So, it was time to make the virtualization a bit more serious and the same time solve my hosting problem. After a quick survey of the hardware available, I bought a Dell PowerEdge R710:
Category Archive: VMware
VMware ESX, ESXi, VirtualCenter, Server, Infrastructure
Jun
10
2009
Jun
10
2009
vSphere 4.0
So, vSphere is out. I can’t say that I have noticed a huge difference from ESXi 3.5 to 4.0, but a few new features are always nice.
May
23
2009
Dell R200 and vSphere
Yes, the Dell PowerEdge R200 runs vSphere/VMware ESXi 4.0. More details to come as I revive this blog :-)
Nov
18
2008
Updates
Well, it’s been a quiet month. I’m still writing on my project, and I’m searching for a job. In addition, the planning for The Gathering 2009, where I’m the chief information officier, has begun.
Nov
18
2008
VMware ESX(i) 3.5 U3 and random stuff
Well, looks like VMware is updating their products again. VMware ESX(i) U3 is available from their site. I have installed it, but did not notice any differences. But hey, I have test lab, let’s be bleeding edge. VMware: ESX4 beta? :-))) On the other side, a few experiences the last couple of days: VM’s might …
Oct
14
2008
New academic site from VMware
I would like to point your attention towards http://www.govirtual.org where VMware is trying to create a community for virtualization research and development. They’ve made a number of papers and some software available for download at this site, and invite the site users to make their own contributions to the site.
Sep
24
2008
VMware Server 2.0 RTEFF (Released To Everyone For Free)
Well well, it’s been a long time since VMware Server 2.0 beta 1 was released; but finally, the new version is complete and released to the general public! As said before, VMware Server is great for those of you who are running a Linux or Windows server and are eager to try virtualization. If you’re …
Sep
17
2008
Cisco Nexus 1000v
Yet another exciting release: Cisco is supposed to deliver their NX-OS to the virtualized world. Source: http://www.colinmcnamara.com/2008/09/16/cisco-releases-nexus-1000v-virtual-switch-for-vmware
Sep
07
2008
Cool scripts
VMware held a VI Toolkit scripting contest to create some buzz around Windows Scripting and the connection to Virtual Infrastructure. As always, when there’s money involved, people usally do a good job. The winner is a script capable of cloning a large number of guests and setting some variables which are quite annoing to set …
Aug
29
2008
ESXi and the R200
I’m getting some comments about the “Can’t write to device” errors. At first I thought it might be a problem with 3.5U2 since I had no problems installing the 3.5U1 on the R200, but my reinstall with 3.5U2 went without a hitch. So, here are some other ideas: Bad disk drive / disk drive firmware …
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