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The Performance Cost of SMP – The Reason for Rightsizing
Rightsizing is an important operational process that does affect performance. VMware recognizes this and recommends the use of vCenter Operations to assist in identifying under/oversized workloads...
View ArticleStorage vMotion between NFS and VMFS datastores
Today the question was asked if VMware supports migrating a virtual machine with Storage vMotion between NFS and VMFS datastores. Needing to convince someone that live storage vMotion between...
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Configuring syslog servers and logging in vCloud Networking and Security 5.1
I received multiple requests about setting up syslog servers and logging in vCloud Networking and Security 5.1 App Firewall and Edge Gateway. In this blog, I am going to show how to setup syslog...
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Project SilverLining: A vCloud Director 5.1 SDK for Javascript
VMware Labs just released their latest Fling called SilverLining which allows you to build a simplified user-interface for vCloud Director which can be run from any modern web-browser that supports...
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vSphere 5.1 – VDS Feature Enhancements – Port Mirroring – Part 3
The remote mirroring capability on VDS helps you send traffic from a virtual machine running on one host to a virtual machine on another host for debugging or monitoring purposes. As shown in the...
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The PowerCLI & vSphere Web Client SDK Hands On Lab Is Now Available!
The PowerCLI & vSphere Web Client SDK lab (HOL-INF-10) is now available on VMware HOL Online. If you were not able to attend VMworld 2012 last year or did not get a chance to check out this lab and...
View ArticlePEX 2013 – vCloud Networking and Security Sessions
This year’s VMware Partner Exchange 2013 conference is going to be in Las Vegas from Feb 25th to Feb 28th. You can get more details about the conference here. If you are already registered and...
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Is a VMware Tools Upgrade Required When Upgrading vSphere?
I’m often asked if it is necessary to upgrade to the latest version of VMware Tools following an upgrade to the latest vSphere release. The short answer is no, in most cases a VMware Tools upgrade is...
View ArticleVMware Announces VMware vSphere Data Protection Advanced
VMware vSphere Data Protection (VDP) is a backup and recovery solution that was introduced with vSphere 5.1. VDP leverages mature, proven technology from EMC Avamar to provide reliable,...
View ArticleQLogic HBA Firmware Versions
A question that I used to get quite regularly popped up again in the past week. It was basically a query about the version of firmware on QLogic 24xx & 25xx HBAs, and should customers flash/upgrade...
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Managing Virtual Hardware Versions During a vSphere Upgrade
In my last blog I talked about how the extended VMware Tools support provided by VMware helps facilitate vSphere upgrades. In this blog I want to discuss how the extended virtual hardware support also...
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vCenter Single Sign-On – Part 2: Deployment Options
Now you understand what vCenter Single Sign-On (SSO) provides, as you start to design or upgrade to your vSphere 5.1 environment, particular attention needs to be given in the planning stages around...
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Using Storage Profiles with vCloud Director
VMware vCloud Director can now take advantage of Storage Profiles. This may not be new to you any more, but if you’ve had any trouble configuring them in order to have vCloud Director consume Storage...
View ArticlevSphere 5.1 Hardening Guide **DRAFT** now available
For those of you that don’t follow the security blog but do have questions on how to better secure your VMware infrastructure, on 11th of Feb 2013 we posted a draft copy of the new vSphere V5.1...
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Heading to the VMware Partner Exchange this year?
If your going to be in Las Vegas for the annual 2013 VMware Partner Exchange, why don’t you come and check out my sessions on vSphere 5.1 covering the vSphere web client and vCenter components like...
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VSA Licensing Explained
There have been a number of queries recently in relation to licensing of the VSA with the 5.1 release. The VSA has a number of different licensing models depending on how it was obtained. In many...
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Linked mode with SSO for SRM
With the introduction of Single Sign On in vCenter 5.1, it poses a change in behaviour for those of you using linked mode. This post will outline some of the considerations for why or why not to use...
View ArticleNew NFS Best Practices Whitepaper available
A new NFS best practices white paper is now available. The paper looks at all aspects of using NFS in a vSphere environment. The paper was created with the assistance of our partners from EMC (Isilon),...
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Clarification on (Zero-Down Time) VMware Tools Upgrade in vSphere 5.1
There have been some recent questions about upgrading to the latest version of VMware Tools in vSphere 5.1 and the benefits it may bring with future upgrades of VMware Tools. Historically, VMware Tools...
View ArticleTech Marketing at Partner Exchange 2013
Still have some empty spots in your PEX calendar? Let me recommend a few sessions being brought to you by some of our Tech Marketing team in the Cloud Infrastructure team! Arranged by presenter’s name,...
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