Interview with Eric Courville of VM6 Software
July 27, 2010 – 11:08 am | No Comment

Eric Courville, COO and co-founder of VM6 Software chats with VIB about their newest all in one product release VMex 2.1 and shares a bit about what VM6 Software has planned for the future.

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VMware VMUG Announces The Board of Directors and New User Group Model
July 26, 2010 – 11:08 am | One Comment
VMware VMUG Announces The Board of Directors and New User Group Model

There has been talk about changes to the VMUG program coming soon. Earlier this year a steering committee meeting took place in Chicago, IL. Below are some of the upcoming changes that are a result of …

MSFT earnings up, stock down. What do investors want?
July 26, 2010 – 10:44 am | No Comment
MSFT earnings up, stock down. What do investors want?

By Donald Dodge
Microsoft reported record revenues and profits for the quarter and fiscal year. Yet, the stock (MSFT) is down again. What does Wall Street want from Microsoft? I think the problem is that Microsoft …

Configure VMware ESXi 4.1 for Active Directory Integration
July 26, 2010 – 10:33 am | No Comment
Configure VMware ESXi 4.1 for Active Directory Integration

By now you’re sure to have heard that vSphere 4.1 offers the ability to use Active Directory for authentication. This is something that has been on peoples wish lists for sometime now. There was some …

VKernel Capacity Analyzer goes head to head with VMware CapacityIQ
July 21, 2010 – 10:29 am | No Comment
VKernel Capacity Analyzer goes head to head with VMware CapacityIQ

After a recent release of a comparison chart from VMware marketing it appears that VKernel is also taking the gloves off…

New features in vSphere ESX 4.1
July 13, 2010 – 11:02 am | One Comment
New features in vSphere ESX 4.1

With the big news that vSphere 4.1 was released and available for download, get a summary on the newest features and benefits included in the release.

Scripted Install for ESXi. Scripted installation of ESXi to…

Six Questions Every Data Center Manager Should Ask to Obtain Effortless Backup in the VMware Environment
July 7, 2010 – 9:23 am | One Comment
Six Questions Every Data Center Manager Should Ask to Obtain Effortless Backup in the VMware Environment

By Fadi Albatal, FalconStor Software
As virtualization enters the mainstream and continues to spread across the data center to reach into primary workloads and applications, data protection has become one of the highest priorities of IT …

VMware to become the next Novell?
June 28, 2010 – 8:12 am | No Comment
VMware to become the next Novell?

By Mike Laverick
OK. I admit it the ONLY reason for this blogpost title is get you to pay attention. I don’t really mean that at all. But now I’ve suckered you into reading this thing …

Your Input? The Future of SRM?
June 24, 2010 – 1:32 pm | No Comment
Your Input? The Future of SRM?

By Mike Laverick
Yesterday I had the pleasure meeting Jacob Jensen of VMware. He’s VMware new Product Group Manager for the SRM product – prior to this he was heavily involved in the network piece of …

VMware showing off more on Storage IO control coming in vSphere 4.1
June 21, 2010 – 11:36 am | No Comment
VMware showing off more on Storage IO control coming in vSphere 4.1

By Brian Suhr 
With more talk about Storage IO Control (SIOC) each month, VMware is starting to leak more details about the feature. The best write up on the feature was by Scott Drummonds last month …

VMware vSphere 4.0 U2 and vCenter Server 4.0 Update 2 Now Available for Download
June 11, 2010 – 12:16 pm | No Comment
VMware vSphere 4.0 U2 and vCenter Server 4.0 Update 2 Now Available for Download

By Brian Suhr
Hot off the presses! The latest update for VMware vSphere is now available for download. Both Update 2 for ESX 4.0, ESXi 4.0 and vCenter 4.0 are all available now. Run don’t walk …

Mike Laverick’s Panologic Evaluation
June 6, 2010 – 12:25 pm | No Comment
Mike Laverick’s Panologic Evaluation

This week I spent some (not all) of my time playing about with a Panologic Device.
It’s not a PC and its not a dumb-terminal. It’s something else all together – its what’s called a zero-client. What that means is essentially the device is truly stateless. It boots over the network to what’s called the Pano Manager, which then acts as…

If They Aren’t Ready to Listen, it Doesn’t Matter What You Say
May 30, 2010 – 2:38 pm | No Comment
If They Aren’t Ready to Listen, it Doesn’t Matter What You Say

By Donald Dodge
Every salesperson knows this, but many entrepreneurs don’t. If they aren’t ready to listen, it doesn’t matter what you have to say. Saying it five different ways won’t help. Saying it louder, faster, …

Location of VMware log files for ESX, ESXi, SRM and vCenter
May 29, 2010 – 12:05 pm | No Comment
Location of VMware log files for ESX, ESXi, SRM and vCenter

By Brian Suhr
Whether your tracking down an issue on your own or collection data to submit a support request to VMware your gonna need to round up the necessary log files. I have collected and listed some of the main log locations from VMware and also linked to KB articles covering a full list of log file locations.