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Manfred Meier a Web- and System-Administrator from Switzerland has written the ESX Console Manger utility that can do the following. List Virtual Machines and Virtual Disk information with the location and size of the files and directories (also for unregistered Virtual Machines). Rename Virtual Disks of registered Virtual Machines. Kill Virtual Machine Process (if the VM can't be powered off). List All Virtual Disk Flatfiles on a Datastore with size and modification date. And view Logfiles on the ESX Host. He also publishes lots of other VMware tips and tricks on his website ESXGuide.

Peter van den Bosch from PQR created a features comparisons matrix of virtualization migration products.   This matrix compares the features of the industries most popular virtualization migration products. The focus of the differences between the products is the remigration possibilities. The products often offer more then migration possibilities, disaster recovery and backup on remote sites are among those extra options.

Last week I delivered my first fast-track VI3-IC course in Veenendaal. On forehand I was a bit skeptical about the fast-track teaching method because there is a grey area with lots of bad test exams. Those test exams are causing a devaluation of the VCP status. But I managed to stay out of the grey area and one of my students did me a great favor and described his thoughts and feelings about the past week. He also passed his exam with great figures. Curios ? here’s the story (in Dutch).

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Eric Siebert started a great website with lots if VMware tips and tricks. His website runs under the name VMware-land. Eric is a 25 year IT veteran who has been dealing with computers his whole life. He has done everything from working on mid-range computers (S/36, AS/400), programming (RPG, dBase, Javascript, Lotuscript, VB Script), telco, cabling, networking, OS/2 administation, Novell Netware administation, Windows server administration, Lotus Domino administation, Websphere (App server, Portal server, MQ) administration, Siteminder administration, IIS administration, SQL administration and VMware administration. He has been using the VMware technology for over 2 years and has completely immersed himself in learning the product inside and out. He recently managed a very successful Windows server consolidation project migrating over 50 physical servers to 4 virtual servers. Eric resides in Arvada, Colorado with his wife and 3 children. Some topics you can find at http://vmware-land.com are dealing with:

How can I specify an alternate location for VM snapshot files?
How do I create an account so I do not have to use root?
How can I set a static MAC address for my VM?
How can I modify the ESX/VC UI web page?
How can I migrate my Vmware Server VM’s to ESX?
How do I upgrade a existing virtual disk from BusLogic to LSI Logic?