devices to make…
How to improve VMware View video performance – Part 2
During a performance optimizing session this week, with a customer, we found some interesting things to boost specific parts of the environment. While playing a high resolution video with clipping where the whole screen turns black and shows a new screen a split second later….
VMworld 2012 San Francisco behind the Scenes
VMworld 2012 San Francisco is already 5 weeks behind us and VMworld Barcelona is about to start in a couple of days. The US edition was packed with over 20.000 people visiting VMworld. To make sure everyone could follow everything 100% a lot…
Review: Thecus TopTower N8850
Recently we had the chance to test a Thecus NAS Server. I had not heard of the name Thecus personally, but the other VMGuru.nl guys knew it. So I was the best guinea pig to be thrown at it. I had in mind I would…
Interview with Mattias Sundling about Dutch vGurus, Future of Cloud and Trends
During VMworld I had a nice fast paced interview with Mattias Sundling about why there are so many vGurus in the Netherlands, the future of Clouds, key takeaways from VMworld and IT trends in general.
How to fold the VMworld 2012 Blanket
Today we where handed a VMworld blanket for the lunch picnic. A lot of people including me where tormented to get the blanket in its original shape again. Unfolding is easy, but how to fold it? After being told by another dutch guy…
HyTrust Secondary Approval Preventing Major Disaster
On Monday I had a great meeting with Eric Chiu, founder and president, of HyTrust. We talked about the power administrators have in a virtual world nowadays. More and more data centers are turned into virtual datacenters (vDC) and are being automated too…
VMworld Day 2 Highlights by VMworldTV
VMworld TV made a nice summary about Day 2 with all the highlights on a fast paced day with lots of news flying around. From the Keynote where Paul Maritz handed over the CEO title to Pat Gelsinger, announced the offical ditching of…