The Knights Who Say NEE: VMware’s new Project NEE training platform has the potential to revolutionize online education.
VMware Chief Technology Officer Steve Herrod kicked off the 2nd day keynote of VMworld 2012 by playing drums with the opening musical act and introducing the new VMware Horizon Suite.
VMware unveiled vSphere 5.1 and vCloud 5.1 at VMworld 2012 this morning. David M. Davis provides a technical overview of what’s new and noteworthy about the products.
In front of a crowd of close to 20,000 VMworld 2012 attendees, outgoing VMware CEO Paul Maritz introduced incoming CEO Pat Gelsinger, who outlined VMware’s new “software-defined datacenter” product strategy and unveiled the new VMware vCloud Suite.
In this video post, VCDX & vExpert Jason Nash provides a walkthrough of the configurations you’ll need when creating a new vDS – vNetwork Distributed Switch, including settings for the main switch, uplinks, and port groups.
In this tutorial, vExpert David Davis partners with Elias Khnaser to show you how to use Auto Deploy, one of the coolest features that comes with vSphere 5. Auto Deploy enables admins to significantly cut down time they usually spend in provisioning vSphere servers, and Davis and Khnaser take you through the step-by-step process.
vExpert David Davis explores the functionality and usefulness of VMware’s new vCenter Operations Manager (vCOPS) 5. David goes in-depth covering the various versions, top 5 features, and his general opinion on where vCOPS 5 hits and misses the mark.
Overview The free VMware vSphere tools that are available from third-party vendors are an essential part of every good virtualizaion admin’s tool box. Let’s face it, VMware vSphere does a lot but you still need third-party tools to get the job done — and to make your life as an admin easier and more productive….
ESXi5 is the latest version of VMware’s virtualization hypervisor, which enables multiple virtual machines to run simultaneously on a single physical host, and is free to download and use. In this article Tom Finnis describes the new features in this version and discusses how you might benefit from installing it, whilst covering the basics like hardware requirements and the installation procedure.
Greg Stuart provides some excellent study ideas and resources for those looking to take the VCP5 exam in this post. Inside, Greg covers where to begin, specific tips, and provides a large list of exam resources.