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Hyper-V removed from OpenStack

Erik Scholten — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:25:56 +0000

The new version of OpenStack, which will be released in Q2 of 2012, does not support Microsoft Hyper-V anymore. The developers have had enough with the buggy code. One of the developers of OpenStack has written a patch with which the Hyper-V code and support will be removed from the cloud platform. The patch has [...]

by Erik Scholten

Veeam Backup & Replication v6 released

Sander Martijn — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 06:20:24 +0000

This week Veeam released their latest version of their Backup & Replication software “Veeam Backup & Replication v6“. With their latest release they offer enhanced scalability and performance. They also add support for Microsoft Hyper-V so you can protect your multi-hypervisor environment with only one product, from a single console. New features in version 6 [...]

by Sander Martijn

Updated Enterprise hypervisor comparison

Erik Scholten — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 21:03:49 +0000

During the last few years we published several Enterprise Hypervisor comparisons and we got very positive comments and feedback on it. With the release of vSphere 5, XenServer 6 and a service pack for Hyper-V it was time for an update. It very interesting to see how some of the products have improved over the [...]

by Erik Scholten

How to license Microsoft Windows 7 for VMware View deployments

Edwin Weijdema — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 10:23:00 +0000

I often get questions about how to license Microsoft Windows 7 in a VMware View VDI deployment, I will try to elaborate what is needed in general and for specific scenarios. By understanding how they apply to common VMware View scenarios you can calculate and try to get the most out of existing and new [...]

by Edwin Weijdema

Updated VMware support policy on MSCS

Erik Scholten — Wed, 18 May 2011 05:04:29 +0000

August 2010 I wrote an article on support for Exchange CCR clustering on VMware with iSCSI. VMware’s response then was very simple and straight forward. Exchange CCR clustering on VMware is not supported on iSCSI! When asked if VMware had plans to change this support issue in the future the response was promising. “The Exchange [...]

by Erik Scholten

VMware is still the best!

Alex Muetstege — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 10:38:53 +0000

Of course we all knew that already Paul Venezia posted an in depth article on Infoworld where he compares the four main server virtualization software competitors on a selection of criteria. Now, you can nit-pick on the measurements he made or the criteria he has chosen, but in general I think it’s a solid test [...]

by Alex Muetstege

Review: Exchange Server 2010 training by TrainSignal

Alex Muetstege — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 11:57:49 +0000

Some time ago.. actually, a long time ago, we here at VMGuru.nl received a sample of a training DVD from TrainSignal. I promised to write a review on it, but I honestly didn’t come around to it due to all sorts of personal stuff. But the DVD box made it safely through the move from [...]

by Alex Muetstege

Windows 7 unable to connect to View Connection Server

Erik Scholten — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 06:22:13 +0000

After installing the patches described in Microsoft Knowledge Base articles 2482017 or 2467023 Windows 7 clients are unable to connect from the View Client to the View Connection Server. According to a VMware Knowledge Base article there is a conflict with two security bulletins issued for Windows 7, causing disruptions for VMware’s View Client and [...]

by Erik Scholten

Comparing RemoteFX to RDP, ICA/HDX, EOP and PCoIP

Anne Jan Elsinga — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 11:07:59 +0000

One of my coworkers pointed me to a video from this years Tech-Ed Europe about VDI protocols. Bernhard Tritsch did an interesting comparison between the different remote protocols used in today’s VDI solutions. In a 60 minute session Bernhard explains the differences between location (host vs client), type (hardware vs software) rendering and compression types (lossless vs [...]

by Anne Jan Elsinga

VMworld 2010 – The New Zimbra

Alex Muetstege — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 08:36:00 +0000

I’ve written about Zimbra before. Actually, we here at vmguru.nl use Zimbra for all our email and collaboration. So, today we were invited to join the Zimbra Breakfast Meeting at the Scandic Hotel in Copenhagen. Zimbra, for the ones who don’t know what it does, is a collaboration suite. It’s the open source exchange alternative. [...]

by Alex Muetstege