Eric Sloof

In addition to planning and designing small and large virtualization environments, mightycare solutions GmbH (MCS) also develops helpful tools. For customers which decide not to use the VMware Site Recovery Manager the new MCS-DR-Quick-Reg tool is the fastest and simplest way to register virtual machines from replicated LUN´s. The tool is easy to handle both as experienced administrator and normal users.

The MCS-DR-Quick-Reg connects to a VMware ESX Server 3.x, vSphere4 Server, Virtual Center Server 2.5 or vCenter server. After registration on the Infrastructure Server the registered virtual Machines can be displayed. Now you can search on individual datastores for unregistered virtual Machines. When using the tool a new registry key under HKEY_CURRENT_USER-> Software-> MightyCare-> vTools will be created. In this key you can find the connection parameters.

Check out their website next Friday. http://mightycare.de/

MokaFiveTV is now up on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/MokaFiveTV

They already have a few videos up there, including an overview of the layered approach to desktop virtualization management with co-founder John Whaley, and the back-story of MokaFive from Stanford professor and MokaFive founder, Monica Lam.

They also wanted to let you know that MokaFive has a blog to which the company leaders post regularly - a BriForum recap is the most recent entry: http://blog.mokafive.com/

New in this release: dockable windows in the main console, new message pane, support for Posh v2 modules, and configurable, recently opened files function that remembers your tabs in the editor.  See the release notes attachment for details.

http://www.powergui.org/downloads.jspa

The Schedule Builder is open for business! If you are registered, you can book classes now at http://bit.ly/4cj7uJ. The most popular session is already overbooked. If you want to attend Carter’s VM2241, the only option is the waiting list. I’m sure this session will be upgraded to a bigger room.

VM2241  Managing vSphere with VMware PowerCLI
Yavor Boychev, Scott Herold and Carter Shanklin

Abstract:  Are you vexed by VMs? Drowning in datastores? Scared of snapshots? Do you ever feel like your Virtual Infrastructure is out of control and nothing can help?

If you answered yes to any of these questions, you've got a problem that only automation can solve and VMware's free PowerCLI (formerly known as the VI Toolkit for Windows) is the best tool for the job. In this session, learn how PowerCLI's powerful commands and strong community will help you tame your ESX, vCenter, and Update Manager servers in virtually no time at all.

Don't forget to check-out TA2650 - Take PowerCLI to the Next Level :-)

Mike's new book can be pre-ordered at Amazon.

Written by internationally recognized VMware expert Mike Laverick, this is an in-depth implementation guide to VMware's new suite of virtualization technologies, vSphere4. The book provides best practices for deploying the vSphere product in real-world enterprise environments. You will get insider tips for planning, designing, implementing, and securing a virtual infrastructure and automating tasks and procedures.