VMware Workstation 7.1 released
VMware Workstation version 7.1 have been released today. Here is some of the new features:
Ubunto 10.04 support
8 way SMP VM
The complete lists is here.
VMware Workstation version 7.1 have been released today. Here is some of the new features:
Ubunto 10.04 support
8 way SMP VM
The complete lists is here.
Kendrick Coleman from www.kendrickcoleman.com have created a very cool link with 10 free cool VMware tools.
Check it out here.
I had an incedent yesterday that had me thinking how long HA will try and attempt to start VM’s on other hosts. After some asking around I got to the answer.
HA will do by default 5 restarts in this order:
Attempt 1 – immediately
Attempt 2 – after 2 minutes
Attempt 3 – after 4 minutes
Attempt 4 – [...]
Following on the Vblock1 config is a Vblock 2 configuration. This configuration scales more on storage and blade chassis than a Vblcok1.
Also note that these configuration MUST be exactly configured in this way otherwise it is not a Vblock supported configuration any more.
Min 4x UCS 5100 Blade Chassis with Max of 8x UCS 5100 Blade Chassis
32-64 [...]
So what is this VBlock all about?
Vblocks are pre-engineered, tested and validated units of IT infrastructure that have a defined performance, capacity and availability SLA.
Currently there are two types of Vblocks, Vblock1 and Vblock2. (I understand that Vblock0 is on its way..soon…). So more on Vblock1 configuration:
2x Cisco UCS 5100 Blade Chassis (Minimum config, max [...]
I did a Lab Manager implementation a few weeks ago. Here is some considerations that you need to know about:
Only ESX Standard, Enterprise and Enterprise Plus is supported
If you want to use Host Spanning you need Enterprise Plus
Mixed ESX versions inside a cluster is not supported
Hosts must belong to a single Datacenter
Don’t install Lab manager [...]
Recently I have been involved in a SRM design and implementation using SRM on Hitachi storage. Here is some of the design decisions we made on this project:
We used a VM for the SRM server. We installed the Hitachi Raid Manager CCI on this VM. Then we presented a “Command Device” from the storage unit to [...]