Feb 04

VMware Communities: vSphere 4.1 Security Hardening Guide (draft)

Deploying vSphere 4.1?  Concerned about security and unsure where to look?

VMware Communities: vSphere 4.1 Security Hardening Guide (draft).

Feb 04

Patch Tuesday heads-up: Critical flaws in Windows

Its patch time for you Microsoft boys & girls…

Patch Tuesday heads-up: Critical flaws in Windows, Internet Explorer | ZDNet.

Feb 03

VMware Communities: Exchange 2010 on VMware – Best Practices Guide

Thinking of implementing Exchange 2010? On Vmware? Read this!

VMware Communities: Exchange 2010 on VMware – Best Practices Guide.

Feb 03

VMware Backup, ESX / ESXi vSphere backup & replication, VM Restore -Veeam Backup & Replication v5

Having issues completing file level restores of your VMware guest servers?  Long restore & backup times?  Limited space for backup to disk process?  Maybe, just maybe, Veeam Backup & Replication V5 can help…

VMware Backup, ESX / ESXi vSphere backup & replication, VM Restore -Veeam Backup & Replication v5.

Nice use of de-duplication to save on space, file level restores without the need to restore the entire VM, run the VM from the actual backup!

Feb 03

Converged Infrastructure – the HP way

Is this the new Public/Private cloud offering everyone is waiting for?

http://www8.hp.com/us/en/solutions/solutions-detail.html?compURI=tcm:245-785656&contentView=business

Actually, its a very good system for automating deployments of private & public cloud services, all based on industry standard hardware & software.  A good analysis:

http://www.it-analysis.com/technology/infrastructure/content.php?cid=12553