RANT: VMDKs or VHDs ; Why do I have to Choose?!?

RANT: VMDKs or VHDs ; Why do I have to Choose?!?

Virtual Disks.  They are single file containers that hold entire file systems within them (think of the Galaxy Marbles in Men in Black!)  Operating systems ... Read More

Citrix XenDesktop End Of Life Announcements

Citrix XenDesktop End Of Life Announcements

In case you missed them this month, Citrix published 2 KB articles detailing the End Of Life support plans for their current XenDesktop products.  XenDesktop ... Read More

VMware View: Direct Connections or Funneled through the Broker?

VMware View: Direct Connections or Funneled through the Broker?

When using the Broker in View, you basically have 2 options for connecting to your desktops : Direct Connections or Tunneled SLL through the Broker ... Read More

No room to upgrade from ESX3 to ESX4 vSphere. Time to Repartition!

No room to upgrade from ESX3 to ESX4 vSphere. Time to Repartition!

I was recently upgrading an ESX host from ESX3.5 to vSphere when I ran into an interesting issue.  The server was built with 36GB local ... Read More

COMPLETELY OFF-TOPIC : Induction Charging! – Way Cool!

COMPLETELY OFF-TOPIC : Induction Charging! – Way Cool!

This post really has nothing to do with Virtualization, work or anything like that but it’s Friday!  In my search for rechargeable batteries for my ... Read More