July 13, 2009 9:27 PM
Posted by: Texiwill
Edward L. Haletky,
ESX,
ESXi,
Texiwill,
VMware,
VMware Communities,
vSphereAs an active moderator and VMware Communities Guru, I'm in a unique position to see the level of vSphere adoption from an interesting vantage point -- topic activity in the forums.
Take one morning's statistics from this past week:
June 8, 2009 4:45 PM
Posted by: Texiwill
Edward L. Haletky,
ESX,
Install,
Texiwill,
Upgrade,
VMware,
VMware vSphereSince I am an independent consultant and VMware Communities Guru, I have recently been asked many questions about whether or not to upgrade to VMware vSphere 4. My answers depends on the following items:
- The hardware involved. VMware vSphere has certain...
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May 22, 2009 3:25 PM
Posted by: Texiwill
Edward L. Haletky,
ESX 4,
ESXi,
Licenses,
Texiwill,
Upgrade,
vCenter Server,
vSphereSo now that vSphere is available, how do you get your own copy and upgrade existing licenses? Hopefully, you have already checked if your Service and Support has been properly upgraded or existed prior to May 21, 2009. If so then you are in good shape.
Get your license...
May 20, 2009 4:59 PM
Posted by: Texiwill
dVS,
Edward L. Haletky,
Enterprise,
Enterprise Plus,
Host Profiles,
Nexus 1000V,
PowerPath,
Texiwill,
VMwareThere has been quite a bit of commentary on the nature of the vSphere 4.0 Enterprise and Enterprise Plus licenses. Most people do not see why they should pay for the new license and really can't understand why Enterprise is going away at the end of the year.
The big question is: What is the...
May 8, 2009 4:22 PM
Posted by: Texiwill
licensing,
Texiwill,
VMware,
vSphereVMware's new approach to licensing has brought on quite a bit of commentary in the virtualization community. People are discussing it on Twitter, in other blogs and over the phone. It's being discussed in podcasts and whenever virtualization administrators get together. There are several talking...
May 4, 2009 8:18 PM
Posted by: Texiwill
Edward L. Haletky,
ESX,
iPhone,
Texiwill,
TouchTerm,
VMware,
VMware ESXAs you may or may not know, I was recently on a 'sort of' vacation in Austin, TX., meaning I was still working on my latest book, VMware vSphere and Virtual Infrastructure Security: Securing ESX...
April 22, 2009 8:01 PM
Posted by: Texiwill
Edward L. Haletky,
ESX,
ESX 4,
Texiwill,
VMware,
VMware vSphere 4,
vSphereOne of the things VMware's products allow administrators to do is space out hardware upgrades, but that will soon change with the release of VMware vSphere. VMware vSphere's hypervisor uses a 64-bit kernel. What this means is that vSphere ESX 4 is a 64-bit operating system that requires 64-bit...
April 15, 2009 7:01 PM
Posted by: Texiwill
Edward L. Haletky,
H9Labs,
Hyper9,
Hytrust,
Texiwill,
Tripwire,
VI Plugins,
VMware,
WishlistThere are quite a few VMware plug-ins out there, but which would you really use on a regular basis? Here is a simple guide to the plug-ins I use and why I would not use some of the others.
Must haves:
- VMware Update Manager (part of VMware vCenter Server)
-
April 9, 2009 3:56 PM
Posted by: Texiwill
Edward L. Haletky,
Texiwill,
vmmemctl,
VMware,
VMware Tools,
vmxnetInstalling VMware Tools is generally required so that virtual machines (VMs) can fully participate in the VMware memory overcommit features by providing the per-VM memory balloon driver. This driver provides a mechanism for the VM to contract and expand memory (within the preset settings of the VM)...
