It comes a time when you have downloaded a nice appliance in OVF and you want to upload it to your vCloud Director Org and you have encountered a problem while using the Web UI , this simple PowerCLI method … Read More
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Hacking the vCloud Director browser support warning
I came upon this article where some guy was explaining how to Hacking the vCloud Director to work on other browsers like chrome. So when he ran this: Invoke-RestMethod “https://vcloud.example.com/cloud/org/jake” | Out-File C:usersjakedesktopvcloudindex.html -encoding UTF8 It dumps the HTML from … Read More
Tags: vCloud, vcloud director, vmware, vtask
Emailing vCloud Organization Users
Due to a lot of requests I found necessary to show you guys who might be having a problem using the “notify users” function in the vCloud Director web UI through the vCloud API. Even though the functionality is not … Read More
Tags: email, vCloud, vcloud organization
Creating new vCloud Organization users with PowerCLI
Today am going to show you how to create new cloud user with powerCLI though there is no new-CLuser cmdlet so far. We require a username , password and a role, the tough part is finding a role to assign … Read More
Tags: PowerCLI, vcloud organization, vcloud users
Add vCloud Harddisks with PowerCLI
Add vCloud Harddisks with PowerCLI When it comes to adding new disks to a VM,it is a little tough and you must be careful due to the many implementation of the objects in the SDK, tasks like conversion from XML … Read More
Tags: PowerCLI, powershell, vCloud, VM
VMware releases vSphere powerCLI 5.5 R2
There was some new release of vSphere PowerCLI 5.5(Build 1649237) wich was shared by Alan Renouf on facebook . The new R2 has the following features per the release notes: Access to the vCenter Server SRM public API (Connect-SRMServer and … Read More
VMTurbo’s Disruptive Software-Driven Control Expands Across Storage and Fabric To Realize Full Value of Virtualization
VMTurbo’s Disruptive Software-Driven Control Expands Across Storage and Fabric To Realize Full Value of Virtualization VMTurbo Operations Manager Enables Customers to Realize 30%Improvement in Utilization – VMTurbo, provider of the only Software-Driven Control for virtualized environments, today announced a new … Read More
WHAT ARE A, MX, CNAME, SRV, TXT, SPF AND AAAA RECORDS?
A record is the most common type of DNS resource record CNAME. It tells a DNS server what IP address to map a host name to. With an A record, you can set www.yourname.com to point a specific IP address. … Read More
D-Wave quantum computer matches the tenth ranked supercomputer for speed
There have been years of controversy about whether the superconducting quantum annealing computers manufactured by D-Wave are a)s quantum computer; and b) fast enough for a) to matter. Now a test of the 512-qubit Vesuvius chip establishes at least that … Read More
Tags: D-Wave, quantum computer
Five Reasons Why VMware Virtualization is Better than Microsoft Hyper-V
1. Hyper-V is marketed as free but really isn’t. Yeah it’s $28 bucks but that’s on top of a Windows 2008 License paid in full. This is nowhere near the realm of free, in fact if you take a straight … Read More
Tags: Hyper-v;ESXi, SMBs;hypervisor, vmware
How to Test virtual machine storage I/O REAL performance
Doing speeds tests are always relative to the environment and hardware being used. This article cannot provide specific test result numbers to expect as every environment is unique and the total load for an array is different. To test your ESX host and … Read More
Enhanced Storage Features on 5.1
Enhanced Storage Features on 5.1 SESMATEnhanced Storage features introduced by 5.1 VMFS File Sharing Limits In previous versions of vSphere, the maximum number of hosts which could share a read-only file on a VMFS volume was 8. The primary use … Read More
Convert A Xen Virtual Machine To VMware – Step by Step
This article explains how you can convert a Xen guest to a VMware guest. The steps descibed here assume advanced VMware and Xen knowledge. Additional software requirements: qemu VMware Server 1.xx VMware Converter Knoppix LiveCD or the distribution’s first CD … Read More
14 Tips to Secure Your Virtual Machine Environment
Secure Your Virtual Machine Safeguarding your virtual server environment is vital, even though it doesn’t have the same issues as a physical environment. Here are a few tips to keep things running smoothly: Install only what you need on the … Read More
Tags: host machine, virtual machine
Configuring SNMP Traps for ESXi/ESX 3.5, 4.x, and 5.x
Details To generate virtual machine and environmental traps from ESXi/ESX 3.5, 4.x, and 5.x hosts, you must configure and enable the embedded SNMP agent. You cannot use the Net-SNMP-based agent to generate these traps, although it can receive GET transactions … Read More
VMware vSphere 5.1 Delivers New Features for SMBs
Great effort has gone into the newly announced VMware vSphere 5.1, the foundation of the VMware vCloud Suite, to build out capabilities that help businesses of all sizes and varying IT resources and skill sets to get more out of … Read More
Tags: SMB, VMware vCenter, VMware vSphere 5.1
vSphere 5.1 New Storage Features
VMFS File Sharing Limits In previous versions of vSphere, the maximum number of hosts which could share a read-only file on a VMFS volume was 8. The primary use case for multiple hosts sharing read-only files is of course linked … Read More
Physical Memory Limits for Windows Releases
Physical Memory Limits: Windows 7 The following table specifies the limits on physical memory for Windows 7. Version Limit on X86 Limit on X64 Windows 7 Ultimate 4 GB 192 GB Windows 7 Enterprise 4 GB 192 GB Windows 7 Professional 4 GB 192 GB … Read More
Removing unwanted plug-ins from vCenter Server
Note: Removing unwanted plug-ins If you have vCenter Server in linked mode, perform the proceeding steps on the vCenter Server that was used to install= the plugin initially, then restart the vCenter Server services on linked vCenter Server. To remove … Read More
30 VMware vSphere Performance Tips
You most likely chose VMware’s vSphere as your virtualization solution due to it’s reputation as a solid and performant product; however, without proper attention and optimization you will not fully utilize the capabilities of the platform. There’s a multitude of optimizations that … Read More
Working with Alarms and Email Alerts from vSphere – vCenter
As you may already know vCenter comes with a few default alarms such as ESX host connection state and usage alarms.These are useful but only are visible if you are logged into vCenter with VI Client however it can be … Read More
VMware shares data on bandwidth, sync times, and RPOs with vSphere Replication
Was very interesting that I have got some data to share with you that comes from usage of Site Recovery Manager with real systems and VMs. I often get asked to provide generic guidance on vSphere Replication and usually answers … Read More
Tags: bandwidth sysc, data, replication, rpos, shares, vmware, vsphere
Microsoft releases a Windows Phone 7 Performance Best Practices
This presentation discusses the best practices for developing games on Windows Phone 7. From a performance point of view, writing managed code can sometimes feel abstracted from the hardware. Learn how .NET and XNA Game Studio put your application together … Read More
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What Cloud Computing Really Means
Cloud Computing 1. SaaS – Software As A Service This type of cloud computing delivers a single application through the browser to thousands of customers using a multitenant architecture. On the customer side, it means no upfront investment in servers or … Read More
Wrong Side Of The IT Ecosystem
I find it ridiculous that people are blaming Apple for job creation in China as opposed to in the US. People are also debating how US might in-source some of these manufacturing jobs to compete with China who has sophisticated manufacturing abilities … Read More
