Oracle VM, things they do not tell
Last week a colleague, who sells applications running on an Oracle Database, had some questions regarding Oracle and running it in a Virtual Machine (VM) on top of a VMware infrastructure with a customer. 1) How to license Oracle in a virtual environment? I pointed…
Deciphering the Cisco 3750 product code
When designing a virtual infrastructure an important bit in the design is the storage infrastructure also called the Storage Area Network (SAN). In a SAN based on iSCSI we often use Cisco 3750 switches, but when you are going to select the right Cisco 3750…
VMware Fusion 3.0.1 now available
The VMware Fusion Team has been working around the clock to add new features, improve performance and fix over 50 bugs to give out a very nice product to the Apple loving colleagues. The new automatic update feature for VMware Fusion helps to keep Fusion…
Determining VMware vCenter Server and ESX Build Number (updated)
I have just updated the list after receiving word the new version is out and the build numbers are known for vSphere 4 and vCenter Server. So I compiled a list of build numbers and updates from the patch notes for VMware ESX and VMware…
Free VMware Workstation 7 Fundamentals Course
For everyone who is new to VMware Workstation 7 and as a refreshment course for all other VMware workstation users, VMware has released a Free online course you can follow. I must say version 7 of VMware Workstation is a lot faster with starting up…
Thin client comparison – is thin becoming fat?
A few years ago I didn’t pay much attention to the thin clients. If a customer wanted them fine, you choose a model started a pilot, bought the thin client and you were done. As we now see that Green Computing is no longer a…
PCoIP the road ahead, enabling a rich desktop experience from task workers to designers
I just finished a great webinar by Randy Groves, Chief Technology Officer at Teradici Corporation. The challenge for this and upcoming years is to give the most demanding users a true user experience while working on a true zero client through any network. The Teradici…
VMware vExperts
During VMworld Europe 2009 in Cannes, VMware announced the vExpert program. Erik and Anne Jan both were awarded with a vExpert award for their effort and enthusiasm around virtualization and their community work. Today, ta the end of the day a special delivery arrived at…
VMware View 4.0 and Wyse P20
Now that the new version of VMware View is coming shortly I was investigating the new possibilities with our thin client providers. Wyse Technology which has a nice solution already for the View 3.1 platform now has a new Zero Client which is specially made…
New VMGuru.nl street sign released
The VMGuru.nl-crew :-D congratulates the VMGuru.nl founder and his family with their beautiful new home. After receiving notice the founder of VMGuru.nl got the keys to his new home, we urged to apply a street name change to the local government. Unfortunately the request to…
VMware EVC cluster, what is that?
I have had several customers asking me for advice on what to do with new ESX hosts who should be joined into the VMware cluster, but after adding to the cluster problems with vMotion arose. It just didn’t work anymore because of some minor CPU…
Red Hat subscriptions on a VMware infrastructure
The world of licenses and subscription models is a complex whole, by adding a virtual component it even got more complex. Virtual machines aren’t bound to one physical server and can move freely across several physical servers or even in and out of a cloud….
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…