I was contacted by VMware to see if I knew any candidates that might want to work as “infrastructure development engineers” in the ThinApp / Application Virtualization Group. That a is very exciting place to be!
Here is what they are looking for:
You will be responsible for architecture, design & implementation of automation frameworks for Virtual Operating system & virtualization runtime components.An ideal candidate will have very solid background in C/C++, a relentless passion for quality, a deep insight into building automation and a desire to break systems programmatically.The candidate will also be expected to drive product security and performance requirements, perform in-depth product design reviews and also inspect development code by participating in code reviews etc.In addition, the candidate will also be expected to help the development team out with fixing bugs and designing features from time to time.
So, is anyone out there qualified? Or do you know someone who is? If so, please contact: Brad Fuellenbach via email at bfuellenbach (at) VMware.com
In this latest article from David Davis, VCP, learn what VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM) is, how it can help you, and what the requirements are to use it. I hope you will check out: VMware Site Recovery Manager - How it can help you
According to VMware, their new Thinstall / ThinApp software allows you to ”Run any version of virtually any application on a single operating system without conflicts. Encapsulate settings and configurations into a single executable file or MSI package that can be installed on physical and virtual desktops. Deliver and deploy applications more efficiently, more securely, and in a more cost-effective way with agentless application virtualization.”
You can download a free beta demo of the software and watch a free 1 hour video covering how it works at: VMware Thinstall Video.
In this new TechTarget article by David Davis, VCP and Train Signal ESX Server video author, David covers how VMware ESX trumps Hyper-V. It shows how VMware offers so many more features and has so much more maturity than Microsoft. Additionally, it points out how Microsofts Hyper-V isn’t yet ready for the enterprise and how its potentially lower price doesn’t offset the fewer features that it offers.
Dell & VMware have a nice Site Recovery Manager (SRM) video that covers how scripting works when using SRM. This video features Kiran Ranabhor, Technical Product Manager for DR, VMware. Very cool stuff!
I am trying to spread the work about a new VMware Admin website - www.VirtualizationAdmin.com. This site offers many new VMware ESX Server How-to articles. They have lined up many talented virtualization authors. In fact, here are links to some of their recently released articles:
In this article, David Davis, VCP and Train Signal ESX Server video author discusses an interesting VMware Admin job opening and asks “what are the best websites to look for and post VMware-related jobs”.
Recently, a recruiter friend of mine approached me with an interesting part-time VMware Admin job at a company in Dallas. It is a 20-30 hour per week job on a 6+ month contract perform server consolidations with VMware. The job pays very well. You can checkout all the details of this Part-time VMware Admin job in Dallas, Texas as it is posted over in the VMware DFW Users’ Group Forum.
The second question that my recruiter friend asked me was “what are the best job sites to find VMware Admins?”. Other than the big 3 (Dice, Monster, and Careerbuilder), I had trouble thinking of any. So, my question to you, readers of VMwareVideos.com and the VMware Planet v12n - what are the best websites to look for and post VMware-related jobs? Now I am not talking about only jobs at VMware. While these could be jobs at VMware, more than likely, they are jobs working at any company that uses VMware software.
Over at the Petri Virtualization website, I wrote about Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) and how it can help you. That article went from a basic intro to VDI, all the way to the various products used to implement it, and finally, a free (yet basic) way to implement your own VDI just using RDP. I hope you will check that article out - How can VMware’s Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) help you?
And, because this is VMwareVideos.com, I have for your two videos covering VDI.
The first video is like one of those old time “silent movies” with some music but no explanation. Still, I liked the video because it shows you what VMware’s VDM looks like from “here’s the server” to “this is what it looks like when you connect with a desktop”.
While also a silent movie, the second video appears to be a official VMware VDI/VDM promo video that explains what it can do for you. Also, worthwhile.
For any of you who did not catch the VMWorld Virtually Famous music video winner, I hope you will take another look. The song is so catchy, I am still humming it in my head. I think I will have my CIO watch it and perhaps it will finally help him understand what virtualization can do, for real
In this video, Pat Lee from VMware is interviewed, he discusses, and demonstrates how to virtualize Mac OS X Leopard and VMware Fusion. Here is where to find it:
It is really amazing what you can do with Fusion! VMware Rocks!
If you went to VMWorld Europe 2008 or if you read news from the show, you probably heard about or watched a video from Virtualization Evangelist, Tarry Singh. If you aren’t familiar with him, Tarry runs an excellent virtualization website called Virtualization for Everyone.
Recently, interviewed David Davis, a VCP, author of Train Signal’s VMware Server & VMware ESX Server video training products, and owner of VMwareVideos.com.
I recently received a tip from Jason Eden, VMware’s eLearning Manager, that you can download all the VMware eLearning videos available on YouTube and Blip.tv - all in one place. That place is VMware’s eLearning download repository.
