Virtualization Technology News and Updates

Virtual Technologies News and updates from around the Web World.

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Virtualization has long been important for Mac users, especially those who have to manage multiple platforms for their work. With Apple’s small share of the desktop market, virtual machines are a necessity for Mac users who can’t get by without access to Windows applications

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We continue to see lots of excitment and interest in desktop virtualization with VMware View 5. One of the hot topics coming out of VMworld 2011 in Las Vegas are the many performance improvements found in View 5. Last week we shared a presentation from VMworld on PCoIP performance and best practices.

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Cisco is collaborating with Microsoft to bring its virtual switch to Hyper-V next year when Windows Server 8 is released. While Cisco’s Nexus 1000V distributed virtual switch already supports VMware software, Hyper-V in Windows Server 2008 R2 does not get the same love. The new support for Hyper-V will only apply to the forthcoming Windows Server 8, which introduces greater ability to integrate third-party modules than its predecessor, according to Cisco.

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Why would one want to run nested ESXi 5? Because of the flexibility of such a solution. You can add more NICs to your “virtual ESXi”, more storage (just add another hard disk…), and more. For testing this solution is one of the most common, because you can use the desktop for anything else than just running a VMware Workstation and couple of VMs….

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vSphere 5 revealed around 150 new features many of which are still to be understood. The new storage features however, got plenty of publicity. Storage DRS or SDRS, Profile Driven Storage and VASA, Datastore Clustering , VMFS5, additional VAAI capability and Storage IO Control improvements were the main ones.

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I have been involved in many VDI designs over the past years, and recently I have been involved in a design and architecture for a 10,000 user VDI solution. I thought it would be interesting to share here the considerations and decisions that goes behind hardware definition for such a large project. So, first let’s review the requirements, constraints and assumptions that must be followed during the design.

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VMware has the lion's share of the server virtualization market, with a product range that provides everything from simple server consolidation for small businesses all the way to data center automation and fully fledged cloud computing environments for enterprises and service providers. Based in Palo Alto, Calif., at the time of this writing, VMware has more than 250,000 customers around the world.

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The Microsoft War on Cost team conducted research to determine the on-going operations and management costs for Hyper-V in comparison with VMware’s ESX and vSphere products. The research intended to answer two questions: which platform is less expensive in IT labor to operate on an on-going basis, and do the systems management products used to manage the environment impact the cost of managing either or both platforms.

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In an unusual move, VMware has given us a twofer and updated both its desktop flagship products today. VMware is releasing VMmware Workstation 8 for Windows and Linux, and VMware Fusion 4 for Mac users. The Fusion update makes Fusion "more Mac-like" and finally allows users to virtualize Mac OS X under VMware Fusion. Workstation 8 is aimed squarely at developers and professionals working cloud and virtualization deployments, with remote access to virtual machines and support for up to 64GB of RAM.

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This document will guide you through the process of setting up the bare minimum components to demo a Private Cloud environment using current release versions of Microsoft products and technologies. It is NOT meant for nor is it an ideal configuration for use in a production environment. If you have a Technet or MSDN subscription then you have all the software you need already. Otherwise you can download FREE TRIAL versions of all the necessary components from the Microsoft Technet Evaluation Center.

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Posted by Harley Stagner

The desktop PC is dead! Finally!

Well, not yet, but VMware is sure working hard to make this a reality. I have been discussing with clients and colleagues why the traditional desktop model does not make sense for “today’s” end user for quite a few “todays.” VMware...

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Veeam Software is preparing to enhance its virtual server backup software with increased scalability for enterprise use, support for Microsoft Hyper-V, one-click failover and file restores. Although Veeam Backup & Replication 6 won’t ship until later this year, the vendor today disclosed details of the product.

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VMware View 5.0 introduces 32-bit color depth and makes it the default option. On top of that, to allow 3D support, VMware introduced a new feature in View 5.0 that allow administrators to select how much video RAM should be assigned to virtual desktops.

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Some time back I wrote a blog post on enhancements to Storage vMotion in vSphere 5.0. One of these enhancements included the ability to Storage vMotion a Virtual Machine which had snapshots. Previously this was something we couldn't do, and was something a lot of customers were requesting, so this was a very welcome feature in vSphere 5.0. And Storage DRS with Virtual Machines that have snapshots also works, which is really cool.

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adiman423:

So, you’ve had Windows XP, Windows Vista or Windows 7 on your PC for a long time. Now you want to install another operating system. This is where you come to a fork in the road. You have 3 choices:

Wipe your hard drive clean and install the new operating system

Split your hard drive into two...

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VMware will be performing system maintenance to several VMware web applications on Friday, September 9, from 6:00 PM to Saturday, September 10, 6:00 am Pacific Time. If you need to file a support request while the upgrade is in progress, please call VMware Technical Support for assistance. Global toll-free numbers for support can be found at: http://www.vmware.com/support/phone_support.html