I had the priviledge of meeting Scott Lowe this past year at VMworld. Scott’s wife Crystal arranged trips and adventures around Las Vegas for the wives whose husbands were attending the conference. But that’s besides the point – Scott has a new book coming out soon – Mastering Virtual Infrastructure – that is all about the new vSphere software suite. Today, the book has been listed on Amazon.com. The book is still in progress and is hopefully going to be released before VMworld 2009. In the meantime, you can sign up for alerts when the book is available for purchase – http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0470481382. Congrats Scott! What an awesome accomplishment!
April 2009
No, its not a new software title… more of a current event. Many have probably seen it on the news, but there is a massive wildfire in my area – the Myrtle Beach, SC area – just a few miles away from where my family and I live and work.
Since Every blog has information at this, I am going to link back to http://www.yellow-bricks.com and http://www.hypervizor.com
vSphere Linkage
Posted by Duncan Epping in April 21st, 2009
Source Link http://www.yellow-bricks.com/2009/04/21/vsphere-linkage/
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News / Coverage
VMware
- VMware.com – vSphere Product page
- VMware.com (press) – Press Kit
- VMware.com (press) – VMware Enables Users to Easily Test-Drive Cloud Computing through the VMware Virtual Appliance Marketplace (VAM) and VMware vCloud Service Provider Free Trials
- VMware.com (press) – VMware vSphere 4 Provides ‘Always On IT’ for SMB and Branch Office IT Environments With Low Cost, High Availability Solutions
- VMware.com (press) – VMware Unveils the Industry’s First Operating System for Building the Internal Cloud—VMware vSphere 4
- VMware.com (press) – VMware vSphere 4 Launch Supported by Broad Virtualization Ecosystem
- VMware.com (press) – VMware vSphere 4 Sets New Records in Virtualization Performance
- VMTN – Introducing VMware vSphere 4 – The Industry’s First Cloud Operating System
- VMTN – VMware vSphere Resources And Webcasts Customers Should Know About!
- VMTN Community – VMware vSphere Community is here – plus some rearrangement…
- Vroom – Database sizing charts for vSphere 4.0
- Networking – vSphere launches
- VMware (pdf’s) – vSphere list of Key Features
- VMware (pdf’s) – vStorage: What’s New Whitepaper
- VMware (pdf’s) – vNetwork: What’s New Whitepaper
- VMware (pdf’s) – vSphere Pricing, Packaging, and Licensing Whitepaper
Bloggers Community
- itsjustanotherlayer.com – vSphere 4 – the next great thing
- blog.VirtualTacIt.com – VMware vSphere: Not your average Cloud-OS… oh wait the only Cloud-OS
- Blog.Fosketts.net – Storage changes in the VMware vSphere 4 family
- VMETC.com – vSphere announced. Now what for VMware customers?
- BriandMadden.com – VMware announces vSphere – the foundation for the next generation datacenter
- vinternals.com – VMware Slaps Enterprise and Cisco In Face, Opens Doors For Competitors
- technodrone.blogspot.com – vSphere 4, so what is new?
