Virtualization, Cloud, Infrastructure and all that stuff in-between
My ramblings on the stuff that holds it all together
Monthly Archives: February 2009
Hands-On Lab 12: Cisco Nexus 1000v Switch
Posted by on February 26, 2009
This lab was very popular but I got there early this morning so didn’t have to wait – it takes you through configuring the new Cisco Nexus Virtual Switch, I was keen to understand how this works and how it integrates with vSphere. It works as thus; vSphere ESX is likely to ship with [...]
Hands-On Lab 01 – vSphere Features Overview
Posted by on February 26, 2009
I decided to venture into some hands-on labs today, after hearing about all the new features over the last couple of days it was nice to finally get my hands on them! The lab was set to cover the following areas of potential new functionality* in vSphere; vStorage plug-in – pluggable drivers from storage [...]
VMWorld Europe Day 2: Wrap-up, a good day despite the curious lack of forks..
Posted by on February 25, 2009
All in a very good and busy day today – excellent keynote and some very interesting sessions; so-far I’ve only managed to write up a couple of them (links below) once I’ve clarified a few points I’ll write up the remainder. How VMware IT use VMware internally vExpert Award for vinf.net Cisco Nexus Switch [...]
How VMware IT use VMware Internally
Posted by on February 25, 2009
This was a very interesting session, it wasn’t on my printed programme so I assume it was re-organised from somewhere else but as I was in the area I went to it rather than my planned session. The presentation was given by VMware’s CIO and was set to cover how VMware use virtualization internally, [...]
I’ve Received a VMware vExpert Award
Posted by on February 25, 2009
I’m pleased to announce that I’m one of a number of virtualization bloggers and community participants that have been awarded vExpert status by VMware. The official announcement is here, and I don’t know exactly who else has been awarded one but there have been several people mentioning it on twitter since the notifications were [...]
Answers on the Cisco Nexus vSwitch – what is it and is vShield the same?
Posted by on February 25, 2009
Just seen this post and was particularly interested in how the Cisco vSwitch works – it is shipped as part of ESX, and enabled/unlocked by a licence key, you need to download an OVF virtual appliance to manage it. That answers one of the big things I’ve been meaning to find out whilst I’m [...]
VMworld Europe Day 2: Keynote
Posted by on February 25, 2009
Well day 2 got underway with the much anticipated keynote session from Steve Herrod who is CTO and VP of R&D or “technical stuff”. He covered some of the previous announcements and did manage to clarify that vSphere is the implementation of VDC-OS (so it’s the new name for Virtual Infrastructure). Steve Herrod let [...]
VMware Client Hypervisor (CVP) – Grid Application Thoughts
Posted by on February 24, 2009
Today VMware announced the client hypervisor they are producing and a collaboration with Intel on the hardware support (VT) and management (vPro), Citrix made a similar announcement last month (some analysis from the trusty Brian Madden here). If the client side device is now running a hypervisor this would presumably extend the same encapsulation principles [...]
VMworld Europe Day 1: Wrap-Up
Posted by on February 24, 2009
The first official day kicked off at VMworld, I covered the keynote this morning and have written up the more interesting sessions that I attended now that I have access to power again Crowding isn’t as bad as I’d anticipated and getting about is pretty easy, the aircon could do with being a bit [...]
DC14 – Overview of 2009 VMware Datacenter Products (VMworld Europe 2009)
Posted by on February 24, 2009
This session was discussing new features in vSphere, or is it VDC-OS, I’m a bit confused about that one – vSphere is the new name for “Virtual Infrastructure”? that would make sense for me. As usual this session is prefixed with a slide that all material presented is not final, and is not a [...]
