VMware Communities : Thread List - Philadelphia VMware User Group

Anyone using VMware Lifecycle Manager?

tguthrie — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:41:56 GMT

Would like to find someone who is using VMwareLifecycle Manager. We are currently using a combination of VMware ESX 3.5 and Lab Manager 3. We are evaluating the VMware Lifecycle Manager for the workflow provisioning features, specifically. Anyone have any experience with this product in a production environment?

Going ESX, 1 server....

xedgex — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 13:08:33 GMT

I'm planning on retiring some well overdue hardware in production by end of year but my allowed budget is very limited. I have used VMWare Server in the past with great results but I am totally new to ESX. My plan is to get an HP ML370 (Xeon 3.0 X 2 - 8 cores), 8GB RAM, 1TB SAS, I would like to run ESX on it and initially it would run about 5 virtual NT boxes. My question is, down the line when I get a go ahead for more hardware and add 2 more of these servers will I then be able to cluster for HA? or is that something that has to be setup right away?

Problem sync'ing Palm with VMware Server 2.0

RDuske1 — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 02:56:42 GMT

I have been running VMware Server 1.x for over a year now. I just upgraded to Server 2.0. Everything works great, except I can no long sync my palm pilot to my WIndows XP VM.

I am running Ubuntu 7.10 X86_64 with Kernel 2.6.22-16-generic. All latest updated have been applied. After doing some reading on the web, I discovered that there seem to be a number of issues surrounding the USB support in Server 2.0 under Linux. I have successfully attached and used a 4GB thumb drive, so I think I have most of the problems worked out. (Except even the thumb drive connected at USB 1.x speed even though it's a USB 2.0 drive & port) Unfortunately, I can't get my Palm Tungsten/E to sync.

When attempting to sync, the device is recognized by VMware, I use the menu to connect the device. I hear the tone that signifies the device was connected. Then nothing happens. After a minute or so (timeout period), I hear the device disconnect tone and the Palm icon on the VMware status bar goes away. The only error I am getting is an error on the Palm saying that the connection between the Palm and the VM could not be established. Obviously someting is wrong in the handshaking.

Relevant syslog data:

Dec 12 21:44:17 gonzo kernel: http:// 6732.655657 usb 1-4.4.4: new full speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 17
Dec 12 21:44:17 gonzo kernel: http:// 6732.764644 usb 1-4.4.4: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
Dec 12 21:44:17 gonzo NetworkManager: <debug> http://1229136257.749532 nm_hal_device_added(): New device added (hal udi is '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_830_60_PalmSN12345678').
Dec 12 21:44:17 gonzo NetworkManager: <debug> http://1229136257.784872 nm_hal_device_added(): New device added (hal udi is '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_830_60_PalmSN12345678_if0').
Dec 12 21:44:17 gonzo NetworkManager: <debug> http://1229136257.802635 nm_hal_device_added(): New device added (hal udi is '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_830_60_PalmSN12345678_usbraw').
Dec 12 21:44:27 gonzo kernel: http:// 6742.650322 usb 1-4.4.4: reset full speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 17
Dec 12 21:44:27 gonzo kernel: http:// 6742.889810 usb 1-4.4.4: reset full speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 17
Dec 12 21:46:28 gonzo kernel: http:// 6863.266080 usb 1-4.4.4: USB disconnect, address 17
Dec 12 21:46:28 gonzo NetworkManager: <debug> http://1229136388.520472 nm_hal_device_removed(): Device removed (hal udi is '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_830_60_PalmSN12345678_if0').
Dec 12 21:46:28 gonzo NetworkManager: <debug> http://1229136388.522687 nm_hal_device_removed(): Device removed (hal udi is '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_830_60_PalmSN12345678_usbraw').
Dec 12 21:46:28 gonzo NetworkManager: <debug> http://1229136388.524845 nm_hal_device_removed(): Device removed (hal udi is '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_830_60_PalmSN12345678').

Entries from the vmware.log:

Dec 12 21:44:17.739: vmx| VMXVmdbLoadUsbDevices: New set of 1 USB devices
Dec 12 21:44:17.739: vmx| USB: Found device [name:Palm\ Handheld vid:0830 pid:0060 path:1/3/3/3 speed:full family:vendor a
utoclean:1]
Dec 12 21:44:22.810: vmx| RemoteUSBVMX: Connected device 0x8000000008300060
Dec 12 21:44:22.811: vmx| VMXVmdbLoadUsbDevices: New set of 2 USB devices
Dec 12 21:44:22.811: vmx| USB: Found device [name:Palm\ Handheld vid:0830 pid:0060 path:1/3/3/3 speed:full family:vendor a
utoclean:1]
Dec 12 21:44:22.811: vmx| USB: Found device [name:Palm\ Handheld vid:0830 pid:0060 path:1/3/3/3 speed:full family:vendor d
eviceType:remote]
Dec 12 21:46:28.653: vmx| VMXVmdbLoadUsbDevices: New set of 1 USB devices
Dec 12 21:46:28.653: vmx| USB: Found device [name:Palm\ Handheld vid:0830 pid:0060 path:1/3/3/3 speed:full family:vendor d
eviceType:remote]
Dec 12 21:46:28.703: vmx| SOCKET 7 (301) recv error 0: Success
Dec 12 21:46:28.703: vmx| RemoteUSBVMX: Encountered socket error for device 0x8000000008300060
Dec 12 21:46:28.703: vmx| USB: Disconnecting device 0x8000000008300060
Dec 12 21:46:28.704: vmx| VMXVmdbLoadUsbDevices: New set of 0 USB devices

I have dropped and re-added the USB device from the VM. I have uninstalled the USB controller from Windows andallowed it to auto-detect and reinstall.

