http://www.thevirtualblackhole.com The Virtual Black Hole Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:58:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en VirtualBlackHolehttp://feedburner.google.com Today's topic is going to be about VMware's Distributed Power Management or otherwise known as VMware DPM.  If you have not heard about VMware DPM before, I found an interesting video interview with Anne Holler who works at VMware as a Senior Staff Engineer.  I found this interview at Vladan ...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/VirtualBlackHole/~4/AQAFzusMY_g" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/VirtualBlackHole/~3/AQAFzusMY_g/lets-talk-about-vmware-dpm http://www.thevirtualblackhole.com/virtual-tech/lets-talk-about-vmware-dpm It seems the big news for the day is the Announcement of the VCE Coalition.  Seems I have been reading blog posts about this all morning with the last post being Scott Lowe's thoughts on the subject. I have been hearing that this has been in the works for a ...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/VirtualBlackHole/~4/irUXN4KDEmg" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/VirtualBlackHole/~3/irUXN4KDEmg/my-thoughts-on-the-vce-announcement http://www.thevirtualblackhole.com/virtual-tech/my-thoughts-on-the-vce-announcement One of the enhancements or features in VMware's latest release, vSphere, is the option to create virtual machines with thin provisioned disks. I found the skinny on Thin Provisioning with vSphere on the VMware Blog by Michael Adams. vStorage Thin Provisioning optimizes storage costs through the most efficient use of storage ...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/VirtualBlackHole/~4/GHVbagF0Ut8" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/VirtualBlackHole/~3/GHVbagF0Ut8/some-thoughts-on-thin-provisioning http://www.thevirtualblackhole.com/vwire/some-thoughts-on-thin-provisioning This week's VMTN podcast was Title: #69 - The Virtualization Journey with Vittorio Viarengo was a discussion about the steps for driving a successful virtualization adaption.  You can also download the podcast on iTunes. For years now I have had a tag line that I use. It's my motto, if ...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/VirtualBlackHole/~4/fmiYr-QPUH0" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/VirtualBlackHole/~3/fmiYr-QPUH0/driving-a-successful-virtualization-adaption http://www.thevirtualblackhole.com/vwire/driving-a-successful-virtualization-adaption I was combing through the VMTN community forums and came across a couple of posts on the best way to extend or expand a vmdk file.  This topic seems to come up on a regular basis, so I thought it might be a good idea to put together a blog ...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/VirtualBlackHole/~4/uIj0B3Us0GE" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/VirtualBlackHole/~3/uIj0B3Us0GE/extending-a-volume-on-a-vmdk http://www.thevirtualblackhole.com/vwire/extending-a-volume-on-a-vmdk I was recently asked what I thought was the best way to organize things in vCenter?  I personally have used several different methods to organize things in different ways. I started to wonder how other admins were organizing their own environments and if there was any common methods of madness ...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/VirtualBlackHole/~4/NZXWLFhitpU" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/VirtualBlackHole/~3/NZXWLFhitpU/organizing-vcenter http://www.thevirtualblackhole.com/virtual-tech/organizing-vcenter I was reading some blogs and come across this notable piece of information posted by Tom Howarth over at the PlanetVM and since I just passed the VCP4 exam thought this would be worth mentioning again.  The original post can be found here. Upgrade to VCP4! VMware is allowing participating candidates who ...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/VirtualBlackHole/~4/I3QwSKNdz7I" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/VirtualBlackHole/~3/I3QwSKNdz7I/fail-your-vcp40-and-get-a-free-re-take http://www.thevirtualblackhole.com/virtual-tech/fail-your-vcp40-and-get-a-free-re-take  Let me paint a picture for you on something that I have seen pop up more than once.  You send a request to the SAN team to get some storage added to your virtual infrastructure.  The SAN team replies back that your LUNS are ready and available. You rescan your ...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/VirtualBlackHole/~4/Dd9EWwjrJD8" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/VirtualBlackHole/~3/Dd9EWwjrJD8/using-vwire-to-search-for-datastore-block-size-misconfiguration http://www.thevirtualblackhole.com/virtual-tech/using-vwire-to-search-for-datastore-block-size-misconfiguration Every once in a while something goes wrong in my lab and I get to spend some quality time working out what happened and how to fix it.  Well after doing updates the other night I did encounter an error that I had not seen before and wanted to share.  ...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/VirtualBlackHole/~4/ETSke-bfSVM" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/VirtualBlackHole/~3/ETSke-bfSVM/automated-fix-for-a-drs-issue http://www.thevirtualblackhole.com/virtual-tech/automated-fix-for-a-drs-issue If you are involved in virtualization at all then you know that VMworld is coming up August 31 - September 3 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. There is a change in the format this year that is well worth mentioning.  VMware is having Technology Exchange Developer Day on ...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/VirtualBlackHole/~4/7FKRqA04Bhs" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/VirtualBlackHole/~3/7FKRqA04Bhs/vmware-developer-day-and-vmworld-2009 http://www.thevirtualblackhole.com/virtual-tech/vmware-developer-day-and-vmworld-2009