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vSphere 5. 0 vRAM Entitlements are to be changed

The first rumor of this was mentioned here by Gabrie van Zanten The original levels were as follows: As I mentioned on a previous post of mine vSphere 5 Licensing is (some kind of) per-VM licensing - …

  • VMworld
  • vSphere
  • vSphere Hypervisor
  • Administration
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VMware vCenter Converter to be Retired

Who uses vCenter Converter? Well I do. So I have some bad news for you. It looks like the built-in converter plugin which was part of vCenter 4.x will be no more. This is screen shot from the Beta …

  • Administration
  • VMware
  • vCenter
  • Converter
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Blogger Reality Show - Starts on Tuesday

Last week I blogged about how I was going to get to VMworld, and all of this is due to the fact that I am participating in a Blogger Reality Contest. Our first session will be this Tuesday Session 1: …

  • Reality
  • VMworld
  • Blogger
  • Show
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A Special Happy Birthday to John Troyer vTHNX

Today is a special day. Not for me, but for someone that not only I think has done such a great service to the VMware community - but so many other agree as well. And that is you John Troyer! Instead …

  • Miscellaneous
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So I am coming to VMworld - On with the Show!

First let me say - Yes!!!!!!!! After a back and forth - and some uncertainty - I can finally say that I am going to be at VMworld next month. Copenhagen was out of the question for me this year …

  • Contest
  • VMworld
  • Miscellaneous
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Using VMware Zimbra Fling - with Gmail

A while ago VMware released their VMware Zimbra for Android (VZA). The developers Chitong Chung and Ben Kolin described the fling as follows: VMware Zimbra for Android (VZA) is a native Android …

  • Zimbra
  • Miscellaneous
  • VMware
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vSphere 5 Licensing is (some kind of) per-VM licensing

After a rocky two days on the blogosphere, the forums, Twitter, and practically everywhere else, I would like to add in my 2 cents. My apologies if this turns out to be a long post. Firstly let me say …

  • vSphere
  • Miscellaneous
  • Administration
  • VMware
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NetApp DFM Console on Ubuntu

I finally got to play around with the NetApp Operations Manager last week. The two options for the management I had, was to install on a package on a Windows/Linux machine that I use or to use the web …

  • Management
  • Administration
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Strange vCenter Permissions Issue

Today I came across a strange issue with permissions and the lack of ability to change permissions on a VM. Someone had by mistake given the explicit Role VirtualMachineUser to the Built-in Group …

  • Management
  • Administration
  • VMware
  • Troubleshooting
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vExpert 2011

I was extremely happy to receive a nice email from John Troyer on Friday morning with the following text: Dear Maish Saidel-Keesing, We’re pleased to designate you as a vExpert 2011 as …

  • Miscellaneous
  • VMware
  • vExpert