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It is all about INFOPLICITY…INFORMATION SHARED WITH SIMPLICITY…WalkonBlock is my attempt to share knowledge & information on VMware solutions with simplicity.There are crazy number of blogs available, some are good, some are bad…some are simply mind blowing…but one thing to notice that most of the posts on these blogs are just too lengthy and over a course of time, people don’t even read the complete blog..but just the initial part till middle and they get knocked off from the blog.

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Learning VMware vCloud Air : Book Review

Learning VMware vCloud Air : Book Review

Learning VMware vCloud Air: Book (reviewed by me) got published recently and I would like to share some insights about this book.

First and foremost, I would like to thank author Yohan Rohinton Wadia for writing such an amazing book for Novices who has no experience around public cloud and specifically offering by VMware around that. Packtgave me this opportunity to be technical reviewer of this…

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Is Hyper-V really FREE or just a Hype : Layman's way

Is Hyper-V really FREE or just a Hype : Layman’s way

Hyper-V has always been seen as FREE stuff available for use, but is it really FREE, lets understand the same in this one minute video.

http://www.walkonblock.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/My_Video_main_OUTPUT.tmp1_.mp4

Alternately you can visit it on youtube at https://youtu.be/X6AVQR9k_E4

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VMworld 2015: Please vote for my 3 papers

VMworld 2015: Please vote for my 3 papers

VMworld is one of the biggest infrastructure conference that happens every year. You can gain the tools and knowledge you need to transform conventional remedies into seamless, agile solutions. This year VMworld 2015 focuses on real solutions, celebrating the latest innovations and showcasing some jaw-dropping new technologies. Lot of people submit papers for presenting at such a great event.…

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VMware launch gets biggest on 2nd February

VMware launch gets biggest on 2nd February

VMware launch gets biggest on 2nd February

Almost all of VMware’s customers / prospects will be attending this online event hosted by Pat & Ben, make sure you dont miss out attending this.  Register using the link below and you can also calendarize it. http://www.vmware.com/now.html?mid=40020&eid=CVMWR000013120332&src=em_15Q1VMW_31200_APAC_IN_One_Em1&elq=ebacf1f321e74565888bfac712ace59e

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Pass VMware Certified Associate – Data Center Virtualization ( VCA-DCV) in 7 days

Pass VMware Certified Associate – Data Center Virtualization ( VCA-DCV) in 7 days

Pass VMware Certified Associate – Data Center Virtualization ( VCA-DCV) in 7 days.

Sounds unbelievable, it is very much achievable. just that you need to be focus and follow steps as below.

Important Pointers

Its an Entry Level examination from VMware without any classroom training required.

Give exam from your desk. No need to go to any center.

Topics like hypervisor, consolidation, shared…

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Hypervisor Battle - vSphere 5.5 vs XenServer 6.2

Hypervisor Battle – vSphere 5.5 vs XenServer 6.2

VMware has been the first choice when it comes to hypervisor choice. In this post lets have a quick look into hypervisor battle – vSphere 5.5 vs Xenserver 6.2

I hope below details will clearly indicates what hypervisor to choose when it comes to server or desktop virtualization.

DONT FORGET FOUNDATION NEEDS TO BE STRONG. :)  BE careful when it comes to VMware vs Citrix

  Sr. No Xenserver 6.2 v…

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Hypervisor is not a commodity, VMware proves it again

Hypervisor is not a commodity, VMware proves it again

VMware, 3rd most innovative company in the world extends its arms to invite its customers to define the direction of the world’s most complete, trusted, and robust virtualization platform. The idea is to improve IT’s efficiency, agility & flexibility etc to make business agile, efficient & flexible. VMware has announced that vSphere Beta program is open for you now. After this you will experience…

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Hypervisor battle: vSphere 5.5 vs XenServer 6.2

Hypervisor battle: vSphere 5.5 vs XenServer 6.2

VMware has been the first choice when it comes to hypervisor choice. In this post lets have a quick hypervisor battle between VMware vs Citrix.

