Virtualization Team

Don’t use VMware Raw Device Mapping (RDM) for performance, but ..

Eiad — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 22:41:37 +0000

Till today everywhere I looked recommended using RDM over VMFS for performance (when a higher I/O is required), though today while studying for my VMware Design Exam I have got my hand on the “ Performance Characterization of VMFS and RDM Using a SAN” document by VMware. The interesting executive summary of the [...]

VCDX – VMware Enterprise Administration Exam NPIV Chapter

Eiad — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 16:48:02 +0000

I have earlier mentioned on my blog that I will publish my study guide for VMware Enterprise Administration Exam, but as I have been preparing for my design exam & killed with projects at work. I really had no time to put it all online. Further, it seems these exams are expiring soon. For that [...]

VMware ESX & ESXi Connections & ports

Eiad — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 11:00:37 +0000

While preparing for my VMware Design Exam, I have stumbled upon this great pdf that document VMware ESX & ESXi connections & ports in details. It even cover the connections & ports for VMware additional components like VMware Update Manager & vCenter Converter. Although many documents do the same, what got my attention is all this [...]

VMware VCDX Enterprise Administration Exam & my tough luck

admin — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 16:16:21 +0000

I have scheduled my VMware VCDX Enterprise Administration Exam on the 1st of June 2010. I was planning to take 10 days off work before the exam for preparation, but I got stuck at a large project which has minimized my study time including travel to 5 days. As I am currently based in Kuwait, the closest location I [...]

VMware Long Distance VMotion is the missing link for cloud computing today

Eiad — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 20:28:00 +0000

I am not sure how many people has heard of VMware Long Distance VMotion, although the concept has been supported since fourth quarter of last year. For that, I thought its worth getting people to know about it. It even get more important when deciding on your cloud computing vendor. At the moment, many companies offer [...]

Congrats to all 2010 VMware vExperts

admin — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 08:58:26 +0000

I know I am late on this one, but as many of you have noticed I have not got a chance to blog much lately. As I have been traveling for training between London & Budapest with a very limited internet access & a very busy schedule for the past month. I am actually still [...]

VKernel AppVIEW 1.0 is available immediately for free download

Eiad — Thu, 20 May 2010 23:46:57 +0000

After having a look at VKernel Capacity View few days back, I have decided to give a look at VKernel AppVIEW 1.0. AppView 1.0 is VKernel latest free product. Where VKernel Capacity View looks at hosts, AppVIEW looks at individual application VMs to monitor and diagnose for such things as capacity bottlenecks and resource optimization. VKernel [...]

VKernel Capacity View

Eiad — Fri, 14 May 2010 23:04:14 +0000

Checking out Vkernel Capacity View has been on my todo list for over a month, as I have been exhausted at work lately. Though now that I have given it a fast try, I think its really worth the effort. Vkernel Capacity View has a great dashboard that give you a laser vision sight of [...]

MS Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V VS VMware vSphere

Eiad — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 19:53:01 +0000

I am sure many of you have been looking for a comprehensive comparison between VMware ESX 4.0 & MS Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V. I am sure you have found plenty of them with one problem they all were mostly sponsored by one of the vendors. Many of us were ready for a real independent [...]

Hyper9 VEO – Hyper9 Virtual Environment Optimization Review

Eiad — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 22:00:40 +0000

Few days back, I had the chance to evaluate Hyper9 Virtual Environment Optimization known by Hyper9 VEO. Actually as most of our internal testing equipment is currently out of the office, the guys at Hyper9 was kind enough to provide me with a SandBox on their side to test the product. Below is my feedback [...]