VMware News, Views, and How-To's from vExpert Josh Townsend
Between budget cuts and New Year's resolutions, improving your security posture is probably near the top of your to-do list. Much has been made of security concerns in a virtual environment, but it is always good to re-visit your configurations and … [Continue reading] about Securing Your Virtual Infrastructure
I wrote about a method for determining guest free disk space using a PowerShell script a couple weeks ago. Scott Lowe picked up the post on his blog last week. Since then I have had several other conversations with folks looking the best way to … [Continue reading] about Guest Free Disk Space Revisited
NetApp has extended their 50% Virtualization Guarantee to include Citrix Xen and Microsoft Hyper-V. The program, first announced in 2008, initially covered only VMware virtualization solutions. The 50% Guarantee program is a catchy way to get folks … [Continue reading] about NetApp Extends 50% Virtualization Guarantee
As the New Year rolls around you may find yourself looking for a new paying gig. Times are tough, but the virtualization space shows continued strength as companies seek to consolidate servers, reduce administrative burden, and hunt down cost savings … [Continue reading] about Landing a Virtualization Job
I am often asked about sizing storage vis-à-vis how much free space within a guest VMDK eats into the overall size of the volume. The answer can be drastically whether we are dealing with thick-provisioned VMDK's on FC or iSCSI LUN's, or thin … [Continue reading] about Obtaining VMware Guest Disk Free Space for NFS Sizing
