VMware abandons CPU based licensing model
With the release of vSphere 4.1, VMware has released a new licensing model. The management products below change from a CPU-based pricing model to one that is VM-based. VMware vCenter CapacityIQ; VMware vCenter AppSpeed; VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager; VMware vCenter Chargeback. Until December 15th…
vExpert 2010!! [Update]
Yesterday I already reported on Edwin being awarded vExpert 2010! Today Anne Jan and myself received the identical e-mail from John Troyer, so we’re excited to tell you that we extended our vExpert 2009 and are also VMware vExperts 2010!
vExpert 2010!!
This weekend Edwin received an e-mail from John Troyer (VMware) confirming his 2010 VMware vExpert award! Edwin congratulations! For those of you who aren’t familiar, the VMware vExpert Award is given to individuals who have significantly contributed to the community of VMware users over the…
VMware Fusion, an essential Mac app
Last week VMware released the new 3.1 version of their Mac workstation virtualisation application and according to VMware it is better, stronger, and faster than ever before and it is a free update for all VMware Fusion 3 customers. When I started my VMware…
Trade in XenApp for VMware View part 2
It is always nice to see how Citrix fan-boys reacts on publications about VMware View. Especially when it comes to an comparison or XenApp for View trade in. It is often said that Citrix listens to their customers but they are seldom heard! People need…
Trade in XenApp for VMware View
As a reaction on the Citrix program to trade in your VMware View licenses for XenDesktop, VMware comes with a program to trade in your XenApp licenses for VMware View. The trade in program is quite simple: For the price of 3 years XenApp SA…
vSphere network troubleshooting
During the last month I have been very busy building a new infrastructure at a client site. I’m responsible for the overall technical solution and the basis, a VMware vSphere infrastructure build on five Dell PowerEdge R805’s, Dell EqualLogic PS5000 and 6000 storage and Cisco…
Updating ESX hosts with FT enabled VM’s
Up until a week ago, I hadn’t had the pleasure to work a lot with vSphere. Now with a test environment at the customer site I was able to freely play a bit with vSphere. One of the features I was curious on trying was…
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…
VMware ThinApp 4.5 released
Yesterday VMware has released the new version of their application virtualization product, ThinApp 4.5 ThinApp 4.5 includes the following new features to improve usability, performance, and updates: Support for Windows Server 2008 R2, 32-bit Windows 7, and 64-bit Windows 7 operating systems. ThinApp version updates…
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…
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…
Palo Alto plane crash: Power outage, VMware Support still available
According to news reports a small plane has crashed in Palo Alto this morning, causing a power outage. At 7:50 AM, shortly after take-off a small plane crashed into the power lines and exploded on impact, killing all three people onboard which were all employees…
Finally received VCP 4 certificate & benefits
Regularly I receive question from worried colleagues who have passed their VCP410 exam but haven’t received their certificate and welcome kit yet. The only answer I had until now was the one I picked up on the VMware communities website stating that VMware had delayed…
VMworld 2010 News – Talk to the experts
Today VMware organized the vForum 2010 in Nijkerk, the Netherlands, and during this day Dutch VMUG-er Viktor van den Berg interviewed Richard Garsthagen. Richard is one of the organizers of VMworld and during this interview he revealed some news about VMworld 2010. First of all…