Months ago I shared an idea on Twitter about starting a “super blog”. This “super blog” should have contained the top articles of some of the best VMware or virtualization bloggers around. I asked myself what the added value would be and came to the conclusion that there already were many “super blogs” around. Although the “super blog” idea died [...]

This has always been a hot topic, HA and Slot sizes/Admission Control. One of the most extensive (Non-VMware) articles is by Chad Sakac aka Virtual Geek, but of course since then a couple of things has changed. Chad commented on my HA Deepdive if I could address this topic, here you go Chad. Slot sizes Lets start with the basics. [...]

I receive this great newsletter via email every week from Michael White, he’s one of our Specialist SE’s. Michael created a great VMware SRM document and this FAQ is part of it. I want to thank Michael for sharing it with the rest of the world. Generic I want to install SRM, what do I need to do? It is [...]

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I get this question at least once every two weeks; Is it possible to handpick a primary node? Until now the answer has always been; No, this is not possible. But is this really the case? Can’t I manually promote a server to primary or demote a server to secondary? Those who have been paying attention might have noticed there’s [...]

The rumors were already floating around in the blogosphere but as a VMware employee I could not comment on it. The word is finally out… Source We are pleased to announce that VMworld Europe will be held in October 2010. The VMworld Europe conference will follow our Global VMworld conference, scheduled for San Francisco in September 2010, to ensure that [...]

One thing that everyone who is attending VMworld is always  curious about is the VMworld party. On twitter a couple of hours ago @vmworld revealed that the party will be held at Yerba Buena Gardens. Unfortunately they have not revealed yet who the legendary US/British rock band is that supposedly has been booked. We will just have to wait and [...]