One of the things I like about Exchange distribution groups is that they can be manged by the list's owner, taking a bit of work off the IT department, and allowing managers to maintain their department groups. However, the process…
Management and Maintenance As if getting the VSA installed wasn't easy enough, VMware has made the VSA virtually (no pun intended) management free. With your Datacenter selected, simply click back on the VSA Manager tab, and you will be presented…
Installation and Configuration Now it's time to install the VSA. Remember, we need 2 (or 3) fresh ESXi 5.0 installs, joined to our vCenter server. Now, for the easy part... (it's actually all easy) Installation: Run the VSA setup from…
With the release of vSphere 5, comes VMware's VSA (Virtual Storage Appliance). What exactly is it? Well, it's VMware's answer of providing shared storage to SMBs that don't purchase a physical SAN or NAS. It will use the local storage…
Thanks to the numerous traffic about vSphere 5's vRAM "tax" - VMware has changed the entitlements. (Take a look at Justin's post here explaining vRAM "tax" and how it works.) Basically, VMware has made 3 changes: Increased vRAM entitlements…
New on the Android market today: VMware View - Tech Preview for Android. From the market: VMware View Client for Android makes it easy to access your Windows virtual desktop from your Android with the best possible user experience on…
Today I took 70-646, Windows Server 2008: Server Administrator and PASSED! I am now an Microsoft Certified IT Professional, Server Administrator. I liked this last test in the bunch. Instead of just 50 multiple choice questions, it was 22, and…