HIGHLY SUGGESTED VMWARE HA READING

VMware HA is a little complicated in some aspects. These are three links that really help clarify some best practice to follow and suggestion. The 2nd and 3rd links have the best explanation I have seen for what values to use with setting of "Percentage of Cluster Resources" that I imagine most are

using in the real world.

Also remember there is a new book available that I would also highly suggest.

http://www.yellow-bricks.com/vmware-high-availability-deepdiv/#HA-admission-avoidingslotsizeissues

http://blog.arentcs.com/ha-admission-control-policy-based-on-percentage/

http://frankdenneman.nl/2011/01/setting-correct-percentage-of-cluster-resources-reserved/

NEW POWERSHELL BOOK

ONE of the MUST Learn talents in managing your virtual infrastructures has to be getting good with Powershell. The last several years at VMworld the Powershell sessions have been filled to the max. Well now is your chance to get a new book by some of the best VMware Powershell experts out there. 

Learn more and buy the book here: http://www.virtu-al.net/2011/03/06/powercli-book-preview/

Book example downloads: http://alturl.com/aw8ci

Start here for some help: http://www.powerclibook.com/powercli-book-download-scripts-functions-and-modules/

intro to Powershell modules: http://www.simple-talk.com/sysadmin/powershell/an-introduction-to-powershell-modules/

WOW WHAT A BUSY YEAR

Virtualization is HOT and I have not had much time for blogging this year! We are working on a Vmware View 4.6 implementation and tons of projects, plus the normal architectural challenges of moving forward.

Anyway...I will try to share a few goodies with you quickly....

CONSOLE MIRRORING A PCoIP SESSION

Fully credit for this discovery goes to http://www.thatsmyview.net and Vincent Wu Vicent's Blog.

But this is a very worthy find. You can find the full details at the links provided and download the

reg entry from here.