Eric Sloof

Bitdefender Security for Virtualized Environments (SVE) is the first all- encompassing security solution for virtualized datacenters, specifically architected for the dynamic datacenters of today. SVE protects any number of virtualized desktops and servers running on Windows and Linux systems. As opposed to traditional antimalware, Bitdefender centralizes all the scanning and update processes on a virtual appliance called Security Server, which helps deduplicate critical resources and diminish I/O activity on the physical host.

Kieran Harty explains the company's new approach to data management for the software-defined data center. Tintri VMstore provides Zero Management Storage for virtualization and cloud. Tintri VMstore was built from the ground up based on the industry's first and leading VM-Aware Storage architecture to deliver always-optimized storage for dynamic virtual environments. Tintri VMstore was created with virtual machines (VMs) in mind. It uses and understands VMs and virtual disks in place of such traditional storage abstractions as volumes and LUNs.

This video expands on the diagram provided in knowledge base article: "VMware vSphere 5 Memory Management and Monitoring diagram (2017642)". It provides a comprehensive look into the ESXi memory management mechanisms and reclamation methods, and also provides the relevant monitoring components in vCenter Server and the troubleshooting tools like ESXTOP.

More than 55% of the world's server systems are now virtualized, and 50-60% of today's critical business applications are built with Java. Information about optimizing virtualized systems running Java is critical – and it's remarkably scarce. Often, there's a mindshare gap” between VMware vSphere administrators and Java developers, who have fundamentally different knowledge and experience.

Now, the world's leading expert in Java enterprise virtualization bridges the gap between these fields, offering both the theory and practical solutions that vSphere and Java administrators need to optimize large-scale Java-based systems. Both a reference and a performance cookbook, Virtualizing and Tuning Large Scale Java Platforms will be indispensable to all technical professionals and IT managers responsible for Java performance in virtualized enterprise systems.

Emad Benajmin provides detailed case studies, specific technical advice, troubleshooting help, up-to-date FAQs, and much more. You'll learn how to correctly size, scale, and rationalize virtualized Java platforms; and tune VMware vSphere for the unique challenges of large Java applications.

Benjamin addresses crucial technical issues such as Java garbage collection, and helps you modernize Java application architecture using in-memory databases – preparing your applications for both Big Data and Fast Data. Whether you're virtualizing Websphere, Weblogic, Tomcat, or any other Java-based enterprise application platform, this guide will help you get all the performance, utilization, reliability, and manageability you're paying for.

Expected December 2013 -  Virtualizing and Tuning Large Scale Java Platforms

Acronis vmProtect 9 provides backup and replication of virtual machines and recovery of entire ESXi servers. It fully supports Microsoft Exchange Server, SQL Server, SharePoint, Active Directory and other applications.

You can easily extract individual items or files from Exchange or SharePoint backups. Fastest recovery for less downtime By running a virtual machine directly from a mounted image you gain near-instantaneous recovery, and the Acronis vmFlashBack technology recovers virtual machines 100 times faster than a full recovery.

Widest array of backup destinations Acronis vmProtect 9 provides backups to local disks, network shares, ESXi datastore, and the Cloud to optimize storage. Easy to install, use and manage You can install and configure Acronis vmProtect 9 in minutes, then manage backups directly from vCenter or a Web console using supported browsers.

Unlimited migrations Acronis vmProtect 9 allows you to perform unlimited migrations of physical or virtual servers to VMware vSphere®.

Traffic filtering is the ability to filter packets based on the various parameters of the packet header. This capability is also referred to as access control lists (ACLs), and it is used to provide port-level security. The VDS supports packet classification, based on the following three different types of qualifiers:

• MAC SA and DA qualifiers
• System traffic qualifiers
• vSphere vMotion, vSphere management, vSphere FT, and so on
• IP qualifiers
• Protocol type, IP SA, IP DA, and port number

After the qualifier has been selected and packets have been classified, users have the option to either filter or tag those packets. When the classified packets have been selected for filtering, users have the option to filter ingress, egress, or traffic in both directions.

This free self paced eLearning course facilitates the avoidance of the pitfalls commonly encountered when experienced VMware vSphere professionals cross the chasm of Tier-1 SQL Server virtualization.

VMware PowerCLI is one of the most successful command line tools for managing your VMware products. With the many existing cmdlets designed for the system administrator or vSphere Admin, PowerCLI is the easiest and most powerful tool for managing your environment.

In the recent release of vSphere 5.5, the following new features were announced:

• vSphere Flash Read Cache
• VMware Virtual SAN

This fling adds a PowerShell module with PowerCLI cmdlets for managing vSphere Flash Read Cache and VMware Virtual SAN.

Download: PowerCLI Extensions