Any assistance would be appreciated. I'm not sure what to try next.

-- Rick Duske

VCB Creating Groups

sart — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 14:32:50 GMT

Does anyone have documentation on how to create groups for VCB?

Would like to attend next meeting

johnmc811 — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 01:06:46 GMT

When is the next Phila chapter's meeting

thanks

johnmc811

Is there a VM based solution to streamline ghosting & deghosting process for desktops or workstations?

PAVMUG — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 14:39:00 GMT

Hi All,

I am new to PAVMUG and seeking a solution to solve an interesting issue at hands. Any helpful advice or pointers from fellow forum members is greatly appreciated. Currently I am facing some challenges to manage an ever growing set of master ghost disks for various Windows based Operating Systems to hardware platform models. As our hardware vendor, Dell, phases out some hardware models that we use; we find ourselves continually having to make new master ghost disks for each model. We are using a combination of Symantec Ghost and Windows Sysprep to build master ghost disks on CD. Simultaneously we still need to support the older models out in the field at remote customer sites. Needless to say this predicament makes configuration management very tricky along with other things like staging.

In an ideal world I would like to have only one universal master ghost disks that apply to any hardware models that Dell throws at us but alas this is not to be at this present junction with my current knowledge. A few months ago I attended a PAVMUG meeting and heard about some of the magic that VMware based solution can offer. I heard about its ability to decouple the software from the hardware but it seems to be focus primarily at data center and Enterprise crowd with huge budget along with human capital to match.

What I am seeking for on the other hand is a less complex solution.

Any pointers or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Best regards,

Wayne

Thank you for attending the PAVMUG User Conference

jeanw — Sun, 31 May 2009 06:20:09 GMT

Thank you for attending the Philadelphia Area VMware User Conference on May 19. We hope you found the meeting to be helpful and informative.

We would appreciate you taking a moment to provide us your feedback. We will be using this feedback to improve the program.

Once the survey is completed you will be redirect to the presentations from the event.

Best Regards,

The VMUG Team

PAVMUG Technical User Conference (May 19th Radisson Conference Center)

mehul96 — Wed, 20 May 2009 00:22:55 GMT

My kudos to all those who organized and supported this all day event. It was simply amazing to see 900+ participants, lots of vendors with cool products and very informative breakout sessions. Great Job!!

Mehul Mehta
(VCP)

Comm Solutions Company Virtualization and Storage Opportuniies (Philadelphia Area)

Buckalew — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 18:59:28 GMT

How do I post a job?

I am looking for all-star seasoned virtualization and storage professionalls to join our ever growing practice. These are full-time, carrer type, opportunities. We are looking for experienced, certified, varsity players that are looking for a home and the respect of working in a professional setting. Applicants should live in PA, NJ, or DE. Please send your resumes to:

William F. Buckalew
Vice President, Operations
Comm Solutions Company
140 Quaker Lane
Malvern, PA 19355
610-889-7914 (direct)
610-482-9227 (eFax)
610-889-7900 (Tech Support)
wbuckalew@commsolutions.com

VMWare and Dell EqualLogic Implementation

gramakant — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 17:56:16 GMT

I am evaluating VMWare on a pilot basis with a standalone server. It is working well now and I intend to use VMWare with Dell Servers & Dell EqualLogic SAN. Has anyone implemented this kind of setup already? I want know your feed back. I really appreciate if i can talk to you over phone.

Thank you,

Ram

Job / Career Corner

BradyRP — Mon, 13 Feb 2006 17:32:54 GMT

Let's use this topic to list VMWare related jobs that might be available for PAVMUG members. Also, if you're a PAVMUG member looking for a job, you can post your contact information here (remember that your boss may belong to PAVMUG also).

Virtual event at Sandusky Ohio(Kalahari)?

vcr72 — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 20:37:56 GMT

Hello,

I am looking for information about event at Kalahari in Sandusky Ohio in Augusr 2009. If anyone has any information please repond.

Thanks,

Live demo request

zerogrep — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 13:48:44 GMT

I'm currently planning to migrate 100% of my servers to esx. Primarily for DR and scalability. I'm running into buy-in issues with two key stakeholders. I've got a dba that doesn't want database servers virtualized, and a boss who's highly skeptical about VMotion. Can anybody offer a walkthrough of such an environment? I'd love to be able to show them a working example of what I'm tryig to sell them.

Did they purchase the wrong hardware

Sgt VMWare — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 11:30:49 GMT

I walked into an organization that purchased a Dell 2900 PowerEdge Server setup with 2 250GB drives as a mirror and 8 400GB drives for storage. They just handed me a license for ESX enterprise server, OK I'm new at this virtualization game, but from what I learned in the installation and configuration class that setup isn't the best configuration for ESX enterprise server. They have informed me that replacing the system with a SANS unit is out of the question. What are my options? Load ESX server on the mirror RAID is the first thing I considering, how to configure the 400GB drives is my dilemma. What's best a RAID 5 configuration or run each drive separate? I'm looking for some discussion in that area.

new to this virtual game,

STeve

Anyone using VDI

dwilli — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 18:58:24 GMT

Is anyone using VDI that can offer some advice on the install? I want to try the demo and see how it goes.

p2v 10Mb nic to virtual, I need 1Gb nic- how to change?

rkaye2 — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 18:08:02 GMT

we just upgraded to vcent 2.5

used the "consolidation" icon to p2v an old box, which had a 10mb nic.

any subsequent nic additional gives me a 10 mb nic

i need a 1 Gb nic like other virtuals on our ESX 3.0.x host.

