Photo by Viktor van den Berg
Reactions from day one. Did you notice we had a few announcements today? (CRN on ESX Server 3i, SSV on ESX Server 3i)
Here’s one you might not see covered in the trade press, but check the back of your little green VMworld book: VMworld EMEA Feb 26, 2008 in Cannes.
treesum is doing great, in-depth coverage on his blog:
- Inside VMware Consolidated Backup: Perspectives from the field – PAR303 "VMConverter 3.01 can now be used to restore from VCB images – that is huge!! You can restore to ESX, VMServer, workstation.
This is the first “ton of bricks” concept that has hit me this week.
Makes the restore process for full VM backups much more feasible." - Virtual Lab Automation Technical Deep Dive and POC – PAR301
- VMware DR a proof of concept – PAR300
Scott Lowe on Partner Day, including VCB and VDI:
Some of the key points I took away from the session included
information on a command-line interface (CLI) for VMware Converter that
allows for automated restores of VCB full VM backups using Converter
(I’m really excited about looking into that one); good information on
the minimal permissions needed for the user that logs into
VirtualCenter and whose login information is hard-coded in config.js
(this is a big security concern for many customers); and some
RDM compatibility mode issues (RDM in virtual compatibility mode versus
physical compatibility mode).
Adam Baum at BrianMadden.com summarizes his first day: good VCB lab, but cheated out of lunch. "I’ve met more interesting folk and listened to them describe how they
use VM. DR seems to be big this year. I have yet to find anyone
interested in ACE or VDI, but everyone wants to know how to to DR." (For the record, we have several times the lab capacity this year than last. The demand for lab space by VMworld attendees is approximately infinite. Also, I’ve already talked to folks totally into both ACE and VDI, so you won’t feel lonely for long, Adam.)
Jan Stafford of SearchServerVirtualization asks the video question: Should VMware prices be lower? SSV’s Hannah Drake says: No, it’s just the SAN that’s the problem. AccessFlow’s Steve Kaplan, also on SSV, says: Are you kidding? 100% ROI in 6 months. Now, both Steve and I are not unbiased observers, but I’ve heard a lot of people tell me their ROI stories. As Steve says, "the cost of VMware appears to be an exceptional bargain."
The virtualization ecosystem is in full bloom:
VMworld a launching pad for virtualization wares (Network World) LeftHand seems to have gotten the attention of treesum and Scott Lowe — a virtual appliance that turns your local storage into an iSCSI SAN.
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If you’re a Fusion user (see Ben’s post) come by the Communities Lounge tomorrow on the exhibit floor and we’ll hook you up with a VIP ticket. Thanks to everybody who came to the Communities happy hour tonight, although we lost a lot of the EMEA folks to the national pastime.
Stock seemed to do well, too. Keep virtualizing, everybody.
