VM Reports

WHITE PAPER: Server virtualization can quickly result in excessively complex network ports if you don't have a plan. This white paper explores the factors that can lead to GbE port bloat, including physical server connection paradigms and security procedures. 

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 | Published: 05 Jul 2011

EGUIDE: Regarding disaster recovery, expenses currently overshadow the risk of theoretical disaster. As a result, CIOs who hope to implement or upgrade their DR plans must compromise. This e-guide discusses how to make a value case for DR, along with a series of low-cost strategies for planning, implementing, and testing virtual DR plans.

Posted: 27 Jun 2011 | Published: 24 Jun 2011

EZINE: This expert e-zine weighs the benefits of deploying a second hypervisor against the risks. Find out what factors you should consider when selecting an additional platform and learn how to improve the performance of your virtual environment.

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 | Published: 01 Jun 2011

EGUIDE: This expert e-guide from SearchVMware.com highlights key virtual hardware statistics to ensure you choose the best virtual machine for your IT shop. Learn more here.

Posted: 31 May 2011 | Published: 31 May 2011

VIDEO: This video describes how IBM Virtualization Management Solutions can help you manage physical and virtual resources across the technology infrastructure.

Posted: 19 May 2011 | Premiered: 23 Jun 2010

PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: Configuration errors, over-allocation of resources and application and network performance issues can cause administrators headaches. Learn how to find and eliminate the sources of these problems in this presentation transcript.

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 | Published: 08 Apr 2011

EGUIDE: In this expert e-guide from SearchVirtualDesktop.com, learn about the complexities involved with desktop virtualization in comparison with server virtualization. Find out about the wide-array of virtual desktop applications that are available and learn which ones may be worth considering for your organization.

Posted: 07 Apr 2011 | Published: 19 Oct 2010

EGUIDE: This e-guide will walk through the current VAR cloud computing business trends, how to weigh the risks and benefits to determine the need for it in your storage portfolio, and the top 10 cloud computing market resources.

Posted: 06 Apr 2011 | Published: 06 Apr 2011

WEBCAST: Together, CA Technologies and VMware support customers’ journey to the cloud with integrated, synergistic solutions that accelerate the business value of virtualization. Hear how customers are benefiting from the two organizations' shared vision, products, services and support.

Posted: 06 Apr 2011 | Premiered: Apr 1, 2011

EZINE: Tracking and identifying virtual machines on physical hosts or sorting out the source of I/O bottlenecks requires administrators to do investigative work. Software management tools can help, but business processes are also important for handling virtual system management. Learn some tips to make managing virtual environments a little bit easier.

Posted: 25 Mar 2011 | Published: 25 Mar 2011

EGUIDE: This e-guide from SearchVMware.com explains how to monitor CPU usage, virtual memory, the network and I/O resources in virtual environments. Plus, get expert step-by-step instructions for installing and testing PowerShell for Hyper-V management.

Posted: 25 Mar 2011 | Published: 25 Mar 2011

EGUIDE: In this e-guide from SearchVMware.com, gain expert insight into the existing performance monitoring tools in vSphere for optimal virtual environment management. And discover five VMware administration and management tips that will help you better manage your VMs and avoid common mistakes.

Posted: 25 Mar 2011 | Published: 25 Mar 2011

WHITE PAPER: Intel® Virtualization Technology FlexMigration allows virtualization software vendors to deliver live migration solutions across different generations of Intel® Xeon® processor-based servers. This white paper explains how Intel VT FlexMigration works, including how and why some instructions are masked by the hypervisor while others are not.

Posted: 18 Mar 2011 | Published: 18 Mar 2011

EGUIDE: This expert e-guide from SearchVirtualDesktop.com explains how to assess your IT infrastructure to ensure it is ready for desktop virtualization. Discover which issues are commonly addressed first after implementing VDI, including staffing concerns and user image management.

Posted: 25 Feb 2011 | Published: 25 Feb 2011

EGUIDE: Virtual machine disaster recovery is a multifaceted activity that fails over a VM from a primary site to a remote location. Check out this e-guide to learn about the various approaches to virtual machine disaster recovery.

Posted: 21 Feb 2011 | Published: 21 Feb 2011

EGUIDE: VDI presents enterprises with dynamic opportunities to improve security. Check out this e-guide to learn what those are and receive guidance on evaluating VDI security products.

Posted: 15 Feb 2011 | Published: 15 Feb 2011

EGUIDE: In this e-guide, brought to you by SearchStorage.com, you will learn how to overcome the strategic challenges involved in data recovery in a virtual environment, and explore what backup process is right for your organization.

Posted: 10 Jan 2011 | Published: 10 Jan 2011

PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: Virtualization greatly increases your backup and recovery options. You can not only back up specific data points and files, but entire applications and VMs. In this presentation transcript you will learn about the different strategies and how to use them in your virtual infrastructure.

Posted: 10 Jan 2011 | Published: 07 Jan 2011

EBOOK: This e-book provides planning and testing tips for establishing high availability in a virtual environment, plus highlights effective management tools and procedures currently available.

Posted: 22 Nov 2010 | Published: 22 Nov 2010

EGUIDE: Checkout this SearchStorage.co.UK eguide to read founder and senior analyst at the StorageIO Group, Greg Schulz's, discussion on how to manage data with virtual servers including what to consider when looking at data management tools for virtual servers, what storage vendors are doing to support virtual server environments and more.

Posted: 15 Nov 2010 | Published: 15 Nov 2010

EGUIDE: In this expert e-guide from SearchVirtualDesktop.com, learn about the complexities involved with desktop virtualization in comparison with server virtualization. Find out about the wide-array of virtual desktop applications that are available and learn which ones may be worth considering for your organization.

Posted: 20 Oct 2010 | Published: 19 Oct 2010

PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: Read this transcript of a brief demo and video, and learn what VMware High Availability (HA) is, what its requirements are, and how you set it up.

Posted: 03 Sep 2010 | Published: 03 Sep 2010

PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: Read this transcript of a brief demo and video where Mike Laverick covers: Templates, thin virtual disks, how to create new virtual machines with vSphere, as well as how to make a virtual disk be thin-provisioned.

Posted: 03 Sep 2010 | Published: 03 Sep 2010

WHITE PAPER: Enterprises need strategies and tools that help maximise the use of every compute asset and improve operational flexibility. This white paper highlights the advantages of using server virtualisation to capture business value through an efficient, nimble IT architecture built on Oracle VM Server for SPARC (previously called Sun Logical Domains).

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 | Published: 17 Apr 2010

EZINE: Stay up to date on the current state of software licensing in a virtual world and learn the guidelines that can help keep your organization out of trouble. Also in this issue, find out how to make the most out of hardware contracts, and separate the fact from the fallacy in cloud computing.

Posted: 04 Aug 2010 | Published: 04 Aug 2010