Changing volume access from command line for EqualLogic
Last week Erik encountered a small issue which required him to change the access to almost all volumes on an EqualLogic storage infrastructure. Although EqualLogic has a great interface compared to others, it doesn’t allow changing volume access for multiple volumes at the same time….
EqualLogic blog
Dell EqualLogic has a integration kit for integrating their storage solution with VMware and various Mirosoft products. In this Host Integration Kit you find AutoSnapshotManager/VMware Edition and the AutoSnapshotManager/Microsoft Edition. While I was searching for information about when to use which edition of AutoSnapshotManager for…
VMworld 2010 registration open
Every year VMware is organizing VMworld. It offers attendees informative sessions and hands-on labs, plus access to a wealth of technology partners. The U.S. edition of VMworld takes place in the Moscone Center, San Fransisco from August 30 till September 2nd. The European edition will…
License Microsoft Windows Server in a VMware environment – Part 1
Last week I had another nice discussion around the 90 day assignment rule for Windows Server licensing on a VMware environment. To answer this shortly: You may move running instances between licensed servers without acquiring additional licenses. However you cannot exceed the maximum number of…
A ‘real life’ View, XenDesktop, Microsoft VDI comparison
After attending the dutch Citrix Partner Exchange 2010 I realized that there is a lot of FUD out there: in the Citrix community with regards to VMware View and PCoIP; with me personally with regards to XenDesktop (no F, but a lot of UD) This…
New server up and running (pics included)
Well, it’s done, as far as we’re concerned. The migration to new hardware is a fact. You might see a significant speedup in the site (we do). We’re very happy with the results, allthough we had some issues, but then again, which migration hasn’t? :)…
Hardware replacement for VMGuru.nl
Good news! Our brand new server is finally ready for production! Next Friday we will replace the old workhorse with a brand new one, with many thanks to our friends @ Dell (a big hurray and thank you to you all over there!) Our new infra…
Updated: Determining VMware Build Numbers for several VMware Products
While I was updating the Determining VMware vCenter and ESX Build Numbers post I thought I would semi-automate the updating of the post with new build numbers for new releases, while working on it I started too fill an excel sheet and ended up with…
Add additional drivers to ESXi
Last week I have been struggling with the installation of a vSphere 4 infrastructure on Dell hardware at a Belgium client site. I have done many many many VMware installations and encountered my fair share of issues but apart from the HP USB sticks the…
Scense 7 User Workspace Management adds extra value to VDI
Today Scense launched version 7 of their User Workspace management. If you are going to do a full blown VDI install. A product like Scense will give the VDI implementation extra value to your users and easy management of the complete environment. Scense 7 simplifies…
VKernel Capacity View
Last Wednesday VKernel released a new free tool which delivers capacity alerts to the desktop. Capacity View provides quick visibility and alerting to the storage and server capacity issues in your VMware virtualized infrastructure. I downloaded the toolto give it a testdrive and it is…
Life made easy – Dell EqualLogic storage swap
When it comes to storage, the EqualLogic PS-series amazes me every time. Last Tuesday I was at a client site investigating performance issues but when I opened SANHQ and the web interface on the PS 6000E one thing stood out. The performance issues were not…
VMware to acquire RTO Software
VMware really wants to get a piece of the desktop market. After acquiring and/or releasing products for desktop management (VMware View and ThinApp) VMware announced at VMworld ’09 that they had an OEM agreement with RTO for Virtual Profiles. VMware wanted to integrate the product…
RES PowerFuse 2010 released
Yesterday RES Software announced the availability of the new version of their Workspace Management solution RES PowerFuse 2010. In our projects we often use RES PowerFuse as an additional tool to virtualize the last step within desktop virtualization. It simplifies the management of the virtual…
VMware View 4.0.1 released
VMware has just released the new 4.0.1 version of their VMware View VDI suite. VMware View 4.0.1 is a maintenance release that fixes some known issues in the previous releases. So, what’s new in version 4.0.1? Support for vCenter 2.5 Update 6 and ESX 3.5…