VMware HCL searchable
VMGuy posted a very very useful item today… The HCL is searchable!! No more downloading PDF’s before you give an advice, just search the up to date HCL
nWorks 4.0 VMware management
Since Veeam took over nWorks they been working very hard on the next version of the already pretty decent VMware connectors for management software like SCOM and HP. This resulted in the just released version 4.0 of their VMware Smart Plug-in for VMware (HP) and…
Real thin clients with Sunray
Yesterday AJ and me have been attending a seminar from Sun Microsystems about the Sunray. The Sunray is the next step in moving more processes into the backend and less hardware at the frontend. After a little introduction of the Sunray, Sible Schöne of the Climate…
P2V unstable hardware
Today we got a server from a company the client took over. It was an old server which was used to store scans from a multfunctional printer/scanner. This server needed to be P2V-ed to be used as an archive. The first shock was that it…
New KB articles published for week ending 12/07/2008
In the last week these items are added or edited in VMware’s Knowledgebase at http://kb.vmware.com
Hyper-V, not in my datacenter!
Last few weeks I tested Hyper-V with the intention to write an article on the subject and give you a good idea how Hyper-V compares to VMware. After a few days I was not sure if I was objective enough and if this would be…
HP c-Class blade introduction
Today me and AJ went to HP to get more information on HP c-Class blades. Last week we borrowed a C3000 enclosure with a c460 and a c685 blade from HP for our Centric/VMware seminar and we were very happy with it. I have to…
VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager Update 1 released
Yesterday VMware released Update 1 of their killer product vCenter Site Recovery Manager 1.0. So what’s new in Update 1: New permissions required to run a recovery plan Full support for RDM devices Batch IP property customization Limits checking and enforcement Improved support for virtual…
Dell EqualLogic partner training
Dell is working very actively to train their partners in Dell EqualLogic SANs. The training consists of a large portion of the operator training, a bit of (pre-)sales training and also a large portion was what you could call a Q&A session. I spent the…
VMware product name changes
A few product names of VMware’s product line have changed recently and while browsing some sites I suddenly noticed that I to was having trouble with these new names. Today when I was reading the new posts in the RSS feeds I noticed VMware posted…
VMware View 3.0 available now!
As of today VMware View 3.0 is released and available for download. We had the privilege of beta testing the new VMware VDI solution formerly known as VDM and now it is publicly available. The evolution of VDM, VMware View is a great product with…
HA problems caused by BIOS setting?
It may sound a bit strange, BIOS settings causing HA problems…… At the client site were I previously had problems with faulty HP USB sticks I still experience problems. After the problems with the green USBs after 1,5 week we received new black USBs. This…
Intelligent Application Gateway 2007 SP2
While reading some of the RSS feeds I stumbled onto an article about Intelligent Application Gateway (IAG) 2007 SP2. Now you might say, what is so special about a servicepack? Well in this case it means that you can run IAG 2007 virtual!!! First off what…
VDM: Delete computer accounts afterwards
We did a lot of testing lately with VDM for a proof of concept for a client and for our Centric/VMware seminar. One of the things we found missing was the cleanup of computer accounts after a VM was deleted.
Centric/VMware seminar. It was a success!
Yesterday, after weeks of preparation, it was finally time to treat our clients to a day of VMware delight. The last days especially were very very hard, I must agree with AJ, everyone who claims IT is a 9-to-5 job is insane. Thanks to Marc…