HOW DO I DO IT?

thanks in advance,

ron kaye

csc/uphs

Philly User Meetings

dwilli — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 19:18:54 GMT

Is their a sign up sheet to attend the user meetings?

my screen is frozen

jaybeecityguy — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 14:19:19 GMT

I am running microsoft xp, I can't open up fusion, the screen is black. This happened once before but I can't remember what was done to fix it. Any thoughts?

jaybeecityguy

IRQ issue

mibo_44 — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 14:55:37 GMT

HI, At the last User Group meeting the presenters from Siemens mentioned that there was MS patch for VMs to prevent a bluescreen because the HBA & NIC share the same IRQ. Does anyone know the KB number of the patch?

Virtualization Technology Conference 2008

Peter Berger — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 14:26:13 GMT

I am now signed up to receive alerts from the Eastern Technology Council about future events, but I was suprised that nothing was sent out/relayed from VMWare or WMWUG about the Virtualization Technology Conference event at Penn State Great Valley campus all day yesterday. (http://www.easterntechnologycouncil.org/events/details.aspx?eventid=31).

Creating backup jobs for VCB/TSM/TSM Integration Module

57dv — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 13:42:59 GMT

Hello all,

I'm in the process of rolling out VI3 in our Development Environment and need some help with creating jobs for VCB. I've reviewed the documentation provided in the Virtual Machine Backup Guide and TSM VCB Interoperability Module as well as Google Searches and still am not totally sure how to create the jobs for full virtual machine backups (vmfs). Can anyone point me to additional documentation or resources that will help to clarify the process? Thanks, Dennis

Do I need to install a MS OS on a new server before I can use VMWare to create virtual servers

tmansfield — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 19:50:19 GMT

We are expanding our IT Department and want to use virtual servers. I am getting mixed stories when it comes to Installing VMWARE. We have new servers and are replacing two servers with one. We are going to use VM ware infrastructure Foundation. My questions, does this new server have to have a Microsoft Operating system installed first or do I install VMware and then creat the two virtual servers with their own MS OS?

Update Manager

jamrodc — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 18:51:45 GMT

I am trying to schedule a remediation on our VM's, It does not complete, it fails out after trying to schedule the first server with the error "A specified parameter was not correct, Value". Does anyone know how to fix this?

Meeting Sponsorship

dconvery — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 19:35:42 GMT

Virtus Partners is interested in sponsoring some future PAVMUG meetings. Who is in charge of this?

Dave

PAVMUG September 28

QAD_OJS — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 12:32:58 GMT

Thanks to all the presenters and contributors for a fine user group meeting. This was my first and I found it very informative. I look forward to many more in the future. I would however like to offer a bit of critique. I understand the purpose of these meetings and the reasons why some things are the way they are, but I feel it would be more beneficial to the community as a whole to make it feel less like a sales pitch for a time share and more like a group of people gathering for a common goal. Can we allot more time towards sharing VMWare experiences, hurdles, and triumphs? I really would like to learn more about how other people are using and implementing VMWare and their subset of tools and although this is a user group, it's not easy to query and understand 60 people's responses in less than an hour(especially when that hour is spread out over 5 hours and only given in 15 minute segments). I think I've made my case. The user group is a great idea, but I feel it could be more focused on actual use. Again, thank you to everyone involved.

Vendor Contact Information

BradyRP — Fri, 25 Mar 2005 03:46:30 GMT

This topic will be used to post Vendor Contact Information.

VMWare Certification

jfleming — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 02:34:48 GMT

Good Day all-

First let me say that the conference was great.. I have yet to make it to a VMUG meeting, but am looking forward to the next one in July.

OK, on to my topic- VMWare Certification. I have taken the ESX 2.x class and did not complete a certification. My company is currently running VMWare ESX 3.0.1 and I have a solid backround with the installation, patch application, VM creation,conversion,deployment,etc.

I manage about 50+ servers for our testing dept. as well as our customer support dept. Does anyone find certification to be a valuable tool, or since Virtualization is still in it's adoloscent stages, does experience play more of role with this technology? What are the thoughts on certification from the group? Does anyone hold a VCP certification and do you think it adds value??

PAVMUG July 26th Meeting Presentations

BradyRP — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 01:57:19 GMT

VMware VDI and ACE Presentation - Eric Heck (VMware)

PAVMUG Virtualization Technology Conference Presentations

BradyRP — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 19:10:51 GMT

We are going to post available PAVMUG VTC Presentations here

PAVMUG Virtualization Technology Conference (VTC) Photos

BradyRP — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 02:17:10 GMT

Pictures from the PAVMUG VTC

Library References

BradyRP — Sun, 24 Apr 2005 16:13:20 GMT

Collection of Virtualization Reference materials

PQVMUG Tech Conference...THANKS!

MattG — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 21:52:50 GMT

I would like to thank Ray and everyone else who was involved in setting up today's technology conference. It was a great resource.

Thanks,
-MattG

PAVMUG Virtualization Technology Conference (VTC) - June 11th, 2007

BradyRP — Tue, 01 May 2007 14:24:34 GMT

Attached is a copy of the Virtualization Technology Conference (VTC) Agenda and Session Abstracts.