I hope below details will clearly indicates what hypervisor to choose when it comes to server or desktop virtualization.

DONT FORGET FOUNDATION NEEDS TO BE STRONG. :)  BE careful when it comes to VMware vs Citrix

 Sr. No. Xenserver 6.2 vSphere 5.5 Comment…

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VMworld 2014: Please vote for my 8 papers

VMworld 2014: Please vote for my 8 papers

Thank you to all for voting for my 6 papers for VMworld at http://www.walkonblock.com/vmworld-2014-paper-voting-open-please-vote-6-papers/. If you had not done so, this is your last chance to do so J . 2 more papers had been made available from VMware for voting as per abstract given below. Please cast your important vote for my papers to get selected at VMworld 2014 and helping me to present at…

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VMworld 2014 Paper voting Open: Please vote for my 6 papers

VMworld 2014 Paper voting Open: Please vote for my 6 papers

Public Voting for VMworld 2014 is open now. Your support last year helped us to get our paper selected at VMworld 2013. This year again we need your help in public voting for our 2 session proposals which will increase our chance to get selected for VMworld.

Here is the abstract of the 6 sessions.

Session 1: 1262 NOW!!! Bring your own physical computer (BYOPC) becomes a reality with integration…

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Why Buy VMware vSphere when others give for FREE : VMware vs Hyper-V

Why Buy VMware vSphere when others give for FREE : VMware vs Hyper-V

Anything which is FREE or cost-effective is mostly attractive to all of us. Now for application users, what matters the most is the uptime for those Applications. Whether applications work on VMware or any other hypervisor, it doesn’t matter for the users using those applications. and this is where VMware excels in delivering the highest uptime for applications hosted with lowest cost per…

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VMware vSphere Replication

Do we all know that VMware vsphere replication now comes FREELY bundled with all eligible vsphere licenses. Let us give you a small background about what vsphere replication do.

truly hypervisor level replication engine by VMware.

Copies a virtual machine to another location, within or between clusters, and makes that copy available for restoration through the VMware  vCenter Server Web-based…

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VMware vCenter Configuration Manager Free Compliance Checkers

VMware vCenter Configuration Manager Free Compliance Checkers

A compliance tool for FREE???? Yes it is….VMware vCenter Configuration Manager Free Compliance Checkers only for you.

You can check the compliance of your IT infrastructure against specific standards and best practices that are applicable for the environment. The VMware vCenter Configuration Manager Free Compliance Checkers is a free, downloadable product for checking compliance of your…

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What is VMware VCM: vCenter Configuration Manager

What is VMware VCM: vCenter Configuration Manager

What is VMware VCM (vCenter Configuration Manager) ? Most of us would know and would have read about it. Lets see in a nutshell what it can do There are N number of solutions available in the market for Configuration and Compliance Management for virtual platforms or for physical platforms. Most of them do few or all as mentioned below

-          Patch Management

-          Policy Management

-   …

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Part 2: SAP on VMware: Why Virtualize

Part 2: SAP on VMware: Why Virtualize

I believe, after reading Part 1, why choose x86 for SAP (http://wp.me/p4d8v7-2L) it would be clear that x86 is the way going forward for all your business critical applications. Now in Part 2, lets understand why virtualize SAP on VMware for your critical SAP environment.

SAVE MONEY!!!Decrease SAP datacenter costs for space, energy, cooling, hardware, and labor. This will help to achieve ROI much…

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$3,495 worth of free Training with VMware vSphere with Operations Management promotion

You will get free self paced training from VMware , when you opt for VMware vSphere with Operations Management promotion

VMware has given a new dimension to the hypervisor world by introducing Operations management.  With VMware vSphere with Operations…

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Part 1: SAP on VMware : Why choose x86

Using SAP on VMware is no more a myth or risky but a reality. There are good number of customers who had not only virtualized their SAP test/Dev but also their production SAP on VMware’s reliable platform.

To understand all the aspects better, let me…

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