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Data Center Decisions Conference 2008

Tech Target will hold there annual Data Center Decisions Conference from Oct 23rd - Oct 25th in Chicago. This is a free conference and usually is valuable that includes some great speakers. This years Virtualization track will include the following presentations.
Getting Started: Planning and Implementing a Virtualization Project
Presented by George Crump, President and Founder, Storage [...]

Renaming a VMDK in Virtual Center

Yesterday a colleague of mine asked how to rename a .vmdk file ,so it matches the VM’s name in Virtual Center.  This is actually the first time I had to perform this operation. So at first I thought I might just V2V the machine, but thought there must be an easier way to rename a [...]

The Microsoft SVVP Program

The Microsoft SVVP Program (Microsoft Server Virtualization Validation Program) is a program that Microsoft setup in June 2008. It is used to validate it’s server products on a virtual platforms. It allows Microsoft to provide improved support for their products that are being used in virtual environments.
This is a good thing for the virtualization world [...]

VMware HA algorithm Skewed

After upgrading our 3.5 ESX host at work. I noticed that the Current Failover Capacity had decreased from four to one. This was a major drop considering we only upgraded the host to 3.5. So wondering what could have caused this I scrolled google ,but found very little info except for a post stating that [...]

VMware Releases Lab Manager 3.0

VMware has released Lab Manager 3.0 which will allow Multiple Teams and Projects to Effectively Share a Single Global Virtual Lab
To read more on Lab Manager 3.0 click here

VMware ESXi Free! As in Beer

Rumors on the Net speculate that by the end of July VMware will be offering ESXi for free. This move is a needed one by VMware ,since Microsoft released their $26 Hyper-V. Which in my opinion is not in the same class as VMware. VI3 still has a lot of hidden cost in HA, DRS, [...]