VMware releases new versions of Fusion and Workstation
Yesterday VMware released the latest versions of its personal desktop hypervisors: Fusion for the Mac and Workstation (and Player) for Windows. For those of you who are not familiar with either product, both are used to provide a virtual environment on either Windows or OS…
VMware Fling – VNC Server and VNC Client
The VMware labs just released a new fling. This time it’s all about remote access with VNC. The release notes state: This Fling is a stand-alone, cross-platform VNC implementation based on the remoting technology found in vSphere and VMware Workstation. It allows remote access to…
Do’s and Don’ts at VMworld
For some it’s the first time, others are long going alumni’s, visiting VMworld is the yearly top of the pops when it comes to hearing and seeing all the new trends in the world of virtualization and beyond. And I’d like to emphasize on the…
VMware Horizon 6.1.1
At the end of last week VMware released the latest version of VMware Horizon 6.1.1. The version number would suggest that this update contains only minor changes or bugfixes, but in fact has some very nice new features. Client Drive Redirection Users can share folders and…
Free tool: VMware Software Manager
While browsing the VMware site I noticed a free download that I have never seen before. On March 12, 2015 VMware released VMware Software Manager. VMware Software Manager – Download Service is a tool for managing downloads of VMware suite products. The tool allows you…
News from the VMware Education front
There’s a lot happening on the VMware Education side of things. Since VMware released vSphere 6 a lot of courses and exams are updated or are still in beta. So here’s the list: VMware Certified Professional 6 – Data Center Virtualization (VCP6-DCV) VMware Certified Professional…
Support on Windows 2003 ends soon
[ujicountdown id=”Default” expire=”2015/07/15 00:00″ hide=”true” url=”” subscr=”” recurring=”” rectype=”second” repeats=””] Are you stressed out about the oncoming storm? No? So, you migrated all your servers to Windows 2008 or later already? No hidden servers left, gathering dust somewhere? If you’re wondering what it is all…
Barista as a Service with vRealize Orchestrator
On Thursday March 19 the NLVMUG UserCon 2015 took place at the 1931 Conference Center in Den Bosch, The Netherlands. Erik thought it would be cool to do something different with vRealize Orchestrator as s a showcase since he was presenting at the NLVMUG together with Martijn…
Dutch VMUG Roundup
Last thursday, 19 March 2015, the dutch VMUG boys organized the VMUG Usercon again. Venue was the 1931 conference center in Den Bosch. This year the total amount of participants went through the roof. The all-time-record for a VMUG conference was not broken, but with…
Nakivo Gives Away v5.5 NFR Licenses to VMware Professionals
Nakivo provider of virtualization data protection software, is providing free Not for Resale (NFR) licenses to VMware professionals: current VMUG members, VMware vExperts, VCIs, VCPs, VTSPs, and VSPs can receive an NFR license of NAKIVO Backup & Replication v5.5. The NFR license keys are available…
Come join the fun and visit VMworld 2015!
Come join the fun and visit VMworld 2015. The #1 Cloud and Virtualization Technology worldwide event will be held at US, San Francisco from August 30 – September 3, 2015 and Europe, Barcelona from October 12-15, 2015. VMworld is four full days of innovation to…
Vote VMGuru!
It’s that time of year again, where you guys get to vote (for VMGuru, of course!) the best blogs on virtualization. As always, this is hosted by vSphereland.com and their ever objective committee will count your votes. This year’s list with blogs is pretty impressive….
Build a new home lab
In February 2014 I’ve build myself a new whitebox ESXi server to replace the server which died on me when testing a Nvidia Quadro K5000 graphics card. One year later, I started my new job at VMware and I need to dive into some new products…
VMware Fling – VM Resource and Availability Service
A couple of days ago, the VMware labs released a brand new fling, the VM Resource and Availability Service. What can you do with it? This Fling enables you to perform a what-if analysis for host failures on your infrastructure. You can simulate failure of…
Virtualizing Oracle Databases on vSphere a book review
As VMGuru we are virtualizing all kind of business critical applications since 2005. Virtualizing Oracle Databases on vSphere is often part of those projects. I must express tho that none of us is an Oracle DBA, but we are often involved in virtualization projects were their…