By now the whole world has probably read that vSphere 4 Update 2 has been released. (release notes vCenter, release notes ESX, release notes ESXi ) Some of you might have even started slowly upgrading their test systems. (Like I am doing at the moment…) I will not copy the full release notes but I do want to point out a [...]

Scott Lowe pointed to KB Article 1020524 in his short take article. Although I agree with Scott that it is a useful article it is actually technically incorrect. I wanted to point it out as when Scott points to something you know many will pick up on it. On Nehalem systems with Hardware assisted Memory Management Unit (MMU), TPS improves performance from 10 – 20% by using [...]

In response to Gabes article on default installation settings there are some things I personally almost always do different and I wanted to point them out. Consider them my recommendations / best practices and not necessary VMware’s. I’ve added two (*) and have a different opinion on some of Gabe’s best practices (-) COS Memory: Although COS memory is “dynamic” I [...]

We just keep expanding… the amount of work is insane and we need help. 19280 – TS Cloud Services- Consulting Architect (Enterprise) (US) 17471 – Senior Consultant- Cloud Services (US) 17473 – Senior Engagement Project Manager – Cloud Services (US) 18016 – Cloud Solutions Architect (US) …… I guess the list never ends. Before we can fill this positions I [...]

Rob de Veij has just released a new version of RVTools: Version 2.9 (April 2010) On vHost tab new fields: Vendor and model. On vHost tab new fields: Bios version and Bios release date. On vInfo tab new field: VM overall size in bytes (visible when using VI API 4.0) On vSnapshot tab new fields: Snapshot filename and size in bytes [...]

When discussing design considerations for a Cloud environment there are always a few “hot” topics. Two of these usually stand out: Network and Storage. This is not only the case with Cloud environments but with virtualization in general. I guess where Cloud differentiates itself from a regular virtual environment is storage tiering. A simple reason to implement storage tiering is cost. [...]

I had many questions around this and was always told I was not allowed to “talk” about the Application Form and the requirements for the VCDX defense. Apparently this has changed as VMware just published it on MyLearn and it is available to anyone with a MyLearn account. Now, I want to remind everyone that this Application Form is subject [...]