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VMware vSphere 4.1 Standard License to Include VMotion
Although this news has been released for over a month now, I believe it was not pushed hard enough. Now its the time for it to make it to my blog. After reading this post, cheaper can no more be an execuse to not choose VMware the leading Virtualization product for your datacenter. Its no…
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KFH is another VMware great success story in EMEA
I can hear many people wonder what makes me write about KFH (Kuwait Finance House) virtualization story. Further, why now although I had conducted virtualization projects in there over the past three years. The idea has actually crossed my mind only after one of my colleagues passed by me today in office & mentioned that…
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VMware ESX is End of Life, in the future only VMware ESXi will exist
Going through VMworld 2010 video, I was not too surprised of getting the news that VMware ESX will be discontinued & only VMware ESXi will exist forward. Actually it seemed a news that had been circulating for a while, but finally its official now. Watch the below VMworld video from VMworld TV which clearly state…
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VMworld vExperts Discount is no where!!
I know VMware has never promised vExperts any discounts to VMworld, but I was giving it a thought. How much of a good publicity can vExperts make of the VMworld event. Would not vExperts contribution to the VMware community be worth giving them a discount to VMworld. I mean Microsoft has been giving their MVPs…
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You do not appear to have a valid CD-ROM device. If this is a CD-ROM device try enabling legacy emulation mode
I have got one of my customers today complaining that she can not access her laptop CD-ROM inside her virtual machine & that she keeps getting the following error: “You do not appear to have a valid CD-ROM device. If this is a CD-ROM device, try enabling legacy emulation mode” The easy solution for this…
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VMware MENA available positions!!
It has been posted by Hany Michael that VMware is currently looking to expand their MENA team with talented people. It seems VMware is finally gathering their troops in the MENA and ready to hit the market with new innovate vCloud products. If you think you are interested & got the talent you might want…
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Microsoft will not showcase Hyper-V at VMworld
For the second year, Microsoft will not bring their Hyper-V to VMworld as per reuters.com. The fun part behind it Microsoft claim that VMware does not allow competing products to be shown in VMworld, where VMware deny that. To make the argument more fun, Citrix will be presenting their Xen Desktop in VMworld which compete…
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vSphere Client Error parsing the server “SERVER IP” “clients.xml” file. Login will continue, contact your system administrator.
Today I have installed VMware ESXi on our Lab blades. While trying to connect to my ESXi 4 server using a vSphere client newly installed on Windows XP SP3 I had been hit by the below two errors: Error parsing the server “server ip” “clients.xml” file. Login will continue, contact your system administrator. and after…
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Don’t use VMware Raw Device Mapping (RDM) for performance, but ..
Till today everywhere I looked recommended using RDM over VMFS for performance (when a higher I/O is required), though today while studying for my VMware Design Exam I have got my hand on the “Performance Characterization of VMFS and RDM Using a SAN” document by VMware. The interesting executive summary of the document is copied up…
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VMware ESX & ESXi Connections & ports
While preparing for my VMware Design Exam, I have stumbled upon this great pdf that document VMware ESX & ESXi connections & ports in details. It even cover the connections & ports for VMware additional components like VMware Update Manager & vCenter Converter. Although many documents do the same, what got my attention is all this…
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VMware Long Distance VMotion is the missing link for cloud computing today
I am not sure how many people has heard of VMware Long Distance VMotion, although the concept has been supported since fourth quarter of last year. For that, I thought its worth getting people to know about it. It even get more important when deciding on your cloud computing vendor. At the moment, many companies…
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Congrats to all 2010 VMware vExperts
I know I am late on this one, but as many of you have noticed I have not got a chance to blog much lately. As I have been traveling for training between London & Budapest with a very limited internet access & a very busy schedule for the past month. I am actually still…
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MS Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V VS VMware vSphere
I am sure many of you have been looking for a comprehensive comparison between VMware ESX 4.0 & MS Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V. I am sure you have found plenty of them with one problem they all were mostly sponsored by one of the vendors. Many of us were ready for a real independent…
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VMware Snapshots feedback have you filled yours yet?
In order to improve VMware Snapshots & enhance them further, VMware has just published a Snapshot feedback to its users. The return of the feedback will be used to guide future development of VMware Snapshots & enhance it depending on your feedback. If you believe VMware Snapshot technology is in need for any enhancement its the time…
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When trying to access virtual machine using web access you get “Cannot access virtual machine console, the request timed out”
As many of my customers are still on VMware ESX4 & not yet upgraded to ESX4U1, I get many complains about virtual machine console timeout error from web access for non administrator users. Yeah, I have already pushed an upgrade recommendation, but as usual most companies take more time approving the change request than to…