VMware VCP 510/VCAP Exam Voucher Coupon Code

If you are planning to take the VCP certification exam before December 31st, 2012, You can use the below voucher coupon codes to get 25% discount on the exam registration fee. The voucher can be used any number of times. 1)      VMware Certified Associate (VCA) / VMware Certified Professional (VCP) Exams Voucher Number:* Code no longer available… Continue reading VMware VCP 510/VCAP Exam Voucher Coupon Code

Backup and Restore VMware ESXi host configuration

So, how do you backup and restore ESXi host configuration? Having a backup plan for your virtual machines is important but you can enhance resiliency of your virtual environment if the backup plan includes configuration of the actual ESXi host running the virtual machines. If a host crashes, it is matter of running a command… Continue reading Backup and Restore VMware ESXi host configuration

Turn off Network redundancy message when configuring VMware HA/DRS

In my lab, when configuring VMware vSphere 5 HA/DRS in vCenter Server, you see the message under the “summary” tab in vSphere Client: Configuration issues: This host currently has no management network redundancy This message appears if VMKernel port does not have network redundancy configured at all or not configured properly. Normally, in production environment,… Continue reading Turn off Network redundancy message when configuring VMware HA/DRS

Array Unveils New Virtualized App Delivery Appliances and Software Delivery Controllers

Array Networks Inc., a global leader in application delivery networking, today announced the immediate availability of its new APV 800 Series multi-tenant virtualized application delivery appliances and vAPV soft-ADCs. Powered by Array’s award-winning 64-bit SpeedCore™ platform, these new products give enterprises and service providers the ability to run multiple instances of Array APV Series application… Continue reading Array Unveils New Virtualized App Delivery Appliances and Software Delivery Controllers

Hortonworks Delivers Proven High-Availability Solution for Apache Hadoop

Hortonworks, a leading commercial vendor promoting the innovation, development and support of Apache Hadoop, today announced the availability of an enterprise-proven, high-availability (HA) solution for Hortonworks Data Platform (HDP) 1.0 that empowers operations teams deploying Hadoop on VMware vSphere® with an HA solution that is proven and readily available in the enterprise. Hortonworks and VMware… Continue reading Hortonworks Delivers Proven High-Availability Solution for Apache Hadoop

Dell Announces New Solutions to Drive Data Center Convergence, IT Efficiency

Darren Thomas, vice president and general manager of Dell Storage, inspects the new Dell EqualLogic Blade Array at the company's Round Rock, Texas, design center. Dell's first storage blade arrays enable customers to combine storage, server and networking technologies into one compact blade chassis, helping them to reduce the cost and complexity of setting up and managing enterprise data centers.

First Dell storage blades – Dell EqualLogic Blade Arrays – provide customers the simplicity and scalability of EqualLogic storage within a compact Dell blade chassis Dell Converged Blade Data Center solution combines Dell EqualLogic Blade Arrays, 12th generation Dell PowerEdge blade servers, and Dell Force10 MXL blade switching, providing customers an entire data center within… Continue reading Dell Announces New Solutions to Drive Data Center Convergence, IT Efficiency

CiRBA Brings Revolutionary Capacity Control to The IBM PowerVM Platform

CiRBA today announced Version 7.1 of the CiRBA Control Console, enabling IT organizations to optimize capacity decisions, VM placements and resource allocations for AIX-based IBM PowerVM environments. This latest version will allow customers to leverage the same technology they use to optimize VMware and Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization environments to manage virtualized AIX infrastructure. CiRBA… Continue reading CiRBA Brings Revolutionary Capacity Control to The IBM PowerVM Platform

Veeam Introduces Free Backup for VMware and Hyper-V with “The New FastSCP”

Veeam Software, innovative provider of backup, replication and virtualization management solutions for VMware vSphere and Windows Server Hyper-V, introduces the successor to its widely used free FastSCPTM tool: Veeam BackupTM Free Edition. (How did it all begin? Read the blog post about the history of FastSCP at http://vee.am/free.) The new free product, released in conjunction… Continue reading Veeam Introduces Free Backup for VMware and Hyper-V with “The New FastSCP”