Wednesday, February 6. 2013
Video - vCenter Heartbeat Installation and Validation
VMware vCenter Server Heartbeat delivers high availability for VMware vCenter Server, protecting virtual infrastructure from application, configuration, operating system, network and hardware-related problems. Protect VMware vCenter Server and its database against all types of planned and unplanned downtime with seamless, rapid failover and failback on both physical and virtual platforms. Proactively monitor VMware vCenter Server and ensure seamless failover and failback of for in local and remote locations.
This video created by Peter Boone and Jody Wilson demonstrates installing vCenter Server Heartbeat and also validating the installation.
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Monday, February 4. 2013
vCloud Connector 2.0 Now Available

Using vCloud Connector, you can stop and start virtual machines, check their performance, and transfer virtual machines, vApps, and templates from one cloud to another.
Using vCloud Connector Advanced edition, you can also extend your private datacenter to a public vCloud and set up a Content Library to distribute and synchronize templates across clouds.
Using vCloud Connector Advanced edition, you can also extend your private datacenter to a public vCloud and set up a Content Library to distribute and synchronize templates across clouds.
- Datacenter Extension - Enables you to extend your private datacenter to a public vCloud. You can move virtual machines and vApps from your private datacenter to a public vCloud, retain their original network settings, and continue to use them as if they were still in your private datacenter. You use the Datacenter Extension feature through the Stretch Deploy command in vCloud Connector.
- Content Sync - Enables you to synchronize templates across clouds. You can publish a folder or catalog of templates to a Content Library, have users subscribe to it, and keep the templates synchronized for all subscribed users.
- Cross-cloud Search - Enables you to search for a virtual machine, vApp, or template across all the clouds that you have added to your vCloud Connector installation.
- Multi-tenant Node - Enables public vCloud Service Providers or system administrators of private vCloud Director clouds to install one vCloud Connector Node for the cloud. Multiple organizations on the cloud can use that Node.
- Copy and deploy in one operation - Provides the ability to copy and deploy in one step, as well as the option of using the commands separately.
- New User Interface - Includes new Copy and Deploy wizards, new interface for Tasks, Details panel, and new cross-cloud search, among others.
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Video - VMware vCloud Networking and Security Automation Using vCloud Metadata
This vCloud Suite screencast presents how well vCloud Automation Center, vCenter Orchestrator, vCloud Director, and vCloud Networking and Security can all be tied together into a seamless solution.
VMware vCloud Networking and Security
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Sunday, February 3. 2013
Cool Tool - PowerShell Plus 4.7 (Free Utility)

- Learn PowerShell fast with the interactive learning center
- Execute PowerShell quickly and accurately with a Windows UI console
- Access, organize and share pre-loaded scripts from the QuickClick library
- Code & Debug PowerShell 10X faster with the advanced script editor
PowerShell Plus features a powerful interactive console, an advanced script editor and debugger and a comprehensive interactive learning center all integrated into a single product. Try PowerShell Plus today and see how much more productive you can be. PowerShell Plus 4.7 comes with a host of developer enhancement, including:
- NEW! Navigational tools - Bookmarks tool enables you to navigate all bookmarks in opened scripts. Breakpoints tool enables you to navigate all PowerShell Plus breakpoints in opened scripts. And, new Call Stack tool window displays function calling order when debugging PowerShell scripts.
- More new developer tools - New tools include the new Clone Parameter tool, Regular Expression Evaluator tool, and GUID tool dialog creator
- Code Signing – Code signing is now supported for Module files (.PSM1)
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