http://communities.vmware.com/blogs/gabrielmaciel VMware and Microsoft Virtualization - Open Source Technologies - IT Management and Security Mon, 22 Dec 2008 14:39:19 GMT Clearspace 1.10.12 (http://jivesoftware.com/products/clearspace/) 2008-12-22T14:39:19Z http://communities.vmware.com/blogs/gabrielmaciel/2008/12/22/free-edition-of-veeam-monitor-30 "The Veeam Monitor Free Edition is an easy-to-use VMware monitoring solution designed to meet the day-to-day needs of VMware administrators who need real-time performance monitoring and alerting. Built from the ground up specifically for the virtual vi vi3 vi4 virtual virtualization it management security technologies tools 3i esx esxi infrastructure Mon, 22 Dec 2008 14:40:54 GMT Gabriel Maciel Ottawa http://communities.vmware.com/blogs/gabrielmaciel/2008/12/22/free-edition-of-veeam-monitor-30 2008-12-22T14:40:54Z 11 months, 1 week ago http://communities.vmware.com/blogs/gabrielmaciel/comment/free-edition-of-veeam-monitor-30 http://communities.vmware.com/blogs/gabrielmaciel/feeds/comments?blogPostID=2377 http://communities.vmware.com/blogs/gabrielmaciel/2008/12/17/5-free-tools-from-solarwinds VM Monitor center esx esxi infrastructure it microsoft security server technologies tools vi vi3 vi4 virtual virtualization vmware Wed, 17 Dec 2008 18:49:53 GMT Gabriel Maciel Ottawa http://communities.vmware.com/blogs/gabrielmaciel/2008/12/17/5-free-tools-from-solarwinds 2008-12-17T18:49:53Z 11 months, 1 week ago http://communities.vmware.com/blogs/gabrielmaciel/comment/5-free-tools-from-solarwinds http://communities.vmware.com/blogs/gabrielmaciel/feeds/comments?blogPostID=2365 http://communities.vmware.com/blogs/gabrielmaciel/2008/08/12/esx-3-i-u2-product-license-issue This problem applies to all ESX 3.5 U2 hosts but should not affect you running VMs . Suggested Workarounds: 3i center esx esxi infrastructure it security server vmware virtualization Tue, 12 Aug 2008 15:20:00 GMT Gabriel Maciel Ottawa http://communities.vmware.com/blogs/gabrielmaciel/2008/08/12/esx-3-i-u2-product-license-issue 2008-08-12T15:20:00Z 1 year, 3 months ago http://communities.vmware.com/blogs/gabrielmaciel/comment/esx-3-i-u2-product-license-issue http://communities.vmware.com/blogs/gabrielmaciel/feeds/comments?blogPostID=2041 http://communities.vmware.com/blogs/gabrielmaciel/2008/07/21/tripwire-configcheck-now-assesses-vmware-esx-30 Kim Blomgren from Tripwire kindly sent me an e-mail with information about the updated version of Tripwire ConfigCheck. Last moth I wrote a post about this free tool / utility and now it is very nice to see how in such short period of time Tripwire esx infrastructure virtual virtualization vmware security Mon, 21 Jul 2008 22:48:00 GMT Gabriel Maciel Ottawa http://communities.vmware.com/blogs/gabrielmaciel/2008/07/21/tripwire-configcheck-now-assesses-vmware-esx-30 2008-07-21T22:48:00Z 1 year, 4 months ago http://communities.vmware.com/blogs/gabrielmaciel/comment/tripwire-configcheck-now-assesses-vmware-esx-30 http://communities.vmware.com/blogs/gabrielmaciel/feeds/comments?blogPostID=1960 http://communities.vmware.com/blogs/gabrielmaciel/2008/07/17/esx-installation-best-practices This is an interesting post Leo Raikhman wrote about the ESX / VC installation best practices: I get asked this all the time: what is best practice installation procedure? I don’t know that there is such a thing - every environment is 3i infrastructure it security reference server storage technologies vi vi3 virtual virtualization vmware Thu, 17 Jul 2008 10:00:00 GMT Gabriel Maciel Ottawa