From the category archives:
In my latest SearchVMware.com article, I show you, step by step, how to enable and configure SNMP in VMware ESX and ESXi Server. From there, I move on to demonstrating a few different applications that can be used to monitor your VMware ESX Servers using SNMP. Monitoring VMware ESX Servers with SNMP applications is becoming more and more common so I hope you will read my article to learn more about it.
To see the full article, visit: Use SNMP with VMware ESX to monitor server statistics
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While at VMworld 2008, I was interviewed by John Troyer, VMware Communities Guru, about what was going on at the show. We discussed the “Best of VMworld” products judging that I did and the products I selected (Cisco Nexus and Vizioncore vOptimizer Pro). John and I talked about vLockstep and my updated VMware ESX Server video training series. Listen to the Podcast to hear the full interview!
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I just got an email about an interesting webcast concerning “Scaling up Backups as virtual environments grow. Then I realized that the speaker was me. So, I hope you will check out the webcast I did a couple months back covering virtualization and backups. The tips you will learn in this webcast are very important but especially imprortant for any company that is starting with virtualization or who is currently using VCB and looking for more advanced options. Click on the video to watch the webcast (registration required)
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In this video, TechTarget editorial director Jan Stafford interviews virtualization expert David Davis about VMware’s new high availability tool vLockstep. Davis gave a step-by-step tutorial on how to use vLockstep at the recent TechTarget Data Center Decisions 2008 Conference in Chicago.
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SolarWinds free VM Monitor makes it easy to quickly check the health of your VMware ESX server by monitoring CPU, memory utilization, virtual machine status. The Petri IT Knowledgebase has recently made this tool available to all site visitors. To download your free VM Monitor tool, just visit: Monitor VMware ESX Server Performance for free - VM Monitor
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In my new video, I demonstrate, step by step, how you can run VMware ESX Server 3.5 and ESXi 3.5 inside VMware Workstation 6.5. This is also shown in my Train Signal VMware ESX Server video training course.
While you wouldn’t run ESX in Workstation for a production server, running ESX in Workstation is an excellent way to test and demonstrate ESX Server (and the entire VMware Virtual Infrastructure suite) on a single PC. Think about it - what if you had a single PC with 2 ESX Servers, an iSCSI virtual SAN, and a Windows Server running Virtual Center. With that, you would have “VMware Infrastructure in a box” and be able to run powerful features like VMotion, SVMotion, VMHA, and Update Manager, all on a single PC.
Special thank you to Xtravirt.com for their “VI in a box” whitepaper that shows how to run ESX Server in VMware Workstation.
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In the latest article by VMware ESX video author, David Davis, learn how VMware ESX security profiles are the firewall of ESX Server, why they are so important, and how to configure them. Read the full article at: Understanding VMware ESX Server Security Profiles
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In this video, Scott Hansen of the DellTechCenter demonstrates exactly how VMware High Availability (VMHA) kicks in to prevent downtime in the event of an uplanned outage. My favoriite part is when they actually pull the blade server from the rack to make the server go down.
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I will be a judge at the Best of VMworld Awards product competition this year at VMworld 2008 in Las Vegas. I am very excited about it and I hope that all companies who have a VMware-related product submit their nomination.
So, does your company produce a VMware-related software application, hardware device, or widget? If so, you need to make sure that you register your product to be judged at the Best of VMworld Awards.
To be considered, your nomination must be received by August 22, 2008. Register here.
The winners of the Best of VMworld Awards will be announced on September 22, 2008 at VMworld and later announced at Search Server Virtualization.com
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Over at VMware’s SMB website, they have produces some very funny promotional videos for VMware. These videos remind me a lot of those Geico commercials where they say that they “saved a ton of money on their car insurance”. However, in these videos, the VMware customers talk about how they “saves a ton of money in my infrastructure”. The cool thing is that they videos are entertaining - like a Geico commercial or those apple vs. Microsoft commercials. Check them out and be prepared to smile!
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David Davis (CCIE #9369, VCP, CISSP, MCSE) has been in the IT industry for 15+ years. He has authored over 300 articles, 6 video training courses, and co-authored one book. Learn about David's certifications, video courses, and where you can find his content on our About Us page.
