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MMS 2010 Labs: Powered by Hyper-V -Whatif

No - I have not gone over to the Dark Side. And forgive me for the Powershell pun, but I read an article by Ronald Beekelaar on the Microsoft Virtualization Team Blog - demonstrating the wonders of …

  • Microsoft
  • Lab
  • vSphere
  • Hyper-V
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Need a Lot of IOPS?

I was introduced to an product today that caught my eye. HP StorageWorks IO Accelerator for BladeSystem c-Class So what is this IO module. It is a mezzanine card that is currently available in HP …

  • Miscellaneous
  • ESX
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Last Chance for VMware vExpert Nominations

Today April 30, 2010 is the closing day for Nominations. VMware vExpert Application Form Award Benefits Criteria & Guidelines If you have not already got your nomination in, the clock is ticking…… …

  • Miscellaneous
  • VMware
  • vExpert
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Are We Allowed to Publish Everything?

In continuation to my post regarding mistakes, it actually started a very interesting discussion.on Twitter on the subject. Don’t get me wrong - I am not for publicizing information that was …

  • Miscellaneous
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Mistakes, Mistakes and more mistakes..

Small Rant … Over the last two weeks there have been a numerous amount of occurrences where VMware employees have voiced new announcements in Public, and thereafter several bloggers have posted …

  • Miscellaneous
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Monitor AD Replication Status with Powershell

Do you know the feeling? You have 40 domain controllers located in 20 different locations - with a multitude of child domains and children of those child domains, on all sides of the globe (yeah I …

  • Active Directory
  • Management
  • Powershell
  • Windows
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VMworld 2010 - What's New

VMworld 2010 registration is now open. A few facts and new introductions to this year’s conference Follow the Experts - New in 2010 This year, VMworld is connecting you directly with …

  • VMworld
  • Miscellaneous
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ESXi Deployment Solution - Part 3

Today we will deal with the client and server scripts, and before we start I would like to get the definitions straight. Client Script: The script that is executed on the ESXi machine (Python) Server …

  • Tools
  • Management
  • vSphere
  • Administration
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VCDX Design Exam - Check!

Now I am happy to say that I have completed the VCDX Design Exam today - and if you did not know that will probably be because you missed my announcement on Twitter this afternoon. OK so first what …

  • VCDX
  • Miscellaneous
  • VMware
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ESXi Deployment Solution - Part 2

Today we will be dealing with some details of the parts involved. In my previous post - I explained the rationale behind the whole process. So let us get into the schematics. An ESX server can be …

  • Tools
  • Management
  • vSphere
  • Scripting