http://communities.vmware.com/blogs/gabrielmaciel/2008/07/17/esx-installation-best-practices 2008-07-17T10:00:00Z 1 year, 4 months ago http://communities.vmware.com/blogs/gabrielmaciel/comment/esx-installation-best-practices http://communities.vmware.com/blogs/gabrielmaciel/feeds/comments?blogPostID=1939 http://communities.vmware.com/blogs/gabrielmaciel/2008/07/15/vmware-dmz-virtualization-with-vi3 "As virtualization of network DMZs becomes more common, demand is increasing for information to help network security professionals understand and mitigate the risks associated with this practice. This paper provides detailed descriptions of three infrastructure it security server technologies vi vi3 virtual virtualization Tue, 15 Jul 2008 10:34:00 GMT Gabriel Maciel Ottawa http://communities.vmware.com/blogs/gabrielmaciel/2008/07/15/vmware-dmz-virtualization-with-vi3 2008-07-15T10:34:00Z 1 year, 4 months ago http://communities.vmware.com/blogs/gabrielmaciel/comment/vmware-dmz-virtualization-with-vi3 http://communities.vmware.com/blogs/gabrielmaciel/feeds/comments?blogPostID=1938 http://communities.vmware.com/blogs/gabrielmaciel/2008/07/13/the-best-of-the-week-17 Here you have the best links and articles for the past week: best_of_the_week esx infrastructure it management microsoft security technologies vi vi3 virtual virtualization Mon, 14 Jul 2008 00:31:00 GMT Gabriel Maciel Ottawa http://communities.vmware.com/blogs/gabrielmaciel/2008/07/13/the-best-of-the-week-17 2008-07-14T00:31:00Z 1 year, 4 months ago http://communities.vmware.com/blogs/gabrielmaciel/comment/the-best-of-the-week-17 http://communities.vmware.com/blogs/gabrielmaciel/feeds/comments?blogPostID=1937 http://communities.vmware.com/blogs/gabrielmaciel/2008/07/06/the-best-of-the-week-16 And the winners for this week are: best_of_the_week esx infrastructure it management microsoft security server technologies virtual vi virtualization vmware hyper-v Sun, 06 Jul 2008 15:08:00 GMT Gabriel Maciel Ottawa http://communities.vmware.com/blogs/gabrielmaciel/2008/07/06/the-best-of-the-week-16 2008-07-06T15:08:00Z 1 year, 4 months ago http://communities.vmware.com/blogs/gabrielmaciel/comment/the-best-of-the-week-16 http://communities.vmware.com/blogs/gabrielmaciel/feeds/comments?blogPostID=1907 http://communities.vmware.com/blogs/gabrielmaciel/2008/06/18/more-vmware-tools-and-utilities Back in February I wrote a post about the VMware Tools and Utilities I use to administer our VMware environment. Now, via vmware-land.com we get the following list: center esx infrastructure security server storage technologies vi vi3 virtual virtualization vmware Wed, 18 Jun 2008 11:15:00 GMT Gabriel Maciel Ottawa http://communities.vmware.com/blogs/gabrielmaciel/2008/06/18/more-vmware-tools-and-utilities 2008-06-18T11:15:00Z 1 year, 5 months ago http://communities.vmware.com/blogs/gabrielmaciel/comment/more-vmware-tools-and-utilities http://communities.vmware.com/blogs/gabrielmaciel/feeds/comments?blogPostID=1869 http://communities.vmware.com/blogs/gabrielmaciel/2008/06/07/tripwire-configcheck Virtualization + Security were the news headlines this past week. More specifically, Tripwire announced ConfigCheck as a free utility capable of providing recommendations for hardening your VMware environment. Here is the official announcement: esx infrastructure it tools security virtualization vmware Sun, 08 Jun 2008 02:12:00 GMT Gabriel Maciel Ottawa http://communities.vmware.com/blogs/gabrielmaciel/2008/06/07/tripwire-configcheck 2008-06-08T02:12:00Z 1 year, 5 months ago http://communities.vmware.com/blogs/gabrielmaciel/comment/tripwire-configcheck