Posts tagged "vdi"

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I've been served on vSoup!

Jan 25, 2011

I was honoured to be invited as the first guest on ( joining ( (( Ed Czerwin (( and ( (( talking about virtualisation We spoke about managing virtual desktops, VDI, HP Flex-10 switches and firmware issues, storage and plently of other things! You can download the podcast from ( or even better subscribe through (

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How slim is your OS build? VDI's biggest loser!

Dec 1, 2010

Going virtual is all about sharing resources. You are no longer constrained by one server or workstation running on one physical piece of hardware. The benefit is less physical kit to look after and better utilisation of resources but the detriment is when you share, you need to share nicely. In a shared environment one VM can be greedy and take more than its fair share and your other VMs suffe...

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Logged on users with Powershell

Aug 20, 2010

Hugo Peeters has a great function for using WMI to get Logged on Users: ( This can be easily used in PowerCLI. This can be very useful when you need to do some VM maintenance in a VDI environment and need to find out who is currently logged on and know which VMs are not in use and can be worked on.

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Exporting all that useful VM information with PowerCLI

Aug 16, 2010

There are many occasions when you may need to produce a report showing some aspect of your VM environment. Many companies have various types of inventory databases which grab information from various sources to provide tracking and reporting of the various IT assets. An example of a database could be one which pulls information from the software inventory system, patch management system, anti-v...

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