All things virtual VIII
It’s been a very busy but also a very rewarding productive few weeks for me. Even though it came down to a relatively simple solution the working of my VMware Update Manager was a massive weight off...
View ArticleAll Things VMworld:Day 0
Yes I couldn’t think of a better title so I altered my normal title for this weeks proceedings . Due to there being so much information coming out of VMworld and certainly a large amount more in the...
View ArticleAll Things Virtual 18
There has been an unbelievable amount of news in the past week and a half since my last All Things Virtual. Also i came across one or two blogs in the past few days that were a bit older but have so...
View ArticleVMware vSphere: Manage and Design for Security Course Experience
Monday,Tuesday and Wednesday this week I was fortunate enough to attend the VMware vSphere: Manage and Design for Security course. The course is one of the recommended courses for the VCAP: DCA exam so...
View ArticleAll Things Virtual 22
Yet again I’ve been a bit slack on my posting of an All Things Virtual every fortnight (a personal aim I made for myself) due to a few things namely, any blog site/twitter/nonstandard website being...
View ArticleUpgrading from vSphere 4.1 to vSphere 5
Yep the time has yet again come round that the bi yearly mass upgrade of all of my VMware environments needs upgrading to the latest version. Thankfully this upgrade process hasn’t been too difficult...
View ArticleiSCSI by default on IBM HS22 Blades
On a recent client engagement fellow Xtravirt colleague Darren Woollard and I were awaiting the build out of the IBM HS22 blades the client had procured for our usage as ESXi5 hosts. IBM services came...
View ArticleVCAP-CID Objective 1.2 – Identify and Categorize Business Requirements
Knowledge Identify discovery questions for a conceptual design (number of users, number of VMs, capacity, etc.) These questions are ones you are going to ask during the design workshop for the...
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