- Dabcc.com – vSphere, initial comparison with Hyper-v and Xen
- VMware-land.com – My growing collection of vSphere links
- Virtualgeek.typepad.com – One man’s take on the vSphere launch
- VMwareTips.com – VMware vSphere launch event, onsite coverage
- Mikedipetrillo.com – VMware Launches vSphere
- Ideationcloud.com – VMware unveils vSphere 4.0; calls it Cloud Operating System
- sqlchicken.blogspot.com – VMware unveils new vSphere 4
- virtualizationexchange.blogspot.com – Breaking news from VMware: vSphere 4 unveiled
- Hypervizor.com – The ultimate vSphere4 learning path: Videos, Webcasts, Podcasts, Free online classes and much more
- Latogalabs.com – VMware Announces vSphere 4 Cloud OS
- ROIDude.typepad.com – VMware has its Head in the Clouds, but its Feet are Planted Firmly on the Ground
- TheVirtualBlackhole.com – Partner Exchange and the vSphere Press Release
- vmjunkie.wordpress.com – vSphere Launch
- chucksblog.emc.com – The real impact of vSphere
- chucksblog.emc.com – vSphere as an I/O engine
- OzVMs.com – vSphere – Skillsets and VCP
- OzVMs.com – Paul Maritz quotes from the vSphere launch
- OzVMs.com – Efficiency, control and choice – vSphere launch review
- VirtualLifestyle.nl – One big step for VMware, one giant leap for virtualization: VMware launches vSphere 4
- NTPRO.nl – VMware vSphere(TM) 4 Sets New Records in Virtualization Performance
- NTPRO.nl – VMware vSphere(TM) 4 Provides ‘Always On IT’ for SMB and Branch Office IT Environments With Low Cost, High Availability Solutions
- NTPRO.nl – VMware Enables Users to Easily Test-Drive Cloud Computing Through the VMware Virtual Appliance Marketplace (VAM) and VMware vCloud(TM) Service Provider Free Trials
- NTPRO.nl – VMware vSphereTM 4 Launch Supported by Broad Virtualization Ecosystem
- NTPRO.nl – VMware Unveils the Industry’s First Operating System for Building the Internal Cloud–VMware vSphere(TM) 4
- NTPRO.nl – VMware vSphere Podcasts
- rtfm-ed.co.uk – vSphere4 Pricing – From the Press Release
- rtfm-ed.co.uk – vSphere launch video
- VMGuru.nl –VMware announces vSphere 4
- MalaysiaVM.com – VMware vSphere 4
- MalaysiaVM.com – 6 cores limitation per socket for vSphere Enterprise
- Boche.net – vSphere licensing notables
- virtualization-spotlight.com – VMware Unveils vSphere 4
- kevinkomiegasstorageblog.blogspot.com – VMware vSphere of influence
- Techtarget.com – A guide to VMware vSphere 4.0
- blog.ScottLowe.org – Mastering VMware vSphere 4.0
- VirtualizationReview.com – Breaking down vSphere pricing
- Gabesvirtualworld.com – List of VMware FT compatible CPUs
- thestoragearchitect.com – Enterprise computing – VMware announces vSphere 4.0
- virtualisedreality.wordpress.com – vSphere launch
Previews
VMware
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Bloggers Community
- Boche.net – A random collection of what’s new vSphere eye candy
- Virtualgeek.typepad.com – Incoming treat for EMC CLARiiON/Celerra+VMware Customers
- Virtualgeek.typepad.com – A sneak peek at vSphere 4 I/O goodness (and world records)
- Yellow-Bricks.com – Storage views, exploring the next version of ….
- Yellow-Bricks.com – Alarm Actions, exploring the new version of ESX/vCenter
- Yellow-Bricks.com – Storage VMotion, exploring the next version of ESX/vCenter
- Yellow-Bricks.com – Resizing your VMFS the right way, exploring the next version of ESX/vCenter
- Yellow-Bricks.com – Pluggable Storage Architecture, exploring the next version of ESX/vCenter
- Yellow-Bricks.com – iSCSI multipathing with esxcli! Exploring the next version of ESX
- Yellow-Bricks.com – esxcfg-scsidevs, Exploring the next version of ESX!
- Yellow-Bricks.com – Disabling the VMFS-2 module! Exploring the next generation of ESX
- Yellow-Bricks.com – VMFS recognized as a snapshot what to do? Exploring the next version of ESX…
- NTPRO.nl – CPU compatibility with VMware Fault Tolerance
- NTPRO.nl – Datastore Performance Charts
- NTPRO.nl – Migration with Storage vMotion
- NTPRO.nl – How to set up an email event trigger
- NTPRO.nl – Using vNetwork Distributed Switches and dvPort Groups
- NTPRO.nl – New Alarm Actions
- NTPRO.nl – Acknowledge Triggered Alarms
- NTPRO.nl – Managing VMware vApp
- NTPRO.nl – Zoom In or Out of the Map View
- NTPRO.nl – New alarm definitions in the next version
- NTPRO.nl – Generate virtual machine desktop shortcut
- NTPRO.nl – EMC Powerpath/VE for VMware vSphere
- MalaysiaVM.com – Windows 7 on vSphere
- MalaysiaVM.com – Virtual CPU Increase on Demand in vSphere
- MalaysiaVM.com – ESX Host Profiles with vSphere
- MalaysiaVM.com – Match RDM to Actual LUN on SAN Storage with vSphere
- MalaysiaVM.com – Storage VMotion through GUI in vSphere
- MalaysiaVM.com – Memory Hot Add for Virtual Machine
- MalaysiaVM.com – Storage Management in VMware vSphere
- Vinf.net – Remote in-place upgrade from ESX 3.5 to vSphere
Check the source for updated posts.
