Planning to Migrate Oracle from Unix to Linux on vSphere
A while ago with much fanfare Oracle announced it would no longer develop it’s flagship software and database…
VMworld US 2012 and vSphere 5.1 Launch Roundup – My First VMworld
The twitter wires and blogosphere were ablaze with news out of VMworld US 2012 (August 27 – 30th).…
Kernel Panic in vShield Manager after Upgrade to 5.1
It’s great to see that a lot of people are starting to consider upgrading to vSphere 5.1 and…
The Case for Larger Than 2TB Virtual Disks and The Gotcha with VMFS
Hypervisor competition is really starting to heat up. VMware just released vSphere 5.1 and Microsoft has recently released…
Workaround for Multi-NIC vMotion Unicast Flooding in vSphere 5
In my previous article “The Good, The Great and the Gotcha with Multi-NIC vMotion in vSphere 5” I discussed…
vCert Manager – Changing VMware SSL Certs Made Easy
During my VMworld session presentation INF-SEC1282 Automating Security and Compliance with DR (VMworld account required to access recording) I…
vSphere 5.1 Generally Available – Important Upgrade Considerations
vSphere 5.1 was greatly anticipated by all of the VMware Customers that watched the VMworld keynote address and…
Security Guides on VMware.com Have A New Home
VMware has just announced that all their security hardening guides now have a new home. A single page…
IO Blazing Datastore Performance with Fusion-io
Thanks to Simon Williams (@simwilli) from Fusion-io I’ve had the opportunity to try out a couple of the Fusion-io…
Fight the FUD – Oracle Licensing and Support on VMware vSphere
I keep hearing stories from Customers and Prospects where Oracle appears to be trying to deceive them for…