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Install XenServer 6.0 in a VM

20 February 2012
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Reading Time: 3 minutes As written in a previous post, Citrix with XenServer 6 is trying to fill the gap from VMware vSphere… and most features (included distributed virtual switches) are now common also in this type of solution. Of course features are only one of the possible criteria to select an hypervisor and a virtualization solution. To make some practice or just to have a look at the product, it is possible run it in a VM on VMware products, both Workstation 8 (and probably also 7) and vSphere 5 can be used.

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Certifications for VMware View 5

17 February 2012
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Reading Time: 2 minutes During the Partner Exchange (PEX) of last year, VMware has announced a certifications path for the Enterprise Desktop Virtualization area (for more detail see this page). At the event of this year other there was some update on this path. After his beta period, the VCP5-DT exam is now available, as also described in the official page. To become a VCP5-DT you have to: Be a VMware Certified Professional on vSphere 5 (VCP5) Pass the VCP5-DT exam No requirement for a VCA certification, as was also modified in the VCP4-DT. No advantages for who is […]

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Big changes in vExpert 2012 Program

16 February 2012
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Reading Time: < 1 minute For the vExpert 2012 program there are some big changes, starting from the new paths: Evangelist Path: The Evangelist Path includes book authors, bloggers, tool builders, public speakers, and other IT professionals who share their knowledge and passion with others with the leverage of a personal public platform to reach many people. Employees of VMware can also apply via the Evangelist pathway. Customer Path: The Customer Path is for internal evangelists and community leaders from VMware customer organizations. They have contributed to success stories, customer references, or public interviews and talks, or were active community contributors, such […]

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VMware ‘thank you vExperts’ sign at Partner Exchange

15 February 2012
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Reading Time: < 1 minute  VMware placed a very nice and large sign at the VMware Partner Exchange event showing the names of all vExperts 2011 working for a VMware partner. I wasn’t there (at the PEX event) but a guy has posted, in the VMware Community, the picture of the poster.

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VKernel white papers related to vDesign

13 February 2012
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Reading Time: < 1 minute On VKernel there are several interesting white papers about the design of a virtual infrastructure, with the latest one related to vCPU sizing. vCPU Sizing Considerations vExpert David Davis and VKernel Product Marketing Manager Alex Rosemblat have written a white paper for virtualization administrators to gain a deeper understanding of vCPU sizing.  By reading this whitepaper, VM administrators will learn how to correctly size VMs, an approach to sizing new VMs that need to be deployed, how to institute a regular CPU sizing process for the data center and much more. VM Memory (vRAM) Sizing […]

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Run Windows 8 Developer Preview on vSphere 5

10 February 2012
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Reading Time: < 1 minute As described in a previous post the Developer Preview of Windows 8 works on latest version of VMware Workstation, but not on vSphere (neither the latest 5 release). But with recent vSphere fix is now possible, as reported by: How to Run Windows 8 on vSphere 5 (for reals) Windows 8 Developer Preview on ESXi5 Disclaimer: VMware still does not officially support Windows 8 on vSphere, this is mainly for educational and testing purposes. Do not use this in a production environmentHere are the five easy steps to run Windows 8 on ESXi 5 Download […]

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VCB with vSphere 5 and Windows Server 2008

9 February 2012
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Reading Time: 2 minutes As written in the previous post related to the upgrade to vSphere 5, the old VCB framework can still be used also with latest version, but is a not supported configuration (I’ve made the test only with a Windows Server 2008 R2 for the VCB proxy, but I suppose that works also with previous OS). Of course the SAN transport mode could not work (or not if you use VMFS5), but the NBD works as on the old vSphere 4.x. The only issue that I get (but honestly I’ve make only few tests) is on […]

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