#BBMme - Pin: 7495AED4

It's been many (many) years since I had a blackberry, but here we go again with the BBM :)

Hit me up with the following info:

PIN: 7495AED4
www.pin.bbm.com/7495AED4

Hello from HP…

I'd like to announce that today was my first day as a Solutions Architect for Hewlett-Packard.  I will be covering both Manitoba / Saskatchewan and I couldn't be more excited to start on this journey with HP.  I look forward to working with both the sales and pre-sales teams of HP, all of the HP partners in both provinces, as well as current (and future) HP customers.

I am not sure what this role will mean for this blog (I may start something more HP centric), but stay tuned I will let you know what's coming very soon.

I'd also like to take this chance to say goodbye to Simon Gadd, Tom Pearce and the staff at ESTI.  I enjoyed working with them tremendously and wish them all the best in the future.

Mike Yallits

Solutions Architect Enterprise Group

Mike.Yallits@hp.com

Free e-learning course - VMware Horizon Workspace Fundamentals

Horizon Workspace Fundamentals free eLearning course will provide you with a fundamental understanding of how to install, configure, and use VMware Horizon Workspace.

In Module 1, you will learn how VMware Horizon Workspace works, the key industry challenges it solves, and you are provided with an overview of the Horizon Workspace end user interface and the Administrator Web interface. 

In Module 2, you will learn about the Horizon Workspace architecture and components. In Module 3, you will learn the main Horizon Workspace installation and configuration tasks.

In Module 4, you will learn how to access the Horizon Workspace interfaces and how to work with the Administrator Web interface to manage Horizon Workspace modules, users, groups, catalog of resources, policies, reports, and settings.

In Module 5, you will learn how users can sign in from the Horizon Workspace Web client and install Horizon Workspace on the appropriate devices. In addition, you will learn how users access their Horizon Workspace applications and how they use Horizon Files to manage and share their files and folders.

Register for this two hours self paced training course here.

VMware Tools for Nested ESXi – VMware Labs

This VIB package provides a VMware Tools service (vmtoolsd) for running inside a nested ESXi virtual machine. The following capabilities are exposed through VMware Tools:

Provides guest OS information of the nested ESXi Hypervisor (eg. IP address, configured hostname, etc.).
Allows the nested ESXi VM to be cleanly shut down or restarted when performing power operations with the vSphere Web/C# Client or vSphere APIs.

Executes scripts that help automate ESXi guest OS operations when the guest's power state changes.

Supports the Guest Operations API (formally known as the VIX API).

http://labs.vmware.com/flings/vmware-tools-for-nested-esxi#comment-85620



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Free e-learning course - Virtualizing Microsoft SQL Server 2012 with VMware Fundamentals

This free self paced eLearning course facilitates the avoidance of the pitfalls commonly encountered when experienced VMware vSphere professionals cross the chasm of Tier-1 SQL Server virtualization.

After completing the course, you should be able to: 

Describe how to design and implement SQL Server database on VMware.  Describe how to design for uptime and performance. Discuss how to leverage VMware products and technologies. Discuss various SQL Server licensing scenarios.

The course consists of five modules: 

Introduction to SQL Server Database Virtualization discusses virtualization trends.
This module also covers vSphere performance transparency, customer perceptions, and common objections to virtualization of Microsoft SQL Server.

Physical Stack Fundamentals discusses Microsoft SQL Server licensing concepts.
This module also covers reference architecture of SQL Server database on vSphere. In addition, the module discusses several storage, vSphere host sizing, and networking considerations. 

Virtual Machine Layer Fundamentals discusses how to configure guest Windows OS.
This module also discusses various storage presentation options and compares their pros and cons. Finally, this module discusses how to optimally install SQL Server instance. 

SQL Server Database on vSphere Prototype Project discusses project management and team dynamics of the prototype project.
This module also details techniques for baselining performance and discusses considerations for selection of a viable workload candidate for virtualization prototye. Finally, this module covers the process by which an organization validates the prototype's performance. 

Beyond the Prototype Implementation discusses two disaster recovery architectures.
One with SQL database mirroring and one without SQL database mirroring. This module compares single-instance SQL Server on VMware with MFC-on-vSphere. This module also discusses the logical reference architecture for MFC. This module covers vSphere's security advantages compared to native hardware. Finally, this module reviews some prominent opportunities to apply tooling to optimize every qualitative, operational, and financial aspect of the preproduction lifecycle.

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