Technologies like h/w rooted Trusted Boot and Trusted Pools have been mainstream. These assure that VMs/workloads are launching on servers with demonstrated boot time integrity. However, for Docker containers, following security questions remain open: can Docker platform be trusted, can Docker images be trusted? This presentation introduces Intel’s work to enable the transparent and trusted… Continue reading Trusted Docker Containers and VMs
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Live Migration at HP Public Cloud
Live migration seems like magic – that you can take a running VM and swap its host without the VM or its users really noticing. But in some sense it’s not very “cloudy”. After all why live-migrate your pets if you can just start a new herd of cattle wherever you need them? At HP,… Continue reading Live Migration at HP Public Cloud
Condusiv Technologies Releases V-locity 4 VM Acceleration Software
Condusiv™ Technologies, formerly Diskeeper Corporation, the leader in high-performance software optimizing technology, people and businesses, today announced the release of V-locity® 4, application performance and virtual storage software for virtualized environments including all VMware ESX/ESXi and Microsoft Hyper-V virtual platforms. V-locity 4 acceleration software allows IT organizations to go substantially faster in virtualized environments without… Continue reading Condusiv Technologies Releases V-locity 4 VM Acceleration Software
VKernel Supports Growing Microsoft Hyper-V User Base With New Free Tool
VKernel, now part of Dell Software, and the award-winning provider of enterprise-class capacity management and performance monitoring products for virtualized data centers and cloud environments, announced today the availability of VKernel’s highly regarded free tool, vOPS Server Explorer, as a Hyper-V virtual appliance. vOPS Server Explorer assesses virtual machine performance, efficiency and capacity in a… Continue reading VKernel Supports Growing Microsoft Hyper-V User Base With New Free Tool
How to create new VM in vSphere 5.1 Web Client
In this how-to tutorial we will look at how deploy a new virtual machine (VM) using the new VMware vSphere 5.1 Web Client. The new vSphere 5.1 web client is web/browser based full featured, intuitive and provides all the features of the installable client. This is going to be one of the first how-to guides… Continue reading How to create new VM in vSphere 5.1 Web Client
Taking Ownership of VM fails, VM appears to be in use, stuck in state error
While working in Vmware workstation, I lost connectivity to a LUN where I’m hosting virtual machines for workstation. As it turns out, the VMs were powered on and after restoring the connection, I could not get into the VM (windows 7) or power it off/restart it. When trying to open the VM in workstation, it… Continue reading Taking Ownership of VM fails, VM appears to be in use, stuck in state error
ServiceNow Introduces End-to-End VMware Lifecycle Automation
VMworld US 2012 ServiceNow (NYSE:NOW), a leading provider of cloud-based services to automate enterprise IT operations, today announced it has added end-to-end lifecycle automation for managing VMware virtual machines (VMs)—from creation to retirement—to its cloud-based software for enterprise IT. The new capabilities help prevent inefficient or wasteful use of VMs, a condition commonly known as… Continue reading ServiceNow Introduces End-to-End VMware Lifecycle Automation
VMware vSphere 5.1 New Features and Enhancements
Vmware announced the new release of its virtualization software, vSphere 5. Below is just brief list of new features. VMware vSphere 5.1 Features Setup and Install vSphere 5.1 will introduce two installation methods: vSphere Simple Install – allows you to install required vSphere vCenter server components in a single run. vSphere Custom Install – allows… Continue reading VMware vSphere 5.1 New Features and Enhancements