Virtualization

VMUG: Tech Data in Clearwater, FL.

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Attended my second VMware User Group Meeting (VMUG) today. The first meeting that I attended was held at the Southwest Florida Water Management District’s office a couple of month back. Today’s meeting was sponsored by Tech Data and held at their Clearwater, FL headquarters. First up was VMware which gave a presentation of upcoming features … Read more

VDI. Who Will Win?

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The VDI marketplace has been heating up. VMware’s recent launch of View 4 seems to have sparked more interest overall. Microsoft has further cemented its partnership with Citrix to provide virtual desktops. Microsoft has also simplified (and reduced pricing) on using desktop OS in a virtual environment. Recent promotions by Citrix (and Microsoft) are geared … Read more

Hyper9 GuessMyOS

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This falls under the category of Fun Apps. I recently installed GuessMyOS by Hyper9 (who make several virtualization management apps). This is a plugin for VI3 and vSphere4 client. GuessMyOS replaces the generic VM icons with OS-specific for Linux and Windows. Personally I like seeing the penguin. This is tied to the client so must … Read more

VMware View 4 Evaluation

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After attending the VMware View 4 Launch tour in Tampa a couple of weeks ago, I loaded up the evaluation to give it a good field test. NOTE: I recommend reading the documentation BEFORE installing… A few points to consider prior to rolling out the product: 1) View Server requires a MS Windows Server (2008 … Read more

The Beauty of Being Hardware Agnostic

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We can all agree that virtualization has numerous benefits. One of the obvious benefits is that virtualization makes systems hardware agnostic. This is one of my favorite features of going virtual. I am responsible for the network operations of many businesses and being able to forget about hardware compatibilities on the OS level is a … Read more