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Want to do some VMware Hands-on Labs but don’t have the kit?
Those who have visited VMworld and done a couple of labs know how awesome these are. Recently VMware announced that the VMware Hands-On Labs (HoL) would be made available online. You had the option to...
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How do I configure an HA vpxd.das advanced setting?
On the community forums someone asked a question around how to set “config.vpxd.das.electionWaitTimeSec”. I was looking at the documentation and it is indeed not really clear on what / where / how to...
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Resizing an IDE virtual disk, part two
A long time ago I wrote this article about resizing an IDE virtual disk. I just ran out of diskspace on my Windows 7 VM and I needed to increase the disk. Unfortunately the Windows 7 VM had and IDE...
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vSphere HA compatibility list, how do I check it?
Someone reported issues that in their environment VMs could not be restarted as there were no compatible hosts available. The relevant part of the error message was: N3Vim5Fault16NoCompatibleHostE I...
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Warning: Latest OS X updates causes issues with Fusion 5.0.x!
On the VMware VMTN Forums it is reported that VMware Fusion 5.0.x in combination with the latest OS X updates (MacBook Air and MacBook Pro Update 2.0) causes virtual machines to crash. This is...
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vSphere Metro Storage Cluster – Uniform vs Non-Uniform
Last week I presented in Belgium at the quarterly VMUG event in Brussels. We did a Q&A and got some excellent questions. One of them was about vSphere Metro Storage Cluster (vMSC) solutions and...
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VMware Innovate magazine edition available for download!
Internally at VMware we have this cool magazine called “Innovate”. I am part of the team which is responsible for VMware Innovate. I noticed this tweet from Julia Austin and figured I would share it...
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Thinking about a stretched vCloud Director deployment
Lately I have been thinking about what it would take to deploy a stretched vCloud Director (vCD) infrastructure. “The problem” with a vCloud Director infrastructure is that there are so many moving...
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vSphere 5.1 Clustering Deepdive only $17.95, limited time!
Frank and I decided to put the vSphere 5.1 Clustering Deepdive (paper copy) up for sale for only $ 17.95. This is a limited time offer (21st of December), so if you want to get yourself, your...
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What is that poweron file in my .vSphere-HA folder?
When answering some questions in the vSphere HA section of the VMTN forum the “poweron” file was mentioned. I have gotten some other questions as well about this file so a public blog post makes most...
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When Big Data Changed Radiology
This week is the annual gathering of the RSNA -- the Radiological Society of North America. And for many of us, it's not just another industry trade show: it's a microcosm of the powerful forces that...
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VMware ThinApp 4.7 Essentials by Peter Björk!
About a year ago one of my colleagues reached out with some questions around book publishing. Many people ask me questions around what it takes, hours involved etc etc, and unfortunately many decide...
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vCenter Extension error when deploying vSphere Replication?
I’ve seen this popping up fairly often now and was under the impression I wrote about it a while back, but can’t find it. So here you go. If during the deployment of an OVF, in this case vSphere...
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Changes: I am joining VMware R&D!
I just wanted to let all of you know that I have decided to take on a new challenge within VMware. Per December 1st I will be joining the R&D organization as part of Integration Engineering. In...
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That Zealot Moment
I end up doing more than my fair share of public speaking gigs on behalf of EMC. It can often be a tedious grind: travel, timezones, etc. -- all in exchange for a fleetingly brief speaking slot...
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The Future Of Backup, with Simon Seagrave.
I spoke with Simon Seagrave about the future of backup over on his blog. I like Simon, he’s a very good interviewer and technically understands the topics he’s asking about. That’s more unusual when...
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vSphere Metro Storage Cluster – Uniform vs Non-Uniform
Last week I presented in Belgium at the quarterly VMUG event in Brussels. We did a Q&A and got some excellent questions. One of them was about vSphere Metro Storage Cluster (vMSC) solutions and...
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