http://communities.vmware.com/blogs/gabrielmaciel/feeds/comments?blogPostID=1830 http://communities.vmware.com/blogs/gabrielmaciel/2008/03/24/new-vmware-patch-and-update-releases-page There is a new web interface for the Patch and Update Releases for VMware that simplifies the selection and download of the patches. So far, it applies to the following products: ESX Server 2.0.2 to 3.5, ESX Server 3i and Virtual Center. virtualization vmware infrastructure security workstation esx 3i virtual center Mon, 24 Mar 2008 17:59:00 GMT Gabriel Maciel Ottawa http://communities.vmware.com/blogs/gabrielmaciel/2008/03/24/new-vmware-patch-and-update-releases-page 2008-03-24T17:59:00Z 1 year, 8 months ago http://communities.vmware.com/blogs/gabrielmaciel/comment/new-vmware-patch-and-update-releases-page http://communities.vmware.com/blogs/gabrielmaciel/feeds/comments?blogPostID=1605 http://communities.vmware.com/blogs/gabrielmaciel/2008/03/12/do-you-want-to-manage-all-your-remote-connections-from-a-single-place I have been using mRemote for two months now and I mainly like it because: esx server security virtual center virtualization vmware Wed, 12 Mar 2008 23:27:00 GMT Gabriel Maciel Ottawa http://communities.vmware.com/blogs/gabrielmaciel/2008/03/12/do-you-want-to-manage-all-your-remote-connections-from-a-single-place 2008-03-12T23:27:00Z 1 year, 8 months ago http://communities.vmware.com/blogs/gabrielmaciel/comment/do-you-want-to-manage-all-your-remote-connections-from-a-single-place http://communities.vmware.com/blogs/gabrielmaciel/feeds/comments?blogPostID=1571 http://communities.vmware.com/blogs/gabrielmaciel/2008/03/06/veeam-backup-virtual-center-25-vm-performance-esxautopatch Here you have some of the links I came across recently and wanted to share in the Blog: esx server security virtual center virtualization vmware Thu, 06 Mar 2008 14:00:00 GMT Gabriel Maciel Ottawa http://communities.vmware.com/blogs/gabrielmaciel/2008/03/06/veeam-backup-virtual-center-25-vm-performance-esxautopatch 2008-03-06T14:00:00Z 1 year, 8 months ago 4 http://communities.vmware.com/blogs/gabrielmaciel/comment/veeam-backup-virtual-center-25-vm-performance-esxautopatch http://communities.vmware.com/blogs/gabrielmaciel/feeds/comments?blogPostID=1563 http://communities.vmware.com/blogs/gabrielmaciel/2008/03/03/vmware-email-patch-notifications VMware is now offering email patch notifications for all of its products. It seems that the service has been running since last December but the VMTN Blog just mentioned this a couple of weeks ago. esx server security virtual center virtualization vmware Mon, 03 Mar 2008 14:00:00 GMT Gabriel Maciel Ottawa http://communities.vmware.com/blogs/gabrielmaciel/2008/03/03/vmware-email-patch-notifications 2008-03-03T14:00:00Z 1 year, 8 months ago http://communities.vmware.com/blogs/gabrielmaciel/comment/vmware-email-patch-notifications http://communities.vmware.com/blogs/gabrielmaciel/feeds/comments?blogPostID=1562 http://communities.vmware.com/blogs/gabrielmaciel/2008/02/27/keeping-your-vmotion-traffic-secure Here are some best practices published by the VMware Security Blog for keeping your VMotion traffic secure: esx server security virtual center virtualization vmware Wed, 27 Feb 2008 16:10:00 GMT Gabriel Maciel Ottawa http://communities.vmware.com/blogs/gabrielmaciel/2008/02/27/keeping-your-vmotion-traffic-secure 2008-02-27T16:10:00Z 1 year, 8 months ago http://communities.vmware.com/blogs/gabrielmaciel/comment/keeping-your-vmotion-traffic-secure http://communities.vmware.com/blogs/gabrielmaciel/feeds/comments?blogPostID=1560