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Hyper-V Live Migration with the Dell PowerEdge VRTX

July 10, 2013 in Tech, Virtualization

As most of you know we recently launched one of the most exciting products of the year (I think), the Dell PowerEdge VRTX. Upon launch of VRTX there were a lot of questions that we saw online. One of the questions we heard most was “Does it truly have “Shared Storage”. To answer this Lance and I sat down in the lab and set up a Microsoft Hyper-V cluster to see how the unit would perform during a live migration. In the coming weeks you can look for more detailed […]

Tags: Dell VRTX, failover, hyper-v, virtualization, VRTX
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Setting Up Windows Azure

May 2, 2013 in Tech, Virtualization

I have been working on setting up a mobile lab using VMware workstation for a while now (it’s an ongoing process). But I came across the Windows Azure free trial and thought “why not?” so here we go. After clicking “try it for free” and signing into your account You are presented with a 3 step process to get going. First step is letting you know what you’ll get and what you need to proceed. Notice that your 10 web sites and mobile services stay free after the trial period. The next […]

Tags: Azure features, cloud, cloud compute, cloud platform, cloud storage, how to set up windows azure, setting up windows azure, Windows Azure, Windows Azure free trail, windows cloud
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Mobile vSphere Lab – Creating Private Network

March 15, 2013 in Networking, Virtualization

Before we start deploying VMs from the template we created, I want to go through setting up a private network as I do not want these VMs to have access to my home network. Basically you have three options for creating your network. I know you have more than that, but we aren’t going to go into the advanced networking configurations in this post. NAT In this configuration the host will act as a router that hides the virtual machine behind it. The VM will have access to the network […]

Tags: creating virtual network, home lab, Virtual Network Editior, VMware Workstation 9, VMware Workstation 9 home lab, vsphere home lab
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Nice Recap of the Feb-27-2013 VMUG via Rick’s Tech Gab

March 4, 2013 in Events, Virtualization

Everyone love’s VMUG’s right! Well what if you can’t attend? Hopefully there’s someone there that will take notes and then blog about it later :), that’s just what Rick Byrne did. This meeting was Dell sponsored and focused on VDI and the capabilities Dell can offer. They also had a special guest, Eric Gales (VP and GM of VMware Canada) for a Q&A session. Rick’s blog below! Feb-27-2013 VMUG Meeting Recap – Dell | Rick’s Tech Gab.

Tags: ASM, dell, Dell ASM, Dell vStart, Dell WYSE, Horizon, VDI, VMUG, VMware, vStart, WYSE
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Mobile vSphere Lab – Template edition

February 28, 2013 in Tech, Virtualization

So in my last post, we went over what hardware I would be using for my mobile lab. In this post we’re going to go over creating a base template. Now I know this is redundant not necessary for some people, but it’s always good to document right . So let’s start by creating a base template for our VMs. I am going create a 2008 R2 and a Server 2012, but for this blog we’re going to cover the 2008 R2. First we are going click on create a […]

Tags: home lab, mobile lab, VM Template, VMware Workstation 9, workstation 9
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Building Out A VMware Home Lab

February 25, 2013 in Networking, Storage, Tech, Virtualization

Sounds exciting right! Well a while back I wrote how I was going to build out a view environment in the Dell TechCenter lab. Due to some circumstances out of my control that idea passed and I have not been able to covert the dream into reality. Hence I have turned my attention to building out a “Mobile Lab” that will allow me to learn more about the products/technology themselves and also be able to take it to any events that I may attend. I will be posting some updates […]

Tags: computer, dell precision, home lab, lab, mobile lab, mobile workstation, ssd drives, technology, test lab, view test lab, VMware view, VMware Workstation 9, VMware Workstation 9 home lab, VMware Workstation 9 test lab, vsphere home lab, workstation 9
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