Microsoft is promoting the heck out of their new cloud computing solution - Azure - right now but there are still a lot of questions about it.
Here is a simple video that attempts to explain how Azure works, in plain English….
This week I will have a new video released where I cover how to use VMware GO (stay tuned to this blog for the video).
Recently, I saw a great new article from Eric Siebert of vSphere-Land.com who covers, behind the curtains and under the sheets exactly what makes VMware GO do all the things that it can do. This is great stuff so I hope you will checkout the following post from Eric, before you try out VMware GO for yourself.
I am totally sold on the power of VMware’s Distributed Power Management (DPM) and how it can can your company a fortune in electricity usage for the datacenter.
Jason Boche (VCP, vExpert) of http://www.boche.net/blog wrote a recent blog post covering how he, personally, had saved a ton of money by deploying DPM in his home lab. He also covered the Power Management Technology feature that saves even more $.
You can read his full post at-
Tame Electrical and Heating Costs with CPU Power Management
Also, if you haven’t see it already, checkout this YouTube video on DPM - so cool!
Starwind has some awesome new features in their latest versions. They offer things like sync-mirroring, replication, failover, and much more. In case you aren’t familiar with them, Starwind is one of the leaders of software-based SAN/NAS appliance solutions (you can download free evals at their website).
Also, MVP and vExpert, Greg Shields will be giving a free webinar on Wednesday December 2 covering Starwinds latest offerings! Greg is a great speaker and writer and I plan to listen in. You should too!
To attend Greg’s webinar, register here - Greg Shields - QuickStart / HA Storage for VMware
There have been a number of blog posts about how to use VMware Workstation to create a “VMware Data Center in a box” but I saw this new blog post about doing the same thing but using VMware Player.
I thought this post was very cool because, as you know, VMware Player is completely free. You could download the eval of vSphere for a free 60-day eval and this “VMware Datacenter” is completly free for 60-days - pretty cool.
To read the complete blog posts with step by step instructions at:
“VMware Data Center in a Box” using VMware Player
Duncan Epping of Yellow-Bricks.com and Thomas Bryant just released a new vSphere book:
This book is definitely on my Christmas list as Duncan is such a guru and I am a sucker for any quick reference guides!
I hope you will pick one up or put it on your Christmas list too!
When Scott Lowe posts about SAN storage and virtualization, people listen (and that includes me).
This week, Scott posted a very cool article this week in order to provide us some Understanding on the difference between NPIV and NPV.
These are some very complex and fascinating new technologies that are in dire need of Scott’s explanation. Read the full article at:
Cloud Computing is all the rage. Companies are trying to get you to move anything and everything to “the cloud”. VMware is working on their vCloud API but that is still in beta. In the meantime, they have released their vCloud Express solution and, along with a number of partner companies, you can either try out VMware’s implementation of Cloud Computing for either a low cost or for free.
Checkout my video that explains VMware’s vCloud Express and how it can help you. Additionally, I demonstrate the free BlueLock.com vCloud Express offering.
While the vSphere Client does install fine in Windows 7, it is when you attempt to connect to your vCenter Server that you discover there is a problem. VMware doesn’t officially support the vSphere Client under Windows 7 but there is a workaround to make it work. In this video, I cover how to get the vSphere Client working in Windows 7, step by step. You can download the special system.dll file that is needed here.
How To Install VMware vSphere Client in Windows 7 from Train Signal. Your leader in Computer Training
Special thanks to those who have posted on this topic before me as I couldn’t have created this video without your help!
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