Like a lot of people who would really call themselves Tennis fans I was watching the Wimbledon final with that very long last set. I wondered what the longest set at Wimbledon was. A quick tap into my favourite search engine pulled up this page on wikipedia
What impressed me was that someone ...
James O'Neill James O'Neill, Microsoft, Virtualisation, Virtualization
Thinking of using the new paravirtualized SCSI (PVSCSI) or new VMXNET3 network devices in your VMware vSphere virtual machines? I hope you aren't planning on using VMWare FT, too.This article was originally posted on blog.scottlowe.org. Visit the site for more information on virtualization, servers, storage, and other enterprise technologies.
Another Reason Not to Use PVSCSI or VMXNET3
blog.scottlowe.org blog.scottlowe.org, Scott Lowe, Virtualisation, Virtualization
During last week’s Cisco Live! event in San Fran it was announced that Cisco were introducing 4 new certifications, two of which are for the Cisco UCS.
The interesting thing about these certifications are the prerequisites.
Cisco Certified Unified Computing Design Speciaist - http://bit.ly/tT6VU
All candidates MUST hold a VCDX
You must have valid CCDA and pass the 642-978 [...]
Planet VM Planet VM, Tom Howarth, Virtualisation, Virtualization
There’s an interesting discussion going on about the a drastic reduction in back-up speed regarding servers upgraded to vSphere 4. There are also some comments from Vizoncore and Veeam. One of the Veeam product managers also has a blog post on t...
NTPRO.NL Eric Sloof, NTPRO.NL, Virtualisation, Virtualization
Here’s a link to a great free Windows file copy utility called, strangely enough, FastCopy.
During the recent upgrade of my main PC from Windows 7 Beta (build 7000) to Windows 7 RC (build 7200) I used it to backup all my photo’s and other personal files to a USB hard drive.
It certainly felt faster than [...]
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TechHead Kiwi Si, Tech Head, TechHead, Virtualisation, Virtualization
This post is one of a series of posts that I published at Storage Monkeys in late 2008, but it appears that all of this content has now gone offline. I'll be republishing relevant posts here over the next few weeks. In this post, I discuss using array-based cloning with VMware Infrastructure.This article was originally posted on blog.scottlowe.org. Visit the site for more ...
blog.scottlowe.org blog.scottlowe.org, Scott Lowe, Virtualisation, Virtualization
You can change virtual machine disk configurations by adding new disks, changing disk sizes, and changing virtual device node settings. Since VMware ESX 3.5 U3, it’s possible to enlarge the size of a disk while the virtual machine is powered on...
NTPRO.NL Eric Sloof, NTPRO.NL, Virtualisation, Virtualization
A couple of weeks ago I was asking my buddies on Tweet what their favourite way of repartitioning disks were. You know making a partition (any partition whether it it be the C: or D: drive) larger - ideally with the fewest simplest steps. For some years I’ve been using QParted from the rather excellent [...]
RTFM Education Mike Laverick, RTFM Education, Virtualisation, Virtualization
At August 31, 2009, you can join VMware's development engineers at the Moscone Center in San Francisco for the first VMware Technology Exchange Developer Day. This event is dedicated to all the developers building solutions on the VMware platfo...
NTPRO.NL Eric Sloof, NTPRO.NL, Virtualisation, Virtualization
If you not familiar with the very good VIOPS website run by VMware - then you should add it to your feed burner ASAP because they are pumping out some very good articles recently.
This article explains covers:
Splitting the vCenter Database:
“A centralized model to manage VMware Infrastructure may not be suitable for some VI customers when [...]
RTFM Education Mike Laverick, RTFM Education, Virtualisation, Virtualization
