June 2008

According to VMware, their new Thinstall / ThinApp software allows you to  ”Run any version of virtually any application on a single operating system without conflicts. Encapsulate settings and configurations into a single executable file or MSI package that can be installed on physical and virtual desktops. Deliver and deploy applications more efficiently, more securely, and in a more cost-effective way with agentless application virtualization.”

You can download a free beta demo of the software and watch a free 1 hour video covering how it works at: VMware Thinstall Video.

In this new TechTarget article by David Davis, VCP and Train Signal ESX Server video author, David covers how VMware ESX trumps Hyper-V. It shows how VMware offers so many more features and has so much more maturity than Microsoft. Additionally, it points out how Microsofts Hyper-V isn’t yet ready for the enterprise and how its potentially lower price doesn’t offset the fewer features that it offers.

Dell & VMware have a nice Site Recovery Manager (SRM) video that covers how scripting works when using SRM. This video features Kiran Ranabhor, Technical Product Manager for DR, VMware. Very cool stuff!

I am trying to spread the work about a new VMware Admin website - www.VirtualizationAdmin.com. This site offers many new VMware ESX Server How-to articles. They have lined up many talented virtualization authors. In fact, here are links to some of their recently released articles:

• What is Storage VMotion (SVMotion) and How do you perform a SVMotion using the VI Plugin?
• Overview of VMware ESX / VMware Infrastructure Advanced Features
• Configuring a Virtual Machine Using VMware
• Virtualization FAQ

I hope you will sign up for their Virtualization Newsletter and/or their RSS Feed.

In this article, David Davis, VCP and Train Signal ESX Server video author discusses an interesting VMware Admin job opening and asks “what are the best websites to look for and post VMware-related jobs”.  

Recently, a recruiter friend of mine approached me with an interesting part-time VMware Admin job at a company in Dallas. It is a 20-30 hour per week job on a 6+ month contract perform server consolidations with VMware. The job pays very well.  You can checkout all the details of this Part-time VMware Admin job in Dallas, Texas as it is posted over in the VMware DFW Users’ Group Forum.

The second question that my recruiter friend asked me was “what are the best job sites to find VMware Admins?”. Other than the big 3 (Dice, Monster, and Careerbuilder), I had trouble thinking of any. So, my question to you, readers of VMwareVideos.com and the VMware Planet v12n - what are the best websites to look for and post VMware-related jobs? Now I am not talking about only jobs at VMware. While these could be jobs at VMware, more than likely, they are jobs working at any company that uses VMware software.

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