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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 …

Interview with Liza Adams of Virtela
June 8, 2010 – 12:51 pm | No Comment
Interview with Liza Adams of Virtela

Recently Virtela hit the wire with two innovative industry firsts: The world’s first cloud architecture purpose-built for enterprise networking, security and mobility, as well as the industry’s first virtualized application acceleration service.

Liza Adams, VP of Marketing for Virtela talks with VIB about the new release of Enterprise Services Cloud (ESC).

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.

It’s official: VMware Certified Advanced Professional
May 24, 2010 – 5:11 pm | No Comment
It’s official: VMware Certified Advanced Professional

By Brian Suhr
Earlier today VMware announced details about the VCAP certifications. These are the two new intermediate certifications that are also used as steps towards earning the VCDX.
Upon accomplishing VMware Certified Professional on VMware vSphere …

The latest release from VMware Labs: Ops Panel for ESX
May 21, 2010 – 9:59 am | No Comment
The latest release from VMware Labs: Ops Panel for ESX

By Brian Suhr
The latest release from the VMware Labs team is Ops panel. It’s a pretty simple idea that adds a list of virtual machines located on a host and provides some basic power related …

Top 10 Reasons You are NOT Ready for the Cloud
May 20, 2010 – 12:16 pm | 2 Comments
Top 10 Reasons You are NOT Ready for the Cloud

A cloud solution is a combination of technologies and processes rather than an object that can be packaged up and handed over. I encourage a cautious approach that takes into account your environment as well as the state of the technology being considered. To that end, I submit the following top 10 reasons why you’re not ready to adopt cloud computing, along with my apologies to David Letterman…