Virtu-Al » Microsoft http://www.virtu-al.net Virtually everything is poshable Wed, 25 Aug 2010 19:32:24 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 The VESI 1.2 – Get it now http://www.virtu-al.net/2009/10/18/the-vesi-1-2-get-it-now/ http://www.virtu-al.net/2009/10/18/the-vesi-1-2-get-it-now/#comments Sun, 18 Oct 2009 10:39:16 +0000 Virtu-Al http://www.virtu-al.net/?p=977 The VESI 1.2 – Get it now is a post from: Virtu-Al.
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People who read my blog know how much I like the Virtualisation EcoShell, I love the way it adds the power of PowerCLI back into the GUI to enable you to create customised GUI’s all of your own enhancing the true power of PowerShell and allowing people who do not know how to code in PowerCLI (yet) the chance to harness the power.

Version 1.2  of the VESI has now been released and it has some great new features:

Charts

Create your own fantastic Area/Column/Doughnut/Line/Scatter/Stacked Area and Stacked Column graphs to represent every area of the virtual infrastructure, the graphs are highly customisable and can be saved as images or printed.

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Best Practice Queries

As a consultant these queries are highly useful, this section focuses on the most common problems and  data you would want to see straight away,  I have a feeling this is just a taster of things to come as I can think of several more that could be added, keep an eye on this area !

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Custom Attribute Manager

This area allows users to view all custom attributes and quickly modify custom attribute values against multiple entities.

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Hyper-V

A Hyper-V PowerPack has been added for those of you who manage Hyper-V servers, a great way to use some of the enhanced Hyper-V features through PowerShell.

Sorry I don’t have a Hyper-V installation so am unable to show you the full node set of management features.

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Download

I think you can see there are some great enhancements here, if you have not yet downloaded the VESI then do it now, if you already have then make sure you update to the latest version to grab these great enhancements.

You may also want to check out the getting started videos as a quick and easy way to learn how to use the features of VESI:

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For a long time the answer was no, but developments in the VMware Products have lead to major improvements in disk/network/memory and CPU performance so now the question is…
Where do I start ?
If your looking for a good starting point I would listen to the recent podcast from the VMware community round table which was specifically on virtualising Exchange..
Also you may want to check out the VMware pages written especially for virtualising Exchange, make sure you check out the resources tab….
It would seam that after years of advising against it even Microsoft are jumping on the band waggon:

With the release of Microsoft Windows Server 2008 with Hyper-V and Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008, a virtualized Exchange 2007 SP1 server is no longer restricted to the realm of the lab; it can be deployed in a production environment and receive full support from Microsoft. 

Check out the full article on the Microsoft Exchange Team Blog here

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They said it would be December and Microsoft actually kept a deadline… Only Just !

Powershell V2 CTP3 was released last night after several hints from @jsnover on twitter.

To download the latest Community Technology Preview here

Selected New and Updated Features in Windows PowerShell V2 CTP3

  • PowerShell Remoting
  • Windows PowerShell Integrated Scripting Environment (ISE)
  • 63 New Cmdlets
  • Modules
  • Script Debugging
  • Advanced Functions
  • PowerShell Class API

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    UK Powershell User Group

    Following on from the last great meeting the next UK Powershell User Group has been announced…

    The November meeting of the User Group will be on Thursday 20th November

    Time
    6.30 – 9.30

    Location
    Memphis Room
    Building 3
    Microsoft campus
    Thames Valley Park
    Reading

    Agenda

    • Powershell Introduction: Objects and get-member
    • PowerGUI SQL Server Reporting Services powerpack
    • PowerShell in SQL Server 2008
    • The usual refreshments break will occur

    The PowerShell Introduction is a new feature for meetings where they will explain a particular feature of PowerShell that has caused someone a problem or maybe a slightly more difficult concept.

    Please visit the following site to confirm your attendance, please do not just turn up as ou will need to be regiestered….

    http://richardsiddaway.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!43CFA46A74CF3E96!1872.entry

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    Ever wondered what Jonathan Medd from the get-scripting podcast looks like as well as sounds like ?

    In an interview at TechEd in Barcelona Jonathan hosts a great Panel with some of the big names in Powershell, this is a must see, some great discussions in there….

    Click here to see the video

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    Yes, the long awaited System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 (I’m sure they could have thought of a longer title) has just gone RTM.

    See here for the full story

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    OK, until now I have had respect for Microsoft, I have just read this article and a few others and I have to say, that’s completely below the belt, they are resulting to nasty underhand tactics to try and steal the virtualisation market.

    Just proves that they cant do it with there software which is more comparable to VMware workstation than VI.

    I cant wait for VI4 to come out and really kick some butt.

    Rant over !

    I would be interested in what your thoughts are on this subject.

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