Tuesday, March 20. 2012
vCenter Operations Video - Drilldown & Alerts
Join VMware's Ben Scheerer for the second of four videos diving deeper into the vC Ops capacity planning and management capabilities.
Monday, March 19. 2012
Free ebook - Introducing Microsoft SQL Server 2012
Microsoft SQL Server 2012 is Microsoft’s first cloud-ready information platform. It gives organizations effective tools to protect, unlock, and scale the power of their data, and it works across a variety of devices and data sources, from desktops, phones, and tablets, to datacenters and both private and public clouds. Our (Ross Mistry and Stacia Misner) purpose in Introducing Microsoft SQL Server 2012 is to point out both the new and the improved capabilities as they apply to achieving mission-critical confdence, breakthrough insight, and using a cloud on your terms.
As you read this book, we (Ross Mistry and Stacia Misner) think you will fnd that there are a lot of exciting enhancements and new capabilities engineered into SQL Server 2012 that allow you to greatly enhance performance and availability at a low total cost of ownership, unlock new insights with pervasive data discovery across the organization and create business solutions fast—on your terms.
Sunday, March 18. 2012
vCenter Operations - Dashboard Overview
Join VMware's Ben Scheerer diving deeper into the vC Ops capacity planning and management capabilities.
Saturday, March 17. 2012
vCenter Operations - Heat Maps & Event Management
Join VMware's Ben Scheerer diving deeper into the vC Ops capacity planning and management capabilities.
Friday, March 16. 2012
501 Release Notes
vSphere 5.0 U1 Release Notes
- Support for new processors
- Support for additional guest operating systems
- New or upgraded device drivers
- L3-routed NFS Storage Access
vCD 1.5.1 Release Notes
- Firewall rules can be configured with CIDR blocks, IP ranges, and port ranges
- Added system notification for lost connection to AMQP host
- Enhanced cell management tool and log collection script
- Support for AES-256 encryption for VPN tunnels
- Increased the retention maximum for vCenter Chargeback history
SRM 5.0.1 Release Notes
- Forced failover to allow you to recover virtual machines in cases where storage arrays fail at the protected site
- Added support for IP Customization of Ubuntu
- VMware VSA Support (Virtual machines that reside on the vSphere Storage Appliance (VSA) can be protected by SRM 5.0.1 using vSphere Replication (VR). VSA does not require a Storage Replication Adapter (SRA) to work with SRM 5.0.1)
vShield 5.0.1 Release Notes
- Enhanced reporting and export options
- New REST API calls
- Improved audit logs
- Simplified troubleshooting
- Improved vShield App policy management
- vShield App High Availability enhancements
- Enablement of Autodeploy (Stateless ESXi)
Configuration Manager 5.5 Release Notes
Chargeback Manager 2.0.1 Release Notes
Heartbeat 6.4 Update 1 Release Notes
- vSphere Guest Summary dashboard
- Virtual Environments Change Management dashboard
- Virtual Environments Compliance Posture dashboard (previously named Security Posture)
- Cloud Infrastructure Suite Integration (CIS) tree
Chargeback Manager 2.0.1 Release Notes
- Upgraded the Apache Tomcat server to version 6.0.35
- vCenter Chargeback Manager fails to validate XML API requests
- Upgrade fails with database connection error
- Usage of some of the computing resources are reported as zero
- Enhancements to the vCloud Director Data Collector
- Enhancements to the VM Instance Cost job
- Report schedule generates duplicate reports
Heartbeat 6.4 Update 1 Release Notes
- Support for vCenter Server 5.0 Update 1
- The ability to install vCenter Support Tools
VMware View 5 Evaluator’s Guide
The purpose of this document is to support a self-guided, hands-on review of VMware View 5. The content is intended to show how easily you can set up a VMware View 5 environment so you can evaluate both new and important capabilities. These capabilities include creating and managing virtualized desktops, and validating the suggested use cases.
The guide is divided into the following main sections:
- Key New Features of VMware View 5
- Description of VMware View Components
- Setting Up a View Evaluation Environment
- Evaluation Tasks
This document assumes you have basic knowledge of VMware vSphere 5, and are comfortable configuring networking and storage in a virtual environment. After you install the product, this document guides you through in-depth deployment scenarios. This guide is not intended to substitute for product documentation. For detailed information regarding installation, configuration, administration, and usage of VMware products, please refer to the online VMware documentation. You may also consult the online Knowledge Base if you have any additional questions.