We will update this information as new information becomes available.

To register for the Virtualization Technology Conference (PAVMUG - Malvern, PA.):
http://act.vmware.com/servlet/campaignrespondent?_ID_=vmwi.2178

Online registration is now closed.
Onsite registration is available and begins at 7:30am

For Hotel resevations:
The Desmond Great Valley is located across the street from Penn State Great Valley. The Hotel has agreed to give anyone staying overnight for the Virtualization Technology Conference BELOW corporate rates if you call to make a reservation before June 1st. Please say that you are in town for the Virtualization Technology Conference in order to get this special rate. The Desmond also provides many other amenities such a free shuttle service to Penn State Great Valley. Here is the link for the Desmond: http://www.desmondgv.com/

Performance Monitoring Tools for VMware

BradyRP — Thu, 17 Aug 2006 18:43:58 GMT

VEEAM SOFTWARE RELEASES MONITOR FOR VMWARE

Veeam Software announced the release of Veeam Monitor, an application
designed to monitor the performance and resource usage of VMware virtual
machines.

Veeam Monitor provides a unified view of the performance and resource
usage of all virtual machines running on a VMware Server or VMware
Workstation platform. The best way to explain the product would be to
describe it as a Windows Task Manager for VMware virtual machines. ...

http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?r=314&ctl=1388987:40C269D

Product Description:
http://www.veeam.com/veeam_monitor.asp

VM Security

BradyRP — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 18:12:22 GMT

Attached file contains links

We in the security business couldn't help but to take notice of a Gartner press release that went out last week about how virtualization can weaken security. It capped roughly six weeks of press and blog discussions about virtualization and security. To help you make sense of it I've selected a list of what I think is the best feature coverage from across the meda.

Recent Coverage of Virtualization and Security

"Virtualization's New Frontier: Security" - InformationWeek - Larry Greenemeier - March 2007
Larry talks about the benefits and security risks inherent with virtualization, based on recent interviews with security and virtualization experts; the article includes a pros and cons chart for virtualization security.

"VMS Create Potential Risks" - Dark Reading - Kelly Jackson Higgins - February 2007
Kelly interviews Gartner's Neil MacDonald, VMware's Patrick Lin, Matasono's Thomas Ptacek, Security Incite's Michael Rothman and Blue Lane's Allwyn Sequeira in a timely and thorough introduction to the virtualization security discussion.

"Virtualization: The Beginning of the End of Static Security" - Always On - Greg Ness - February 2007
I've been simply overwhelmed by the blogsphere reaction to my mid-February column at Always On. Six virtualization expert blogs have linked to the column and initiated some excellent dialogue. I talk about the 4 critical differences between physical and virtualized infrastructures and what it means for static security solutions. Want to follow the blog discussion? Simply click on the Technorati icon that follows the piece and follow the links!

"VMware Annoints Blue Lane" - Searchservervirtualization.com - Alex Barrett - March 2007
Alex interviewed a wide range of experts, including a leading virtualization consultant about Blue Lane and the impact of virtualization on security. It's obvious that hours of interviews went into her very thorough coverage of the Blue Lane launch. Note: while we don't consider ourselves a patch management vendor, we do protect VMs from remote attacks against unpatched vulnerabilities.

"Blue Lane Shields Virtual Machines" - Network World - Denise Dubie - March 2007
Denise was the first editor to cover the emergence of the application front end, which ultimately became a sizable category with the likes of Cisco, Citrix, F5 and Juniper joining the category through acquisition and/or product extension. It wasn't surprising, therefore, to see her piece get picked up across the IDG global empire.

"Blue Lane Provides Security for Virtual Machines" - InfoWorld - David Marshall - March 2007
If your scanning news and blogs about virtualization its difficult not to run into David. He is typical of InfoWorld's ability to recruit insightful, "no-holds-barred" subject matter experts across multiple categories. David's concise overview of the security challenges of virtualization is easy to read and informative.

Next time I'll share my favorites from the blogsphere, where virtualization and security bloggers have also weighed in. BTW- Neil MacDonald's Gartner report is well worth the read. If you're not a Gartner client and want an excellent analyst introduction to the issues check out this Nemertes report.

Gregory Ness
Blue Lane Technologies
10450 Bubb Road
Cupertino, CA 95014
408.200.5233

P.S. You can always find other research papers and webcasts about patching in our Info Center.

VMcasting

BradyRP — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 17:32:04 GMT

http://www.vmcasting.org/

VMcasting is an automatic virtual machine deployment mechanism based on RSS2.0 whereby virtual machine images are transferred from a server to a client securely delivering files containing a Technical Specification (http://www.vmcasting.org/vmcastingspec/) and virtual disk image.

The concept of VMcasting is based on the similar concept of Podcasting, the popular trend of audio content delivered via an RSS feed presenting a downloadable or streaming file (often an MP3). With VMcasting, a developer publishes an RSS 2.0 feed where each item describes a release of a particular Virtual Machine Image or Virtual Appliance. The items descriptions may contain release notes or other information about what's new in a particular release. Therefore developers can be easily upgrade or install using a virtual server management system such as Enomalism.

VMware Consolidated Backup

Acts-ssc — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 14:05:58 GMT

I would like to say I enjoyed attending my first VM users group. I found the vendor presentaions interesting and informative. I found Dan Anderson's "Best Practice" extremely educational. I really would like a copy of that presentation. It would make my life easier when I explain to my superiors what we need to do.

