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XVP manager from VMware can manage Hyper-V Servers

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New tool called XVP manager and converter has been released by VMware Labs. With this new tool from VMware Labs you’re able not only to manage Hyper-V hosts but also convert VMs running on Hyper-V to VMware format and to migrate them to vSphere Environment. The installation is very easy. At first you must install […]

Two books about ESX/ESXi in the entreprise

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ESXi is the product to deploy, how? Those 2 books might help you with that. In no particular order, I’ll start with the first one. Dave Mishchenko the author of this book. VMware ESXi is the easiest way to get started with virtualization — and it’s free. It allows administrators to consolidate their applications onto […]

ESX Virtualization theme update

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My website has got a face lift with comfy 3.09 update. It’s been some time since I use the comfy theme from Deluxethemes.com, but I never actually checked if there is an updates or bug fixes. Since the website was upgraded regularly with latest WordPress, I haven’t actually been worried about an upgrade. I also […]

Configure your VI client

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This article is meant to be just informative for newcomers to virtualization under vSphere. I just wanted to point out this easy way to configure what do you need as an information when you fire-up your VI client. Whether you’re managing single host in a lab environment (my case…) or a cluster with more ESX(i) […]

Configure iSCSI port binding in VMware vSphere 4.1 video

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In this video, VMware engineer will show you the configuration of iSCSI port bindings. Nice video find on the VMware KBTV which I’d like to share here. It’s the process of activating an iSCSI initiator (via GUI) and binding the vmk nics (via CLI ..) . You’ll see the configuration steps, but also the testing […]

vCloud Director Performance and Best practices guide

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vCloud Director Performance and best practices guide has been released. The PDF white paper has been released by VMware last week. What’s in it? There are several topics covered in the paper: Experimental Setup covering the setup used Sizing for Number of Cell Instances, tested with up to 12 cell instances with 10 fylly loaded […]

Starwind SAN 5.6 with Advanced GUI and more

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Starwind SAN Software has been updated to the version 5.6 Starwind SAN is not new for ESX Virtualization readers. I’ve done quite a few articles about Starwind when I was learning to pass my VCP certification exam. In case you don’t know Stawind SAN, you can have a look at my article – Starwind iSCSI […]

Update 1 for vSphere 4.1 released

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vSphere Update 1 was released by VMware. Just during the PEX (Partner Exchange) at Orlando there is a new major update for vSphere 4.1 – U1 release. Mostly bug fixes in this release, but some new things also. For example…for ESX(i) 4.1 U1 what’s new? Not all components of vSphere had been refreshed. Only vCenter, […]

Switch from RDP to PCoIP with a nice drop in the WAN network traffic

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In this video from VMware TV you’ll see a VMware client using VMware View 4.5 in a heath-care environement. A quick video about using VMware View for Virtualizing Desktops in medial care institutions. What took my attention was the fact that when they swapped from classic RDP sessions to PCoIP provided by VMware View Virtual […]