I downloaded the, roughly, 50MB ZIP file and was impressed when I ran the autorun at the quality of the video presentation. Here is what it looked like:
I think that it is great that VMware is offering this free and quality video training for VMware Server 1.0. I hope that they can soon offer similar training for the new VMware Server 2.0 (no pressure Jason).
While the videos are a great introduction to VMware Server, if you are looking for a much more in depth video training course covering VMware Server & Workstation, I hope you will checkout my 13+ hour VMware Server & Workstation video training series. You can watch a free demo at that link.
I want to offer special thanks to Jason Eden for pointing this free VMware Server training out to me!
I was surprised this week to find a copy of the only printed Virtualization magazine I have ever seen, in my mailbox. I received Premier Issue #1 of Virtualization Review this week. It is published by 1105 Enterprise Computing Group (ECG) - the same group that publishes Redmond Magazine (covering Microsoft products), MCPmag.com, TCPmag.com, and ENTmag.com. Virtualization Review is currenly publishled bi-monthly and they state that they plan on going monthly in August 2008. They offer an online version and a printed version of the magazine.
After reading the magazine, I wish that there were actually more sponsors (I am sure they do too) so that I could get a better idea of the 3rd party products that are out there. I wish that they had more how-to and more product reviews as well. As they say that they will cover all virtualization products, I would be concerned whether or not they can stay “impartial” as their other major publication is strictly a Microsoft-oriented magazine. I wonder how fair of a shake they will give to VMware… Time will tell.
VMware has a couple of free video training sites that have been brought to my attention and I want to share both of them with all the VMwareVideos.com readers.
These videos have some good tips in them. There are about 13 videos at the YouTube site and at least that many over on Blip.tv. While these videos aren’t like a VMware ESX Server training course, theyI applaud VMware for posting these free videos and I hope to see more!
In this video, created by InformedCIO, you are shown how to take the free VMware Server and configure High Availability (HA) with it. Essentially, what Paul Shearer demonstrates is how to use Microsoft Clustering Services (MSCS) with the free VMware Server to “fail over” a virtual guest OS to another Windows cluster node. This isn’t really automatic clustering but, with some scripting, it could be configured as such.
Over at VMware Learning they have what I call a “secret” video that they don’t promote. This 15 minute video covers how to implement, configure, and use VMware VCB. This video is hard to find so I wanted to share it with all of the VMware Video readers! Click on the video icon to check it out!
I ran across a very cool free VMware reference card over at VMReference.com. Forbes Guthrie is a VMware Admin who has donated his time to create this amazing reference color, double sided, tri-fold, reference card for VMware ESX Server Admins.
Here is what it looks like:
The reference card covers Networking, Storage, MS Clustering, Installation, ESX 3i (or ESXi as it is now called), Virtual Center, Backups, Web access, and Host/Guest Administration.
I hope you will check out the very cool tool and take a minute to say “Thanks!” to Forbes Guthrie for creating it for us. You can find it at www.vmreference.com.
I am excited to say that my VMware Server & Workstation video training course is officially available! After creating the popular Microsoft Virtualization video series, I moved on to VMware virtualization. Because VMware has the lion share of the virtualization market, I believe that this new video will be even more popular than the Microsoft video!
To create this video training, I spent 3 months researching VMware Workstation & Server. I made every effort cover the VMware products from all aspects including designing, installing, creating virtual machines, virtual networks, storage, backups, and performance tuning. Once we covered Server & Workstation, we moved on to our VMware ESX Server overview and our bonus video, VMware ACE.
To create this video training, I spent 3 months researching VMware ESX Server and the Virtual Infrastructure Suite. I made every effort cover the VMware ESX Server applications from all aspects including designing, installing, creating virtual machines, virtual networks, SAN storage, VCB backups, and performance tuning. Our VMware ESX Server Training is your complete
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David Davis (CCIE #9369, VCP, CISSP, MCSE) has been in the IT industry for 15+ years. He has authored over 300 articles, 6 video training courses, and co-authored one book. Learn about David's certifications, video courses, and where you can find his content on our About Us page.
After reading the magazine, I wish that there were actually more sponsors (I am sure they do too) so that I could get a better idea of the 3rd party products that are out there. I wish that they had more how-to and more product reviews as well. As they say that they will cover all virtualization products, I would be concerned whether or not they can stay “impartial” as their other major publication is strictly a Microsoft-oriented magazine. I wonder how fair of a shake they will give to VMware… Time will tell.
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David Davis (CCIE #9369, VCP, CISSP, MCSE) has been in the IT industry for 15+ years. He has authored over 300 articles, 6 video training courses, and co-authored one book. Learn about David's certifications, video courses, and where you can find his content on our 