VMware Online Virtualization Forum: November 10th and 11th
VMware is organizing an online virtualization event on November 10th and 11th:
VMware virtual events are highly interactive events conducted online using only a web browser. They include all of the areas that you may find at a physical event, including an exhibit hall, auditorium, resource center and networking lounge.
This event should especially be interesting for the ones wanting to know more about VMware View 4. There are a couple of sessions on the agenda regarding the upcoming version of VMware View. This is also the reason why I’m going to attend this event, because if I want to win the bloggers-battle, I definitely need to get more information from VMware about VMware View 4. Until now, there isn’t that much official information available.
Bookreview: VMware VI and vSphere SDK
The VMware Infrastructure Software Development Kit (VI SDK) includes application programming interfaces (APIs) that allow developers and administrators to reduce the time and effort required to run and manage VMware platforms. The author of the book VMware VI and vSphere SDK is Steve Jin, a senior member of technical staff at VMware, wrote this book to help the reader understand the VMware SDK and how to effectively use the SDK.
According to Steve Jin, this book is an indispensable resource for all: … Continue Reading
VMworld 2009: Understanding “Host” and “Guest” Memory Usage
Edit: I started this blogpost more than a week ago, but I never finished it. Just as I wanted to complete the blogpost, I found out VMware released a new whitepaper about VMware vSphere Memory management. I’ve added the best practices on the bottom of this blogpost.
This hour and a half session about “Host” and “Guest” memory usage was very interesting. The topics in this session were:
- Define host and guest memory usage and ask some questions
- Memory management concepts
- Answer our questions
- Best practices
- Future Directions
It covered way more than I can put in this blogpost, but I want to highlight some of the things that were discussed during this presentation. The most important part to remember is:
The ESX hypervisor doesn’t have a clue which memory pages are active or free within a guest-OS. The hypervisor only knows how much memory is allocated to a VM.
VMworld 2009: Hands-on Lab sessions
Yesterday I did 2 hands-on lab session at VMworld that were very good and I would suggest to try to get into these labs. When you haven’t registered there is still a good chance to get in, at least from what I have seen today. There were a lot of people waiting to get in, but I think most of the people that did not register for the lab still could get in. … Continue Reading
Why vCenter server should be free
Do you remember the days when VMware P2V Assistant costs $20.000? And a couple of years ago, the product was suddenly available for free? And what about the introduction of the free ESXi? VMware’s hypervisor available for free all of a sudden? Well, this is exactly what I think will happen to vCenter Server. It’s just a matter of time, but VMworld 2009 is getting close, so why wait, VMware? 
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