Saturday, December 8. 2012
The Official YouTube App is back
Video - Mythbusting Goes Virtual - Dutch VMUG 2012
Download link to the PPT: Mythbusters_Dutch_VMUG_2012.pptx
Friday, December 7. 2012
Slides - Mythbusting Goes Virtual - Dutch VMUG 2012
Some things never change. Or do they? VMware vSphere is getting new and improved features with every release. And these features change the characteristics and performance of the virtual machines. If you are not up to speed, you will probably manage your environment relying on old, no-longer-accurate information. The vMythbusters have collected a series of interesting hot topics that we have seen widely discussed in virtualization communities, on blogs and on Twitter. We’ve put these topics to the test in our lab to determine if they are a myth or truth.
Download link to the PPT: Mythbusters_Dutch_VMUG_2012.pptx
Wednesday, December 5. 2012
Latest Fling from VMware Labs - Lctree
Lctree is a tool designed for the visualization of linked clone VM trees created by VMware vCloud Director. Linked clone is a feature available in vSphere that creates a clone of a VM from a snapshot point. The new VMs disks are not full copies of the source disks, but instead, are delta disks which point back to the snapshots disks. This feature is widely used in vCloud Director.
Features
- Tree generation is fast compared to solutions using data fetched from vCenter/ESX server
- Hierarchical tree view
- Node properties & separate disk chain view
- Refresh & Search option
- Traditional tree view in separate tabs
- Relocate order of virtual machines in a tree
Monday, December 3. 2012
Technical White Paper - Securing VMware View 5.1 Communication Channels with SSL Certificates
The VMware View solution separates the personal desktop environment from the physical system by moving desktops to a datacenter, from which the users can access the desktops using a client-server computing model. VMware View incorporates a rich set of features required for any enterprise deployment by providing a robust platform for hosting virtual desktops from VMware vSphere. Additional capabilities such as distributed infrastructure services and virtual desktop failover and recovery make it an ideal solution for desktop virtualization. VMware View consists of various components such as Connection Server, Security Server, View Composer, and vCenter Server. Communication between each of these components is established in a secure manner. The communication channel is secured using a Secure Socket Layer (SSL) encryption mechanism. This paper provides a technical overview of these features, in addition to the specific configurations required in an ideal implementation. Overall, this paper covers:
- A brief discussion of SSL authentication
- X.509 certificate validation flow on Secure Gateway components
- X.509 certificate configuration in different View components and SSL integration with VMware View
- Basic troubleshooting