The Virtualization Room

November 2009

Red Hat virtualization: No Windows Server 2008, RHEL management
Colin Steele - Editorial Director 04 Nov 2009

The new Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization for Servers platform made its debut yesterday, with Red Hat touting it as a "standalone, lightweight, high-performance hypervisor" that "provides a solid ...

VMware: Hyper-V turns Windows into DOS
Colin Steele - Editorial Director 02 Nov 2009

The trash talk in the Microsoft vs. VMware feud once reached Reggie Miller vs. Spike Lee heights. The two companies rarely passed up the opportunity to disparage, make fun of or even spread lies ...

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Understand VMware virtual machine files

Effectively navigate each of the VMware VM file types, such as the flat.vmdk file and the VSWP file, to simplify VM management ...

Sizing and scaling VMware datastores 101

When deploying vSphere, you must know how to size and scale your datastores for optimal VM efficiency. Discover what options you ...

What to do when you can't deploy an OVF template

Invalid certificates can keep OVF-based VM deployments from working properly. Luckily, admins can work around this issue by ...

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Hone your PowerShell text manipulation skills

Retrieving content from and modifying content in text files with PowerShell are skills many administrators need to cultivate to ...

Understanding the three main goals of PowerShell Core 6

The book 'Learn PowerShell Core 6.0' offers a closer look into the history of PowerShell and its evolution into the PowerShell ...

March Patch Tuesday shuts down two zero-day exploits

In addition to the March Patch Tuesday updates, Microsoft's attempts at improving performance following Spectre variant 2 patches...

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Oracle layoffs underpin its IaaS ambitions

Oracle plans further investments in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, but to do so it has cut jobs and made plans to hire fresh talent...

Manage public cloud storage for optimal performance, costs

Storage is one of the most commonly used resources on public clouds, which means admins should be well-versed in performance and ...

Google Cloud taps into VMware vRealize for hybrid deployments

Google Cloud is now tied into VMware vRealize through a plug-in that enables users to manage on-premises VMware workloads ...

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DaaS providers faced with new delivery option

Microsoft's Windows Virtual Desktop ups the ante on DaaS with multisession Windows 10 desktops. Increased competition could ...

Benefits of multi-user Windows 10 in Windows Virtual Desktop

Windows Virtual Desktop could be a game-changer in the DaaS market with the introduction of multi-user Windows 10. Understand the...

Windows Virtual Desktop enters public preview

The highly anticipated release of Windows Virtual Desktop will provide a cloud-based desktop and app virtualization service, ...

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Pick the right colocation site for your organization

Colocation is more than signing a contract and installing hardware. Evaluate redundancy, rack space real estate and distance to ...

Can IT admins benefit from a DevOps environment?

Admins might wonder if they need to pay attention to DevOps, but collaboration with developers helps minimize bad code and ...

4 PowerShell modules every IT pro should know

Find out how to use four of the most popular PowerShell community modules in the PowerShell Gallery to help better manage your ...