March 12, 2009 9:10 PM
Posted by: Eric Siebert
Eric Siebert,
Virtualization,
VMwareToday I finally bid farewall to a mountain of old server hardware that was the result of a virtualization project. Dozens of old physical servers have been sitting in an old storage room for over a year having all been replaced by just four new virtual hosts. These old servers served well in their...
March 9, 2009 2:29 PM
Posted by: Texiwill
Edward L. Halekty,
MySQL,
PostgreSQL,
VC,
vCenter,
VMware,
VMware vCenterVMware recently made a technology preview of vCenter Server for Linux available. I decided to test it out and found some disappointing limitations.
vCenter Server for Linux really for Oracle
I downloaded the open virtualization format (OVF) appliance and imported it into my...
March 5, 2009 3:27 PM
Posted by: Eric Siebert
Eric Siebert,
vExpert,
VMwareHaving been selected as a vExpert by VMware for 2009, I wanted to comment on what I think being named a vExpert truly means.
First I want to comment on what this award is about. I believe the name vExpert is a bit misleading as it's not really about being an expert -- although the people that...
March 3, 2009 4:41 PM
Posted by: Eric Siebert
diagnostics,
Eric Siebert,
ESX,
ESXi,
vCenter Server,
VMware
February 27, 2009 8:25 PM
Posted by: Eric Siebert
Domino,
Eric Siebert,
ESX,
Lotus,
Virtualization,
VMwareA lot has been written about virtualizing Microsoft Exchange, but comparatively little on virtualizing Lotus Domino which is also a very popular email platform used by thousands of companies. I was a Domino administrator for more than 10 years, so I thought I would share some tips for running...
February 26, 2009 5:54 PM
Posted by: Texiwill
Edward L. Haletky,
ESX,
Quest,
VMsafe,
VMware,
VMworldWhile I could not attend physically, I have been able to attend this year's VMworld Europe remotely. This has got to be one of the most connected conferences I have had the privilege to virtually attend. Blogs, tweets, chats, videos and emails have been flying around and because of it...
February 24, 2009 6:29 PM
Posted by: Eric Siebert
Eric Siebert,
vCenter Server,
VMwareMany people were hoping that VMware would use VMworld Europe to announce the release date of the next generation VI3 software called vSphere 4.0. While this didn’t happen, VMware did release the next maintenance version of vCenter Server 2.5, which is
February 23, 2009 9:19 PM
Posted by: Eric Siebert
Eric Siebert,
ESX,
free,
VMwareNow that Citrix is giving away the XenServer hypervisor for free (albeit sans advanced features), is it time for VMware to follow suit by giving away the base edition of...
February 23, 2009 5:51 PM
Posted by: Gabrie
Cloud computing,
Gabrie van Zanten,
vCenter Server,
VDC-OS,
VDI,
virtual desktop,
VMware,
VMworld Europe,
vSphereAfter much anticipation, VMworld 2009 in Cannes has finally begun. After talking about it for days, seeing lots of blogs from people planning to visit VMworld, we're finally on the go.
Andy Hunt, Vice President for the EMEA Partner Organization from VMware kicked off partner day today, which...
