Get progress of ‘Shrink Database’ task on a Microsoft SQL Server
Shrinking a big database on a Microsoft SQL Server can take some time. And it’s one of those tasks, where you wont get a status until it’s finished. I really hate this… But this small T-SQL query can help: [crayon-566c2646049d8779002421/] Simply open a new query windows, paste the query into the query windows and execute […] Advertise here with BSA
Skype for Business on vSphere
Is it support? That is an interesting question if you ask a Microsoft consulting company. You might just get a mixed bag of answers. The goal of a Microsoft consulting company is to push HyperV. Lync and Skype for Business are absolutely supported on VMware hypervisors. Itfalls under the “Server Virtualization Validation Program” from Microsoft. […]]> Is it support? That is an interesting question if you ask a Microsoft consulting company. You might just get a mixed bag of answers. The goal…Read More
Prepare for your exam with our #VCP Certification Exam Prep videos available in the #VMware Learning Zone: https://t.co/KF3SWBjj9l
Prepare for your exam with our #VCP Certification Exam Prep videos available in the #VMware Learning Zone: https://t.co/KF3SWBjj9l
SSLv3 Protocol Disabled by Default in vSphere 5.5 Update 3b
Background Why has the SSLv3 protocol been disabled by default in vSphere 5.5 Update 3b? Across the industry, enterprise software products and solutions are dropping use of and support for the SSLv3 protocol. The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) officially deprecated the SSLv3 protocol in RFC 7568 due to its obsolescence and inherent unfixability. Instead, […] The post SSLv3 Protocol Disabled by Default in vSphere 5.5 Update 3b appeared first on VMware vSphere Blog .
VMware @vRealizeOps Python Adapter – A Hidden Treasure
True power comes out of VMware vRealize Operations when enabling the vRealize Operations Python Adapter, turning a basic monitoring tool into an intelligent monitoring and action tool, much like the third-party tool VMTurbo.
How to Make a Super Useful Dashboard in vRealize Operations
By: Mike Langdon, Blue Medora vRealize Operations is phenomenally customizable. This customization can present a seemingly daunting learning curve. Once you start digging into the vRealize user interface, however, adding useful content becomes almost trivially easy. In this post I’ll walk you through making the dashboard in Figure 1 using vRealize Operations 6.1 and management […] The post How to Make a Super Useful Dashboard in vRealize Operations appeared first on VMware Cloud Management .
Network Virtualization: Mainstream in 2015, Expanding Reach in 2016
It’s an exciting time of year as we wrap up 2015 and look ahead to 2016. Let’s take a look and see how our predictions for 2015 fared, and discuss 2016.
vRealize Operations: Real-time Analytics for the Entire Stack Now Supports Citrix XenApp / XenDesktop 7.6 https://t.co/ObWOiKKJYB
vRealize Operations: Real-time Analytics for the Entire Stack Now Supports Citrix XenApp / XenDesktop 7.6 https://t.co/ObWOiKKJYB
App Volumes Performance and Scalability Testing – Testing Almost Completed
By Tristan Todd, Architect, End-User Computing, VMware and Tirtha Bhattacharjee, Quality Engineer, End-User Computing, VMware In this second post in a series, we are chronicling our work on a performance and scalability reference architecture project for VMware App Volumes. We have completed build-out of the lab environment and finished our validation testing, and we are […] The post App Volumes Performance and Scalability Testing – Testing Almost Completed appeared first on VMware End-User…Read More
VCIX6 Certification Announcement: Part 2 of 3 (Updates to Certification Structure and Paths)
Since we first started rolling out the first v6 certifications we’ve been asking a lot of questions about the new structure. Based upon the feedback that we have received from you we have decided to update the structure of our advanced credentials. These updates are as follows: We had originally planned to retire the VMware […] The post VCIX6 Certification Announcement: Part 2 of 3 (Updates to Certification Structure and Paths) appeared first on VMware Education and Certification Blog.
Oracle Real Application Clusters on VMware Virtual SAN @vmwarevsan
Oracle Real Application Clusters on VMware Virtual SAN VMware Virtual SAN VMware Virtual SAN is VMware’s software-defined storage solution for hyper-converged infrastructure, a software-driven architecture that delivers tightly integrated computing, networking, and shared storage from a single virtualized x86 server. Virtual SAN delivers high performance, highly resilient shared storage by clustering server-attached flash devices and […] The post Oracle Real Application Clusters on VMware…Read More
iOS 9.2 is GA
iOS 9.2 is now out. There seems to quite a few fixes in it. As always I am not doing an over the air (OTA) upgrade but rather one connected to iTunes. As I update devices I will update this … Read more ›
OS X 10.11.2 is GA
This update has a lot of bug fixes. Some are in Wifi and some in Bluetooth. There is 39 security fixes too. You can find a full list here. I suggest a good image backup before you update. I will … Read more ›
The Flings program, my new blog and other great stuff comes out of our Office of CTO, and now they also are on twitter! Follow @vmwoctoblog
The Flings program, my new blog and other great stuff comes out of our Office of CTO, and now they also are on twitter! Follow @vmwoctoblog
Virtualizing Performance-Critical Database Applications in VMware vSphere 6.0
by Priti Mishra Performance studies have previously shown that there is no doubt virtualized servers can run a variety of applications near, or in some cases even above, that of software running natively (on bare metal). In a new white paper, we raise the bar higher and test “monster” vSphere virtual machines loaded with CPU […] The post Virtualizing Performance-Critical Database Applications in VMware vSphere 6.0 appeared first on VMware VROOM! Blog .
4 New vSphere & Horizon Videos added to VMware Learning Zone from @VMwareEducation
Check out these four new videos recently added to the VMware Learning Zone library, covering vSphere 6 and Horizon Flex.
See what’s new with VMware Identity Manager: https://t.co/Kc8sjA4ilM https://t.co/Q1u66cZpw5
See what’s new with VMware Identity Manager: https://t.co/Kc8sjA4ilM https://t.co/Q1u66cZpw5
watchOS 2.1 is now GA
We have a new watchOS update and it seems to be a mix of patches, and regional support. I do not have any issues outstanding that this update might fix. But I do not know all of the fixes in … Read more ›
Installing the Windows agent for Log Insight
Log Insight can collect data from various sources as I explained earlier. All systems push their data to the central server, or by an agent in the operating system. There are two agentsavailable for deployment, a Linux agent and a Windows agent. Both agents can be downloaded right from the Log Insight interface. Got to the admin->Administration panel -> Agents. In this article I will be installing the Windows agent. In the screenshot on the rightyou can see that I already added one Linux…Read More
Free Update of VMware Workstation 12.1 Released
New update for VMware Workstation. AFree Update of VMware Workstation 12.1. Free update for existing Workstation 12 users only. Released fixes bugs only. It’s however fixing bugs which were causing issues in the latest Windows 10 version 1511 release (VMtools issues, unity issues or shared folder issues). Also problems with recognizing the ISO of Windows […] Read the full post Free Update of VMware Workstation 12.1 Released at ESX Virtualization.
