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Bluebear’s Kodiak!

Duncan Epping · Sep 30, 2008 ·

I just received my beta invite for Bluebear’s Kodiak and will be testing it today. I am downloading a brand new Ubuntu 8.0.4 virtual appliance and will keep you guys up to date on this multi platform VirtualCenter management client.

If anyone wants an invite to the beta program than just drop your email here, or send me your email on duncan[@]yellow-bricks.com and I will hook you up. It’s still limited so be quick!

I’m all out. So you guys should help each other… over 60 invites within 24 hours. Bluebear is hot!

Marathon HA/FT vs VMware HA/FT

Duncan Epping · Sep 24, 2008 ·

A couple of days ago I linked to Mike D. response to Marathon’s blogs. Mike has updated his original blog article and added a second article which responds to another blog by Marathon. Those who are interested in the difference between Marathon’s and VMware’s products should definitely read it. Especially if you’ve only read the Marathon posts so far. Mike D. sets the record straight!

Marathon FT and VMware FT

a short outtake: “This wasn’t talked about but Marathon’s virtualization FT only works with Windows 2003 Standard or Enterprise SP1 today. VMware FT works with any of the over 70 certified guest operating systems that run on Virtual Infrastructure. The Marathon solution also sits deeply embedded within the OS.”

Marathon everRun vs VMware HA – Another Mess

a short outtake: “As you can now see, Marathon obviously has never touched a VMware host to setup VMware HA. They simply type what they want customers to hear on their webpages time and time again and rely on that FUD to get them sales.”

One of the problems with VDI…

Duncan Epping · Sep 16, 2008 ·

One of the problems with VDI has always been RDP. Especially when connecting over a WAN. Key with VDI is, like Paul Maritz just stated in his keynote, is user experience. VMware just announced an alliance with Teradici to achieve a greater user experience for a true remote PC.

The protocol will be incorporated into a future release of the newly announced VMware View set of products that extend VMware Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) to include both server hosted virtual desktops and client virtual desktops that can run on any laptop or desktop computer. VMware View will provide a personalized view of users’ desktops from any device, anywhere, while providing centralized management of desktops in the datacenter.

For more info on Teradici’s PC over IP check their website.

vStorage

Duncan Epping · Sep 16, 2008 ·

Chad just wrote an amazing article about what vStorage actually is. Besure to read this one!

vStorage has been something that VMware and EMC have been working together on for a long time, in fact, before it was called vStorage (which was recent) – it used to be called VMAS a name only engineers would like.  In fact, we’ve been working on this from almost right after the original acquisition before the program even existed formally.

vCenter

Duncan Epping · Sep 15, 2008 ·

So there’s a new term floating around “vCenter”. So what is vCenter?

vCenter provides comprehensive management of applications and infrastructure in this flexible, fluid environment and integrates with leading systems management vendors for seamless, end to end datacenter management.

So as spectacular as this may sound, it just VirtualCenter renamed. Although not every section of the VMware website as been changed accordingly, this is what vCenter is.

So I just noticed a couple of more “hidden” announcements. These announcements all deal about management and automation. And if you do the math you can probably link some of them back to certain acquisitions that VMware did recently.

So here’s the list of new vCenter add-ons:

  • vCenter ConfigControl extends policy-based change and configuration management with automated enforcement across every aspect of the VDC-OS.
  • vCenter CapacityIQ continuously analyzes and plans capacity to ensure optimal sizing of virtual machines, resource pools and the entire datacenters.
  • vCenter Chargeback enables automated tracking of costs and chargeback to the business enabling IT to function as a utility with true visibility into operating costs.
  • vCenter Orchestrator enables the development of customized workflows that automate operational tasks through a simple drag and drop interface, without the need for scripting.
  • vCenter AppSpeed automatically ensures application performance levels. It monitors end user response time for applications, correlates these response times with different elements in the infrastructure, and triggers remedial actions to alleviate bottlenecks.

Combine these 5 with the ones that were already discovered but also in some way deal with management and automation: Host Profiles, Distributed vSwitches, Linked VC’s and vApp and you’ve probably got the ultimate Virtual Automated DataCenter… Only two question left. How is VMware going to top this? And how is the competition going to respond?

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Duncan Epping is a Chief Technologist and Distinguished Engineering Architect at Broadcom. Besides writing on Yellow-Bricks, Duncan is the co-author of the vSAN Deep Dive and the vSphere Clustering Deep Dive book series. Duncan is also the host of the Unexplored Territory Podcast.

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