Posts tagged "vmware-2"

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HP Smart Array Controller can cause an ESXi PSOD - patch now available

Jul 7, 2014

Time to check your HP Smart Array Controller driver versions. HP has issued an ( for ESXi 5.x with a number of Smart Array Controllers that can cause an out of memory condition which could lead to a PSOD if you are running the _hpsa_ driver version 5.x.0.58-1. VMware also has a ( You can now avoid this without having to downgrade the driver but upgrade to the 5.x.0.60-1 version so that's HP Sma...

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HP's new management appliance OneView updated to 1.1

Jul 4, 2014

HP has updated its new all singing all dancing management appliance, ( This is now available for download after being announced at ( last month. HP OneView will be the ultimate replacement for HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM), HP Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager (VCEM), HP Insight Control and HP Intelligent Provisioning. It is delivered as a virtual appliance running on a hypervisor. HP is...

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HP Discover US 2014. The Day 3 Buzz & Wrap Up

Jun 13, 2014

Today was the final day of HP Discover. There was meant to be a blogger Coffee Talk this morning from HP Software but I was the only one to attend. The HP Software division isn't in my normal area of interest so was an opportunity to find out what its all about. Instead of having a group blogger chat, I spent an interesting hour with ( VP of Strategic Marketing and Chief Evangelist who is a passi...

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What VMware's EOL of vCenter Server Heartbeat means for availability?

Jun 6, 2014

In the ( VMware suggests first of all making your vCenter a VM to be able to take advantage of HA to provide high availability. If you cannot for some reason (and you really need to ask yourself why) run vCenter as a VM and it is/needs to be physical then the only solution is to use a backup solution to be able to restore vCenter if it fails. I wrote a post way back in November 2010, ( Based on...

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WARNING: HP G2-G6 server nics killed by firmware update in HP SPP 2014.02

Apr 25, 2014

HP has released an updated ( "HP releases new Service Pack for ProLiant to fix Heartbleed bugs and Broadcom nic deaths") which fixes the issue. HP has released a very serious ( saying that some Broadcom Nics which are used in G2-G6 servers and blades could be killed by a firmware update component in their HP Service Pack for Proliant 2014.02. Using HPSUM, HP SPP or Smart Components for VMware to...

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VMware announces Horizon View 6 taking on Citrix XenApp with RDS Hosted Apps

Apr 9, 2014

VMware has announced the latest version of their End User Computing product Horizon View. There have been 5 major changes to Horizon View: RDS Hosted apps will allow Horizon View clients to access applications and full desktops running on Windows Remote Desktop Services Hosts. This is big news as it gives VMware a competing product to Citrix XenApp. For people who know about VDI, what is the di...

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HP updates its customised images for VMware ESXi 5.5/5.1

Oct 25, 2013

HP has updated its ESXi customised images to reflect the recent release of ESXi 5.5 as well as its ( HP's customised images are fully integrated sets of specific drivers and software that are tested to work together. You can see the list of ( I have done an extensive update of my ( post which includes these new customised images. HP Custom Image for VMware ESXi 5.5.0 GA - September 2013: HP Cus...

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Join me in a Google Hangout with VMware's Joe Baguley and futurologist Paul Saffo discussing technology past, present and future

Sep 25, 2013

Joe is VMware's EMEA CTO and a great speaker who took part in the ( ( is a Silicon Valley based futurologist (isn't that a great title!) who forecasts long term change in IT. Paul moderated a ( talking about the future of IT. Joe and Paul will be fielding questions from a number of bloggers including myself: With VMware recently turning 15 and with their US and EU VMworld 2013 conferences title...

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VMworld US 2013: The Day 4 Buzz

Aug 29, 2013

VMworld’s final day started a little later than the previous days to give everyone a little lie in after last night’s VMworld party at ATandT Park which was brilliant. Today's General Session isn't the usual VMware announcement session but named Makers and Shakers featuring three innovators unlocking new ways to create and build. Jay Silver was up first. Jay is a crazy innovator who is founder an...

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VMworld US 2013: The Day 3 Buzz

Aug 28, 2013

VMworld continues into day 3 with a noticeable slowing down of the average attendee walking pace after the festivities of the nights before! There was no keynote today with sessions starting at 8am. I attended VMware Horizon Suite, Innovations for Storage Scalability, Performance and Data Protection by ( and ( from NetApp. Christopher started by saying he doesn't like load generation tools as t...

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