Burris Logistics Standardizes on EMC for its VMware Virtualized IT Environment

EMC Corporation today announced that Burris Logistics, a Delaware-based specialist in refrigerated and frozen food distribution, has standardized its information infrastructure on EMC–selecting EMC® Symmetrix VMAX® and EMC unified storage–over NetApp and IBM, for its exceptional reliability, performance and value. Its EMC infrastructure has enabled Burris to easily virtualize 80% of its IT infrastructure with… Continue reading Burris Logistics Standardizes on EMC for its VMware Virtualized IT Environment

WatchGuard Enhances Security for Virtualized and Cloud Infrastructures

WatchGuard Technologies, a global leader in business security solutions, today announced the beta version of its leading next-generation security UTM product as a virtual appliance named XTMv. The new WatchGuard XTMv series of virtual firewalls provides unparalleled network security and advanced protection of applications and data. “The powerful firewall, integrated threat management and application control,… Continue reading WatchGuard Enhances Security for Virtualized and Cloud Infrastructures

Invalid configuration for device 4 Error When Cloning or vMotion a Virtual Machine

When performing vMotion on a Virtual Machine (VM) or a template on vDS (virtual distributed switch) configuration, you may come across this error: Invalid configuration for Device ‘4’ I experienced this error in my lab over the weekend and removing the VM from the vDS portgroup fixed the issue. According to VMware, the cause of… Continue reading Invalid configuration for device 4 Error When Cloning or vMotion a Virtual Machine

VMware vSphere ESXi Migration Flowchart

With release of vSphere ESXi 5, its end of the road for ESX hypervisor (last version was 4.1 for ESX). Follow link below for ESXi migration flowchart. Rick Vanover lists precise details about ESX migration to ESXi and what steps to take for a proper migration. Be sure to download the zip file below and… Continue reading VMware vSphere ESXi Migration Flowchart

Tidemark Selects VMware vCloud Technology for Enterprise Cloud Backbone

Tidemark, whose Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) platform is built for the cloud, announced today that it will partner with VMware to deliver the Tidemark Enterprise Performance Management Platform on the VMware virtualization and cloud infrastructure platform. The new service will provide customers with the business benefits of a tightly integrated software suite running on VMware… Continue reading Tidemark Selects VMware vCloud Technology for Enterprise Cloud Backbone

Desktone and VMware to Deliver Desktop as a Service Solution

Desktone, Inc., the pioneer of Desktops as a Service (DaaS), today announced it is partnering with VMware to deliver a new desktop as a service solution. The solution will make it easy for service providers to offer full-featured, highly cost-effective virtual desktops. “We’re thrilled to be working with VMware on new Desktop as a Service… Continue reading Desktone and VMware to Deliver Desktop as a Service Solution

vSphere PowerCLI: Creating and Managing Aliases

Are you using PowerCLI to automate or perform daily administrative tasks in your virtual infrastructure? VMware vSphere PowerCLI is snapin module for Microsoft PowerShell command-shell and scripting language which you often see installed on latest Microsoft Operating Systems. PowerCLI comes with powerful feature to create and manage aliases for built-in cmdlets for creating and managing… Continue reading vSphere PowerCLI: Creating and Managing Aliases