Deduplication on filer running VMWare?
Is anyone out there turned on deduplication in volumes that run VMWare? What are you experiences? Performance hits? Disk space gain? What is your filer/setup?
View ArticleNFS, iSCSI, Fiber? SAN/NAS? FC-Disk, SATA?
As a higher ed institution how much energy have you spent reviewing your initial VMWare setup? How many people have started in one direction (Fiber SAN to FC?) but then changed direction at some...
View ArticleHigher Ed VI3 Architecture Question
How many hosts and clusters do you support in your Virtual Center, and why? At Bowdoin, we have 10 hosts and 3 clusters. Our Production cluster has 4 nodes, supporting standard, production-level VMs....
View ArticleWhich VMware solution are you using and why?
Are you using the free Server product? Did you buy one of the new "smaller footprint" acceleration kits? What else did you buy when you went virtual- new servers, SAN, other software, etc. Why did...
View ArticleUsing VMWare to support teaching, learning and research
At LMU I have begun an initiative to build a VMWare environment dedicated to supporting our faculty and students. What cool uses have you come up with for supporting teaching, learning and research...
View ArticleServer Sprawl and Charge Back - who does it? Why? Why Not? Strategies?
One of the beauties of VMWare is the ability to create new servers quickly and easily. The downside to this is server sprawl. In an academic support environment, is anyone charging back to...
View ArticleNumber of app to install on VI3
Hello, I am currently working for a company that is looking to implement vmware, however i need some info on the limitation for the number of application that can be installed on a server that have...
View ArticleIs Virtualisation what I need or what I want?
Hi.Im looking after a suite of computers in a school. Currently its 15 units all hooked up to a windows 2k3 server. Simple domain.Its potentially going to expand.... up to 30 - so i thought vmware was...
View ArticleVCP310 Exam -promotion code
Hi there!! I want to take the vcp310 exam. Is there any promotional code, i can apply to get a discounted price.? Please help me folks....
View ArticleNew project... is vmware the right choice?
Hi all, I am new to VMWare. I wish to create a %99.9 uptime solution using vmware. Two sites perferably. I have 3 servers I need to shove on VM. Domain Controller, SQL Box and Application box. If...
View ArticleNewbie question about VMWare
We have been asked to look into server consolidation probably using VMWare. But we want to build a solid infrastructure from the beginning. Can you split physical servers into two separate...
View ArticleVirtualizing Desktops in Labs?
I worked for the College of Natural Sciences as the local University and we are still growining in computers! At nearly 2000 printers/servers/desktops/laptops registered for two full-time support...
View ArticleWhere are you with Virtualization?
Are you just starting out? Have you been running VMWare for a while? What version are you running? Did you attend any training? How extensive is your VMWare infrastructure on campus? "There are...
View ArticleHow to segment vms by student logon
I teach security and have been using vmWorkstation so each student can have multiple machines with multiple OS to admin and secure. However, this does not easly allow students to to get access form...
View ArticleWhy would someone want Multiple Public IPs (not static)
At my home my ISP provides me with a public IP (obviously). My ISP also sells an option of purchasing an addittional 4 public IPs (NOT STATIC) for additional $10/mo. I wanted to throw a general...
View Articleadvice on virtualizing student server
Hey All, I want to virtualize my student file server, but need some advice. Currently, the system is a hardware win2k3 server attached to a FC SAN with a 2TB SAN volume that holds all our student...
View ArticleVirtualizing Non-IT Systems in an IT ESX Environment
Hi Folks, We have an established ESX 3.5 environment that is home solely to systems that are a part of our college's IT infrastructure. To be clear, these systems are managed entirely by me and...
View Articlepegasus - IpmiIfcSdrGetAll: invalid version. version = 0x1
Version: VMware ESX Server 3.5.0 build-153875 After installing ESX3.5, I notices that I am getting a lot of these messages: IpmiIfcSdrGetAll: invalid version. version = 0x1 I found the post below....
View Articlevmware sales professional certification
i would like to do VSP - vmware sales professional certification () how&where to start and do it? pl help. thanks n advance.
View ArticlePossible to download just the VMware Infrastrure Client for free?
I'm a student, and our university has a vmware server running that we can connect to using what I think is called the "VMware Infrastrure Client" from our school's computer lab, and I was told we can...
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