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VMTN Roundtable #33

The link over on the VMTN blog is a bit off and identifies this as #32, but I assure you, this was the VMTN podcast #33, discussing the VITK 1.5 release, and a few other things.

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Project VRC!

Came across this in my RSS reader, and figured it was worth a mention. Project VRC (Virtual Reality Check) provides vendor neutral white papers on how to best configure Xen, Hyper-V, and VMware for different workloads.
Do you wonder about virtualization? Are you seeking for the best virtualization platform for your specific environment? Project VRC shows [...]

HA “Deepdive” Page at Yellow-Bricks

Mr. Epping’s High Availability “Deepdive” page is definitely worth a read and a book mark.
A VMware HA Cluster consists of nodes, primary and secondary nodes. Primary nodes hold cluster settings and all “node states” which are synced between primaries. Secondary nodes send their state info(resource occupation) to the primary nodes
 
Nodes send a heartbeat to [...]

Much To Do About Time

When I fired up my RSS reader today I notices a lot of new/updated KB articles at VMware’s site about timing in virtual machines. I figured it’s worth while to link them here just in case.

Determining and changing the rate of timer interrupts a guest operating system requests
Time in a Linux virtual machine jumps backward [...]

Tapping ESX – Network Sniffing Your VI

So while ESX 3.5 (not sure about i) may have tcpdump and tcpslice:
[root@esx root]# tcp tcpd      tcpdump   tcpslice
They’re of limited use, at least with the way ESX implements networking, vSwitches after all, are good and proper layer 2 devices. Now, that is not to say you couldn’t do something with [...]

VI3 Quick Reference Card

This is one of those that you’ll want to print out, laminate, and had to all of your co-workers. Really, it’s that good. It’s the VI3 Quick Reference Card. It’s updated for VI3 update 3, and it makes Chuck Norris want to shave.
This is thanks to the awesome work of Forbes Guthrie at vmreference.com

Log Bundles, of the Virtual Center Variety

Things break. They always do. Chaos is inevitable. So how do you get insight into some of the chaos that was occurring in your Virtual Center when disaster strikes? Turns out, the VI Client makes this quite easy.
After you get your Virtual Center service running again, connect using the VI Client. Once connected… well follow [...]

VMware Developer Community EXTREME MAKEOVER EDITION!

Well, I’m not sure how “Extreme” it is, but over the weekend VMware’s Developer community site got a face lift.
Unlike Joan Rivers, this one actually kinda looks good afterwards:

Getting Virtual Center “Summary” Stats With the VI Toolkit

First let me explain exactly what I’m talking about. In virtual center, when you select a host, you get a “Summary” page. On this page there are some statistics… A picture perhaps will make this easier:

Better? I think so.
So first for those resources on top:
PS C:\> get-vmhost | get-view | %{ $_.Summary.QuickStats } | [...]

ProfessionalVMware In Person – Presenting at the Virtualization.info Congress 2009

It’s official, my submission has been accepted for the Virtualization.info Congress 2009 in Vegas, May 4-7.
Be sure to register, and come on down and see me in action. I’ll be presenting: “Automating VI3 using PowerShell”. WOO!