Vmware has announced the release of vSphere 4.1. This is not a major version release but there are some major features being released in this .1 version. The list of new updates and feature are long so will go some of the most important or note worthy.
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Here is a simple powershell script to collect some esx host information (Name, Version, Build, Manufacturer, Model, Cpu Count, Core Count, ServiceConsole IP, and Vmotion IP). This is a modified script I originally found in the vmware community.
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This video show an HA cluster setup in vCenter 4 using Openfiler 2.3.
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vSphere4 has a few tiers for licensing features but do the tiers make you cry? VMware vSphere4 has some really good additions to the product like Distributed Switch, Host Profiles, and Thin Provisioning. I am not totally heart broken over the different pricing options for vSphere4 but I do not completely agree with how...
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There are two new videos showing the install of Vmware ESX4 and ESXi4. There is also some basic information about the esx4 and esxi4 products. Hope you find them useful.
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This documentation was created to show the process for installing ESX server 3.x software from Vmware using a scripted install iso created with esxdeploy_u4.py (esxisobuilder) from thehyperadvisor.com.
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This document is high level outline of how to setup and configured ESX 3.x Enterprise and Virtual Center 2.5 with HP cClass Blades (BL460c). These configurations are to help ensure a robust, high available, and scalable virtual environment. This document assumes that the user has some knowledge of Vmware Infrastructure 3 (VI3) and does...
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Do you need to see the cost savings for VMware Infrastructure 3 vs Hyper V with System Center? Well, just like they say about the iphone “There is an app for that”. All you have to do is go to the “VMware Cost-Per-Application Calculator” enter in some information and it will return a report....
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VMware vConverter 4 standalone has support to run on linux. VMware vConverter 4 brings some new features and supported operating systems which you can read more about here. The install process is simple:(1) Download the latest Linux version of Converter Standalone from the VMware Web site:wget http://build-download.eng.vmware.com/build/archive12/release/bora-xxxxxx/publish/VMware-converter-4.0.0-xxxxxx.tar.gz(2) Unpack the tar.gz file:tar -xvf VMware-converter-4.0.0-xxxxxx.tar.gz(3) In...
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There’s lots of hype about VMware new major version of ESX which has changed name to vSphere 4.0 and Virtual Center which is changing it’s name as well to vCenter Server 4. vCenter Server 4 will also be able to run under linux according to Alessandro Perilli in a blog from virtualization.info. New features...
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