New book by David Marshall, Stephen S. Beaver and Jason McCarty. Based on actual experiences with implementing and managing large scale projects and environments, this book emphasizes the design, implementation, and management of a VMware ESX server, offering technical and consultative points of view. Providing practical guides and examples, the chapter organization focuses first on introducing a concept and background for that concept, before providing a real-world scenario on which the planning and implementation example is based. Finally, for more technical readers, the book includes advanced topics and additional resources.
Thursday, August 21. 2008
VMware ESX Essentials in the Virtual Data Center
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Tuesday, August 19. 2008
VMware Webcasts | Powershell toolkit web recording
For those who haven’t had much exposure to the Powershell Toolkit and what it can do, there is a recording of a webinar presented by the Carter Shanklin at this link. It is pretty basic and intended for those with little or no exposure to the toolkit.
If you’ve ever wondered what it is or why you might want to use it (like disconnecting the CD from 45 or 50 VMs so you can VMotion them without having to deal with the right-click – pick-from-the-pop-up-menu process manually 45-50 times) then you might want to check this out.
More recorded webcasts are available on : http://www.vmware.com/a/webcasts/recorded/
Monday, August 18. 2008
VMworld 2008 | Will ESX 4.0 debut at the VMworld?
During the past week VMware have had to make some changes to the VMworld Breakout Session Schedule and as a result you may need to re-register for some of your sessions. They recommend that you log back into the Schedule Builder and check your schedule as soon as possible. According to the details from Lab A I’m beginning to wonder...
Lab A Session Title: VMware® Datacenter Tech Preview
Schedule Information:
Tuesday, 9:30
Tuesday, 13:00
Tuesday, 15:30
Wednesday, 9:30
Wednesday, 13:00
Wednesday, 15:30
Thursday, 9:30
Thursday, 13:00
Thursday, 15:30
Length: 2 Hours
Level: Advanced
Abstract: The next generation virtual datacenter from VMware will encompass exciting new technologies that further extend the flexibility, efficiency and dynamism of IT environments. A preview of these new server, networking and storage related technologies, how they work and how they can be configured to deliver higher levels of availability, resource efficiency and simplified management in IT environments will be provided.
Friday, August 15. 2008
Vizioncore's new products to be featured at VMworld
Vizioncore will be demonstrating a number of new and updated products at VMworld next month, and also offering ‘sneak previews’ of a couple of near term products.
• Backup/Recovery with information about the re-engineered vRanger Pro 4.0
• VM Optimization and Storage Reclamation with the all new vOptimizer Pro designed for ESX in the data center
• Virtualization Performance Monitoring & Vizioncore's future chargeback capability
• P2V Server Consolidation and Disaster Recovery with vConverter 4.0
• Virtualization Workflow Automation and a new automation studio
• Heterogeneous Administration & Control and a new orchestration console
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