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ESX(i) 3.5 and VirtualCenter 2.5 Update 1
Check out the release notes, there are a lot of fixes in this update! There’s also an update to the Update Manager and the Converter plug-in. Download linkReleasenotes link
Microsoft Hyper-V HA?
Towards the end of last year, I went to a technet event which was billed as a must see Virtualisation event. We’ll be showing how you can get virtual servers to failover with just Microsoft technologies they said. And they did, with Virtual Server and Windows 2003 Clustering. It was a very big let down [...]
Rumors of IBM or Cisco buying Citrix?
The markets are buzzing today on the rumor (here and here, for example), that either IBM or Cisco might try to buy Citrix. Of course the world is full of rumors, but there’s at least anecdotal evidence that people are listening to this one as Citrix’s stock moved up about 7% today, which is the [...]
Bulk-manage VI Server connections
Bulk-manage VI Server connections, virtual machines, hosts, datacenters, resource pools, and much more with this handy tool…. Click Here
Vmware and Netware
Just came across this handy link for anyone virtualising Netware… http://www.robbastiaansen.nl/vmware/vmwareintro.html
Nice Features: VMware Workstation 6.5 BETA
VMware Workstation 6.5 BETA: http://www.vmware.com/products/beta/ws/releasenotes_ws65_beta.htm Unity mode Accelerated 3-D graphics on Windows XP guests Enhanced VMware ACE authoring More powerful record/replay of VM execution behavior Link state propagation for mobile users Support for smart cards in virtual machines Integration with VMware Converter 3.0.3 Easy Install option for Windows guest operating systems Virtual Network Editor for [...]
MSCS (Microsoft Cluster Server) now supported in VMware 3.5 Update 1
Microsoft Cluster Server is supported with VMware ESX 3.5 Update 1. Support is similar to ESX 3.0.1 with the following additions: Both 64 bit and 32 bit Windows 2003 guests are supported with MSCS. Boot from SAN for VMs using MSCS is now supported. Majority Node Set clusters with application-level replication (for example, Microsoft Exchange [...]
Whats a virtual server worth ?!
How to Implement Chargeback in a Virtualized Datacenter Using the Resource Consumption Model (Source: VKernel) Most IT Professionals recognize the need for Chargeback, but are not sure how to implement a fair model. VKernel’s approach to doing Chargeback enables you to simply charge your customers for the resources (CPU, Memory, Storage and Network) they actually [...]
Citrix steps up virtualisation war against VMware
On its quest to become a US$5bn tech giant, software player Citrix believes its acquisition of virtualisation player XenSource paved the way for a new deal with the world’s biggest tech firm, HP. Citrix believes a similar deal the company has recently made with Dell also provided the perfect cement for the arrangement with HP……. [...]
Risk free Linux
Thanks to Mark Blake for bringing this to my attention: The latest beta version of Ubuntu 8.04 has a new version of Wubi an application that allows you to install Ubuntu under Windows as a disk image to which you can boot, no partitioning needed.
