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Dutch VMUG event

Sven Huisman — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 15:10:38 +0000

A lot of dutch bloggers already mentioned that the Dutch VMUG event is on December 12th and that there is still room for a couple of attendees (600 max). So if you haven’t already registered, please do now, it is well worth it. The agenda looks pretty good with sessions about VDI, Powershell, storage, disaster recovery and [...]

Moving ESX hosts between Datacenters

Johan van Zanten — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 08:29:14 +0000

Normally when multiple datacenters are created in Virtual Center it is because they located at different sites aka physical datacenters. In this case the administrator created a datacenter that spanned multiple physical locations, which isn’t a good idea. That’s why he created a new datacenter and cluster at his own location for the hosts at that site, [...]

VMware adopts BlueLane and it’s “VirtSec” solution

Matthijs Haverink — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 09:28:03 +0000

Yesterday David Marshall revealed that the rumors that where already spreading around VMworld in Vegas, are true: VMware has acquired Blue Lane Technologies. Blue Lane might be known by it’s recently lost Marketing VP Greg Ness but especially by the products ServerShield and VirtualShield. One of the reasons VMware adopted Blue Lane, according to David is: That Blue Lane’s deep understanding of [...]

VM-Template best practice

Sven Huisman — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 09:52:50 +0000

Here are 2 great articles of best practices for creating templates for virtual machines. I’m referring them here as my own bookmarks: VM Template best practices (Windows) VM Template best practices (Linux) One thing I learned is that you already can create thin provisioned disks in VMware ESX 3.5: vmkfstools -c 20G -d thin /vmfs/volumes/datastore/virtualmachine_name/virtualmachine_disk1.vmdk Big thanks to lraikhman

VMware ESX 3.5 Update 3: update older ESX versions with tarball

Johan van Zanten — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 08:33:36 +0000

Yesterday VMware released version 3.5u3 of their flagship product ESX, several new features are appealing for me. In previous 3.5 versions it was not possible to tarball upgrade to those versions; gladly VMware corrected this and with the u3 version it’s possible. To do this follow the procedure in the Upgrade Guide pages 76 for ESX2 hosts [...]

HOWTO deploy ThinApp applications with Active Directory

Sven Huisman — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 20:31:33 +0000

So our application virtualization comparison chart seems to be very popular. We get a lot of positive responses, but one thing that we get a lot is the fact that we mention ThinApp has no central management for deploying the virtualized apps, and that it can easily be done with Active Directory. Although that is true, [...]

The 3 waves VMware will be riding, aren’t they forgetting something ?

Matthijs Haverink — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 20:22:29 +0000

I stumbled on a nice post on TechStrategyPartners from George Gilbert and Juergen Urbanski. It gives a clear view on which areas VMware will be putting their money on and why. It’s a pretty large piece of reading material and I had a couple of “duh” moments but the core of what they’re telling comes down [...]

App-V 4.5 Resource Kit Available

Sven Huisman — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 13:17:05 +0000

Microsoft released the resource kit tool for App-V. The Resource kit is a selection of tools that can be used to help you manage your App-V 4.5 estate. So if you are using App-V, you might need these tools: Application Virtualization Application Listing Tool Application Virtualization Cache Configuration Tool Application Virtualization Client Log Parser Utility Application Virtualization SFT Parser [...]

RES Wisdom 2009 Released in US

Wouter Heije — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 09:13:44 +0000

Yesterday the new version of the RUNBook automation application RES Wisdom has been released! Why am I so happy with this release? It has some cool features for provisioning Virtual Machines, mailboxes, and users! What features RES Wisdom already had and what new features have been added is shown in the picture below. I’m looking forward to play [...]

Citrix launches portal for community verified products

Sven Huisman — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 14:38:53 +0000

Citrix now provides a single place to look for application and 3rd party product compatibility. Beyond the featured Citrix Ready products Citrix is now leveraging the power of the community including; customers, resellers, partners, consultants and Citrite’s to identify all 3rd party products known to work with all Citrix products. “We have developed a community website that [...]