Posts Tagged ‘ Virtualization ’

VMware Fusion 3.1.1 is a FREE update for all VMware Fusion 3 users. Highlights of VMware Fusion 3.1.1 are: VMware vSphere 4.1 is now supported as a guest operating system Resolves issue around accessing some iSight cameras
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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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This document outlines the process for installing and configuring the HP P4500 SAN Appliance. This document is NOT meant for the HP VSA. This document assumes that the audience has the basic skills and knowledge of storage area networks.
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This document outlines the process for configuring iSCSI in Vmware vSphere 4 and ESX 4 environment. This document assumes that the reader currently understands and knows their way around vCenter 4 using the Vmware viclient. This document also assumes that the user has the appropriate rights to do all the tasks required. This setup...
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I got an overview of Cisco's Unified Computing System (UCS) from the Cisco rep today. Being used to HP blades I didn't have high hopes for what Cisco would have to offer. After the meeting I'd have to that it looks like they have done their home work. Now, I haven't seen anything other...
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Redhat has made their RHEV 2.2 beta available to current customers. A lot of work has been done to make it seamless to transition from Vmware and Xen to RHEV using what they call V2V and the ovf format.
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I will assume that you have read the first post which goes thru the installation and configuration of the CA Arcserve 12.5 software which can be found here. Now that the environment has been configured we can configure a backup of the vm guests. For this I have a video which shows the steps.
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So, this is my second day working with totally converting from having and Vmware hypervisor. You can read the Day One blog here. Today I was task to install a few vm guests, totally wipe my main Vista x64 desktop and install Fedora 12 with KVM. Again I choose the base install during the...
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I made and went forth with the decision to convert to Fedora 12 and the KVM hypervisor. This decision was not easy but hey... change is not always bad right? I just wanted to see how the KVM hypervisor and tools compared to Vmware VI3 and vShpere 4.
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One of the most important things next to virtualizing all those physical servers is backing them up and restoring them. This of course is not a great feat with virtualization since basically the servers are now a group of files. There are and have been for some time full featured backup/restore products out there...
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