Category Archives: VMWare

VSPEX – The rebirth of the Mainframe/Mini in x86 form?

EMC has trademarked a new product name: VSPeX. So what the heck is it? Alternative: slow news day at El Reg. It doesn’t take a genius to realize that with EMC’s hardware and coding chops, and direct line into VMware … Continue reading

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IO Analyzer 56k no way!

Install and configure VMware IO Analyzer: Quick note, in case you missed the Brown Bag last night, the Video is here. I go over the install process as well as some general QA about IO Analyzer there.   ProfessionalVMware BrownBag – … Continue reading

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How a love of bacon and a trip to vmworld opened the world of Twitter to me.

In case you didn’t know, my twitter handle is @Bacon_Is_King. At first I had no intention of ever getting on twitter under the guise of thinking that “real men don’t tweet”. Then I started actually seeing that almost all the … Continue reading

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Digging deeper into per VM cost analysis

I consider this pretty high level and overly general. I’ve written this more in the style of a memo form that I could provide to management as a way to help them understand the costs associated with virtual systems within … Continue reading

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2012 vExpert Nominations are now open

So while I twitter away all my free time studying for VCP5, which yes I will be taking on Feb 28th along with half the rest of the planet. I saw a tweet from@ChrisWahl (Wahlnetwork) that the vExpert nominations are … Continue reading

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Memes for vNerds

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Late to the party, passed VCP4 today.

This is the first certification exam I have ever taken. In the past  I looked into taking MCSE and its variants, I have also gone through the RHCE courses but that was mostly for my own personal knowledge, not so much about certification. … Continue reading

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Price per VM calculations, an exercise in crazy

First let me preface that the pricing involved here is generalized at best, and should in no way be a true 100% accurate reflection of any named Vendors pricing. I’ve tried to provide a true cost of ownership for the … Continue reading

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Holiday Present from Veeam

Are you a vExpert? VCP? VCI? VMUG member? Well if you are then Veeam has a present for you.  If you are a VMware vExpert, VMware Certified Professional (VCP), VMware Certified Instructor (VCI) or VMware User Group (VMUG) member, you can … Continue reading

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Ultimate ESX Virtrualization Contest Update

A Winnar is Me! Wow I won! But in all honesty, I already have all 3 prizes, so in good conscious I could not accept the 3rd place prize of Mastering VMware 5 by Scott Lowe. I already have Veeam … Continue reading

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