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vSmackdown! vSphere 5.1 vs. Hyper-V 2012
August 15, 2013 | David Davis, vExpert, VCP/VCAP, CCIE 6
Twenty years ago, the fight was Novell vs. Microsoft as Microsoft’s upstart Windows NT server operating system decimated Novell’s handsome share of the server market. Ten years ago, the war shifted to the desktop where debates raged over whether Apple … Read More
Virtualization Pro of the Month: Chris Wahl
August 12, 2013 | Scott D. Lowe, vExpert, MVP Virtual Machine, MCSE 1
Editor’s Note: Welcome to the first interview in our monthly Virtualization Pro of the Month series! Our inaugural Pro of the Month is Chris Wahl.
Chris has acquired over a decade of IT experience in enterprise infrastructure design, implementation, and administration. … Read More
How to Increase the Maximum Number of NFS Mounts on a VMware ESXi Server
July 25, 2013 | David Davis, vExpert, VCP/VCAP, CCIE
Did you know that you can’t just keep adding NFS connections to a VMware ESXi server indefinitely? And if you did think about the max, it’s easy to assume that the maximum number of NFS mounts must be some crazy number … Read More
How to Build a Private Cloud with OpenStack & RackSpace
July 4, 2013 | Lauren Malhoit, VCP, MCSE: Security, and CCNA
RackSpace is a cloud provider that runs everything using OpenStack cloud software. Their software, OpenCenter, makes deployment easier. In this article I’ll run through the initial install. The download is free.
They recommend that you deploy this using either three … Read More
VMware Fling: vCenter 5.1 Pre-Install Check Script
July 4, 2013 | Lauren Malhoit, VCP, MCSE: Security, and CCNA
If you’ve ever done an upgrade to vCenter 5.1, you know there can be a lot of caveats. The vCenter 5.1 install is a little more involved than previous upgrades. Luckily there is a VMware fling available to help us … Read More
VMware Horizon View 5.2 – BYOD Heaven via HTML Access
July 4, 2013 | Scott D. Lowe, vExpert, MVP Virtual Machine, MCSE
Recently VMware rebranded their end user computing (EUC) products all under the Horizon umbrella. This includes Horizon Workspace, Horizon Data, Horizon Mobile, and of course Horizon View.
Although Horizon View 5.2 was not a major release there are some significant … Read More
Installing an OpenStack Private Cloud using Ubuntu 12.04
June 8, 2013 | Scott D. Lowe, vExpert, MVP Virtual Machine, MCSE 1
OpenStack is open source software that allows companies to create public or private clouds. It’s one of the most popular, if not the most popular, implementations of cloud today. To see more about the conceptual architecture, check out this page.
In … Read More
Installing vCenter SSO on a Remote Database Server
June 7, 2013 | Lauren Malhoit, VCP, MCSE: Security, and CCNA
vCenter 5.1 now comes with a Single Sign On Service that enables you to have SSO capabilities for VMware products. SSO is required for vCenter installation in version 5.1 and will probably continue to be. It’s pretty easy to install … Read More
Handy Backdoor Tricks for Mounting Hyper-V VHDs
June 7, 2013 | Rick Vanover, vExpert, MCITP, VCP
I’ve always been a fan of learning a new thing as it specifically solves a problem for me. One example was learning the netsh command so that I could easily turn off Windows Firewall, which it’s a good idea for … Read More
Installing vCenter 5.1 Using the Simple Install
June 3, 2013 | Lauren Malhoit, VCP, MCSE: Security, and CCNA
There are a couple ways to install the new vCenter 5.1 update 1. You can do a simple install which installs the Single Sign On Service, Inventory Service, and vCenter itself in the simplest way. You would use this if … Read More
What Is a Type 1 Hypervisor?
May 12, 2013 | David Davis, vExpert, VCP/VCAP, CCIESometimes called a “bare metal hypervisor” or “native” because it runs directly on a bare metal physical server, a type 1 hypervisor has direct access to the hardware. With a type 1 hypervisor, there is no operating system to load … Read More
The Top 5 Enterprise Type 1 Hypervisors You Must Know
May 12, 2013 | David Davis, vExpert, VCP/VCAP, CCIE 9
Before we list the top 5 enterprise type 1 hyerpvisors, you might be wondering, “what is a type 1 hypervisor”? If you don’t already know, read our post What Is a Type 1 Hypervisor? A hypervisor is software that runs virtual … Read More
vSphere with Operations Manager (vSOM) 101
April 24, 2013 | David Davis, vExpert, VCP/VCAP, CCIE 3
In the new VMware vSphere (starting with 5.1 and above), VMware includes the vCenter Operations Manager Foundation Edition with every version of vSphere, starting with vSphere Essentials Plus and above. While foundation edition may be a good start for the … Read More
How to Download for Hyper-V Server 2016 Free Edition
April 15, 2013 | David Davis, vExpert, VCP/VCAP, CCIE
Note: This post has been updated to cover the latest version of Hyper-V Server 2016.
Like the VMware vSphere Hypervisor (free edition), there is also a free edition of Windows Server 2016 Hyper-V. Free Hyper-V offers many the advanced features of Windows … Read More
How to Run VMware vSphere ESXi in Fusion
March 21, 2013 | David Davis, vExpert, VCP/VCAP, CCIE 3
Want to learn vSphere? Test vSphere? Prepare for your VMware Certified Professional (VCP) certification? Running VMware vSphere inside a local desktop hypervisor such as VMware Fusion or VMware Workstation is the best way to do it. By running vSphere in … Read More
Understanding the Top 4 Performance Metrics in vSphere
March 14, 2013 | Scott D. Lowe, vExpert, MVP Virtual Machine, MCSE
vSphere environments can be complex beasts that require a lot of attention and ongoing tuning to get “just right.” When it comes to ensuring the ongoing acceptable performance of that vSphere environment, there exist hundreds of different performance metrics. vSphere … Read More
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Getting Chippy: Intel vs. AMD in 2019
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