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Checkpoint offers Firewall just for virtualized environments: Date - Aug 24th, 2008; Author - David Davis; On August 18, 2008, Checkpoint has announced that they will offer a "virtualized edition" (VE) of their very popular VPN-1 firewall. more...
Download the free VMware VI Toolkit for Windows & Script VMware with Powershell: Date - Aug 23rd, 2008; Author - David Davis; Recently, VMware announced the VI Toolkit version 1.0 for Windows. The VI Toolkit (for Windows) provides a powerful yet simple command line interface for task based management of the VMware Infrastructure platform. Windows Administrators can easily manage and deploy the VMware Infrastructure using Microsoft powershell. To use the VI Toolkit, you would 1) download and install Microsoft Powershell then, 2) download and install the VI Toolkit. more...
Train Signal to announce updated VMware ESX 3.5 course for VMworld 2008 in September: Date - Aug 22nd, 2008; Author - David Davis; This just in - Train Signal - the global leader in computer training for IT Pros - will announce an updated VMware ESX Server 3.5 course available just in time for VMworld 2008 (middle of September). more...
Microsoft will support Windows running in VMware ESX & ESXi: Date - Aug 21st, 2008; Author - David Davis; While Microsoft hasn't officially made the announcement yet, according to Chris Wolf over at the Burton Group (see Chris's post here "It's official - Microsoft to support VMware", Microsoft will now support Windows Server operating systems and Windows Infrastructure applications will be supported when running inside VMware virtualization software. This is due to VMware joining Microsoft's Server Virtualization Validation Program (SVVP). more...
VMware Workstation 6.5 Beta available for download: Date - Aug 20th, 2008; Author - David Davis; On August 14, 2008 VMware Workstation 6.5 Beta. They have a very nice looking new portal for 6.5 that offers some short videos and opportunities to be rewarded for your feedback. more...
Free 232 page guide to VMware Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity: Date - Aug 14th, 2008; Author - David Davis; As virtualization grows in popularity, as some point, you must consider the disaster recovery ramifications of the virtual data center. In the event of a disaster, the recovery of a virtual data center is very different from that of a physical data center. more...
Letter from VMware CEO Paul Maritz about the "timebomb" in VMware ESX Update 2: Date - Aug 13th, 2008; Author - David Davis; The following letter was published at Paul Maritz's VMware CEO Blog. I was actually impressed with the letter, how candid he was about what happened, and how he explained the technical side of how this occurred. Hmm, I need to go check VMware's stock. more...
Timebomb in VMware ESX & ESXi Server Update 2: Date - Aug 13th, 2008; Author - David Davis; There is a bug in VMware ESXi Server Update 2 such that virtual servers cannot power up after August 12. To me, this is what is called a "timebomb". Meaning, you installed the two and a half weeks ago, tested it, and everything seemed fine. more...
VMware, VMworld, & Hyper-V Twitter & Searching & RSS: Date - Aug 11th, 2008; Author - David Davis; Besides all the great Virtualization information here at VirtualizationAdmin.com, did you know that twitter can be useful to find out what people are saying -- real-time -- about VMware, VMworld, or Hyper-V? If you don't know what twitter is - it is a place for people to answer the single questio. more...
Microsoft Virtualization Lauch Events: Date - Aug 1st, 2008; Author - David Davis; On September 8th, 2008 Microsoft will launch its new virtualization products at their virtualization launch event in Washington. More cities will follow. I expect this to be similar to the Windows 2008 Server launch events. You might be saying, "wait, I thought that Hyper-V was already launched". That is true. more...