Virtualization

Top 10 YouTube Hacking Vidoes

I really enjoyed Jamey Heary's NetworkWorld.com article covering the Top 10 YouTube Hacking Videos. While there were may interesting and funny videos, the one that I found most interesting (as I am interested in...

VIDEO: Cisco Nexus 1000-V

I have blogged a few times in the past about the Cisco Nexus 1000-V. See:

• Is Cisco selling a new car? Or what is the Cisco Nexus 7000?

One of my fav VMware ESX free tools

One of my favorite new VMware ESX Server free tools is VM Explorer (VMX) by Trilead. This is a free tool (commercial version also available) that is used to backup, restore, and perform basic management of VMware ESX hosts. Some of the coolest features are- 

• server to...

Read my latest article- Use SNMP with VMware ESX to monitor server statistics

In my latest SearchVMware.com article, I show you, step by step, how to enable and configure SNMP in VMware ESX and ESXi Server. From there, I move on to demonstrating a few different applications that can be used to monitor your VMware ESX Servers using SNMP. Monitoring VMware ESX Servers with...

Hyper9 Beta Invitations

Hyper9 is a VMware Virtual Infrastructure Management platform. The most powerful feature is its "search engine" for your virtual infrastructure. As Hyper9 can do so much, it is...

Cisco taking greater investment in VMware – both with cash and Nexus

Besides Cisco's Nexus 1000V virtualization switch that integrates with VMware ESX Server "4.0", Cisco now has a much larger stake in the success of VMware. Cisco recently announced plans to take another stake in VMware with a $13.3 million investment. That meanst that Cisco now owns about 1.7...

PacketTrap Perspective network management – now support VMware Virtualization

I attended a webinar put on by PacketTrap network management this week. I was interested to see one of their latest features of their network management system - Perspective. The new feature is VMware Virtualization support.It works like this - PacketTrap uses SNMP to talk to each VMware ESX host...

David releases updated VMware ESX Server 3.5 video training course!

I recently completed my updated VMware ESX Server 3.5 video training course. For over a year now, my ESX 3.0 training course has been a "best seller", helping thousands of IT Pro's learn VMware ESX & VMware's Virtual Infrastructure Suite. In the new course, I have updated videos on how to use...

David’s articles, videos, and blog over at VirtualizationAdmin.com

I'd like to share with everyone a new website that I recently started writing for - VirtualizationAdmin.com This site is started by the same experts who run MSExchange.org, WindowsNetworking.com, and...

Does your network management utility manage VMware?

More and more of the typical "physical computer" management & monitoring tools are being retooled to manage the new virtual infrastructure. I have talked with both Packettrap and Solarwinds and both have rumored that they will soon offer versions of their well known network management tools...