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Another “Myth Buster” - Yeah Right!

Extra Layers – cost more – Bah Rubbish !! It is the Enterprise features that Hyper-V (even in R2 – that to remind you all is at least 6 months away) does not have - that makes it all worthwhile! Over …

  • Virtualization
  • Windows
  • Miscellaneous
  • VMware
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Will we be Forced to Pay More?

VMware announce their licensing changes and I wrote about it in a previous post. I noticed something on a document that (I gather) was released by VMware Marketing and brought to the blogosphere by …

  • vSphere
  • Miscellaneous
  • Administration
  • VMware
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Say Hello to vSphere PowerCLI

So all the buzz have quieted down – I think have approx 600% less traffic coming in through Twitter than I had yesterday. All the news about the products names – version changes etc. etc. But I do not …

  • vSphere
  • Miscellaneous
  • Administration
  • VI Toolkit
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vSphere 4 – So What is new?

Well I think my speculation was not far off. if you read my previous post I speculated that we would not get anything Unofficial Release Date - May 21, 2009. We got this from the day that you can …

  • Virtualization
  • ESX3i
  • VMotion
  • vSphere
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Is P2V always the best solution?

I saw this post post on Simon Gallagher’s Blog Using Virtualization to Extend The Hardware Lifecycle. Simon made a good point. Can we take the physical hardware out of the equation? Well I guess …

  • Microsoft
  • Server
  • Virtualization
  • Windows
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April 21st – What will we get?

So many have already posted about the Virtualization announcement that is planned for April 21st, 2009 (here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here). You can see from the amount of …

  • Virtualization
  • vSphere
  • Miscellaneous
  • VMware
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VI Client vulnerability - Security Alert

I picked this one up on Twitter and Secunia. Another reason to to upgrade to VC 2.5 U4 VMware Virtual Infrastructure Client Password Disclosure Weakness Secunia Advisory: SA34585 Release Date: …

  • Security
  • ESX3i
  • VMware
  • ESX
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New VMware Product Releases

NO! it is not the new ESX version! (there are other products that VMware sells besides ESX you know) Besides Update 4 for ESX and ESX3i that were released last week: VMware Player 2.5.2 VMware …

  • Server
  • ESX3i
  • Workstation
  • Miscellaneous
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Not another esxtop post ...

Well Actually yes. Because there is so much useful information about this reporting and troubleshooting tool, I wanted to add my own. I was pointed to very useful document regarding esxtop. Granted it …

  • Virtualization
  • Administration
  • VMware
  • ESX
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vCenter 2.5 U4 – My take….

Well I have been meaning to put up my experiences out on the web about what has happened with my attempts (and partial success) with the installation of vCenter 2.5 U4. Now for me the nicest new …

  • Administration
  • VMware
  • ESX
  • Troubleshooting