I just noticed that VMware vCenter 2.5 Update 4 has been released. I wanted to say: download it and install, but looking at the attendee numbers most of my readers will probably be at VMworld! What’s new? Guest Operating System Customization Improvements – VirtualCenter now supports customization of Windows Server 2008 guest operating systems. Performance Overview Charts – VirtualCenter 2.5 [...]
VMware just release this KB article which is definitely one you should read if you use the VMware HA advanced option. In short: When you edit the HA advanced options they do not take effect until you re-enable HA on the cluster. Be aware of this when implementing or troubleshooting HA it can cost you a lot of time.
One of my colleagues just noticed this new section at the VMTN Community Forums: VMware vCenter Server 2.5 on Linux: Technology Preview. You can find a PDF with a how-to here, here’s a short outtake: This document describes how to install a technical preview of the Linux version of VirtualCenter server. The intended audience is developers, system administrators, and managers [...]
EMC just announced that they are adding automated failbacks to SRM for their Celerra family via a vCenter plugin. I hope I can see a demo here at VMworld: VMware Site Recovery Manager Automated Failback via a VMware vCenter plug-in helps Celerra customers coordinate a “failback” to the original virtual infrastructure, including all the process steps once VMware Site Recovery [...]
We arrived yesterday in Cannes after a very unpleasant ride in the Bus from Nice Airport, note to driver: switch on the airconditioning next time or open some windows. No I’m not going to complain all blog article long, just needed to get this off my chest. After dropping my stuff in the hotel we registered, there were a lot [...]
It’s almost time to go to the airport, VMworld 2009 here I come! I plan to do a daily blog article on the announcements and the atmosphere etc. But this of course heavily depends om my schedule. If you want to meet me be sure to join the “Meet the VMTN Experts panel” at the Community Lounge on Tuesday and [...]
I’ve recently added VI:OPS to my rss reader. The amount of high quality documents/articles released over the last couple of days really amazed me. For those that don’t know VI:OPS: If you look at the existing forums and resources, they are very focused on the products and technology from VMware with most users being VCPs / VMware administrators. However, there [...]
