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,…

  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