Forbes Guthrie over at vmreference.com has released an update of his vmreference card. There over a dozen corrections, updates, and a few small additions. He wants to thank everyone who has emailed him since the last release, particularly Simon Price and Peter Vroomen.
Sunday, January 25. 2009
Wil van Antwerpen launched the VI-Toolkit.com WIKI
Saturday, January 24. 2009
Passing USB devices to the Virtual Machines
Usually, when you need to use any USB device (like scanner, flash-memory, etc) you plug it into USB port of your computer. But for all that, what if you want to use an USB device in a virtual machine? FabulaTech has resolved this problem in a different way.
They've created “USB over Network” which allows to work with remote USB devices over a local network or Internet. All you have to do is to install the “USB over Network Server” software on the PC where USB devices are plugged in. “USB over Network Client” must be installed in the virtual machines, you want to give access to those very USB devices you've already plugged in.
That's all. Now any virtual machine which has installed the “USB over Network Client” can work with remote USB devices as if they were connected directly to his local PC.
Just select USB device you want to share and click share button. Click the image to enlarge.
VMworld Europe 2009 Party?
Erik Scholten, one of the bloggers at VMGuru.nl has revealed some details about the upcoming VMworld Europe 2009 party. Yesterday he received the latest info about the Party.
After all that learning, you’ll want to party! Come to the VMworld Europe Party on Wednesday February 25, 20:00 – 24:00 at the Ronda in Palais des Festivals. Come and enjoy music, food, refreshments and find out all about Cloud9!
Any ideas about this year’s theme, Cloud9?
Friday, January 23. 2009
VMworld Europe 2009 | Viktor van den Berg's session is accepted
Viktor van den Berg, Product Manager and Technical Trainer at the Xpert Training Group is going to present a session about the Unattended Deployment of VMware Infrastructure 3 at the VMworld Europe 2009 Cannes.
An unattended deployment of VMware infrastructure 3 reduces the time needed for installation and configuration of your VMware ESX and vCenter server(s). It also reduces the risk misconfiguration. Unattended deployment of these products will gain you a consistent configuration. At Xpert Training Group, an indepedent VMware Authorized Training Centre from The Netherlands, unattended deployments of VI-3 are used on a regular basis. In this session you will learn how to automatically deploy your ESX servers and how to connect these fresh installed ESX servers to a vCenter server. After the introduction of a step-by-step plan for unattended deployment, this session will focus on some useful scripting techniques used in a unattended deployment scenario. Expect some bash and powershell scripting in this session.
VMware Platform Performance Index v1.0
Do you wonder about virtualization? Are you seeking for the best virtualization platform for your specific environment? Project VRC shows you the way!
Project Virtual Reality Check (VRC) is a joint venture of Log•in Consultants and PQR, who have researched the optimal configuration for the different available hypervisors (hardware virtualization layers). The project arises from the growing demand for a founded advice on how to virtualise Terminal Server and Virtual Desktop (VDI) workloads. Through a number of researches, Log•in Consultants and PQR show you the scaling possibilities for Terminal Server environments as well as Virtual Desktops.
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