Category Archives: Virtualization and Cloud Computing

VMware VI SDK – guestOsId values (VirtualMachineGuestOsIdentifier)

Posted on October 18, 2011 by Humair

I was creating some Virtual Machines using the Java VI SDK and needed the respective values for the VirtualMachineGuestOsIdentifier (abbreviated by many as guestOsId). I realized many people are searching for this information but have trouble locating it simply because … Continue reading →

Posted in Java, Programming Languages, Virtualization and Cloud Computing | Tagged guest operating system, guest os, guestOsId, Java, Java VI SDK, VI SDK, virtual machine, virtual machines, VirtualMachineGuestOsIdentifier, VM, vmware | Leave a comment

pNIC, vNIC, and vmNIC Confusion

Posted on May 26, 2011 by Humair

I have been using both remote desktop and vSphere Client quite often lately. Yesterday, I had a remote desktop session with a Windows Server 2003 physical server and also had vSphere Client (connected to an ESXi server) open with a … Continue reading →

Posted in Networking, Technology, Virtualization and Cloud Computing | Tagged ESXi, ESXi Server, hypervisor, physical NIC, pNIC, remote connection, Remote Desktop, virtual machine, virtual NIC, virtualization, VM, vmNIC, vmware, vNIC, vSphere Client | 2 Comments

VMware vSphere 4 Step-through

Posted on May 17, 2011 by Humair

VMware vSphere is an industry leading virtualization platform. Basically it is a software suite composed of applications directed towards managing datacenters through the use of virtualization technology. I’m going to briefly discuss some of the major/core components of vSphere 4. … Continue reading →

Posted in Technology, Virtualization and Cloud Computing | Tagged Cisco Nexus 1000V, Cloud Computing, Consolidated Backup, Distributed Resource Scheduler, enterprise level virtualization, enterprise virtualization, ESX, ESXi, Fault Tolerance, High Availability, Hot Add, hypervisor, SMP, Storage VMotion, Thin Provisioning, vCenter Orchestrator, Virtual Symmetric Multi-Processing, VirtualCenter, virtualization, VMDirectPath, vMotion, vmware, VMWare ESX, VMware ESXi, VMware vSphere, vNetwork Distributed Switch, vShield Zones, vSphere, vSphere 4 | Leave a comment

Symmetrical Multiprocessing in the Physical and Virtual World

Posted on April 23, 2011 by Humair

The continuous shrinking of transistor size has pushed the limits of how many transistors can be placed on a single die (currently in the millions). In consequence, to utilize the increased amount of transistors, the CPU or “the core” has … Continue reading →

Posted in Intel, Processors/CPUs, Technology, Virtualization and Cloud Computing | Tagged CPU, ESX, Intel, multiple cores, Quad Core Intel Xeon E7500, SMP, symmetrical multiprocessing, virtual machine, virtualization, VM, VMkernel, vmware, VMWare ESX, Xeon | Leave a comment

Using the VI Java API with VMware ESXi

Posted on October 20, 2010 by Humair

Earlier this year, when I first thought to test out the VI Java API, I estimated I would spend several hours learning the API just to write a simple test program. I was surprised when in less than two hours, … Continue reading →

Posted in Java, Programming Languages, Technology, Virtualization and Cloud Computing | Tagged ESX, ESXi, VI Java API, VI SDK, virtual machine, vmware | 5 Comments

The Power of Virtualization – a competitive edge

Posted on October 19, 2010 by Humair

In today’s world, technology and science play a huge role in competitive advantage. Those who know how to exploit the power of technology to help them meet their goals will exceed with less effort and will accomplish more with the … Continue reading →

Posted in Technology, Virtualization and Cloud Computing | Tagged ESXi, hypervisor, Infrastructure Client, Popek and Goldberg, Virtual Machine Monitor, VirtualBox, virtualization, VMM, vmware | 2 Comments