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Microsoft Office Visio 2007 Professional Add-In for Rack Server Virtualisation (Virtual Rack)
This free Microsoft download called the “Rack Server Virtualisation Add-in” provides the capability to pull the rack-server data either from an Excel spread sheet or from the user and render the Visio diagram. With over 70% of server hardware being under-utilized, this very valuable tool can draw a clear picture of your hardware utilization. This [...]
Installing Hyper-V on Windows Server 2008, Server Core
There is a very nice step by step guide here…. http://blog.avanadeadvisor.com/blogs/waynea/archive/2008/07/05/11433.aspx Time to dual boot the home PC and start playing I think
VMware Server 2.0 Release Candidate 1
This newest version offers the capabilities from before, plus an array of new features, increased performance and stability—including a broader range of guest operating system support, direct access to virtual machine consoles, an intuitive Web-based management interface, and increased memory for greater scalability. With over 3 million downloads worldwide, VMware Server continues to innovate to [...]
7 side effects of sloppy virtualization
ORLANDO — IT professionals may initially be awestruck by the promises of virtualization, but Gartner analysts warn that awe could turn into upset when organizations start to suffer from seven nasty side effects. David Coyle, research vice president at Gartner, detailed the seven side effects at the research firm’s Infrastructure, Operations and Management Summit, which [...]
VMware Workstation 6.5 Beta 2 released
Can we start a VM in ESX 3.5 on WS 6.5 ? Yes we can The beta 2 of VMware Workstation contains a permanent fix for this problem…… New Features in VMware Workstation 6.5: -Seamless integration of guest & host applications with Unity-Advanced VM Record and Replay with Visual Studio integration-Support for Smart Cards & [...]
Ops Manager: MP Viewer
Last week, Boris Yanushpolsky released MPViewer 1.6, which added exporting to Excel functionality. However, a programming bug caused the MPViewer to not be able to view the Exchange 2007 (also known as Exchange 12) MP in HTML (http://blogs.technet.com/stefan_stranger/archive/2008/06/25/goaaaal-mpviewer-with-export-to-excel.aspx), a feature Boris added last October. Boris has corrected the issue and added some additional new features [...]
Great guide to ESX commands
The authors of the following site have produced a nice guide to the ESX commands: http://b2v.eu/b2vguide2vmware3.htm
Capacity Bottleneck Analyser virtual appliance released
VKernel has released its Capacity Bottleneck Analyzer virtual appliance, and they are offering a FREE 14-day trial in your own data center. Everyone implementing virtualization is — or will be — challenged by capacity bottlenecks. To maintain optimal performance in your VMware ESX environment, you really should give the Capacity Bottleneck Analyzer a try. You'll [...]
SVMotion 1.0 – VMware VirtualCenter Storage VMotion GUI Plug-in
SVMotion is a VMware VirtualCenter 2.5 plug-in that provides an integrated, graphical tool that can be used to invoke storage VMotion (SVMotion) operations. All you need to do is select the virtual machine whos storage you wish to VMotion and click to tell it which datastore you wish to move it to. SVMotion does [...]
