Today Veeam released Backup Academy. It is a FREE resource to get started with backup technologies targeted at IT professionals who are just getting started with data protection. Users that complete the video series can also do a Backup Academy Exam and get a certificate when they pass. Although created by Veeam, Backup Academy is […]
VKernel presents vOperations Suite 4
In June 2011 I was part of the TechField Day #6 delegation and one of the companies we visited was VKernel. During the VKernel presentation we, the delegates, had a number of comments on the layout / GUI part of vOPS. Only a few months later, VKernel shows they have been using our feedback and […]
Tintri VMstore – VM only storage appliance
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 […]
vSphere 5 Auto Deploy PXE booting through Cisco ASA firewall
In response to my blog post on “vSphere 5 – How to run ESXi stateless with vSphere Auto Deploy“, I received a comment from Rob Ellison, who ran into issues when PXE booting through a Cisco ASA firewall. In a second comment he explained how he solved the issue. Turned out there was an issue […]
VMware changes vRAM licensing on vSphere 5 after customer feedback on vTAX
Last few weeks a lot of talk has been about the new VMware licensing for vSphere 5. Many reported how this would work against VMware’s principle of running as many VMs on one host as possible. After the dust had settled, people started checking their own situations and found that things weren’t as bad as […]