VMware HealthAnalyzer automates the collection of VMware Infrastructure or VMware vSphere™ inventory, configuration and utilization data, analyzes data and recommends grades, and generates a report card that presents observations, findings and data categorized by VMware Health Check best practices. …
Continue ReadingVMware View & ThinApp Presented by David Davis covers the following topics: View Overview and introduction Installing VMware View 4 Deploying Virtual Desktops with View Automated Virtual Desktop Deployment with View Pools Adding a Terminal Services Pool in View Understanding View Composer Linked …
Continue ReadingWhen you install VMware ESX 4 by using the default installation method from for example the DVD, the NIC speed and duplex setting are set to fixed for each NIC. This means that the network switch port must be set to fixed too. In VMware ESX 3 the default NIC mode was Auto Negotiate In the vCenter …
Continue ReadingThere are different ways to patch your VMware ESX(i) 4 hosts. The most common utilities are VMware Update Manager (VUM), vSphere Host Update Utility and the esxupdate command line utility (run from the Service Console) to patch your VMware environment. Here’s explained the differences between them. …
Continue ReadingVMware View Manager 4.0.1 is released. This release includes the following new features: Localization of VMware View The View Client and online help for View Client are now available in Japanese, French, German, and simplified Chinese. The View Manager Administration Guide, View Manager Release …
Continue ReadingI made a simple example script using the VMware PowerCLI that can be used to do the post installation configuration of a VMware ESX 4 server. This script does the following things: Connect to VMware ESX server Set the SC memory to 800MB Creates vSwitch2 and add vmnic2 and vmnic3 Add several …
Continue ReadingTo get your HP EVA storage system and VMware ESX hosts storage balances you get a better performance. Here are some Best practices. The VMware vSphere and the HP EVA 4x00, 6x00 and 8x00 series are ALUA compliant. ALUA compliant means in simple words that it is not needed to manually identify …
Continue ReadingVMware released last week the desktop Reference Architecture Workload Simulator (RAWC). When validating VMware View designs it is important to simulate real world usage as closely as possible. The Desktop Reference Architecture Workload SImulator (RAWC) can be used to simulate a user workload in a …
Continue ReadingThe vSphere Quick Start guide is released and available from Amazon. This guide is written by 6 virtualization guru’s named: Duncan Epping Alan Renouf Dave Mishchenko Bernie Baker Thomas Bryant Stewart Radnidge The book summary from Amazon: vSphere 4.0 Quick Start Guide continues from an idea …
Continue ReadingThe long awaited VMware View with the PCoIP protocol has landed and is available for download. VMware View 4.0 includes the following new features: VMware View with PCoIP – PCoIP provides an optimized desktop experience for the delivery of the entire desktop environment including applications, …
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