Don't believe everything you read.
As you know from reading previous posts, I am currently checking out System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) 2008. Of course, my test environment also has VMware VirtualCenter Server and a couple of ESX hosts.
I turned on PRO Tips for my ESX cluster and it looks like there is something my PRO doesn’t know: Read the rest of this entry »
Duncan at Yellow Bricks has a handy post on cleaning up your VI Client cached server address list.
There is a related issue with cached self-signed SSL certificate thumbprints. When you first connect to a VirtualCenter Server or ESX host, you see a dialog box:
I recently had the opportunity to attend a two-day Microsoft training class on Hyper-V and SCVMM 2008. This was a typical Microsoft course with hands-on labs and was billed as a Technical Deep-Dive - whatever that means.
I was particularly interested in PRO Tips, which is consistently mentioned as a key benefit of SCVMM. It is supposed to compete with VMware DRS, except that PRO relies on System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) while DRS is simply an easy-to-use feature of VirtualCenter. Read the rest of this entry »
Gartner recently published a report with some interesting details on System Center Operations Manager (SCOM). One of the three key findings:
Operations Manager 2007’s value diminishes when managing non-Microsoft IT elements, whether management is provided by Microsoft or a third party.
Sort of reminds me of the value of SCVMM-VirtualCenter integration, but that’s another topic. Read the rest of this entry »
Licensing in a virtual environment can be confusing. Here is a nice summary of how Windows Server is licensed and explains the differences between Standard, Enterprise, and Datacenter editions.
One thing I really appreciate about this article is that even though it was written by a Microsoft employee, it specifically acknowledges that the licensing model is true for all virtualization platforms. There are some folks out there that misrepresent this.
Reminds me of this clever video from DanteDog: Read the rest of this entry »