Category Archives: Ramble

Get your popcorn ready, sample TrainSignal PowerCLI video! | Main March 02, 2010 Now Available: PowerCLI cmdlets for vCenter Update Manager! I’m happy to announce that we’ve released PowerCLI cmdlets for Update Manager, a.k.a. VUM, that are compatible with PowerCLI … Continue reading →

I was just reading Scott Drummonds article on Memory Compression. Scott explains where Memory Compression comes in to play. I guess the part I want to reply on is the following: VMware’s long-term prioritization for managing the most aggressively over-committed … Continue reading →

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Finally, it’s time. After some years it’s time to migrate to the next Operating System on the desktop, Windows 7. After the very low adoption of Windows Vista within companies I am really happy to see in the field is … Continue reading →

>> –> If you are interested in a proof of concept for Microsoft’s VDI solution, all you need is a single physical server. People often ask how easy it is to install a complete MS VDI solution and how many … Continue reading →

via blogs.technet.com “Why can’t I have a drive bigger than 2 TB?” This is a common question. And as storage has gotten bigger and cheaper, I see it more and more. So let’s take a few minutes to talk about … Continue reading →

VMWare ESX4 guests loosing network connectivity briefly. Posted by admin on February 17th, 2010 | 0 comments Came across a very odd issue lately where guests on one of our ESX4 hosts were periodically loosing network connectivity very briefly – … Continue reading →

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vStorage Multi Paths Options in vSphere | Main February 04, 2010 Introduction to vStorage APIs for Data Protection vStorage APIs for Data Protection were introduced in vSphere 4.0 to facilitate seamless virtual machine backup and recovery. Protecting virtual machines in … Continue reading →

I wanted to post a list of the PowerShell books I’m looking forward to being out in 2010.  There may be others in the works that I’m not aware of. December 2009 (I’m including this in 2010): Windows PowerShell 2.0 … Continue reading →