Deploying an Instance with novaclient in Rackspace
There are a number of limitations with the current GUI when deploying a new instance in Rackspace (such as no option to attach a keypair to the deployed instance) - therefore I suggest you use the …
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I was just watching a discussion on DevOps, Automation and Continuous integration and heard the following, “Chef is a tool for doing infrastructure automation - config management, application …
Thanks to @dawoo for the vEXPERT Swag
I would like to thank Darren Woollard for taking the time to create and send over my new vEXPERT and iVirtualise sticker (even if it is spelled wrong :) ) Thanks!! If you are a vEXPERT - go on over …
Snowflakes in July?
Unless you live in a very specific part of the world - the chance that you will see snow (I mean the real fluffy stuff - not the artificial muck that people make) is really, really slim. But many of …
vSphere Big Data Extensions v1.0 Beta
VMware vSphere Big Data Extensions 1.0 Beta - Release Notes VMware is proud to announce the VMware vSphere Big Data Extensions v1.0 beta. This product is designed to work with vSphere and leverages …
All I Did Was Add a VMkernel Interface (Routing)
That was the call I got today. “All I did was add a VMkernel interface and my host lost connection to vCenter”. On went my troubleshooting hat. First the environment (simplified) The …
Security in VMware Virtual Appliances
Today I got a reminder of a post I have been meaning to write about security best practices and VMware Virtual Appliances. A question was raised on the VMTN community VCSA - what is the default …
Yo Ho Ho - VMware Needs a CTO…
Forgive the catchy title… Well this morning I thought that I had missed something (which I usually don’t) - and that Paul Strong was appointed as the new CTO succeeding Stephen Herrod. What made …
Announcements from Red Hat summit
Here is a short summary with links on today’s announcements from the Red Hat summit in Boston. Red Hat Launches Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3.2 Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3.2 brings …
vCenter Log Insight Now Available
Hello World…. vCenter Log Insight (Release Notes) - The first public release of the new Log Management and Analytics product. VMware vCenter Log Insight is the new solution of VMware for log …