Veeam have just released some White Papers all written by VMware vExperts. See Veeam's complete series of white papers here or click on our latest additions below.
5 Ways VMware vSphere Improves Backup and Recovery
by Eric Siebert, VMware vExpert, Senior systems administrator at Boston Market
“New VMware vSphere and its vStorage technology improve data protection and disaster recovery. The White Paper explains how organization of all sizes can reduce storage utilization by 30%, increase the full backup speed by 50% and incremental backup speed by 90%, lower the cost of near-CDP by 80% while increasing reliability.”
http://www.veeam.com/go/vmware-vsphere-backup-wp
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As you can see VMware now have a new VCP Logo. The new VCP logo has been placed out on the VCP section of the Website for you to download.
Some other VCP news from VMware:
We currently have over 53,000 VCPs, of which over 15,000 are VCP4s. The second number is rapidly increasing since the launch of the VCP4 certification in the 3rd quarter of 2009. Think about it, 6 months into the certification and we already have 15,000 VCP4s!
With that many VCP's I think it's about time I started working towards my VCDX Exams.
VMware Workstation 7 License Keys are on their way!! Yes it's true, I've just head from VMware and they have confirmed to me that they have just started emailing the keys out to all VCP4's. So keep an eye on your Inbox. Workstation is a brilliant application of which I use daily.
The message from VMware:
Any new certification gets a key, so even if you were a VCP3, your VCP4 is a NEW certification (for vSphere) and you get a key. The only people who will not receive a key is existing VCPs who are not obtaining a new certification.
To view a Video of the installtion process click Here or scroll to the bottom of the post.
Check for the latest version, VMware will tell you the latest version here: http://www.vmware.com/support/esx25/doc/sys_mgmt_links.html (v8.3.1 at the time of writing)
Download the latest HP Management Agents for VMware ESX Server 4.x
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I am in the process of planning for a large infrastructure upgrade from ESX3.5 to vSphere 4. As part of the planning I've been looking at Virtual Machine Virtual Hardware Versions. Currently all VM's are running Version 4, but as we migrate to ESX4 we will have the option to upgrade to Version 7.
Instead of just upgrading all VM's no questions asked, I decided to try and answer these following questions;
- Exactly what does Version 7 offer?
- What is the upgrade process?
- Will upgrading introduce any downtime?
- Could there be any issues after the upgrade which may cause the VM to not function correctly?
Here is what I've found
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I WILL BE THERE!!!
Yes, I have been invited by Gestalt IT to be a Delegate at the next Tech Field Day which is to be held in Boston this April.
If you've not heard about these Tech Field Days, here is a little summary taken from the Gestalt IT Website:
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Taken from Rodney Haywood's Blog
Andre Leibovici is trying to start up a APAC Virtualization Roundtable run via Talkshoe like the VMTN Communities Roundtable.
The first one is on this Wednesday (3rd Feb 2101) night at 9:00pm Sydney time. This is 10:00am London time.
If you are in APAC, or anywhere else you may want to join in.
You can participate via web accessing http://www.talkshoe.com/tc/75046.
Title: EPISODE1 – Introduction & Your Virtual Environment
Start Time (EDT): Wed 03/02/10 09:00 PM EST (SYDNEY TIME)
Duration (minutes): 60
Call ID: 75046
or click the link below
http://www.talkshoe.com/tc/75046
On the 25th January 2010, 3PAR announced the release of the 3PAR Management Plug-In for VMware vSphere.
Working at a 3PAR Cloud-Agile Partner I have free access to this application, so I have downloaded, installed and given it a whirl. (Note. The vCenter plugin and Recovery Manager for VMware are supported only on version 2.3.1 of InServ.)
Here is the official overview of what the plugin does;
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The Steering Committee are pleased to announce the next UK London VMware User Group meeting, kindly sponsored by Pano Logic, to be held on Thursday 25th February 2010. We hope to see you at the meeting, and afterwards for a drink or two, courtesy of VMware.
Our meeting will be held at the Thames Suite, London Chamber of Commerce and Industry, 33 Queen Street, London EC4R 1AP, +44 (0)20 7248 4444. The nearest tube station is Mansion House, location information is available here. Reception is from 1230 for a prompt 1pm start, to finish around 5pm. Our agenda is not final at the moment, but looks something like this:
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Minhaj116: 
2 VCP's and a Truck
