VMware vSphere Health Check

2 January, 2012

At the Dutch VMUG event 2011 I gave a presentation on how to check your VMware environment to make sure it is healthy. When creating the presentation I had a lot of doubts because I was afraid everyone would think these points were very obvious. But on the other hand, when visiting customers and doing [...]

Tintri VMstore – VM only storage appliance

19 August, 2011

Last evening I had a WebEx session with Tintri in which they told me about their “VM only” storage appliance VMstore and I must admit that I’m impressed with what they have to offer. I have not yet had the opportunity to test this appliance, all info in this blog post is from the WebEx [...]

About ESXi lockdown mode

30 November, 2009

When you build your virtual infrastructure with only ESXi hosts that you also lock down for security reasons, you might be in for a little surprise when you want to get your VI up and running again after major maintenance or a failure. First thing to do after the virtual infrastructure has been down, is [...]

So you have that talk with your security officer again…

9 November, 2008

Every now and then, you get that same talk over and over again about ESX security. Bottomline always is that they think ESX (or virtualization at a whole) is not secure enough, but they can never explain why it isn’t or are just biased because of old security rules and thoughts.The only way to try [...]

Montego Networks – Virtual Security Switch

27 March, 2008

Today I stumbled upon a new product from Montego Networks, called HyperSwitchTM. With HyperSwitchTM it will be possible to integrate virtual network policies and access control with a high-availability virtual security switch. Some of the features: