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  • VMware Announces List of 2014 vExperts

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    Earlier this week VMware released the list of 2014 vExperts. The community recognition program has grown since its start in 2009, with 754 vExperts being named this year — the largest group yet. I’m simultaneously proud and humbled to have been included in that list for my third year in a row. Looking over this…

  • 2013 VMware vExperts Announced

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    Yesterday, VMware announced the vExpert 2013 awardees.  The vExpert program is one that recognizes those members of the VMware community who “have demonstrated significant contributions to the community and a willingness to share their expertise with others.”  One of the things I like about this program is that the designation is good only for a…

  • Off to VMware Partner Exchange…

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    Next week, I’ll be in Las Vegas for VMware Partner Exchange (PEX) 2013.  This is a conference where VMware focuses on their partners.  It’ll be a great chance for me to hear VMware’s plans for the next year first-hand, and meet with a lot of VMware’s and my partners. This will be my third Partner…

  • Use Your Windows Laptop to Make a Bootable USB Key for vSphere Installations

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    Have you ever wanted to install ESXi on a host that doesn’t have a CD-ROM drive?  Maybe you also don’t have a TFTP server, so installing over the network isn’t an option either.  I came across this situation at a customer site recently. It turns out the easiest solution in this situation is to convert…

  • January EMC Solutions for VMware Webcasts

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    The New Year is here, and that means it’s time for another year’s worth of weekly webcasts from EMC. I’m curious to see how it goes. For the third year in a row, the same topic, “The Value of VMware Integration”, has started off the year. I gave that presentation in both 2011 and 2012.…

  • December EMC Solutions for VMware Webcasts

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    I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving. With it past, we head into the home stretch of 2012, and with that we have the last webcasts of the year. One of the great things about this series is that every webcast is recorded and then made available for on-demand viewing. As such, you may find…

  • VMware Releases vCenter Multi-Hypervisor Manager

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    VMware has added the ability to manage non-vSphere hypervisors to vCenter with the release of vCenter Multi-Hypervisor Manager 1.0. At the moment, the only non-VMware hypervisor it supports is Microsoft’s Hyper-V (although in both the 2008 and 2008 R2 flavors), so the Multi-Hypervisor name seems ambitious.  I say we should keep in mind that this…

  • November EMC Solutions for VMware Webcasts

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    While I’ve been occupied with Certification Quest (blog post coming on that), October has come to an end and November is just about to start, bringing with it a new set of webcasts. The webcasts we have coming up for November cover some great topics. One of the great things about this series is that…

  • October EMC Solutions for VMware Webcasts

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    Somehow, it became October without my noticing it. With a new month comes a new set of webcasts. The webcasts we have coming up for October cover some great topics. One of the great things about this series is that every webcast is recorded and then made available for on-demand viewing. As such, you may…

  • Running VMware View? Hold Off on Upgrading to vSphere 5.1

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    I know we’re all excited to get at all the new features of vSphere 5.1 now that it’s available for download, but if you’re currently running VMware View, you should hold off for now. At the moment, vSphere 5.1 is not certified to work with any version of View. You can see a list of…