There were some questions asked the other day regarding using VMware Convertor and whether it performs a disk alignment when performing a P2V. The answer is NO. VMware Convertor doesn’t do any disk alignment. You will need to carry out the alignment manually afterwards. I have listed some good links covering disk alignment and how to perform this task. http://communities.vmware.com/message/1184316 http://www.yellow-bricks.com/2009/01/17/check-your-vms-alignment/ http://www.dailyhypervisor.com/2009/05/30/vmtn-io-performance-in-vsphere-block-sizes-and-disk-alignment/
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EMC vSpecialists Rapping and Singing
Seen these today and thought I would share them. Very funny and very well done to the EMC vSpecialist guys, brilliant 🙂
The Savvy Granny “Subject: Cloud”
I have seen one of these before, and found them very amusing. Simon Seagrave at Techhead has posted these already, but thought it would be good to share with my readers as well.
New Logo
I created a new logo for the site today. Colours are still a bit mismatched, but as I am partially colour blind, need to wait for help from my other half to update. Please leave some comments and let me know what you think.
Partner Exchange 2011 – Private vCloud Architecture Technical Deep dive
For anyone attending Partner Exchange 2011 I will be presenting a session at PEX 2011 titled “Private vCloud Architecture Technical Deep dive”. If anyone is interested in attending, the session ID is #1380. Session Abstract Enterprises globally are enthusiastically embracing Cloud Computing as both a way of reducing costs and improving the quality of service IT provides to its end customers. To achieve this, enterprises are looking to VMware and its partners to help them deploy VMware vCloud Director-based Private Cloud environments. For a VMware vCloud Director-based Private Cloud to be successful and operationally sustainable, an absolutely critical first step is developing a solid vCloud architecture. This session will help partners address this critical first step by exploring the proven, practical activities and considerations VMware has defined, based on experience, for developing a vCloud architecture. A participant in this session will leave with a deep technical understanding of the guiding […]