Just some caveats and rumors at TSX

Only backing up your VC database is not enough in case of disaster, make sure you have a copy of the certificates too. Also make sure to give it the same IP as before when rebuilding your VC-server.Next versions of VC(2.1 or higher) will support multiple administrative groups. In this way several different administrators see […]

ACE 2 Introduction & Demonstration

VMware ACE enables desktop administrators to package an IT managed PC image within a policy managed virtual machine and deploy it to any physical PC. The package mentioned is either a tar.gz package (in case of linux) or a MSI-package (windows, duh). This MSI package can then be distributed with tools like Microsoft SMS/SCCM (System […]

DRS & HA

In case of failing over to another node in the future release of Virtual Center (from 2.1 an newer) some new rules are in place for determining on which host to start vm’s first. VC2.0.X determines the host based on alphabetic hostname ordering and space capacityVC2.1 picks the host with the most unreserved capacity <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/tsx-emea" […]

VMware Lab manager

Steven Kishi talked about VMware Lab manager. Lab manager is no more or less than an application running on VI3 (just like Virtual Center). It supplies safe end user self service VM creation. It installs in a few hours, it is easy to use and has a web interface through which user can manage and […]

Learning with VMware in 2007

New in 2007 new certification DSA (architecture & design) topics: command line console security advanced security more detailed coverage of items introduced in the install & configure course two new courses vi3 operator 2-day course vi3 overview 1-day course vi3 fasttrack(or bootcamp if you like) 5-day course covering the install & configure and the DSA […]