Great VMUG Belgium Event: The Blogger Edition

Great VMUG Belgium Event: The Blogger Edition

Last Friday, 1 June 2012, the 17th Belgium VMUG event took place. This event had the name “The Blogger Edition” due the impressive agenda! The agenda of this meeting. Technical sessions: RAID types and alignment impact on VMware workloads – Erik Zandboer “Designing a cloud infrastructure” – Duncan Epping and Lieven D’hoore “Beer and PowerCLI: you can’t live without them” – Luc Dekens “HyperV v3.0 vs VMware vSphere 5” – Alex Muetstege & Erik Scholten (VMGuru) “Troubleshooting VDI” – Sven…

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vSphere 5.0 Hardening Guide Final Version released

vSphere 5.0 Hardening Guide Final Version released

VMware released the final version on their “vSphere 5.0 Hardening Guide”. This latest version represents a significant step in the evolution of the guide. Based on feedback from customers and partners, the guide was re-structured from the ground up with the following key aspects: The guide is being released exclusively in spreadsheet format. Many of you have indicated that, although the accompanying text found in previous versions of the guide is interesting, the specific steps for assessment and remediation of…

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VMware PowerPoint Icons and Images

VMware PowerPoint Icons and Images

If you regularly need to make a PowerPoint presentation which contains information regarding VMware there is some good news for you! A few weeks ago the new icons and images were released via the VMware Communities. They are free for download in pptx format and can be found in the original thread which was started by Bob Stephens. Keep in mind that if you use them you always have to add a certain statement in your presentation. This document was…

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Sending vCenter Alarm Notifications to Jabber

Sending vCenter Alarm Notifications to Jabber

If you are a person like me who uses Jabber to communicate with other people and you administrator a VMware environment the following post might be useful for you. If you don’t use your own Jabber/XMPP server, you can use your Gmail account and connect to the Google XMPP servers. VMware vCenter comes with a standard set of alarms which can be configured with a few options: – Send a notification email – Send a notification trap – Run a…

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New book from Sybex: VCP5 on vSphere 5 Study Guide

New book from Sybex: VCP5 on vSphere 5 Study Guide

Sybex has released a new edition on their study guide towards VCP 5 (VMware Certified Professional 5). It’s available via Amazon. The book is scheduled for official release on May 15 but you can order it already. The ideal study guide for candidates seeking the leading virtualization certification. The VMware Certified Professional on vSphere 5 (VCP-510) is the most desired certification for virtualization professionals, and this study guide covers all the requirements. Skill in virtualization is a top priority for…

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