What is “the Cloud”?
If you’re a regular reader you have probably seen a lot of vCloud related posts on my site as I explore VMware’s vCloud Director Product, but if you are a…
Author: Justin Paul
Building a vCloud Lab Part 4: vCD Database Prep
One part that I forgot to mention that is in the vCloud Installation Guide is preparing your database server for use with vCloud Director. This isn’t a difficult process if…
HP P2000 G3 – Upgrading to get VAAI Support
I just wanted to give all of the Hp P2000 G3 owners a heads up that there is an updated firmware version available that adds VAAI support to your SAN.…
Stromasys, Alpha and VAX Virtualization
One of the really cool VMworld finds I made this year has to be Stromasys. They do hardware virtualization of various old hardware platforms including the VAX, DEC Alpha, and…
Tintri Storage
Fellow vExpert Justin Laurer introduced me to Tintri’s storage solution today at VMworld. At a VERY high-level Tintri provides a datastore via NFS storage, but once you start listening to…
vSphere 5.0 Ready for Download
Last night VMware officially released vSphere 5.0 for download. If you have a current support contract you can head on over to VMware.com and start flooding your internet connection. Or…
Building a vCloud Lab Part 3: vSphere 5 and vShield
This is part 3 of the multipart series on how I am building a public vCloud lab, this post will explain vSphere 5.0 setup on each of the host machines…
HyperV Posts Coming Soon
Seriously I’m sure you’re probably like “WTF is he thinking”. Let me explain. Obviously, if you’re reading my blog you know I’m a VMware guy… but I am determined to…
Building a vCloud Lab Part 2: Oracle DB Server
(Note: Now that vCD 1.5 has been released this step can be avoided and instead you can use MS SQL 2008 R2 Express if you prefer MS SQL, the only…
Building a vCloud Lab Part 1: The Concept
This is going to be the first post in a series on how I am building and testing my vCloud. I will be using vSphere 5 and will opt for…