Thank you

Anthony Tucci

PAVMUG Meeting Presentations - 2007-MAR-29

BradyRP — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 18:48:02 GMT

Agenda:
07:30 08:30 am Continental breakfast
08:30 08:45 am Introduction

08:45 09:30 am Consolidated Backup & Recovery for VMWare Environments
(Todd Forman, DataDomain)

09:45 10:30 am VMWare Consolidated Backup (VCB).
(Dan Anderson, VMWare)

10:45 11:30 am CommVault Data Management Options for VMWare Environments
(Gary Gerenza, CommVault)

11:30 - 12:00 noon Q&A, Meeting Wrap-Up

VMware Authorized Consulting Partner Contact Info

Drew_M — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 20:28:23 GMT

Virtus Partners
VMware Enterprise Partner
VMware Authorized Consulting Partner
Andrew Merrill
610-239-8100 x252
andrew.merrill@virtuspartners.com

Our team of engineers have completed the stringent technical training and competency programs to earn the distinction of VMware Certified Professionals who have the ability to assess, deploy, and implement a virtual environment. Accreditation has been provided by VMware through its Professional Services Organization.

Please feel free to inquire about our VI3 enterprise demo lab at our office in Plymouth Meeting PA. This demo runs on HP C-Class Blades, P-Class Blades, DL-Class servers, and HP Enterprise Virtual Array shared storage.
Thank you,
Andrew Merrill

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Drew_M

PAVMUG Meeting Presentations - 2006-NOV-16

BradyRP — Tue, 21 Nov 2006 16:20:35 GMT

Meeting Presentations:
- Cassatt Corporation
- ISM
- VMWare

Vendor Presentation (VDI connection broker)

mnaquin — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 21:20:38 GMT

I work with a small software company that is a VDI alliance partner. We would like to present our product to the group how would we go about getting scheduled?

Michelle Naquin
mnaquin@sychron.com
512-484-8573

Virtualization Links

BradyRP — Mon, 05 Jun 2006 21:09:32 GMT

About-Virtualization.com - http://about-virtualization.com/mambo/

AMD Virtualization Technology -
http://enterprise.amd.com/us-en/solutions/consolidation/virtualization.aspx

HP Virtual Server Environment (VSE) - http://h71028.www7.hp.com/enterprise/cache/258348-0-0-0-121.aspx

Intel Virtualization Technology - http://www.intel.com/technology/computing/vptech/index.htm

IT-Director.com (Virtual Infrastructure) - http://www.it-director.com/channel.php?channelid=13&SESSID=8f3c57935c54dba2d4912a14d87267d9

Run-Virtual - http://www.run-virtual.com/

Search Server Virtualization - http://searchservervirtualization.techtarget.com/

Virtual Strategy Magazine - http://www.virtual-strategy.com/

Virtualization.info - http://www.virtualization.info/

VM Guru - http://www.vmguru.com/

VMProfessional - http://vmprofessional.com/

VMTS - http://www.vmts.net/

VMWareZ - http://www.vmwarez.com/2005/12/virtualization-websites.html

XEN Source.com - http://www.xensource.com/

PAVMUG Meeting Evaluation Surveys

BradyRP — Tue, 18 Apr 2006 19:37:27 GMT

We'll post a summary of the PAVMUG Meeting Evaluation Surveys here after each meeting...

PAVMUG Meeting Presentation - 2006-MAY-25 - Surgient, Inc

BradyRP — Wed, 31 May 2006 23:50:46 GMT

Here are the presentation notes for the Surgient, Inc. Test Lab Automation Using Virtualization.

Virtualization Reference Materials

BradyRP — Mon, 01 May 2006 20:35:23 GMT

Posting Area for Virtualization Articles and other references

PAVMUG Meeting Evaluation Survey Form

BradyRP — Tue, 18 Apr 2006 19:34:16 GMT

Sample Meeting Evaluation Survey form

Citrix Drive Mapping

vm4all — Wed, 05 Apr 2006 17:39:02 GMT

After P2Ving a Citrix Server, an application tries to map a drive to D$, whether or not I attach a CD drive. It does not appear to depend on wheter D: exists or not.

Does anyone recall problems with Drive Mappings on P2Vd Citrix servers?

PAVMUG Meeting Agenda - March 30th 2006

BradyRP — Tue, 14 Feb 2006 16:34:12 GMT

Currently, we have three vendors signed up for PAVMUG's March 30th meeting - PlateSpin, Akimbi Systems and Expert Server Group:

Expert Server group will discuss the ESXCharter and ESXReplicator software from Vizioncore.

PlateSpin PowerConvert is a software solution that streams servers between physical servers, blade infrastructures, virtual machines, and image archives over the network. PlateSpins powerful OS Portability (patent pending) is the first and only technology that decouples data, applications and operating systems from servers, re-configures and optimizes resources, and automatically streams them to any physical or virtual platform. Remotely drag-and-drop servers across dissimilar infrastructures around the world to optimize server resource capacity, saving time and money.

PlateSpin PowerRecon is agentless software that measures, analyses and determines the optimal fit between server resource supply and workload demand. By remotely capturing server resource capacity and workload demand statistics, PlateSpin PowerRecon ensures that the right server infrastructure has been matched to the right application workload to maximize performance, while minimizing hardware cost. Take the guesswork out of capacity planning, server consolidation, and continuous server optimization projects.

