Archive for the ‘Virtualization’ Category
Talking about SCVMM with Carsten Rachfahl
Recently I have been spending more time outside of Jersey and been fortunate to have met and discussed virtualization with some of Europe’s virtualization and Private Cloud IT Pro’s. Most of them can be found in the online and offline Microsoft and Citrix based communities, tweeting, blogging, writing and presenting their practical insights and product [...]
In: Virtual Machine Manager, Virtualization
Experts 2 Experts Virtualization Conference
These days I attend so many events you’d think I get bored of them. Well actually no! The opposite, I just try and choose the best ones! Flying out of Jersey I managed to sneak in a quick yet thoroughly enjoyable family visit, then ran down to the docklands for a multi-vendor programme updating me [...]
In: Citrix, Events, Social, Virtual Machine Manager, Virtualization
Microsoft’s New Cloud Assessment Tool
Well there’s something new and interesting. Microsoft have released a cloud based tool to help partners asses their customer cloud computing needs. I have already run a sample client through the tool and it’s a real time saver. Not only will partners benefit in time saved, clients will soon benefit as this may bring more [...]
In: Cloud, Virtualization
SCVMM2012: Adding a host from an untrusted domain or workgroup
This quick guide is for those that want to deploy the agents to a host that doesn’t share the Virtual Machine Managers domain. There are two steps. Firstly we must install the agent on the host, then we must add the host to VMM and import the security key generated during the agent setup. Here [...]
In: Virtual Machine Manager, Virtualization · Tagged with: Virtual Machine Manager
Installing and Evaluating VMM2012 RC
I’m just running through another SCVMM 2012 install and this time thought to capture the steps. System requirements and prerequisite information for the release candidate is available in the official TechNet deployment documentation here. Step by Step *Note I’m using the Release Candidate here and at this time am not creating a Self Service Portal [...]
In: Virtual Machine Manager, Virtualization · Tagged with: Virtual Machine Manager
Managing Private & Hybrid Clouds
Presentation: Managing Private & Hybrid Clouds Immediately after the Jersey BCS AGM we will have a presentation and demonstrations of Microsoft’s latest innovation in Private & Public Cloud management technologies. Monday, September 26, 2011 from 12:00 AM to 2:00 PM Register here – http://www.eventbrite.com/event/2176289340 In this fast paced session we will deliver an overview of [...]
In: Events, System Center General, Virtual Machine Manager, Virtualization · Tagged with: Virtual Machine Manager
System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012
Over in Las Vegas at Microsoft Management Summit this year I attended almost every session to learn about this exceptional third iteration product. Using remote protocol I traversed back to my shuttle and installed it minutes after the beta was released, since then I have been quietly poking around enjoying the direction it’s [...]
In: Virtual Machine Manager, Virtualization · Tagged with: Virtual Machine Manager
Results of the Hyper-V Survey
I finally found time to review the results of a recent Hyper-V survey conducted by Aidan Finn, Hans Vredvoort and Damian Flynn. A great piece of work, the collection and analysis of this information had my eyebrows raised more than once and on occasion I found myself chuckling at the things Aidan doesn’t like. If [...]
VMWare Memory Licencing
My blog is quite due to being snowed under, however I do read the news and can’t help but comment on this one. Licencing to me is a pain in the proverbial, I’m an engineer, architect, consultant and administrator and not an accountant. Apparently I need to be one as I now have even more [...]
Jersey Windows User Group: Tech Talk
The Jersey Windows User Group is proud to present an evening of Tech Talk. Both sessions are delivered by the JWUG hosts and are as follows: Wireshark Primer (Michael French) Everything you need to know about RemoteFX (Ronnie Isherwood) There are giveaways such as groovy T-shirts,handy component architecture posters, and a chance to win Windows [...]
In: Events, Virtual Machine Manager, Virtualization · Tagged with: Hyper-V, System Center, Virtual Machine Manager