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Running VMware vSphere inside VMware Workstation

I am working on my new Train Signal VMware vSphere training course. It will soon be released but, until then, click on the video below to watch an 18 minute demo that shows how to run VMware ESX 4 / vSphere inside VMware Workstation!

VMware vCenter Mobile Access (vCMA)

VMware is now offering a "technology preview" / beta of an upcoming new product - vCenter Mobile Access (vCMA). By installing this appliance in your virtual infrastructure, you will be able to remotely manage your ESX hosts and virtual machines. Here are some of the features of...

Use your iPhone or Blackberry to Manage VMware ESX and Hyper-V

Hyper9, the makers of the virtualization management, alerting, and troubleshooting tool, is about to release a new version of Virtualization Mobile Manager (VMM). With this tool, you can manage your VMware, Hyper-V, or Xen Infrastructure from your iPhone or...

VMware vSphere Launch and Resources

Just about everyone has heard by now but, if you have not, you should know that VMware vSphere has been released. VMware's new virtualization platform & suite is called vSphere but it encompasses many different VMware products like the new ESX4, vCenter, Data Recovery (VMware's new...

Video: Installing VMware ESX Server

Over at SearchVMware.com they have published a sample video from my VMware ESX Server video training course. This video shows you how to

Who deserves VMware’s new award – the vExpert ?

If you are familiar with Microsoft MVP, VMware's new vExpert is a similar concept. Both are yearly awards to people who contribute to their respective product communities (Microsoft or VMware). You can nominate yourself or others can nominate you. There is no monetary award but perhaps some...

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- 

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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...