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…
Looking for a reliable hypervisor?
Every time a vendor releases a new hypervisor, it’s always more reliable and stable than all the previous versions and certainly better than the competition. But was the previous version all that bad? Of course with the addition of more and more advanced features it…
vSphere 5 memory management explained (part 2)
As I said earlier this week, VMware memory management is still a topic which a lot of VMware administrators don’t understand. Tuesday I discussed the virtual machine memory allocation graphs. Today we will deal with VMware vSphere uses transparent page sharing (TPS), memory compression, host…
vSphere 5 memory management explained (part 1)
VMware memory management is still a topic which a lot of VMware administrators don’t understand. I often come across people who have no idea when VMware vSphere uses transparent page sharing (TPS), memory compression, host swapping or ballooning. They even mention disabling or removing the ballooning…
Hyper-V? Not in my datacenter… (continued)
In 2008 I wrote an article named “Hyper-V, not in my datacenter!” which was based on Hyper-V version 1. In 2009 I wrote an article named “Hyper-V, the laughter continues” and “ESX vs Hyper-V mythbusting myth” which was based on Hyper-V version 2. Microsoft promised/warned…
VMware Fling – View Pool Manager
Yesterday I was busy trying some things in my VMware Horizon View 5.2 environment and after a while I got tired of repeating the same tasks on different desktop pools over and over again. Looking for a way to make things easier I came across…
Multi-hypervisor management with VMware vCenter
Shortly after the release of vCenter 5.1, VMware released “vCenter Multi-Hypervisor Manager 1.0”. With this product you as an administrator are able to manage third party hypervisors like Microsoft’s Hyper-V from within your vCenter installment. This will give companies more flexibility over what hypervisors they are…
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….
VMGuru.nl #4 Favorite Independent Blog
Last month we asked to vote for us if you appreciated our blog and apparently a lot of you did. This year almost 1.300 votes were recorded compared to 1.200 last year, also the total number of blogs on the list increased from 187 to…
Do you want to attend TechEd 2013?
So you want to attend TechEd 2013? In March, Veeam is giving away a free pass to TechEd 2013. All you have to do is register. The winner will be selected on March 18, so you have two weeks left to win! …
Please vote VMGuru.nl, #1 VMware/virtualization blog 2013
Last year VMGuru.nl dropped for the 13th to the 19th spot in the top VMware/virtualization blogs 2012. Now, it is time again to vote the top VMware/virtualization blogs for 2013. Please help us to reclaim the 13th position or even leap into the top 10!…
VMware acquires Virsto Software
Today, VMware announced the acquisition of Virsto Software, a company which creates storage optimization software for virtual environments. Any administrator will tell you that managing performance and data services for virtual machines can be challenging, especially in I/O-intensive environments like virtual desktops. With Virsto storage…
Software Defined Datacenter Roadshow (Benelux)
Would like to hear more about Software Defined Datacenters from experts like Frank Denneman, Mike Laverick, Cormac Hogan, Kamau Wanguhu and many others? VMware and IBM are organizing an awesome event in the Benelux. It is a full day event and it is free for…
PCoIP Support for Microsoft RDS
This week Teradici, creator of the PCoIP protocol, released a technology preview of their new product named Teradici Arch. Teradici Arch is asoftware-based solution that enables the use of the PCoIP protocol for Microsoft RDS as an alternative to Microsoft RDP. This should provide better user experience…