septembre 2013

In my previous article I discussed VSAN benefits for Horizon View (How does VMware VSAN help Horizon View?), including CAPEX and OPEX savings provided by the use of inexpensive server disks for shared storage and simplified day-to-day storage configuration and provisioning activities. In this article I will explore some of the VSAN capabilities and features and how they relate to Horizon View. --> Please see the rest on the blog : http://myvirtualcloud.net/?p=5440 

Here is our third Support Insider Live video episode with tips straight from the mouths of our front-line Technical Support Engineers. Our video today features Sajjad Siddicky talking about his go-to tools for troubleshooting performance issues with virtual machines. Performance of our vms is something we are all concerned with, but where does one start? Check out this two minute video: --> please see the rest on the blog : http://blogs.vmware.com/kb/2013/09/troubleshooting-virtual-machine-performance-issues.html

I recently rebuilt a Hyper-V server – where all of my virtual machines were shutdown first and stored on a secondary disk.  Once I had finished installing the operating system and had Hyper-V up and running – I wondered what the most efficient way to get the virtual machines all reconnected would be.  I ended up using PowerShell to do a bulk import; however this did involve a bit of experimentation to get right. The first thing I had to deal with was the fact that our “import-VM” command requires that you provide a .XML... [Lire la suite]

Voici une question qui se pose régulièrement chez les clients, et voici un avis intéressant sur la question....   Dans un environnement de domaine Windows, la synchronisation des horloges des différents systèmes est primordiale, notamment pour que le protocole d’authentification Kerberos fonctionne. Il y a d’autres effets de bord sur certaines applications qui peuvent donner des erreurs difficiles à diagnostiquer si des systèmes ne sont pas synchronisés entre eux, ou ne sont pas à l’heure exacte. Les environnements de type... [Lire la suite]

After I published the vSphere Flash Read Cache FAQ many asked if I would also do a blog post for frequently asked questions about Virtual SAN / VSAN. I guess it makes sense considering Virtual SAN / VSAN being such a hot topic. So here are the questions I have received so far, followed by the answers of course. If you have a question do not hesitate to leave a comment. Make sure to visit the VSAN community forum and sign up for the beta! VSAN requires an SSD, what is it used for? The SSD is used for read caching (70%) and write... [Lire la suite]

Communiqué de presse Virtualisé à 99,9 %, le système d’information du Groupe AGRICA s’appuyait jusque-là sur des load balancers open source HAProxy unitaires. Afin d’en industrialiser le déploiement et l’exploitation, la DSI du Groupe AGRICA a fait le choix de basculer vers les load balancers ALOHA d’Exceliance, bâtis sur un socle HAProxy, en cluster.   Jouy-en-Josas, le 11 septembre 2013 – Exceliance, éditeur français de solutions de répartition de charge et de haute disponibilité, annonce que le Groupe AGRICA a migré une... [Lire la suite]

Login Consultants has released a paper titled: “Decoding Microsoft’s VDI Licensing Arcanum“. The paper which contains 43 pages is written by Falko Gräfe can be downloaded for free from the Login Consultants website after registration. The paper covers Microsoft’s Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) licensing and compares this against Server Based Computing licensing and single user terminal server licensing being used by some of the Desktop as a Service (DaaS) providers nowadays. --> Please see the rest on the blog... [Lire la suite]

Le VMworld US débute avec l’annonce de VMware vSphere 5.5 et ses nouvelles fonctionnalités Support for VMDK files of max. 62 TB filesize (x34)  for VMFS5 and NFS No change in the pricing of vSphere editions. 4 new features: AppHA*, Reliable Memory, Flash Read Cache and Big Data Extensions Latency-sensitivity feature for applications like very high performance computing and stock trading apps vSphere Hypervisor (free) has no physical memory limit anymore Maximum RAM per host 4 TB (x2) Virtual CPUs per host 4096 (x2) ... [Lire la suite]

Après quelques semaines d’attente suite aux annonces du VMworld à San Francisco, ca y est, la version 5.5 de vCloud suite incluant vSphere est disponible au téléchargement. De nombreux produits composent cette suite : VMware ESXi 5.5.0 VMware vCenter Server 5.5 VMware vSphere Data Protection 5.5.1 VMware vSphere Replication 5.5 VMware vCenter Orchestrator Appliance 5.5.0 Cisco Nexus 1000V Virtual Ethernet Modules for vSphere 5.5.0 VMware vCloud Director 5.5.0 VMware vCloud Networking and Security 5.5.0 VMware vCenter Site... [Lire la suite]