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VMware View 5 PCoIP Network Optimization Guide

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: October 11, 2011

VMware View 5 with PCoIP Network Optimization Guide

A new document showing how to optimize a PCoIP protocol over WAN links. VMware View 5 has been released recently during VMworld 2011 at Las Vegas and with this new release, the way to optimize and configure VMware View has changed. The latest release of VMware View 5 has brought some great enhancements in the […]

| Filed Under: Free Stuff Tagged With: Optimize VMware View 5, PCoIP Optimization guide, VMware View 5 network optimization

vSphere 5 – How to upgrade to ESXi 5 using update manager video

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: October 10, 2011

vSphere upgrade manager 5.0 - a video from VMware KB

New video from VMware KBTV shows how to upgrade your ESXi hosts to the latest version of ESXi 5. One of the new features of VMware Updata Manager 5.0  (VUM) is also the possibility to upgrade your existing ESX classic host to ESXi 5.0 and preserving your VMFS volumes.  But the VUM 5 no longer […]

| Filed Under: Videos Tagged With: how to upgrade ESX classic, upgrade to ESXi 5, vSphere Update Manager 5 video, VUM 5

Mastering VMware vSphere 5 released

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: February 15, 2017

Amazon has released Mastering VMware vSphere 5. New book from Scott Lowe –  Mastering VMware vSphere 5, was released recently. This book is one of the best (if not the best one) about vSphere 5. Whether you’re new to virtualization under VMware or experienced VCP, this book is a reference. I’m ordering my copy too. […]

| Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Mastering VMware vSphere 5 Released, Scott Lowe - Mastering VMware vSphere 5 Book

VMworld Copenhagen 2011 is behind the doors

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: January 27, 2013

VMworld Copenhagen offers one of the last chances to register and attend one of the biggest IT events in Europe. Last year I’ve attend for the first time such a big event as a blogger and I can say… it’s huge show. I was not able to go to Las Vegas for VMworld 2011, but I’m […]

| Filed Under: Server Virtualization Tagged With: VMwold Copenhagen 2011, VMworld 2011, VMworld Europe 2011

How to configure ESXi for iSCSI connection to Drobo

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: October 15, 2017

ESXi 5 - configuring VMkernel port for iSCSI traffic for Drobo Elite/b800i

Configuration of the iSCSI Storage on VMware vSphere 5 and creating Datastores. In order to do an initial configuration for the Drobo, you must install the Drobo dashboard. There is no other way doing a configuration through LAN port as you might expect. Once done you can disconnect the USB cable from the Drobo. ESXi 5 for […]

| Filed Under: Server Virtualization Tagged With: Drobo iSCSI configuration, ESXi 5 iSCSI configuration Drobo, iSCSI Drobo Elite configuration

Paragon Alignment Tool(TM) 3.0 can remote align partitions on VMs

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: May 7, 2020

Paragon Alignement Tool - PAT version 3.0 for ESX and ESXi

New product from Paragon – PAT for ESX v 3.0 Las year I reported on PAT v 2.0 which did the same job, but one had to install the product inside of a VM to be able to properly align the VM. Now the PAT for ESX v 3.0 It’s kind of unique product, since […]

| Filed Under: Server Virtualization Tagged With: Partition aligment, PAT for ESX v 3.0, VM aligment

Setup of Drobo Elite as a shared storage for VMware vSphere 5

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: November 1, 2014

Drobo Elite - the RAID spindle with disks of different capacity

Installing Drobo Dashboard and updating the firmware. VMware vSphere 5 Essentials or Essentials plus are the editions of VMware vSphere oriented for the Small Business Market (SMB). Both editions suppose and permits you to use up to 3 physical ESXi hosts with up to 2 CPU each. I’ll try to walk you through the setup […]

| Filed Under: Server Virtualization Tagged With: Drobo Elite/B800i, Drobo iSCSI, Drobo iSCSI SAN

VMware View 5.0 – performance and best practices white paper

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: February 15, 2017

VMware View 5.0 performance and best practice

A very interesting technical Whitepaper has been released by VMware. If you’re into VMware View then you’ll like this technical and best practices whitepaper concerning VMware View 5. With the recent release of VMware View 5 during the VMworld 2011 in Las Vegas, many new features and enhancements to this product has been introduced. The […]

| Filed Under: Free Stuff Tagged With: VMware View 5, VMware View 5 performance best practice

Drobo Elite – iSCSI SAN which supports multi host environments

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: November 1, 2014

Drobo Elite is a 8 bay solution for Small Business. This SAN solution from Data Robotics is destined for Small Business Market. For independent IT professionals which needs reliable storage device to be used as an iSCSI SAN for Windows Servers (with Microsoft’s iSCSI initiator), but also for small enterprises which runs smaller virtual environments […]

| Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Drobo BeyondRaid, Drobo Elite, Drobo iSCSI SAN, VMware Drobo Elite

How to install Hyper-V in VMware Workstation

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: January 12, 2013

Running Hyper-V inside of VMware Workstation 8

How I’m using VMware Workstation 8 to accomplish my daily tasks. VMware Workstation 8 went live few weeks ago. Since then I haven’t stopped to play with the software. I already wrote about the new features in detail in this article: VMware Workstation 8 – new features detailed. Update: you might want to check my […]

| Filed Under: Desktop Virtualization Tagged With: How to install Hyper-V in VMware Workstation, Using VMware Workstation 8, VMware Workstation 8

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