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Tommy blogged on how to set this up here:
http://www.vtexan.com/2013/01/08/how-to-install-emc-prosphere/
Commented Jan 9, 2013 on More, and still free to play, learn, try! Prosphere 1.7 is out…. at Virtual Geek
More, and still free to play, learn, try! Prosphere 1.7 is out….
Pure heads up – EMC Prosphere 1.7 is now GA… We’ve updated the “Learn, Play, Try” page on the community (click on the below to get right there), and my friend and colleague Tommy Trogden (the always awesome vTexan) has updated his experiences with getting it installed here. HAVE FUN!
Now if we could just get an updated client for Mac!!!
Commented Oct 24, 2011 on AirPlay Desktops and New @VMware View Clients for iPad, Android and Cius! at VMware End-User Computing Blog
AirPlay Desktops and New @VMware View Clients for iPad, Android and Cius!
By Pat Lee, director, End-User Computing Clients, VMware That is right… the new VMware View Client for iPad is out and it offers some great new features including an innovative new presentation mode supporting Apple AirPlay. More on this shortly… VMware View makes it easy to extend to your user...
I think that for diskless servers, VMware is acknowledging that the right way to do logging is with a centralized log host (vMA or what have you).
I'd argue thats the right way regardless, but, hey :)
Commented Jul 22, 2011 on vSphere 5: System Logging Not Configured By Default at Virtualization for Service Providers
vSphere 5: System Logging Not Configured By Default
Playing around in the lab this week, I noticed something interesting. I’m not sure if it’s a bug, or by design, but it’s new with vSphere 5 so I wanted to share. I have one lab that has vSphere 5 installed on internal hard drives, and everything looks just like it should. When I look at the lo...
This is a fantastic idea, and I 100% agree that using real (anonymized) workloads is the best possibly way to improve performance. I know that even as an engineer working for a competitor I love being able to get real workload data from a customer to size/optimize whatever they have (and maybe replace it, eh?).
BTW, its worth mentioning that the data from vSCSIstats doesn't include your actual data sent down the pipe, so its reasonably safe and you aren't giving anything private away. However, some (including myself) might consider the internal hostnames, etc. exposed by ESXtop to be sensitive. Maybe Clint/the other vSpecialists could right another script to take the data and scrub out the hostname fields to replace them with randomized names?
Commented Feb 25, 2011 on Using VMware? Want more perf? Help me help you. at Virtual Geek
Using VMware? Want more perf? Help me help you.
So, everyone wants more performance, always. As I mentioned in yesterday’s post, it’s REALLY hard to generate a “VMware IO workload”, and most benchmarks out there aren’t that good at the IO part of a VMware benchmark. Even VMmark 2.0 which is a great CPU/memory tile-based, mixed workload ben...
The trip through the Symmetrix build facility is hilarious :).
Can we get a duet with you and Chuck? That would be classic and go down in blog history, I think!
Commented Feb 1, 2011 on Want a peek behind the curtain? at Virtual Geek
Want a peek behind the curtain?
OK – background here… EMC Sales Kickoff 2011. At HQ, we knew we had a killer 2010 (which is now public) – with growth everywhere. HQ wanted to say “THANK YOU” to the field at large, and our leadership team came up with this idea. Literally days later, the whole thing is setup, and the offi...
That IS a good ad.
I have to say that of any of the major storage companies, EMC has marketing down to a science. Better than NetApp even, and better than even my own company (3PAR/HP).
Nicely done.
--M
(disclosure: I work for 3PAR/HP).
Commented Nov 23, 2010 on Now THIS is solid marketing… at Virtual Geek
Now THIS is solid marketing…
As a nerd, I tend to have a bit of a knee-jerk when I see marketing (from EMC as much as anyone) – but I’ve come to realize: It’s important – it’s a way to communicate messages clearly to the marketplace. People who thinks success comes purely from engineering, sales, and support, well – I wo...
Pretty cool hack....speaking of which - how is VAAI for VMAX coming along? Hopefully not the same engineer working on this and that :) (joking, joking!)
Commented Nov 9, 2010 on Something fun and cool… at Virtual Geek
Something fun and cool…
Check this out :-) Hats off to the folks that made this happen!
Great videos!
1) GREAT music :)
2) The vSquirrel in black catching 3/4 balls is clearly a ringer! :)
3) Why wasn't the vSpecialist gorilla playing?!?
Commented Sep 9, 2010 on VMworld 2010 - v0dgeball – the epic 2010 battle :-) at Virtual Geek
VMworld 2010 - v0dgeball – the epic 2010 battle :-)
One of the VMworld 2010 highlight for me was the v0dgeball match on Thursday night. A great way to let off steam as VMworld wrapped up :-) A great thank you to Christopher Hoff @ Cisco, who’s initial taunting and smack-talk was the trigger, and all the EMC people who helped make it actually ha...
Man - sounds like way cool people, but I don't know Wade O'Harrow, so looks like I shouldn't be there :)
Commented Aug 18, 2010 on VMworld – 2nd annual vGeekFest Party at Virtual Geek
VMworld – 2nd annual vGeekFest Party
For the second year running, I’ve decided to hold a 2nd party…. The first is the EMC customer appreciation party @ Temple (540 HOWARD ST - 2 blocks from Moscone Center), Tuesday August 31, 2010 6:30-10:30pm. We’re developing a solid rep that other than the rave, this is the party to be at VMwo...
"VMware SIOC + EMC sub-LUN FAST = Storage DRS… today"
Or not today. Unless your version of today = sometime in the future when EMC releases FAST v2 to the public/GA....
Commented Jul 23, 2010 on vSphere 4.1, SIOC, and Array Auto-Tiering at Virtual Geek
vSphere 4.1, SIOC, and Array Auto-Tiering
So – do these ideas work together? Do they complement each other or compete? What’s the source of these questions Chad – and why are you asking them? :-) (BTW – this topic is one I’m covering at VMworld, along with some of the testing data) If you’re interested, read on… Storage IO Control (...
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