In this video, Doug Hazelman (@vmdoug), Rich Brambley (@rbrambley of vmetc.com & Virtumania), and Dave Siles (@dsiles) of Veeam cover the new vPower offering from Veeam that will be announced at VMworld. I knew that Rich always had a way with words but listen to Rich rappin’ the beat about Veeam’s vPower – too funny ! (and actually pretty good)

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VOTE for the Top Free vSphere Tools of 2010

by David Davis on August 26, 2010

At VMworld 2010 in San Francisco and Europe, I will be speaking at a session about the top free vSphere tools of 2010. I love free vSphere tools, use them myself, and have written about them since I published a top 10 list on free vSphere tools in 2008.

However, everyone’s virtual infrastructure is different and different people will receive different value out of vSphere tools. SO, while I may have an opinion on what the top vSphere tools are, I WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU!

Please VOTE for the top free vSphere tools below! I will calculate the results and announce those rankings in video form – before the end of 2010.

Note: If you want to try out these tools for yourself, links to those tools can be found below the survey.
Note #2: Vendors, don’t vote for your own tools as I am tracking IP addresses but please encourage your customers who use your free tools to do so.

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In Episode 5 of our new vChat series, Eric Siebert, Simon Seagrave, and David Davis discuss VMworld San Francisco 2010 and the things to see and do including a few tips for VMworld first-timers.

NOTE: The video looks awesome this time! The screen hydration issue has been resolved!

The full list of links discussed in this video can be found below…

vChat is a regular virtualization video chat covering VMware vSphere, Cloud Computing, Virtualization News, and maybe some geeky humor. Regular contributors are 3 vExperts – Simon Seagrave (TechHead.co.uk), Eric Siebert (vSphere-Land.com), and David Davis (VMwareVideos.com).

Sponsored by VMware vSphere Video Training from Train Signal.com

You can now SUBSCRIBE TO VCHAT on iTunes!

Here are links that we discussed in this episode:

For a huge list of  VMworld 2010 conference coverage and travel tips visit vSphere-Land.com

Saturday

Sunday night

Monday

  • 130PM – MA8339 – David Davis – Top 10 free vSphere Tools
  • 7-10pm Solutions exchange opens / reception Get your Train Signal vSphere 4.1 video giveaway!
  • Tweetup 9-11pm – John Troyer sponsored by Train Signal and Xangati

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Sessions not to miss-

  • TA7962 – Nick Weaver – my man from TX – modern networking in virtual env
  • V18328 – Eric Siebert, Simon Gallager, Simon Seagrave covering affordable vSphere home labs
  • TA8623 – Storage super-heavyweight challenge – Vaughn stewart and Chad Sakac
  • BC7773 – Mike Laverick on Site Recovery Manager
  • TA8188 – Chris Wolf – what server hosted virtual desktop vendors aren;t telling you Wednesday morning
  • V18268 – Eric Siebert – deep dive on virtualization – how stuff works
  • BC7803 – Duncan Epping – Planning and DSesigning an HA Cluster that maximizes uptime
  • MA8092 – Chris Wolf – Cloud Futures – the infrastructure authority
  • TA8101 – Scott Lowe – virtual storage and vmware vsphere – best practices
  • SS8222 – Charu – Transitioning to ESXi

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In Episode 4 of  our new vChat series, Eric Siebert, Simon Seagrave, and David Davis are joined by special guest Rich Brambley from VMetc.com, VirtuMania and Veeam.

NOTE: Episode 4 of vChat experienced intermittent video outages so you may want to listen to the video and multitask to get some work done (we’re just trying to help you out). The video includes more technical details about proper string hydration.

Here are links that we discussed in this episode:

vChat is a regular virtualization video chat covering VMware vSphere, Cloud Computing, Virtualization News, and maybe some geeky humor. Regular contributors are 3 vExperts – Simon Seagrave (TechHead.co.uk), Eric Siebert (vSphere-Land.com), and David Davis (VMwareVideos.com).

Sponsored by VMware vSphere Video Training from Train Signal.com

You can now SUBSCRIBE TO VCHAT on iTunes!

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VIDEO: David’s VMword 2010 Preview

by David Davis on August 24, 2010

Here’s a short video I put together as a quick preview of VMworld 2010. In it, I discuss the VMworld sessions that I “must attend”, the parties that are happening that week, and the session I’ll be speaking at. Here’s the video and the links are below:

Saturday

Sunday night

Monday

  • 130PM – MA8339 – David Davis – Top 10 free vSphere Tools
  • 7-10pm Solutions exchange opens / reception Get your Train Signal vSphere 4.1 video giveaway!
  • Tweetup 9-11pm – John Troyer sponsored by Train Signal and Xangati

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Sessions not to miss-

  • TA7962 – Nick Weaver – my man from TX – modern networking in virtual env
  • V18328 – Eric Siebert, Simon Gallager, Simon Seagrave covering affordable vSphere home labs
  • TA8623 – Storage super-heavyweight challenge – Vaughn Stewart and Chad Sakac
  • BC7773 – Mike Laverick on Site Recovery Manager
  • TA8188 – Chris Wolf – what server hosted virtual desktop vendors aren;t telling you Wednesday morning
  • V18268 – Eric Siebert – deep dive on virtualization – how stuff works
  • BC7803 – Duncan Epping – Planning and DSesigning an HA Cluster that maximizes uptime
  • MA8092 – Chris Wolf – Cloud Futures – the infrastructure authority
  • TA8101 – Scott Lowe – virtual storage and vmware vsphere – best practices
  • SS8222 – Charu – Transitioning to ESXi

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vChat – Episode 3 – vSphere Home Labs

by David Davis on August 12, 2010

In Episode 3 of  our new vChat series, Eric Siebert, Simon Seagrave, and David Davis discuss VMware vSphere Home & SMB Labs. This is a topic that Simon (of TechHead.co.uk) and Eric (vSphere-Land.com) will be discussing at VMworld (along with Simon Gallagher of vinf.net). Here are links that we discussed in this episode:

vChat is a regular virtualization video chat covering VMware vSphere, Cloud Computing, Virtualization News, and maybe some geeky humor. Regular contributors are 3 vExperts – Simon Seagrave (TechHead.co.uk), Eric Siebert (vSphere-Land.com), and David Davis (VMwareVideos.com).

Sponsored by VMware vSphere Video Training from Train Signal.com

You can now SUBSCRIBE TO VCHAT on iTunes!

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