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The cost of building a VMware home lab
Building a VMware vSphere home lab won't be cheap, but you can make your dollars stretch if you already have some components and choose your infrastructure peices wisely. Slideshow
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Virtual appliances and the OVF format: The new software packaging
Thanks to the Open Virtualization Format, virtual appliances are the new way to deliver software -- say goodbye to boxes and CDs. Slideshow
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Using the VMware vSphere PowerCLI: PowerShell training for VMware admins
Brushing up on your PowerShell knowledge will help you take advantage of the VMware vSphere PowerCLI and automate VMware tasks – saving time and reducing administrative errors. Here's a good starting point. Tip
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Creating a disaster recovery plan for VMware View virtual desktops
Will your VMware View virtual desktops function properly if you lose your main data center in a disaster? Here's how to design a DR plan for a View architecture that works. Also: Will VMware SRM manage View desktops in the future? Tip
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Sifting through the hardware options for advanced VMware home labs
There are a lot of hardware options available for VMware home labs. This tip covers the hardware selection process for building a VMware home lab that is capable of using vSphere's more advanced features. Tip
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Creating a VMware home lab: Dollars and sense
Although the components of a VMware home lab are important, when the money comes from your own pocket, the price tag is equally important, if not more so. Find out how our expert built his home lab for under $2,000. Tip
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Getting around PowerCLI roadblocks: Tips from the field
PowerCLI can be very useful for scripting administrative VMware tasks, but it has its limitations. With the right know-how, however, you can circumvent these limitations and join the ranks of the PowerShell elite. In this tip, we discuss two scenario... Tip
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Using VMware RAWC to see how VMware View workloads may affect your architecture
Using VMware Desktop Reference Architecture Workload Simulator (RAWC), you can simulate typical end-user activity on VMware View virtual desktops and learn how it may affect your underlying architecture. Tip
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Bulk VMware administration: Using PowerCLI with standard switches
Learn how to autoquickly create of a VLAN with a tagged port group for multiple VMware ESX hosts -- even if you don't have Enterprise Plus licensing. Tip
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Selecting hardware for VMware ESX environments: Look before you leap
Not all hardware is compatible with VMware ESX, and not all compatible hardware will support more advanced features such as Fault Tolerance. Read this before purchasing hardware and you'll up the odds that your servers work with ESX. Tip