Posts Tagged ‘vSphere 4’

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Using tasks, events and alarms in vCenter

Using tasks, events and alarms in vCenter

Today I watched a video from the second DVD of the new Trainsignal’s vSphere 4 learning course. In this video David Davis explained to me what for are tasks, scheduled tasks, how to use them. Really cool stuff. I did... (Continue reading)

VMware SRM video from YouTube

VMware SRM video from YouTube

Here is a new video from YouTube explaining the new features in VMware SRM (Site Recovery Manager) for vSphere 4. Maria Basmanova is a software engineer working at VMware. SRM v 4.0 went out just few days ago and the release... (Continue reading)

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VMware ESXi was created by a French guy !!!

VMware ESXi was created by a French guy !!!

The origin of the project was born by a French Guy Olivier Crémel I was quite surprised when I found the info on one of the blogs I’m subscribed via RSS. If you do not know what is RSS and how... (Continue reading)

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vMotion for long distance… cool. VMware and vSphere is already in the Sky..

vMotion Certified for 200 Kilometers by VMware Now it’s just been certified by VMware that the long distance vMotion is officially supported by VMware. The maximum distance is 200 Kilometers. That’s perfect because our Island has about this distance. From St... (Continue reading)

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ESX 4 and VM’s with hardware version 7

ESX 4 and VM's with hardware version 7

Now that we are in the vSphere Era (I still keep looking back to ESX 3 and ESX 3.5 though… ), the standard for the VM’s hardware version is the version 7. But what that is mean?... (Continue reading)

What is Enhanced vMotion compatibility

vMotion everybody knows. Right? If not your are living under the rock….. -:) Just kidding. Using vMotion you can move the VMs needed to another host (another physical server) in your cluster. For what? Like this you can stop your... (Continue reading)

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Tripwire has announced a new management product called vWire

Tripwire has announced a new management product called vWire

Tripwire is not new to me. I already know the free tools : OpsCheck and ConfigCheck. OpsCheck which helps me that the systems are configured to support VMware VMotion . The OpsCheck freeware is on my Top 10 freeware tools. It rapidly... (Continue reading)

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Trilead VM explorer compatible vSphere 4.0 too

Trilead VM explorer compatible vSphere 4.0 too

Trileads tool for exploring (and backing up)  your Virtual Infrastructure is now compatible vSphere 4.0. VM Explorer is a cool little application which is able to browse copy/paste/backup your Virtual Infrastructure’s VM’s with the possibility of scheduled backups (in paid... (Continue reading)

Running vSphere 4 in a VMware Workstation 6.5.2

As I expected, Xtravirt released a whitepaper about “How to install ESX 4.0 on Workstation 6.5.2 as a VM“. In the PDF you’ll find how-to configure your ESX VM so that you can run nested VM’s. (VMs inside of the... (Continue reading)

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