Editors' Picks
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Real-life VMware virtualization pitfalls: Free chapter download
In 'VMware vSphere 5 Building a Virtual Datacenter,' authors Eric Maillé and René-Francois Mennecier share data center virtualization pitfalls.29 Oct 2012
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VSphere Metro Storage Cluster: Cross-site HA, DRS from one cluster
Find out how vSphere Metro Storage Cluster delivers cross-site HA and load distribution, as well as which IT organizations are a good fit for it.25 Oct 2012
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Q&A: Combat data center virtualization pitfalls with VMware tools
EMC's Eric Maillé discusses virtualization pitfalls and recommended VMware tools for combating these issues, from early virtualization to the cloud.23 Oct 2012
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VMware news quiz: Product updates and snafus
Take this VMware news quiz to see if you're up to date on the latest product updates and compatibility problems that could affect your organization.17 Oct 2012
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Practical uses for shared-nothing live migration
Microsoft and VMware have touted the addition of shared-nothing live migration. How can your organization take advantage of this hot new feature?16 Oct 2012
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VXLAN monitoring: How to gain virtual network overlay visibility
Network pros need VXLAN monitoring tools for new network overlays. Until these tools arrive, they'll have to adapt existing monitoring strategies.12 Oct 2012
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Cisco network virtualization acquisition: What about VXLAN?
The acquisition of vCider could mean a new Cisco network virtualization strategy. But could it also make VXLAN and NVGRE irrelevant network overlay protocols?09 Oct 2012
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Hyper-V vs. vSphere storage types
Storage expert Brien Posey discusses Hyper-V vs. vSphere storage support in the latest versions of the respective virtualization platforms.09 Oct 2012
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VMware vSphere networking best practices
VMware vSphere networking requires several decisions before installing ESXi hosts. Follow these best practices for the proper virtual network setup.05 Oct 2012
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VDI storage, virtual server storage key Storage Decisions themes
Experts offer keys to managing storage for virtualization, both on the desktop and server side.02 Oct 2012
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How to automatically consolidate VMware snapshots in vSphere 5
IT admins sometimes create and delete VMware snapshots for recurring tasks. Two experts suggest ways to consolidate VMware snapshots automatically.01 Oct 2012
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How to perform a virtual desktop migration between Type 1 hypervisors
There are numerous tools available for virtual desktop migration from one platform to another, but not all of them support all the popular disk formats.28 Sep 2012
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Benefits of vSphere Storage I/O Control in a VMware environment
Howard Marks discusses how the use of vSphere's Storage I/O Control can combat storage resource contention problems in VMware.28 Sep 2012
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Digging into VMware networking: vSphere, VXLAN and vCloud Director
VMware wins the SearchNetworking Network Innovation Award for adding new features to its VMware networking portfolio in both vSphere and vCloud Director.26 Sep 2012
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Network Innovation Award: VMware vSphere Networking
VMware has expanded its vSphere networking and network virtualization features, changing the role of the network and its engineer in virtualization.25 Sep 2012
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Chapter excerpt: VMware vSphere design, planning and deployment guide
'Managing and Optimizing VMware vSphere Deployments' brings IT admins from design blueprint through a vSphere deployment. Preview a chapter of the book.19 Sep 2012
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No vSphere 5.1 support for VMware View is no problem -- for now
This week's vSphere 5.1 release lacks VMware View support. Users and partners seem OK with it, as long as support gets added soon.14 Sep 2012
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Changing virtualisation management strategy yields results for LSE
LSE had all the principles of a good IT strategy -- data centre consolidation and virtualisation. But without the correct virtualisation management tool, the project was doomed.14 Sep 2012
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VMware vSphere Web client excitement and other buzz from #VMworld
VMworld didn't end when the last of the IT admins left the Moscone Center. Check out the twitter buzz around this year's recently completed show.11 Sep 2012
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Public cloud or vSphere? When VMware virtualization wins
Should an SMB migrate to a public cloud, or would an internally managed vSphere infrastructure be a better choice?07 Sep 2012