Akimbi Systems, a VMware Technology Alliance Partner, brings
test/development lab consolidation and automation to life. Many
companies today have consolidated their data-centers and realized huge
capital savings. Consolidation of test and development labs hasn't seen
that same insurgence, due to the multitude of complex configurations
possible in those environments.

Using VMware and Akimbi, engineers finally have the ability to
self-provision virtual test/dev environments. They can now suspend,
capture, restore and share these complex environments via a
simple-to-use library; eliminating the need to re-create the
environments to reproduce bugs, etc. Additionally, IT organizations see
cost savings from consolidation of test/dev servers and resource
overhead used for provisioning requests.

Test/Dev Lab Consolidation and Automation is now possible; learn more
at: www.akimbi.com

Solaris on VMware

brushmore — Mon, 30 Jan 2006 17:15:47 GMT

At the Jan. 26 meeting someone asked about Solaris on VMware. Well I wrote an article that might be helpful to some people:

http://brushmore.blogspot.com/2006/01/installing-opensolaris-on-vmware-draft.html

Please send me any feedback you might have.

Bill
rushmores.net

PAVMUG - January 26th 2006 Meeting

BradyRP2 — Thu, 22 Dec 2005 18:17:04 GMT

The Philadelphia Area VMWare User Group (PAVMUG) Leadership Team, UNISYS would like to extend a welcome and open invitation to attend the January 26th, 2006 PAVMUG meeting:

Date: January 26th, 2006
Time: 8:30 am 11:30 am (Continental breakfast starting @7:30am)
(Continental breakfast is graciously being provided by UNISYS)
Location: UNISYS - 2476 Swedesford Road (Malvern, PA.)
(Directly down the road from PennState Great Valley)

This Philadelphia Area VMWare User Group (PAVMUG) meeting is sponsored by: UNISYS

Agenda:
07:30 08:30 am Continental breakfast
08:30 08:45 am Introduction

08:45 09:30 am ESXCharter
(Thomas Lahaussois, Expert Server Group)

09:45 10:30 am Virtual Desktop Initiative (formerly Hosted Desktop)
(Rodney Tafuro, VMWare)

10:45 11:30 am Scale Up Virtualization
(Tim Case, UNISYS)

11:30 12:00 noon Q&A and Open Discussion Session

To Register for the PAVMUG meeting:
Please visit & complete the registration form at: http://www.vmware.com/vcommunity/usergroups.html

Please contact us with your comments, suggestions, and questions:

PAVMUG Leadership Team
Ray Brady, Johnson & Johnson, RBrady3@ncsus.jnj.com
Tom Dugan, The eSource Group, t.dugan@esourcegroup.com

enlarge disk dimension

teletrt — Thu, 10 Nov 2005 09:28:40 GMT

hello,
we need to enlarge HD dimension from 4GB to 6 GB.
Have we got to create a machine newly or is it possible to do it dynamically?
Thanks in advance for any suggestion

mount devices

teletrt — Wed, 05 Oct 2005 12:06:41 GMT

Hello,
I'm new to ESX; I installed ESX on a HP Blade server and I created some vm. Now, one of these vm has Linux as guest OS installed. Now, I would like some colleagues to use their own vm. I don't know what to do to add packets to the installation without using physical cdrom drive attached to the Blade server. I mean, could they use their local drive to read each installation CD and add selected files or is there any other way to do this?
Thanks in advance,

Microsoft license changes affecting virtual hardware

BradyRP — Fri, 28 Oct 2005 19:57:56 GMT

Microsoft Licensing Statement regarding Virtual Hardware

http://download.microsoft.com/download/6/8/9/68964284-864d-4a6d-aed9-f2c1f8f23e14/virtualization_brief.doc

how to mount devices

teletrt — Wed, 05 Oct 2005 12:03:41 GMT

PAVMUG Member Survey Summary Report

BradyRP — Fri, 08 Oct 2004 12:48:19 GMT

PAVMUG Member Survey Summary Report (05/19/2005)

VMWare Product Usage

ACE: (0) (0) (0) (0) = 0
Workstation: (17) (13) (6) (7) = 43
GSX Server: (14) (09) (1) (9) = 33
ESX Server: (30) (23) (7) (8) = 68
Virtual SMP: (08) (07) (2) (3) = 20
VMotion: (17) (14) (4) (6) = 41
VirtualCenter: (25) (14) (6) (5) = 50
P2V Assistant: (13) (09) (2) (3) = 27
Other:
PowerP2V: (0) (2) (1) (1) = 4
Acronis: (0) (0) (1) (0) = 1

User Group Meeting Preferences

Location
Center City: (4) (4) (2) = 10
City Line Ave.: (3) (3) (0) = 6
Fort Washington: (3) (5) (2) (0) = 10
King of Prussia: (13) (8) (3) (5) = 21
PennState (Malvern): (29) (19) (7) (8) = 63
Plymouth Meeting: (5) (7) (3) (0) = 15
Temple Univ.: (1) (0) (0) (0) = 1
Willow Grove: (2) (1) (2) (0) = 5
Other:
- Airport: 1
- Allentown: 1
- Conshochen: 1
- Bucks County: 1
- NJ: 1

Meeting Frequency (added 3/24/2005)
Monthly: (3) (3) 6
BiMonthly: (1) (2) 3
Quarterly: (4) (6) 10
Other: (0) 0

