Monthly Archives: August 2010

Using the WANem WAN Emulator Virtual Appliance

Posted on August 26, 2010 by Christian Mohn

During preparation and preliminary information gathering for a new internal project, I had a need to emulate various networking conditions and scenarios. More specifically I’m looking at the possibility of running the vCenter Client over high l...

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SolarWinds VM Console

Posted on August 25, 2010 by Christian Mohn

SolarWinds has released a new free vSphere tool called SolarWinds VM Console. Free VM Console Highlights: Bounce (shutdown & restart) VMs without logging into vCenter or vSphere Get end-to-end visibility into your VMware environment—from vCent...

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vCenter Update Manager to lose it’s fat

Posted on August 24, 2010 by Christian Mohn

Dwayne Lessner who runs IT Blood Pressure, has written a guest post on GestaltIT called Is My Favourite VSphere Tool Is Going Away? In his article, Dwayne talks about vCenter Update Manager 4.1, and the fact that it seems to be the last version of th...

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vCenter Server 4.1 Performance and Best Practices

Posted on August 24, 2010 by Christian Mohn

VMware has published a new whitepaper called VMware vCenter Server Performance and Best Practices. This is a must read if you manage a vCenter 4.1 installation, or are currently planning your upgrade. The whitepaper highlights the performance improve...

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Where in the world is VMware Server?

Posted on August 14, 2010 by Christian Mohn

Over at PlanetVM Wil van Antwerpen posted The Future of VMware Server back in May 2010. Wil makes the argument that it seems like VMware is indeed abandoning VMware Server as a product, leaving us with VMware Workstation and VMware Player as the two ...

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