Killing a stuck VM on vSphere Host:

Nice discussion on how to do this now in vSphere.

http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/virtualization-pro/killing-a-frozen-vm-on-a-vsphere-esx-host/

EMC Virtual Center Plugins you Need:

http://www.mikedipetrillo.com/mikedvirtualization/2009/04/3-emc-plugins-for-vmware-vcenter.html

Free vSphere Upgrade Training Video:

http://www.mikedipetrillo.com/mikedvirtualization/2009/04/time-to-upgrade.html

VMworld 2009 Sponsors/Exhibitors:

http://www.vmworld.com/community/conferences/2009/sponsors-exhibitors

VMworld 2009 Content Catalog Open for Viewing:

http://www.vmworld.com/blogs/vmworld/2009/06/26/vmworld-2009-content-catalog

PreOrder Windows 7 for $99 June 26, 2009!!!:

Special pricing for a limited time: Read more:
Buy Windows 7 Professional for $99 tomorrow !!!

Be sure to read the fine print at http://www.microsoft.com/windows/buy/offers/pre-order.aspx. As you can see from that page, “The offer begins on June 26, 2009 and will continue while supplies last, or until July 11, 2009, whichever comes first.”

ESX 4 Web Access Disabled by default:

Check out this link...very helpful it you use that feature.

http://www.yellow-bricks.com/2009/06/15/esx-4-0-web-access/

Very Helpful Storage Discussion:

http://virtualgeek.typepad.com/virtual_geek/2009/06/vmware-io-queues-micro-bursting-and-multipathing.html

If little too deep..just skip to the bottom for the TAKEAWAYS section.

Starwind's Free new V2V Conversion tool:

Starwind, the company with the free ISCSI Windows solution for VMware, Microsoft, and Citrix environments, has also just released a new conversion tool.

The tool allows VHD to VMDK and vise versa conversions, as well as direct conversion to the IMG ISCSI format.