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The ultimate vSphere4 learning path: Videos, Webcasts, Podcasts, Free online classes and much more By Hany Michael
Source post http://www.hypervizor.com/2009/04/the-vsphere4-learning-path-videos-webcasts-podcasts-free-online-classes-and-much-more/
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The upgrade path videos from VI3 to vSphere4:
This is your best and first stop in you learning path, these 4 parts videos are very detailed and technical showing you step by step how your upgrade journey will begin and develop:
- Part1: http://download3.vmware.com/vsphere/vsphere-migration-part1.html
- Part2: http://download3.vmware.com/vsphere/vsphere-migration-part2.html
- Part3: http://download3.vmware.com/vsphere/vsphere-migration-part3.html
- Part4: http://download3.vmware.com/vsphere/vsphere-migration-part4.html
Live VMware vSphere Overview Webcasts
- VMware vSphere 4 Unveiled: Get Ready for the Next Generation of IT Services
- Making the Business Case for VMware vSphere
- VMware vSphere 4 Unveiled: Get Ready for the Next Generation of IT Services
- New Cost Savings and Business Continuity Solutions for SMBs with VMware vSphere 4
Live VMware vSphere Technical Webcasts
- Ensuring High Availability with VMware vSphere
- Simplify Network Administration with vNetwork Enhancements in VMware vSphere 4
- Improve Virtualization Management with VMware vCenter Server 4
- How to Upgrade from VMware Infrastructure 3 to VMware vSphere 4
- New Performance Enhancements in VMware vSphere 4
- Improve Storage Efficiency and Management with VMware vSphere 4
- How to Upgrade from VMware Infrastructure 3 to VMware vSphere 4
VMware vSphere Podcasts
- What’s New in VMware vSphere Part 1: Overview
- What’s New in VMware vSphere Part 2: vSphere Editions
- What’s New in VMware vSphere Part 3: Platform Efficiency and Performance
- What’s New in VMware vSphere Part 4: Hardware and Power Efficiency
- What’s New in VMware vSphere Part 5: Operational Efficiency and Network Management
- What’s New in VMware vSphere Part 6: Control of Application Availability
- What’s New in VMware vSphere Part 7: Control of Application Security
- What’s New in VMware vSphere Part 8: Control of Application SLAs
VMware vSphere QuickStart Classes
- VMware vSphere 4 QuickStart Series Part 1: Install and Configure ESXi
- VMware vSphere 4 QuickStart Series Part 2: VM Management with VMware vCenter Server
- VMware vSphere 4 QuickStart Series Part 3: Cluster Setup, Availability and Load Balancing
- VMware vSphere 4 QuickStart Series Part 4: Monitoring, Availability, Back Up and Next Steps
On-Demand VMware vSphere Webcasts
- VMware vSphere 4 Unveiled: Get Ready for the Next Generation of IT Services
- VMware vSphere 4: The Best Platform for Business-Critical Applications
- New Cost Savings and Business Continuity Solutions for SMBs with VMware vSphere 4
- Improve Storage Efficiency and Management with VMware vSphere 4
- Improve Application Security with VMware vSphere 4
- Integrated Virtual Machine Back up and Recovery with VMware Data Recovery
- Improve Virtualization Management with VMware vCenter Server 4
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That is a lot of content, I think both are great, and put together, should be a good source of information.
Let me preface everything below with this – my company is an HP shop. We have other systems (IBM, Sun, Dell, etc.) in our datacenter, but for the gross majority, we are an HP shop. We are also what I’d term as medium sized VMware shop. We have a lot of eggs in both baskets.
