Cloud computing gets a lot of buzz today. But when people talk about cloud, do they mean IaaS, PaaS or SaaS? Who knows? Here at the vCloud group at VMware, we’re curious to hear what you think and why you use (or don’t use) a public cloud service. We’re also interested in hearing what applications and workloads you’re running in a public cloud. To gather your feedback, we’ve created a quick public cloud survey: http://bit.ly/publiccloudsurvey. Our survey asks why you chose your provider, the type of workloads you’re running, if you use intermediaries with your cloud solution, and what you perceive as the biggest benefits or concerns when it comes to cloud. The survey only takes about 10-15 minutes to complete, and the first 100 participants receive a $5 Starbucks gift card in the mail. Please note, this survey is open to ALL public cloud users, not just VMware customers. […]
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NetApp VSC 2.0 vCenter Plug-in Announced
There is some really cool new plug-ins coming along for vCenter 4.1. Here is one from Netapp, In support of the release of VMware vSphere 4.1, NetApp has announced version 2.0 of the Virtual Storage Console. Obviously, with today’s release, VMware has delivered on a large number of new capabilities in the many areas such as….click here to read more
vSphere 4.1 released today
VMware have released vSphere 4.1 today. Brief overview of what’s new in this release. ESXi scripted install supported · Boot from SAN supported · Storage Performance Statistics · Storage I/O Control · Network I/O Control · Windows Failover Clustering with VMware HA · License Reporting Manager · Memory Compression · ESX/ESXi Active Directory Integration · USB Device Passthrough from ESX/ESXi Host to a Virtual Machine To begin your journey to a private cloud click here
What is the purpose of .DvsData
I have seen some information flying around today regarding vDS switches, what is the .DvsData folder and what happens with the loss of vCenter. Some information regarding vDS is listed below: 1. Each ESX host keeps local database that describes vDS /etc/vmware/dvsdata.db. This allows the ESX host to run vDS as a simple vSwitch, when vCenter is down There is an unsupported tool to display contents of this database /usr/lib/vmware/bin/net-dvs – The dvsdata.db file only holds information that doesn’t have to be shared across esx hosts, this will include local switch configuration (uplinks etc.) as well as configuration for dvPorts that host vnics (mgmt, vmotion and FT) connect to. 2. There is .DvSdata folder, which as I understood holds the information about virtual switches, which is synchronized with all ESX hosts, which are using this switch. – The folder contains information about ports relating to the vm vnics. Ports connected […]
vSphere Automation Course released (PowerCLI)
VMware Education has just released the vSphere Automation course (based on vSphere PowerCLI) This course is targeted at large customers who are relying on scripting to automate common and sometimes painful tasks. Course Overview This hands-on training course introduces the use of VMware vSphere™ PowerCLI to automate VMware vSphere 4. This course demonstrates ways to automate tasks that can reduce your IT costs while improving efficiency, availability, flexibility, and manageability. For more information visit the VMware Education Services site and search for “vSphere Automation”