Archive for June, 2009

Login VSI 1.0 Issues with VMware View 3.1

By Shannon McFarland - Last updated: Wednesday, June 17, 2009

I have used Login Consultants Login VSI 1.0 tool for a number of desktop virtualization research projects and I recently fired it up again for some VMware View 3.1 RDP over HTTP/HTTPs traffic profiling for QoS and Cisco WAAS/WAAS Mobile.
Login VSI does not natively support/use the VMware View client (it launches an RDP/ICA session directly [...]

VMware vSphere With IPv6 – First Look

By Shannon McFarland - Last updated: Monday, June 15, 2009

My team lives in the world of Cisco, VMware and Microsoft.  In addition to those vendors I focus on all things Enterprise IPv6.  Based on that I am always looking for applications, tools, services, blah, blah that can leverage IPv6.
I have captured a few screenshots for the initial setup of VMware vSphere 4.0 over IPv6.  [...]

Microsoft WS08 R2 Hyper-V Feature Summary

By Shannon McFarland - Last updated: Friday, June 5, 2009

A little dated but this gives a video update of the summary features coming with WS08 R2 Hyper-V. In my book they still have a ways to go but I like the direction they are headed
Ask Iain: Virtualization

IPv6 support in VMware vSphere

By Shannon McFarland - Last updated: Thursday, June 4, 2009

Our team is doing a boatload of testing with various Microsoft OS/Apps on vSphere and we will be enabling the new IPv6 functionality to see what is there and what is missing. Stay tuned as I report the goodness and not-so-goodness of VMware’s support for IPv6.

Part 1 – IPv6 drivers for the enterprise

By Shannon McFarland - Last updated: Wednesday, June 3, 2009

I have been helping SP and enterprise customers with their IPv6 planning and deployment since about 2003.  These customers have been from all over the world so I have gathered a variety of drivers based on geography as well as market segment.   I have had more customer engagements in the last year than all previous [...]