Day of the Week
Monday: (1) 1
Tuesday: (4) (4) (0) (1) = 9
Wednesday: (4) (3) (0) (0) = 7
Thursday: (13) (3) (2) (7) = 25
Friday: (1) (1) (1) (1) = 4
Any Day (M-F): (20) (18) (5) (3) = 46

Time Frame
8am-11am: (29) (22) (7) (10) = 68
11am-1pm: (2) (7) (1) (2) = 12
1pm-5pm: (6) (3) (0) (0) = 9
5pm-8pm: (2) (2) (1) (0) = 5
Anytime: (1) = 1

Activity / Presentation Interests

What types of presentations are you interested in: [Check all that apply]
Presentations by VMWare and other technology vendors: (34) (21) (8) (10) = 73
Presentations by fellow User Group members: (31) (18) (6) (6) = 61
Product demonstrations: (30) (16) (5) (9) = 60
Technical discussions about VMWare products and implementations: (34) (23) (8) (9) = 74
Case Studies and best practices: (29) (19) (5) (8) = 61
Meetings with VMWare product developers: (20) (13) (3) (5) = 41
Open-ended group discussions with other VMWare users (aka round table discussions: (27) (13) (6) (6) = 52

Member Participation

What types of Special Interest Groups (SIG) would you be interested in establishing (if any)?
[Check all that apply]
ACE: (0) (1) (2) (0) = 3
Workstation: (17) (6) (1) (1) = 25
GSX Server: (3) (6) (0) (4) = 13
ESX Server: (23) (22) (4) (6) = 55
VirtualCenter: (15) (14) (4) (4) = 37
P2V Assistant: (9) (4) (2) (2) = 17
Third Party Vendors: (3) (0) = 3
PowerP2V: (2) (0) = 2
Industry-specific:
- Pharma: (1) = 1
Other:
- Disaster Recovery: (1) = 1

Message was edited by: BradyRP (Updated with 05/19/2005 Results)

Mixing production and non-prod VMs on the same ESX server?

jbrainerd — Wed, 11 May 2005 13:50:37 GMT

I'm getting ready to set policy on this point, and see pros and cons. Can anyone share with me how you've made this decision in your environment?

Do you mix prod and non-prod VMs on the same ESX server, or farm? What about different VLANs? Do you have VMs from the same ESX server connected to internal and DMZ VLANs? Do you have completely seperate ESX environments for each of these needs? Why?

Thanks,
John Brainerd
john.brainerd@radian.biz

PAVMUG 2nd Q Meeting - Vendor Preview

BradyRP — Mon, 31 Jan 2005 04:24:06 GMT

Aurema

Aurema Inc. is the leading provider of workload and performance management solutions for server and desktop optimization.

Aurema's flagship ARMTech product suite offers a cross-platform workload management solution that couples robust system management capabilities for increased server utilization and lower TCO with the detailed management information essential for efficiently managing computing infrastructure.

Products within the suite provide specific solutions for such common datacenter requirements as VMware and Citrix MetaFrame optimization, server consolidation, SQL and Web Server application consolidation, desktop and workstation management, and detailed usage reporting for management, monitoring, billing, chargeback, and capacity planning.

Together, they maximize server utilization and improve application performance, to bring new levels of productivity, efficiency and accountability to on-demand and utility computing environments.

ARMTech Workload Management software for VMWare ESX, GSX and Workstation - how to optimize your virtualized environment. <http://www.aurema.com/solutions/vmopt.php>

Forrester Research "Quick Take", When To Use Virtualization And WorkLoad Management. <http://www.aurema.com/resources/assets/QuickTake_Forrester_WM.pdf>

Downloading a free 30-day trial of ARMTech For VMware. <http://www.aurema.com/download/index.php>

What would you like to see at PAVMUG?

RMarquiss — Thu, 24 Mar 2005 21:34:16 GMT

Following Ray and Tom's lead, I am curious to see what people are interested in for presentations? Since the meetings should be "for us, the users", should we try to get more technical discussions? Should we have more management presentations? More of how other venders are leveraging the technology?

Personally, I wouldn't mind finding out more tips and tricks for the command line. I am a Software Engineer by trade (Computer Enginerd at heart ;)), so I would like to see more technical reviews. Perhaps a presentation on customer gains and best practices when applying Hyperthreading technology would be interesting? Since we all know that Hyperthreading is not actually a 2-to-1 relationship. Does the local community agree?

More importantly, what would you like to see?

++Ryan
Software Engineer
Unisys Corporation
ES7000 Platform
www.unisys.com

P.S. ~ I think Ray and Tom have been doing an excellent job so far. If you get a chance, I think we should all congratulate them and request that they keep up the good work! Well done!

PAVMUG Member Survey

BradyRP — Tue, 31 Aug 2004 14:02:05 GMT

PAVMUG Member Survey

Please complete and return to: Rbrady3@ncsus.jnj.com

Member Information

Name:
Company:
Address:
City:
State:
Zip Code:
Phone:
E-mail:

VMWare Product Usage

____ Workstation ____ GSX Server ____ ESX Server ____ Virtual SMP ____ VMotion
____ VirtualCenter ____ P2V Assistant ____ ACE ____ Other

Third Party Product Usage

____ Microsoft Virtual PC ____ MS Virtual Server ____ XEN
____ PowerP2V ____ Other (Please specify)

User Group Meeting Preferences

Location
____ Center City ____ City Line Ave. ____ Temple Univ. ____ King of Prussia ____ Plymouth Meeting
____ Fort Washington ____ Willow Grove ____ PennState (Malvern) ____ Other

