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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 …

  • Miscellaneous
  • vExpert
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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 …

  • Automation
  • Puppet
  • Orchestrator
  • Administration
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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 …

  • Beta
  • VMware
  • Announcement
  • Cloud
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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 …

  • ESXi
  • VMware
  • Troubleshooting
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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 …

  • Security
  • Appliances
  • VMware
  • vCenter
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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 …

  • Miscellaneous
  • VMware
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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 …

  • Virtualization
  • Miscellaneous
  • Redhat
  • Cloud
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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 …

  • Management
  • Operations
  • VMware
  • vCenter
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vExpert 2013

Last week, the 581 people that were awarded the vExpert title for the year 2013. It is large list of people who are active in the community, that share knowledge, that lead VMUG’s and all other …

  • Miscellaneous
  • vExpert
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VMTN Communities - Now Supports Mobile Devices

This was not widely announced, so I guess that many of you do not know that since the upgrade that was performed on the VMware Community Forums (VMTN) there is now support for mobile devices (such as …

  • Miscellaneous
  • VMware
  • VMTN
  • Communities