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VMware View PCoIP Client on Ubuntu is finally here
If you are an Ubuntu user like I am, a VMware View PCoIP Client for Ubuntu has been long waited for. Unfortunately, officially it still not released by VMware so if you want the official release then you just have to wait. Though if you are looking for a work around then its here, and…
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Optimize Your VMware Capacity Planning Report
I have noticed many partners lately complaining about their Capacity Planning report having below expected VM per server Density, & has normally been granted access to their Capacity Planning Project to optimize the report. I have decided I will share the info on here on which parameters to change in order to get a decent…
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Pay for vSphere Enterprise Plus from Microsoft Licenses Saving in a virtualized enviornment
Note: If you have read this article earlier, please read this revised version of it as after getting multiple comments from different readers I have noticed that although the over all statement of the article was correct the calculation example was not fully accurate so I have gone through the Microsoft Licensing and the comments all over…
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vShield Zone – vShield App – vShield Edge – vShield EndPoint Required vSphere version
Lately vShield seems to gain much popularity due to all the security benefits it offer in a virtual environment. Further, the security concern of merging 10s and (maybe 100s in the near future) of VMs on the same host seems just to push the demand for similar security capabilities in the Enterprise. It seems there is…
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My honest review of @DuncanYB & @FrankDenneman vSphere 4.1 HA and DRS Technical Deepdive Book
I have order the “vSphere 4.1 HA and DRS Technical Deepdive” by @DuncanYB most famous by 007 & @FrankDenneman about 3 months back on Amazon. I received the book about one month after ordering due to the distance the book had to travel I guess, although I paid for shipping more than I paid for…
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vSphere Enterprise Plus Edition is the recommended edition for vCloud Director
I have been lately seeing many tenders in my region that include vCloud Director, but the funny part most of them were purposing vSphere Enterprise Edition. This has alarmed me as I always go back to our partners and ensure they are aware of the features they will lose in vCloud Director when using it…
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Free Transition to ESXi essential training
As many organization today are in the process for moving from VMware ESX to to ESXi, it has been important to VMware to educate its partners & customers of the process and difference. For that VMware is offering a free web training “Free Transition to ESXi essential training” to everyone who want to learn more about ESXi.…
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Enabling Long Distance Live Migration with F5 and VMware vMotion
As more and more companies offer different way of doing cloud computing, the concept it self is getting fuzzier to the consumer. Further, after VMware has prompted the idea of Hybrid Cloud Computing, many other companies have copied the road map as usual and started to talk about it as being the first to promote…
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One of the largest Public cloud services (Amazon EC2) experienced an outage that took down hundreds of businesses
Are you a user of Quora, FourSquare or Reddit? If so then you might have already experienced the Amazon EC2 Public Cloud service failure. Being a user of two of the above services FourSquare & Reddit I can tell you they were affected on the April 21st, 2011 for over 20 hours for sure. Ok,…
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VMware vExpert 2011 Program is now open even for VMware Employees
For all of you vExperts out there I am sure you have already received an e-mail from John Troyer informing you to fill the forum for VMware vExpert 2011. The nomination/registration process for the VMware vExpert 2011 program has already started, & the last day for registration will be: May 6th, 2011. If you have been a vExpert…
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VMware Compatibility Guide 2.0 Preview is now available
While VMware Compatibility Guide has always been quite helpful in finding the compatibility between different part of the virtual infrastructure. Vmware are currently working on releasing a next generation of the tool which can provide more details and better search options. You can start utilizing the tool by trying it out in beta at: http://partnerweb.vmware.com/comp_guide2/search.php Enjoy the…
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The correct legal way to write about VCE Vblock Infrastructure Platform
During my blogging for the past 3 years, I have never been contacted about using the wrong upper & lower case incorrectly in the product name. Though the VCE VblockTM Infrastructure Platform was the exception. Two days ago, I have put a simple post about VCE Vblock Platform at http://www.vblocksolutions.com/2011/04/20/the-misleading-reality-behind-vce-vblock/ I have done a small…
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My Take of infoworld.com Virtualization shoot-out: Citrix, Microsoft, Red Hat, and VMware
Infoworld has published a quite interesting comparison between Citrix, Microsoft, Red Hat, & VMware at Virtualization shoot-out: Citrix, Microsoft, Red Hat, and VMware. Its quite detailed and the methodologies and comparison basis was documented clearly which make it worth going through. Although I agree with the comparison to a great degree I still had few comments to post…
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My Own low cost Lab VMware ESX White Box Specs
I know many of you out there want to practice on many VMware products specially vSphere & would like to build your own lab but without breaking the bank. I have been able to build my own Home Lab for less than $600 buying the parts in Kuwait, which probably end up even cheaper on…
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My VCAP-DCD Journey & Tips
My last 10 days were a trip to ….. I had been contacted by our certifications team and been informed that the dead line for the VCDX4 defense held in UK in may is March 21st. That e-mail just had started an alarm in my head as only 10 days was left, as I was…