Sunday, October 08, 2006 - Posts : @VMblog

CODE: Looking at VM Uptime through WMI

Ben Armstrong comes to the rescue again with another coding post on his blog site. This time, Ben shows us how to use WMI to find the virtual machine's uptime (how long the virtual machine has been running since it was last started or rebooted). The call is displayed in seconds, so he did some twe... Read More...

Posted Sunday, October 08, 2006 7:46 PM by David Marshall | 0 Comments
Filed under: Code

Having problems with Parallels and can't find an answer? Ask Ben!

Ben Rudolph attempts to answer many of the questions asked by Parallels users on his blog site. Here is a list of Q&A's from that site that just might help you out. Going from the latest questions to the oldest, here they are: 1) One of the nicest things about Virtual PC is being able to have a... Read More...

Posted Sunday, October 08, 2006 7:41 PM by David Marshall | 1 Comments
Filed under: Desktop Virtualization

Must Have Application - Parallels Workstation for Windows and Linux

Tucows recently rated Parallels Workstation as a "must have application". They write: Parallels Workstation: One Machine. Multiple Operating Systems. Unlimited Possibilities. That's the slogan on the Parallels Web site and I think it fits. I've been working with Parallels Workstation and it'... Read More...

Posted Sunday, October 08, 2006 7:38 PM by David Marshall | 0 Comments
Filed under: Desktop Virtualization

Whitepapers: New Technical Papers from VMware

Check out these latest technical papers released by VMware: Patch Management for ESX Server 3 The VMware ESX 3 Server software maintenance tool, esxupdate, is a utility that efficiently updates VMware ESX Server hosts. Use it to install software updates, enforce software update policies, and t... Read More...

Posted Sunday, October 08, 2006 7:22 PM by David Marshall | 0 Comments
Filed under: Books and Whitepapers

EqualLogic PS Series iSCSI SAN Qualified for VMware Infrastructure 3 Environments

EqualLogic, a leading provider of enterprise-class iSCSI storage area network (SAN) solutions, today announced that EqualLogic’s PS Series storage has been qualified with VMware Infrastructure 3. Based on the completion of interoperability testing, EqualLogic PS Series will now be included in the S... Read More...

Posted Sunday, October 08, 2006 7:17 PM by David Marshall | 1 Comments
Filed under: Storage Virtualization

Where will I be? - Altiris ManageFusion in Orlando

If the site gets a little slow over the next few days, I apologize. I will be attending the Altiris ManageFusion event in Orlando and it is turning out to be quite a busy week filled with a number of really great sessions and interviews. If you are going to be there, be sure to look for me. I... Read More...

Posted Sunday, October 08, 2006 6:48 PM by David Marshall | 0 Comments
Filed under: VMBlog Info