Eric Sloof - NTPRO.NL

Geoff White has started a project page for *esxplot* where you can download the current release bundle, as well as alpha and beta releases when they become available.

esxplot is a GUI application that lets you explore the data collected by esxtop in batch mode. The program takes a single command line argument which is the esxtop batch mode output file. You can also simply start esxplot without any arguments, and enter a dataset file via the File attribute of the menu bar. Esxplot loads the data in this file and presents the metrics as a hierarchical tree where the values are selectable in the left panel. In the right panel, a graph is plotted (value over time) of the selected metric, in this way, you can “browse” the contents of these somewhat unwieldy files.

http://www.durganetworks.com/esxplot/

One of my students at last week’s VMware Technical Sales Professional training demoed me his home lab with a real great White Box. Alain used the Aspire X5810 - a multimedia-ready desktop flashing a cool, brushed-metal chassis and streamlined design. This desktop occupies just one-third of the space of a traditional PC. The default CPU is an Intel® Core™2 Quad Processor Q8300 (4M Cache, 2.50 GHz, 1333 MHz FSB), check this page to see if the CPU is Virtualization Technology (VT-x) compatible. The onboard network card isn’t supported by ESX4i, so you have to buy an additional Intel E1000.

Technical Specifications

Model Name: Aspire X5810
Processor & Chipset: Intel® Core™2 Quad processor (up to 95 W)
Intel® Core™2 Duo processor
Intel® G43 Express Chipset
Memory: Up to 8 GB of DDR3 1066 MHz SDRAM (dual-channel support on four DIMMs)
Storage: Serial ATA hard disk up to 1TB (ICH10)

Hi all,

I am happy to announce that beginning today, February 11th, Workstation 7 licenses will begin to go out to all new VCP3s, VCP4s, and those of you who upgraded to VCP4s. If you received a letter (and if you haven't received your kit yet, you will) stating we will be sending you the key, you will now be receiving it!

As for the new VCP Logo, it has been posted to the VCP section of the website. You can download and use the logo on all of your materials.

Apologies to everyone for the delays, and congratulations once again on your achievement!

Regards,

Jon C. Hall
Technical Certification Developer
VMware, Inc.

http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1003734 This video helps you troubleshoot a situation where VMware VMotion fails at 10%. The video shows you how to perform some of the more common tasks associated with resolving the failure. For more information, you can visit the VMware knowledge base article. The article provides a few more troubleshooting steps for less common issues.