Archive for September, 2009
Top 5 Planet V12n blog posts week 39
Source: VMware Newsletter >> Top 5 Planet V12n blog posts week 39 First of all my apologies that this post is a day late. My wife and I went to Köln(or Cologne as most of you probably call it) for the weekend. For me that means no laptop, internet and/or twitter. We had a great [...]
VMworld 2009 linkage redux
Source: VMware Newsletter >> VMworld 2009 linkage redux The dust has settled from VMworld 2009, and I hope everybody is saddled back up and on their horses once again at work. I’ve been seeing new ideas and new proposals pop up in from Twitter & blog colleagues across the virtualization industry, so I think we [...]
Update: Support for guest OS paravirtualization using VMware VMI to be retired from new products in 2010-2011
Source: VMware Newsletter >> Update: Support for guest OS paravirtualization using VMware VMI to be retired from new products in 2010-2011 VMware has begun the phased retirement of support for guest OS kernel-based paravirtualization using VMware’s Virtual Machine Interface (VMI) technology. We have decided to retire support for VMI in 2010-2011 as a result of [...]
Comparing Performance of 1vCPU Nehalem VM with 2vCPU Harpertown VM
Source: VMware Newsletter >> Comparing Performance of 1vCPU Nehalem VM with 2vCPU Harpertown VM vSphere has a new feature called Fault Tolerance that allows for a VM to be running in vLockstep on two physical servers at the same time. In the event of a failure of the primary VM, the secondary VM will immediately [...]
VMware’s Desktop Vision
Source: VMware Newsletter >> VMware’s Desktop Vision Posted by Scott Davis VMware View Chief Technology Officer cross-posted from Scott’s new blog: VMware View-Point Welcome to VMware View-Point, our Desktop Office of the CTO Blog. My name is Scott Davis and I’ve recently moved over to our Desktop BU as our overall CTO. So, who is [...]
QuickStart Series for VMware vSphere 4 is Back
Source: VMware Partner Central >> The VMware vSphere QuickStart Series is a free 4-part training series designed for new customers, new admins, and evaluators. Part 1: Install & Configure ESXi:VMware vSphere deployment architecture; install/configure ESXi, networking & storage, and VMware Tools; and VM creation. Part 2: VM Management with VMware vCenter Server:vCenter Server install/configure & [...]
Maintain Program Compliance: Get Your VTSP
Source: VMware Partner Central >> Did you know that Professional-level partners must have 1 VSP and VTSP on staff by October 31, 2009 in order to maintain program benefits? The VMware Technical Sales Professional (VTSP) is a no-cost online learning course that provides fundamental technical knowledge for pre-sales individuals. If your company does not have [...]
VSP 4 Localized Content Now Available
Source: VMware Partner Central >> The courses for the VMware Sales Professional 4 (VSP 4) content has been localized and are now available in Portuguese, Spanish, Korean, Chinese, German, French, Russian, and Italian. The VSP is a sales training program designed to provide you baseline knowledge that you can use when selling VMware products. VSP [...]
Q3 End of Quarter-End Guidelines and Cut-Off Times Announced
Source: VMware Partner Central >> VMware has just announced quarter-end guidelines and cut-off times for Q3 2009, ending on September 30, 2009. Please be advised that our distribution partners recently received notification from VMware regarding quarter-end order processing. We suggest you take note of the dates and guidelines and submit your orders to Distribution early [...]
Performance Evaluation of VMXNET3 Virtual Network Device
Source: VMware Newsletter >> Performance Evaluation of VMXNET3 Virtual Network Device vSphere 4.0 introduces a new para-virtualized network device – VMXNET3. We recently published a paper demonstrating its performance characteristics, compared to that of enhanced VMXNET2 (the previous generation of high performance virtual network device from VMware). Some highlights of this paper are: (1) Throughput [...]
Top 5 Planet V12n blog posts week 37
Source: VMware Newsletter >> Top 5 Planet V12n blog posts week 37 The week after VMworld is probably even more chaotic than VMworld itself. Not only are you digesting all the new ideas/concepts/thoughts you brought home from VMworld you will also need to pick up all the presents(work) they left waiting for you. On PlanetV12n [...]
Latest Updates
Source: VMware Newsletter >> Latest Updates These are the changes or updates made to VMware Compatibility Guide since it was last published: Added support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4 on ESX 3.0.3, ESX 3.5 Update 4, and ESX 4.0. Check the VMware Compatibility Guide here: http://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/search.php?deviceCategory=software Download VMware Products | Privacy | Update Feed Preferences [...]
Understanding Memory Resource Management in VMware ESX Server
Source: VMware Newsletter >> Understanding Memory Resource Management in VMware ESX Server Recently, we have published a whitepaper about how ESX server manages the host memory resource. This paper not only presents the basic memory resource management concepts but also shows experiment results explaining the performance impact of three different memory reclamation techniques: Page sharing, [...]
Top 5 Planet V12n blog posts week 36
Source: VMware Newsletter >> Top 5 Planet V12n blog posts week 36 What a week and where do I even begin. For those who have been living under a rock just one word: VMworld. I have met so many people who I have been talking to for a while, and also a lot of people [...]
Performance Evaluation of VMXNET3 Virtual Network Device
Source: VMware Newsletter >> Performance Evaluation of VMXNET3 Virtual Network Device vSphere 4.0 introduces a new para-virtualized network device – VMXNET3. We recently published a paper demonstrating its performance characteristics, compared to that of enhanced VMXNET2 (the previous generation of high performance virtual network device from VMware). Some highlights of this paper are: (1) Throughput [...]
