Yellow Bricks

by Duncan Epping

Archives for February 2009

vExperts are being announced…

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The first names are being dropped on Twitter as we speak. Scott Herold(VMGuru.com), Eric Siebert(VMware Land) and Eric Sloof(NTPro.nl) are the names I’ve seen so far that have won the vExpert award. I can honestly say that all three more than deserve it! They live, eat and breath VMware and virtualization in general!

Congrats to all of you that will receive an email today! I know a lot of the vExperts will be at VMworld, so if you’re there please visit the Community Lounge/Booth today and introduce yourself… (if you haven’t already!)

Update, before I could click “Publish” a couple more names appeared, keep watching Twitter cause it will be chaos over the next couple of hours. I’m not going to post every single name cause soon John Troyer will release the complete list!

VMTN Meet the Expert, free shirt?!!

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Now I want to see a full packed booth tomorrow at 13:00 – the Community Booth(next to the Dell Booth). So as a incentive we will give a free t-shirt to everyone that comes and drops a question to the Experts or even starts a discussion!

If you’re scared to asks question just head over and vote for the best of the VMworld show poll, we will also be giving away shirts for that during the day. Just come and visit the booth during the day or during the VMTN Experts Session / Meet and Greet… who doesn’t want to have a cool looking VMworld Community shirt? I know I want one so I might just ask the famous Tom Howarth a question!

To all you bloggers out there, please re-post. And just so you know these guys are on the panel:

gabrie Gabrie van Zanten, – Owner of gabesvirtualworld
jason Jason Boche, – VMTN Moderator, Minneapolis Area VMUG president, and owner of Boche.net
alan Alan Renouf, – Owner of Virtu-Al, Powershell Enthusiast
steve Steve Beaver, – Tripwire, VMTN Moderator, and contributor to Virtual Black Hole
scott Scott Herold, – Quest, owner of VMGuru.com and accomplished Author
thomas Thomas Bryant, – VizionCore and VMTN Moderator
vitoolkit Wil van Antwerpen, – Owner of vi-toolkit.com
eric Eric Sloof, – VMware trainer and owner of ntpro.nl
tom Tom Howarth, – VMTN Moderator and owner of PlanetVM
duncan Duncan Epping, – VMware Senior Consultant and owner of Yellow-Bricks

VMware vCenter 2.5 Update 4 released today!

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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 Update 4 introduces the Performance Overview plug-in, which provides a single view of key performance metrics for CPU, memory, disk, and network without having to navigate through multiple charts. The aggregated charts show high-level summaries of resource distribution.
    To install the Performance Overview plug-in, see Installing the Performance Overview Plug-In in VirtualCenter 2.5 Update4 (KB 1008296)

And not totally unimportant Update 4 included two security updates which is why I recommend to take it for a test drive soon and start planning the implementation!

If you get the change install the Performance Overview plugin and email me a screenshot, I don’t think I will have the time today to actually test it…

VMware vCenter on Linux Technology Preview

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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 interested in using VirtualCenter on a Linux operating system.

CAUTION   Do not use this version of VirtualCenter on Linux for production purposes. This release is for evaluation purposes only.

Keep in mind this is only the vCenter server for Linux, not the client! And also keep in mind that it’s for evaluation only, please don’t use this in a production environment! If I can download it I will give it a spin tonight!