Wow! I should change “released” to say “soon to be unleashed upon the world” !!!

Trend Micro has done it AGAIN – hitting the ground running this year – easily outpacing most of the competition in the race to win the cloud-enabled anti-malware software market.

From cloud-enabled, VDI-aware endpoint protection, to vmsafe API-based virtual machine protection through the core protection modules, Trend has a forward-looking and effective (and affordable) security solution for every cloud-savvy Data Center.

Earlier this summer, and given our track record with both messaging and security, eGroup was invited to participate in the InterScan Messaging Security Virtual Appliance (IMSVA) 8.0 Hybrid SaaS Email Security Early Adopter Program. The results were pretty fantastic!

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Here’s a quick and easy way to change the Service Console VLAN ID on an ESX host:

1) Log in to the host console as root, or SA to root
2) Check which vSwitch the Service Console is on with the command “esxcfg-vswitch -l”
3) To set a vlan id on the service console: esxcfg-vswitch vSwitch0 -v X -p “Service Console” (replace the “X” with the VLAN ID)
4) To remove the vlan id completely, just set it to 0, like this: esxcfg-vswitch vSwitch0 -v 0 -p “Service Console”

That’s it! The change takes place immediately. No reboot is required.

Earlier this week we had a little contest around the office – that is, who could get in and get their vSphere4 VTSP accomplished the quickest.  The VMware Technical Sales Professional Program (VTSP) provides foundational technical knowledge for pre-sales engineering individuals to certify them to successfully architect, engage, and participate in a VMware solutions sales cycle. For VMware partners, the VTSP is a pre-requisite that must be completed before you can obtain Technical Pre-Sales Competency Accreditations.

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At eGroup we had a LABMANAGER virtual machine with a 40GB vmdk hard drive – Fully allocated! (Thanks to Jason for this)

However, only 6.5GB was in use – 84% free space – but hogging up a full 40GB on the production vmfs datastore! (Thanks to Jason for this)

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Customers are often asking what server configuration they should choose for their virtualization environment. Do they go with a 2-socket multi-core based system, the traditional building block of the Data Center, or should they select a 4-socket server, which typically has more RAS features and better capacity in terms of cores, memory, and I/O better support their needs?  It’s kind of like choosing to go on vacation with that convertible you love to drive on the weekends or your trusty sedan that you go to work in every day! They both have their purpose but one may be better suited for the task at hand.

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