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Manage a VSA with System Center VMM 2012

18 July 2012
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Reading Time: < 1 minute One of the new features of System Center VMM 2012 is the ability of manage a supported storage. In a previous post, I’ve described, for example, how manage a Dell storage. One interesting aspect that I’ve found in a recent event, is that also a Virtual Storage Appliance (VSA) could be managed in the same way. Of course it must export the required interfaces to System Center, and also be supported on Hyper-V (if it runs on this kind of hypervisor). One the first products that has introduced this functionality was StarWind (that realized basically […]

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Microsoft beta exams are now public

17 July 2012
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Reading Time: 2 minutes Recently Microsoft has changed their beta exam policy (see the new official FAQ on beta tests) and now they are public and open to everyone who wished to take a beta exam: you must only look on the Prometric site for exam 71-XXX (instead of the usual 70-XXX). Previously beta test vouchers were handed out to SMEs, posted on industry blogs, or distributed at conferences. But this was usually a pain due to limited number of voucher and/or available seats. Actually there are some beta exams related to the new products and/or technologies: Now are […]

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Microsoft certifications: MCSA & MCSE are back

16 July 2012
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Reading Time: < 1 minute I’ve already written a post about the reintroduction of the MCSA and MCSE certifications. Now that some of them are live (MCSA on Windows Server 2008 was the first, now also the MCSE on Private Cloud is available) the new certification schema has become more clear. Seems that there on new products only this model will be adopted (so probably no new version of MCTS or MCITP certification) and those MCSE certifications are already be announced: MCSE Private Cloud: already available… Is the new version of the MCITP on virtualization and management. MCSE Server Infrastructure: […]

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Windows Server 2012 editions

Reading Time: 3 minutes Microsoft has recently published more information about the Windows Server 2012 editions (and also the possible pricing). More information are also available on: Windows Server 2012 Licensing&Pricing Datasheet Microsoft announces Windows Server 2012 versions Editions Overview Edition Ideal for… High Level Feature Comparison Licensing Model Pricing Open NL (US$) Datacenter Highly virtualized private & hybrid cloud environments Full Windows Server functionality with unlimited virtual instances Processor + CAL* $4,809** Standard Low density or non- virtualized environments Full Windows Server functionality with two virtual instances Processor + CAL* $882** Essentials Small business environments Simpler interface, pre-configured […]

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Manage a Dell Storage with System Center VMM 2012

Reading Time: < 1 minute As written in a previous post, with Microsoft System Center VMM 2012 is possible manage some (supported) storage array using a SMI-S provider. In the Dell storage portfoglio, the only solution that (one month ago) had the SMS-S support was the PowerVault MD3xxx series, and althoug not mentioned by Microsoft, was possible include them in the System Center fabric (as written in specific post).

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Manage a network load balancer with System Center VMM 2012

Reading Time: < 1 minute In the fabric section of System Center VMM 2012 is also possible add external hardware network load balancers and manage, in a similar way as a storage array can be added and managed. But in this case there isn’t a standard interface to remote manage the devices and each vendor must make available a supported “provider” that is just the management software part for the integration with VMM. Actually the supported devices are:

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Manage a Dell PowerVault array with System Center VMM 2012

Reading Time: 3 minutes In the previous post I’ve described how System Center VMM 2012 can handle and manage some storage compatible with the SMI-S interface. Now I’ll explain how connect an old Dell PowerVault MD3000i (but of course works also with recent models) using the SMIA (SMI Application) package that actually is not available as a standalone package, but it’s only included in the VMware vCenter Center integration (MD Storage Array vCenter Plug-in). You can simple adapt it to work also for SCVMM. First you have to download the binary (there are a 32 bit and 64 bit […]

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