1. VMworld 2010 Round-Up
(Blog/Tech Blog)

... vSphere Administration breakout session. David and I had 2 Skype calls before VMworld to practice our presentation and each time we talked at VMworld, it always seemed to change slightly. I remember talking ...

2. VMware vCloud Director and Enterprise Cloud
(Blog/Tech Blog)

...      Components of vCloud Director: VMware vSphere ESX Hosts and your vCenter Servers. The foundation of vCloud. Leverage clusters and resource pools for your computing and memory. Use datastores ...

3. Hey Security Guys, VMworld Is Hitting Your Playground
(Blog/Tech Blog)

... been waiting for. This is, in my opinion, the biggest announcement of this VMworld. VMsafe was debuted with vSphere, but nothing has ever been done. We are finally seeing some traction in this space. The ...

4. vFabric Wasn't Even Mentioned
(Blog/Tech Blog)

... More companies are going to start playing the Nexus 1000V game and integrating more with vSphere. The journey has 4 key concepts: Anything. Being able to put whatever you want out there Anytime. Spinning ...

5. VOTE for the Top Free vSphere Tools of 2010
(Blog/Tech Blog)

I'm back on the free tools vibe again. I'll be presenting with David Davis at VMworld in his breakout session discussing the Top Free vSphere Tools.   David wants your input! Head on over to VMwareVideos.com ...

6. VMworld Schedule and Announcement
(Blog/Tech Blog)

...  As for the announcement, David Davis of Train Signal and VMwareVideos.com has asked me to be a special guest speaker during his breakout session MA8339, 10 Best Free Tools for vSphere Management. I'm ...

7. Win The ULTIMATE vSphere Library from vDestination
(Blog/Tech Blog)

Greg Stuart over at vDestination.com was one of the lucky people to snag a GestaltIT and Boche.net Free VMworld ticket. He is already paying it forward by holding a contest to Win the Ultimate vSphere ...

8. More NFS v4 with vSphere & Chinwagging with Mike Laverick
(Blog/Tech Blog)

... relating to Free vSphere Tools, NFSv4, and VMworld. Don't know why my eyes look so squinty... must be because it was in the early AM and I was looking down into a camera :)   Chinwag with Mike… Kenny ...

9. Embotics V-Scout End of Life Notification
(Blog/Tech Blog)

If you ever read my Top 10 Free vSphere Tools post, you would know that Embotics V-Scout tied for 8th place out of a list of over 50 free vSphere tools.   I got this email earlier today: You are ...

10. VCAP Datacenter Administration Exam Landing Page VDCA410
(Blog/Tech Blog)

... host Configuration Examples and Troubleshooting for VMDirectPath • Determine requirements for and configure NPIV How to Configure NPIV on VMware vSphere 4.0 Configuring ...

11. Podcast on TechTarget discussing ESXi Migration
(Blog/Tech Blog)

Yesterday, I joined Rick Vanover and Colin Steele to talk about the migration of ESX to ESXi on This Week in Virtualization podcast. The titles is called VMware ESXi takes center stage in vSphere 4.1. ...

12. Error Upgrading VMware Tools vSphere 4.1
(Blog/Tech Blog)

I was in the process of upgrading some of the VMware Tools on some guests since we have migrated our infrastructure to vSphere 4.1. I was able to install VMware Tools two times before I started getting ...

13. The Migration From ESX to ESXi is Happening. Moving Configurations. Part II
(Blog/Tech Blog)

... vSphere 4.1, ESXi now has the ability to perform a kickstart installation, whereby you create a script to configure your ESXi host during the install. Using a kickstart script, you can get an ESXi host ...

14. ESXi 4.1 Kickstart Install - WIP
(Blog/Tech Blog)

... on an ESXi 4.1 VM w/ 10 NICs to try and simulate my current environment. My current environment resembles my vSphere Host NIC Design - 10 NICs post.     The bulk of the script is working. There are ...

15. Career Advice
(Blog/Tech Blog)

... hardware capability, etc. I see there are companies like CBT Nuggets and Train Signal that offer vSphere courses, but I'm not sure how good they are. Even if you take the fast-track course, having something ...

16. Provisioning Storage with NetApp Virtual Storage Console (VSC) 2.0
(Blog/Tech Blog)

... I just like how it is all nicely integrated with vCenter now. After installing VSC 2.0, you have to register the plug-in and enable the plug-in in your vSphere client. Now that the install is finished, ...

17. Backup Agents Are Dead To Me
(Blog/Tech Blog)

... of my own opinion.   I would expect my ideal backup solution to take a snapshot using the vSphere API to protect the VM disk files (vmdk, vmx, etc) and create a process from that snapshot inherit to ...

18. VM Advanced ISO. Free Tools For Advanced Tasks
(Blog/Tech Blog)

I have compiled a list of free VMware vSphere tools that any administrator can use. I even made a Top 10 list out of that. But what about some more advanced tasks?   Look no further. I've created a ...

19. Hands-On With VMware vSphere Pro Series Volume 2
(Blog/Tech Blog)

Time to take a break from today's vSphere 4.1 release and highlight another release for everyone wanting to take another step for higher education. Over the past 2 months, I was able to preview TrainSignal's ...

20. The Migration From ESX to ESXi is Happening. Moving Configurations
(Blog/Tech Blog)

It's officially official. vSphere 4.1 is going to be the LAST release of ESX. As shown here in the vSphere 4.1 Release Notes:   VMware vSphere 4.1 is the last release for the following product, features, ...