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Generated an update script for ESX 3.0.0 and 3.0.1

In my last post I showed you how to get all the available updates for an ESX 3.0.0 and 3.0.1 server. This post showcases a script that will generate the commands you need to run to update your server with the downloaded patches in the order that they were released. The script, newupdates,...

Virtual Iron Offers up Performance Benchmark

Following Simon Crosby's release of a XenSource performance benchmark, I began to needle...

Getting ESX 3.0.0 and 3.0.1 updates

It can be a real hassle to download updates for ESX 3.0.0 and 3.0.1. Wouldn't it be nice if there was some program that could take care of this for you? Now there is! Introducing my patented (not really) chk4updates script. Using arcane majiks and other-wordly sorceries, I have divined through...

Steps along the path of enlightenment

It's great to see VMware finally embrace Paravirtualization. As a result of a tremendous community effort to develop a common interface between Xen and VMware, that benefited from the collaboration of VMware, IBM, Red Hat, Novell, XenSource, Intel and many kernel.org contributors, the first...

P2V wins, losses: VMware Converter

The road from physical to virtual servers isn't a freeway...yet. There some potholes that hold up P2V migrations. Here are a couple of views from those who've taken a trip with VMware Converter.

Language support issues on VMware Converter caused several P2V mishaps for Robert Sieber of...

Good News from Novell – Update from BrainShare 2007

I just returned from the Novell BrainShare 2007 conference in Salt Lake City, and I have to say that I was very excited about the amount of attention that virtualization received at the conference. Here are some of the highlights:

• Novell and Microsoft partnership - both Microsoft and...

VMTN gets a facelift.

From the desk of totally unimportant and frivlous items (also known as my inbox) came this timely bit of news in the VMTN Technical Newsletter:

"The new VMTN front page gives a dynamic view into the activity on the site and in...

Benchmark Wars

And tonight on Friday Night Company-Fights:

The Undercard: AMD vs. Intel, Windows vs. Linux, and Pepsi vs. Coke.

The Main Event: XenSource vs. VMware.

VMware SAN Guide

Recently posted to the VMware web site is this guide to configuring your SAN for maximum virtualization efficiency (wow, that almost sounded like marketspeak... help me Obi-Wan help me!). It's an excellent resource on...

VI3 videos

Unless you live under a rock, by now you're probably heard about VI3. But have you seen it in action? This "short" (ha) 20-minute long video I found on YouTube shows you exactly what it does. It features a VMware "guru" and a virtualization "newbie" who asks every possible question you could...