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Management

Posted Fri, 19/02/2010 - 13:46 by xtravirt
Management

40 Articles

Beginners Guide to Managing VMware using PowerShell

This document is a beginner’s guide to configuring and using PowerShell to perform administration tasks within a VMware Infrastructure. This assumes little or no experience with PowerShell and will go through the steps of downloading, configuring and using it to perform simple tasks.

Cisco Unified Computing System Overview

This paper provides insight into both UCS (Unified Computing System) and Cisco's Data Centre 3.0 strategy.

VDI with Hyper-V, Microsoft SCVMM and Quest vWorkspace

This white paper discusses the integration between the Quest vWorkspace product (previously Provision Networks), Microsoft System Center Virtual Machines Manager (SCVMM) and Microsoft Hyper-V.

Microsoft Volume Licensing in Virtualized Environments

This white paper aims to provide information to aid in understanding Microsoft server licensing requirements in virtualized environments for volume license customers.

Catbird V-Security: V-Agent Installation Guide

This white paper provides information on key areas relating to IT security including the security risks in a virtual environment, the use of Catbird V-Security to address those risks and also provides the installation process of the V-Agent component of Catbird V-Security.

HP Rapid Deployment Pack Install Guide

This Xtravirt white paper aims to provide the reader with relevant information on how to perform a clean installation of the HP Rapid Deployment Pack (RDP) with screenshots of the installation process and various aspects that should be noted to allow for a successful installation. It does not cover configuration of RDP for automated server deployment.

Storage Oversubscription Technologies

This Xtravirt white paper explores the Storage Oversubscription landscape which includes Linked Clones, Thin Provisioning and Deduplication with some of the benefits and disadvantages related to Storage Oversubscription.

Upgrading VMware vCenter from 2.5 U3 to 2.5 U4

This Xtravirt white paper provides key information relating to the process of upgrading VirtualVenter 2.5 to Update 4, and aims at providing guidance throughout the process.

USB Device Mapping to VM in ESX4 Does Not Work As Stated

With the release of ESX4, VMware documented the inclusion of a USB Host Controller device could be installed in to hosted Virtual Machine, however, when you connect a device you can not map it to a hosted Virtual Machine.

Overview of Physical to Virtual (P2V) Considerations

This Xtravirt white paper provides some pre and post considerations of P2V (Physical to Virtual) and an overview of some of the products available to accomplish P2V tasks.

Spotlight:

Posted Fri, 11/09/2009 - 16:40 by xtravirt

Microsoft Volume Licensing in Virtualized Environments

If you are a Microsoft volume licensing customer then this paper is a 'must have'

Tape Backup Integration with VMware Data Recovery (VDR)

Move VDR backup data to tape the easy way with Powershell

Beginners Guide to Managing VMware using PowerShell

Release the power...go forth and manage VMware using Microsoft's PowerShell

Technology Exchange:

Posted Fri, 11/09/2009 - 16:42 by xtravirt

Paul Davey, Xtravirt CTO - Blog

virtualboy - Matt McSpirit on Windows Server & Virtualisation

Simon Long - The Slog

ICT-Freak – VMware, Windows, Citrix, Linux, Scripting...

Virtu-Al – Virtually everything is poshable

Download the FREE SolarWinds VM Monitor for Instant Visibility into VMware!

Add3 – Technology Driven Consultancy

Dan Eason is Virtually Insane

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