Yesterday’s introduction of VMware vSphere was just short of disrespectful to HP, one of VMware’s larger partners. Sure, It’d been a long shot to get the EMC CEO VMware Chairman of the Board to acknowledge his competitor from the stage. Sure, it’d been unexpected for him to give big props to a company he likely hopes withers away. But, if there is one thing that Joe Tucci should understand by now is that he must wear his two hats very carefully.
Today, VMware made their official announcement of vSphere, the next generation of virtualization technology in their flagship ESX line. There has been a lot of coverage of vSphere online in the weeks leading up to today’s big announcement. To me, the most interesting information and the most sought after is the answer to one simple question – what will this upgrade cost me as a current VMware customer with an active support agreement.
http://www.educait.net/ Launched, Based on Local Central MN User group and Community
http://www.educait.net/ has it’s official launch!
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We are a group of IT professionals dedicated to improving collaboration and education in the central Minnesota IT community.
Our team members work and reside in the central Minnesota community, locally supporting the backbone of the digital age and sharing their passion to expand YOUR abilities by donating their time and talents hosting user groups and technology seminars at no cost to you.
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I am pleased to announce that we have a web site up for the Central MN user group, please check it out and pass the word.
More updates to come on both the page and blog.
Roger L.
I have gotten together with a couple of local IT administrator’s, and we started an IT & Virtualization user group. Central MN IT & Virtualization User Group.
We meet for the first time, May 7th, at the St. Cloud Library in St. Cloud MN, from 3-5 P.M. in the Bremmer Room , max 50 people.
Our topic is going to be introduction to virtualization.
We are going to talk about virtualization , and how it works, and brush on how VMware, Citrix and Microsoft approach it.
People can register by going to https://sites.google.com/a/centralmnit.com/registration/
I hope to see you there!
If you have questions, message me on twitter http://twitter.com/rogerlund
Roger L.
http://technodrone.blogspot.com has a interesting write up titled Is P2V always the best solution?
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I would like to however raise another point of view. Correct, the easiest solution for a system residing on aging hardware is to P2V the system to a VM – and it seems that I have solved my problem. But have I? I posted a question about 9 months ago with this exact same thought.
Do not blindly P2V systems, just because you can.
You will regret doing so in the long run.
I for one do not want ancient Windows/Linux systems in my datacenter. Would you?
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Which is in response to http://vinf.net’s write up titled Using Virtualization to Extend The Hardware Lifecycle
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In harder economic times getting real money to spend on server refreshes is difficult. There are the arguments that new kit is more power efficient; supports higher VM/CPU core densities but the reality is that even if you can show a cost saving over time most current project budgets are at best frozen until the economic uncertainty passes, at worst eliminated.
Although power costs have become increasingly visible because they’ve risen so much over the last 18 months this is still a hidden cost to many organisations, particularly if you run servers in your offices where a facilities team picks up the bill the overall energy savings through virtualization and hardware refresh don’t always get through.
So, I propose some alternative thinking to ride out the recession and make the kit you have and can’t get budget to replace last longer, as well as delivering a basic disaster recovery or test & development platform (business value) in the meantime.
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Interesting read’s each, I would like to share my thoughts on this.
Instead of looking at this as, why should I use or not use virtualization to extend my applications life. We should instead look at it as reason’s to promote virtualization as a whole, whether it is to your company or CEO, or to the first time user. Shouldn’t you instead focus on what virtualization allows you to do? If it causes extra work, because of legacy systems,long term then great. Then you have a valid reason to ask for money or staffing, and if you are are not allotted this; then, it would be give you reason to ask to shut down legacy systems that are no longer needed.
I think today’s virtualization , no matter VMware, Citrix or Hyper-V, should be showing applications vendor’s a wake up call. As they are the ones that are going to be required to support their software products longer, as virtual environments have no hardware ties. Gone are the days when software vendor’s well both hardware and software in one package, and support both. I say, Welcome to Today, when you ask for five year support contracts from the day of purchase.
In my eyes, Gone are the times, of sitting there in a dusty corner; trying to sell a product with a limited life cycle, with a attached hardware platform. Those still doing so, will undoubtedly be left behind in the dust in today’s recession riddled times.
Roger L.