Hyperconverged Infrastructures are the way to go. Nutanix was one of the first players in this field. First by specializing by providing this hyper-converged platform for VDI workloads, few years back. But if VDI is a good use case for Nutanix, it was just a matter of time to realize that what’s very good at […]
Veeam Availability Suite 8 and Veeam Endpoint Backup – Further Details
This is an interview from VMworld 2014 with Rick Vanover from Veeam Software. I have asked a couple of questions concerning upcoming Veeam availability suite 8 (which and also some further details about Veeam Endpoint backup product. The upcoming Veeam availability suite will feature vloud connector which will allow to backup into the cloud. Any cloud. […]
How to Patch Free VMware ESXi Standalone Host
This guide will help folks which are new to virtualization or admins just starting with VMware virtualization, they run ESXi free version without vCenter. How to patch Free VMware ESXi standalone host is a common question I’m getting on regular basis and I though that I document that from the beginning to the end. If […]
Free Tool for Nested ESXi Labs – ESXi Mac Learning dvFilter
There is a free utility called ESXi MAC learning dvFilter released by VMware Labs last week. This utility is provided as a VIB and installs on the physical ESXi host, not on the virtual ESXi hosts. I learned about it by reading posts from William Lam and Andreas Peetz. ESXi Mac Learning dvFilter is kind of […]
EVO: RAIL Demo Video – VMware Hyper-Converged Infrastructure
Before VMworld I have assisted to VMware EVO: RAIL presentation. VMware Hyper-Converged infrastructure presentation video wasn’t available to the public until today, when Duncan Epping has published the video done by Dave Shanley. So here is EVO: RAIL Demo Video. VMware EVO:RAIL has been demoed during VMworld and I have also published a details, together with […]
VMworld 2014 US Keynotes Day 1 and Day 2 Videos
VMware just published on YouTube the principal keynotes from Day 1 and Day 2. The VMworld 2014 US Keynotes Day 1 and Day 2 Videos are on YouTube. There are tons of announces, which some of those you might expected (vSphere 6.0) but some you did not (VSAN Beta 2.0…). And the biggest one (IMHO) is […]
Cool video – VMware Horizon 6 3D Performance with vDGA
I really liked this demo video showing the peformance of vDGA inside of a VDI desktop using Horizon 6. This video was produced by Rory Clements, from the End User Computing BU at VMware. Very impressive and realistic. He speaks quite fast, but he shows off nicely the integration and configuration of the Nvidia card, […]
PernixData FVP Introduces new features: In-Memory, NFS, Network compression and Topology awareness
New features has been announced by PernixData during SFD5 event. If you don’t know PernixData and their FVP technology you should check this post – PernixData FVP in my lab. In short, PernixData FVP Technology is using kernel module. It’s not a VM acceleration appliance. You just have to install a local SSDs or PCIe flash […]
vSphere Mobile Watchlist update – now with host monitoring and remediation too
vSphere Mobile Watchlist app got a nice update which allows you to add hosts to your list of monitored objects. I have already wrote some details about this app, the ability to create a list of critical VMs which needs to be up no matter where you are, but just to remind you, the vSphere […]
Cisco Topspin 120 – Homelab Infiniband silence
The old Cisco Topspin 120 are cheap infiniband switches, but very noisy. You can get one for roughly $200 on eBay. If you’re planning for cheap VSAN lab, it might be your interest to read how to make the device more quiet. I’m using one of those in my lab for a backend storage network […]