2012 – The start of the new beginning
Has another year passed without an update from me?
This blog had so much promise and then the professional life took a 90 degree turn meaning Virtualisation took a back seat.
But not anymore – 2012 is a new Year and with a new year comes some new vResolutions!
1) It’s time to get a new job – one that focuses on Virtualisation exclusively if possible. Its going to be challenging to catch up – but that’s what weekends and spare time is for!
2) Goal 1 allows Goal 2 to succeed – blog more about VMware and the Virtualisation space. There is room for one more blogger who could make positive contribution.
3) Get VCP5 and VCAP certified. Nothing beats learning a product set than studying and playing with the tools.
Let’s go!
Still alive and kicking….
It’s been a trying year so far. Scheduled projects have fallen through and new projects have taken their place. VMware definitely has not really been on my todo list which is quite frustrating. That’s the price I guess one has to pay when one doesn’t focus on a specific subset of technolgies as a job.
However, our VMware infrastructure has been rock solid, I haven’t had to spend much time handholding the infrastructure. It just works and that includes undertaking major infrastructure changes like physically relocating half the SAN and infrastructure during office hours.
We are still on vSphere 4.0 update 1. Can’t wait to upgrade to vSphere 4.1 and see what that is all about.
Hopefully, when I get more time I will be able to post more articles.
Weird MLT (aka EtherChannel) issues with vSphere / ESX 3.5
An interesting issue crops up on vSphere Servers using Nortel MLTs when the switches are rebooted
VMView WhitePapers: Anti-Virus Deployment for VMWare View
Two white papers from VMware in the last month.
The first deals with AV deployment considerations for Virtual Desktops.
http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/VMware-View-AntiVirusDeployment-WP-en.pdf
The second whitepaper deals with View and ThinApp Integration. This is a biggie and requires lots of planning so that you can ensure that you implement ThinApp properly. I will write more on this soon.
vManifesto
vManifesto – Introducing the vUniverse Blog
Hello world!
Hello Real World! This is my first blog posting. I hope to share my knowledge on my experiences on Virtualization .. let’s hope I succeed 
