vCloud Automation Center: vCAC 5.1: Custom Properties Demystified
vCAC uses custom properties in many different ways. They can be very useful if properly understood. To start with there are two high level classificati
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vCloud Automation Center: vCAC 5.1: Configure Static IP Address Support
vCAC has a feature that can be enabled to provide support for Static IP address assignments of provisioned workloads. This Static IP Address feature allows
vCloud Automation Center -vCAC 5.1: Conifiguring Multi-Machine Services
A Multi-Machine service is a Blueprint that is configured to deploy multiple blueprints/machines from one request. Essentially let''s say you have a bluepr
vCloud Automation Center: vCAC 5.1: Executing Scripts with the Linux Guest Agent
I''ve been getting asked a lot of question on how to execute scripts within Linux Guest Systems using vCAC. There are a few components to executing scripts
vCloud Automation Center: vCAC 5.1: Reservations Demystified
I have written a few articles that show you how to configure "Reservations" in vCAC. In this article I''m going to dig in to some details around "Reservati
vCloud Automation Center: vCAC 5.1: Connecting to vCenter
In my last post I covered how to connect vCAC to Amazon EC2 which I hope was useful for many it appears to have received a lot of attention. In this post I
ESX vs ESXi which is better(Revisited vSphere 4.0)
Back in April I wrote a blog aimed and the differences between ESX and ESXi . The original post was written for ESX 3.5 and with the introduction of vSpher
VMware SDK and Visual Studio 2008
I went to install the VMware SDK for vSphere 4.0 on to my desktop running Windows 7 64-bit, Visual Studio 2008, and .Net 3.5 SP1 and discovered the SDK set
Citrix Xen Desktop (DDC) / Provisioning Server (PVS) & vSphere SDK
I''m sure many of you have run into an issue with setting up Citrix Xen Desktop (DDC). As i was setting up a new "Desktop Group" I ran into a problem when
DynamicOps Delivers Automated, Space-Efficient Virtual Desktop Solution
“The desktop deployment productivity tools that NetApp and DynamicOps offer significantly increase the value of virtual infrastructures by improving perfor
vSphere 4.0 Quick Start Guide Released
The vSphere 4.0 Quick Start Guide: Shortcuts down the path of Virtualization has finally arrived! [iframe http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?lt1=_blank&bc1=000
VMware ESX Configuration Maximums Comparison Matrix
Have you ever needed an easy to reference way to see what the configuration maximums are for different versions of VMware ESX. I know I seem to need this a