Frequency
___ Quarterly ___ BiMonthly ___ Monthly ___ Other (Please specify)

Day of the Week
___ Monday ___ Tuesday ___ Wednesday ___ Thursday ___ Friday ___ Any Day (M-F)

Time Frame
___ 8am-11 am ___ 11am-1pm ___ 1pm-5pm ___ 5pm-8pm

Activity / Presentation Interests

What types of presentations are you interested in: [Check all that apply]
___ Presentations by VMWare and other technology vendors
___ Presentations by fellow User Group members
___ Product demonstrations
___ Technical discussions about VMWare products and implementations
___ Case Studies and best practices
___ Meetings with VMWare product developers
___ Open-ended group discussions with other VMWare users (aka round table discussions)
___ Other, Please Specify
_______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________

Member Participation

Area(s) of Interest: __________________________________________________________

Area(s) of Expertise: __________________________________________________________

Would your company provide facilities/equipment/support for a User Group meeting? ___ Yes ___No
If yes, please specify?
_______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________

Would you be interested in volunteering for work with the Steering Committee? ___ Yes ___ No

Would you be willing to help coordinate a SIG? ___ Yes ___ No
If yes, please specify which SIG(s)?
_______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________

Would you be willing to give a 30-45 minute presentation to the group? ___ Yes ___ No
If yes, please specify on what topic(s)?
_______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________

What types of Special Interest Groups (SIG) would you be interested in establishing (if any)?
[Check all that apply]
___ Workstation ___ GSX Server ___ ESX Server ___ VirtualCenter ___ P2V Assistant
____ ACE ___ Third Party Vendors ___ Industry-specific ___ Other

Comments / Suggestions

_______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________

Message was edited by: BradyRP (27-Mar-2005)

PAVMUG Web Site Access

BradyRP — Fri, 25 Mar 2005 03:43:52 GMT

The PAVMUG website is located at:
http://www.virtual-strategy.com/

If you aren't already a member, create a member logon.

Logon to the site using your Username & Password
Select the VUG tab.
Select Philadelphia Area VMWare User Group

We will post PAVMUG meeting presentations and other content as appropriate on this website.

Community mail-list?

jbrainerd — Fri, 21 Jan 2005 14:57:52 GMT

I'm still interested in a community mail-list and member profiles if people are open to it. Any one know if any progress has been made toward this?

John Brainerd
Radian Group, Inc.
Center City Philadelphia
john.brainerd@radian.biz
215-231-1435

PAVMUG meeting - Jan. 27th, 2005

BradyRP — Mon, 22 Nov 2004 16:32:20 GMT

Folks,

We are planning to hold our 2nd PAVMUG meeting on Thursday, Jan. 27th, 2005 from 8am - Noon.

Please mark your calendars. We will post a detailed agenda for the meeting in the next couple of weeks.

If you're interested in presenting, please contact me asap.

Thank you...

Ray Brady
RBrady3@ncsus.jnj.com

Re: Dell vs. HP

eowren — Mon, 18 Oct 2004 16:34:26 GMT

We're looking to start look at going to VMWare, and was wondering what the support is like for VMWare with Dell vs. HP. At the user group, it seemed like HP is "ahead" of Dell in terms of support, but wanted to know if there were any white papers or spec sheets that compared the abilities of the different hardware platforms. If anybody knows of such, I'd much appreciate a link.

Thanks,
Eric

PAVMUG Kickoff Meeting

BradyRP — Tue, 31 Aug 2004 12:48:23 GMT

Philadelphia Area VMWare User Group (PAVMUG) Kickoff Meeting
September 02, 2004

Dear Fellow VMware Users,

Please join us for the Philadelphia Area VMWare User Group (PAVMUG) kickoff meeting.
Meet with VMWare staff and your fellow VMware users and share tips, tricks and knowledge.

The Philadelphia Area VMWare User Group (PAVMUG) Steering Committee and VMware would like to extend a welcome and open invitation to attend the first PAVMUG meeting:

Date: October 7th, 2004
Time: 8:30 am 11:30 am (Continental breakfast starting @7:30am)
(Continental breakfast is graciously being provided by VMMare)
Location: PennState Great Valley campus (Malvern, PA.)
(for directions goto: http://www.gv.psu.edu/directions)

Agenda:
· Introductions
· VMWare technical presentations (topics TBD)
· Third-party vendor technical presentations (topics TBD)
· User presentations (topics TBD)
· Membership Interest Survey
· Future meetings (locations, frequency, presentation topics, etc)

The Philadelphia Area VMWare User Group (PAVMUG) is a not-for-profit organization focusing on all aspects of virtual technology with particular emphasis on VMWare technology products and services. Members come from the eastern part of Pennsylvania, Southern New Jersey, and Delaware.

Please visit the PAVMUG VMWare Forum and complete the member survey form at:
http://www.vmware.com/community/forum.jspa?forumID=47

Space is limited so please register ASAP by clicking the Enroll button below.

As we approach the October 7th kickoff meeting, we will provide more detailed information in the PAVMUG VMWare Forum.

Look forward to seeing you.

Please contact us with your comments, suggestions, and questions:
PAVMUG Steering Committee
Ray Brady, Johnson & Johnson, RBrady3@ncsus.jnj.com
Tom Dugan, The eSource Group, t.dugan@esourcegroup.com
Marc Getty, Temple University, College of Liberal Arts, marc.getty@temple.edu