Tag: VMware vSphere

• Cloning with Customization Specifications

  Being back in a VMware environment, there are a few differences I need to remember from Hyper-V and System Center.  It is not that one is better or worse than the other, but they are certainly different. Customization Specifications are a great addition in vCenter to Cloning virtual machines.  They allow you to name the VM, […]

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  Mitch Garvis

  September 3, 2014

  Uncategorized

  Article, Cloud computing, Hyper-V, Servers, System Center 2012, VMware vSphere

• A response to a VMware article… written by someone I respect.

  While he may not be very well know to the Microsoft community, Mike Laverick is a legend in VMware circles.  Mike owns a blog called RTFM Education, a source of white papers for VMware technology, although he did start out as a Microsoft Certified Trainer.  He now works for VMware as a Senior Cloud Infrastructure […]

  Mitch Garvis

  October 25, 2013

  Uncategorized

  High-availability cluster, Hyper-V, Microsoft, VMware, VMware ESX, VMware vSphere, Windows PowerShell, Windows Server

• It’s Coming… Can we now compare Hyper-V with vSphere as both new products prepare for launch?

  On July 5th I published an article titled A Response to VMware’s ‘Get the Facts’ page comparing vSphere to Hyper-V & System Center’. In the seven weeks since it went live it has become the 4th most read article I have ever published (in seven years as a blogger), as well as being by far the […]

  Mitch Garvis

  August 30, 2012

  Hyper-V, Hypervisor, VMware, Windows Server 2012

  Hyper-V, Microsoft, Microsoft Servers, Toronto, VMware, VMware vSphere, Windows Server, Windows Server 2008 R2

• Virtual Hard Disks: Best Practices for dynamic / thin provisioned disks and other stories…

    Virtual environments offer us many new options with regard to storage.  Whether you are using Hyper-V or VMware, a few of the options (and recommendations) are the same, even when the terms are different. One of the options I am often asked about is dynamically expanding hard drives.  MY first reaction is that I […]

  Mitch Garvis

  June 21, 2012

  Dynamically Expanding, Raw Device Maps, Storage, Virtualization, Virtualization Storage

  Microsoft, Microsoft Hyper-V, Storage area network, USB, USB flash drive, Virtual disk image, Virtual machine, VMware, VMware vSphere

• Windows Server 8: Busting the limits in Hyper-V, and comparing the numbers to VMware vSphere 5.0

  Windows Server 8: Busting the limits in Hyper-V, and comparing the numbers to VMware vSphere 5.0.

  Mitch Garvis

  March 9, 2012

  Uncategorized

  Hyper-V, Microsoft, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, VMware, VMware vSphere, Windows 8, Windows Server 2003

• Virtualization Lessons–Both Positive and Negative!

  As I sit in the back of the room for Microsoft Canada’s Virtualization Boot Camp Challenge today I see that the lab environments that we are providing to the attendees actually mimics the setup I use for my Virtual Partner Technology Advisor (vPTA) sessions.  As such, I am seeing a lot of potential for attendees […]

  Mitch Garvis

  January 21, 2012

  Microsoft Canada, Microsoft Virtualization, Virtualization

  E-learning, Hyper-V, ISCSI, Microsoft, Microsoft Certified Professional, VMware, VMware vSphere, Windows Small Business Server