by Duncan Epping
Duncan Epping · ·
I just noticed that VMware released a new version of ESX 3i on the 10th of January. The current build number is “70348” and the previous was “67921”. It’s just a minor update:
EULA Update—The reissued version of ESX Server 3i Installable incorporates an updated, corrected version of the EULA.
Licensing Fix—The reissued version of ESX Server 3i Installable lets you apply appropriate host-based licenses to servers that have more than two CPUs.
Duncan Epping · ·
I never noticed this, but during the configuration of HA in my testlab I received some weird errors. I just could not enable it on the ESX Server that ran ESX 3i, and I’m pretty sure DNS works fine. Today I received an email about 3i and support on HA, which states:
Support for VMware High Availability (HA) is experimental and expected to be fully supported in an upcoming patch or update.
You can read more about it in this PDF about 3i and HA. But is it me or is almost every single interesting new feature experimental. I hope that VMware will support all the new features when the patches/updates are released
Duncan Epping · ·
I don’t know what’s going on these days but Sun just bought MySQL AB for approximately $1 billion. After Xensource another open source related company that gets picked up by a market leader. Read it at the source!
Duncan Epping · ·
Here it is:
Dear Valued Customer and Partner:
We are excited to announce the acquisition of Thinstall by VMware, a complementary virtualization solution provider.
The Thinstall Team is extremely excited to be a part of the growing VMware family of solutions for the Desktop. Combining our best of breed Application Virtualization technology with VMware’s world class engineering and support will enable us to provide a higher level of quality and service to all our valued customers.
Please see the following links for more information on the acquisition:http://www.vmware.com/whatsnew/thinstall.html
http://www.thinstall.com/assets/docs/VMwareThinstallFAQ.pdf
www.thinstall.com
or www.vmware.comWe realize there still may be unanswered questions or you may have suggestions on how we may improve upon the quality of the processes, products and services we provide to our customers throughout the transition. We pride ourselves in a customer driven approach to product development and service and no one’s opinion counts more to us than yours. Please send your questions, comments and suggestion to customeroutreach@thinstall.com or contact your current Thinstall sales representative for more information.
Additional information regarding the roadmap, team integration, and transition as we enhance Thinstall’s best of breed technology with world class engineering and support organization will be posted to www.thinstall.com.
Yours Sincerely,
The Thinstall Team (now a part of the VMware family)
Duncan Epping · ·
Damn what a surprise this is… I never expected that VMware would buy Thinstall. But it seems they’re really going to compete with Microsoft(Softgrid) and Citrix(Presentation Server). I do believe that Thinstall is one of the most promising Application Virtualization tools around. I’ve seen a couple of demos by my colleague Edwin Friesen of Thinstallguru.com and was amazed by the simplicity and effectiveness.
With VDI, the range of Virtual Appliances and Thinstall VMware is definitely on for the challenge. After the speculation of Virtualization.info I dug into Fastscale and it wouldn’t surprise me if they are next on the list.