Nothing new here, but in case you weren’t aware there are some updates coming!
http://www.ntpro.nl/blog/archives/1510-A-glimpse-of-VMwares-upcoming-product-roadmap.html
VMware’s upcoming roadmap
June 4, 2010 by danbrinkmannHP Lefthand P4000 Support and Document Resources Super Post
June 3, 2010 by djlaubeThe following information has been provided by HP Lefthand to partners in order to share with customers. We at Lewan & Associates have made the below information available on our blog at http://blog.lewan.com as well as in print in order to assist our HP Lefthand customers.
ADVICE FROM THE HP LEFTHAND / P4000 SUPPORT EXPERTS
The HP LeftHand P4000 Support Team has the following recommendations for all iSCSI SAN owners:
Always check firmware, BIOS, and driver versions
HP LeftHand P4000 Technical Support strongly recommends that before putting newly installed Storage Modules into production and after adding applicable replacement parts, always check the versions of firmware, BIOS, drivers, etc, and compare them to the P4000 requirements. As necessary, follow the upgrade instructions provided.
For documented details register for SPOCK access at: http://www.hp.com/storage/spock
You can then access the document from the SPOCK home page under “Other Hardware” down the left side of the page, then “iSCSI / FCIP / DM (HP & Lefthand)”
Install and run Service Console / Health Check – Receive health status emails
HP LeftHand P4000 Technical Support strongly recommends that you download and install the Service Console/Health Check utility. This will allow you to send daily SAN logs to Support for SAN health assessments and key troubleshooting assistance should an issue arise. Installing Service Console / Health Check also gives you the opportunity to receive daily emails reporting the health of your SAN.
• Service Console is available on the SAN/iQ Management Software CD, which was included with your product, or can be downloaded from: www.hp.com/go/P4000Downloads
• Installation instructions are located here: http://bizsupport1.austin.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c01744668/c01744668.pdf
• To sign up for Health Status Emails, open a Support ticket either via the ITRC web site, or by calling support with your request. Include the email address or distribution list you want the daily emails sent to. Also, to help us identify your log file, include one or more of the following:
o A sample filename of the .zip logfile being collected by Service / Health Check.
o The name of the host server where Service Console / Health Check is installed.
o The information used to populate the “company name” field during Service Console / Health Check installation.
Sign up to receive product alerts and advisories.
• HP LeftHand P4000 Technical Support strongly recommends that you sign up for HP Subscribers Choice at: https://h30046.www3.hp.com/SubChoice/country/us/en/signin.aspx
to receive customized product and solution updates and support alerts to keep your product current, plus your choice of a vast amount of other information.
• To receive software update notifications via email from ITRC/SUM, go to:
https://www13.itrc.hp.com/service/sum/manageNotification.do
o Registration on ITRC and linking a support agreement to a user ID is required. For more information, go to: http://www.itrc.hp.com and
http://www.itrc.hp.com/service/entitlements/linkSupportAgreement.do
Problems with ITRC? Once logged in, Select the “Contact HP” link at the top-left section of the page. Select “ask a question about using the IT resource center”
FINDING MANUALS AND OTHER TECHNICAL INFORMATION
To download P4000 / LeftHand user manuals and other support documentation go to: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/DocumentIndex.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&taskId=101&prodClassId=-1&contentType=SupportManual&docIndexId=64180&prodTypeId=12169&prodSeriesId=3936136 Using Control-F on this page to search for keywords is often the easiest way to find the correct document.
To search the knowledge base, log into your account on ITRC at: http://www.itrc.hp.com and select “search knowledge base”.
o Registration on ITRC and linking a support agreement to a user ID is. For more information, go to: http://www.itrc.hp.com and http://www.itrc.hp.com/service/entitlements/linkSupportAgreement.do
Problems with ITRC? Once logged in, select the “Contact HP” link at the top-left section of the page. Select “ask a question about using the IT resource center”
For additional P4000 technical documents, go to: www.hp.com/go/P4000
Under Product Information, select Resource Library
View the HP/LeftHand forum: http://forums13.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/categoryhome.do?admit=109447627+1271655072432+28353475&categoryId=1195
Sign up for IT Resource forums: http://forums11.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/home.do?admit=109447626+1271815563215+28353475
FINDING SOFTWARE AND PATCHES
The following miscellaneous software components are located at: www.hp.com/go/P4000downloads
• Centralized Management Console – CMC (Included on Management SW CD)
• Command Line Interface – CLI (Included on Management SW CD)
• CLI sample scripts and documentation
• Fail Over Manager (Included on Management SW CD)
• SNMP MIBS (Included on Management SW CD)
• Service Console (Health Check) (Included on Management SW CD)
• Windows Solution Pack (MPIO DSM, VSS hardware provider)
• Windows Solution Pack user guide
• VSA for VMware ESX
• SRA for VMware SRM
• HP P4000 SAN Solutions user guide
• HP P4000 Remote Copy user guide
To download the latest full release version of SAN/iQ (currently version 8.5) go to:
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SoftwareDescription.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&prodTypeId=18964&prodSeriesId=3832580&prodNameId=4024943&swEnvOID=2078&swLang=13&mode=2&taskId=135&swItem=co-83610-1
To download System Recovery images and legacy (pre-8.5) full release versions of SAN/iQ, go to:
www.itrc.hp.com/service/sum/home.do
• Click on Software Update Manager (SUM), then Click on Download Updates
• Registration on ITRC and linking a support agreement to a user ID is required to access full upgrades and recovery CDs. For more information, go to:
http://www.itrc.hp.com and http://www.itrc.hp.com/service/entitlements/linkSupportAgreement.do
o Problems with ITRC? Once logged in, select the “Contact HP” link at the top-left section of the page. Select “ask a question about using the IT resource center”
To download specific patches for P4000 / LeftHand products, go to: www.hp.com
• Click on “Support and Drivers” in the top menu
• Select task : “Download drivers and software (and firmware)”
• Enter product “HP LeftHand” and click GO
• Select your Product, then Select “Cross operating system (BIOS, Firmware, Diagnostics, etc.”)
Also check out Lewan’s Blog Posts for other download links and info, here:
SAN/iQ 8.5 New Download Location for Patch Upgrading from Previous Versions:
http://blog.lewan.com/2010/05/28/hp-lefthand-networks-san-iq-8-5-new-download-location-for-patch-upgrading-previous-versions/
SAN/iQ 8.5 Download Location and Info:
http://blog.lewan.com/2010/04/07/release-hp-lefthand-saniq-8-5-download-location-and-info/
Easy FTP Links to HP Lefthand Networks Software and Code:
http://blog.lewan.com/2009/09/14/easy-ftp-links-to-hp-lefthand-networks-software-and-code/
CONTRACTS AND SUPPORT OFFERINGS
For data sheets on Support offerings:
• Go to: http://h18006.www1.hp.com/storage/highlights/lefthandsans.html
• On the left side, under Customer Assistance, select ‘Services’
• If you scroll to the bottom of the page you will see a link under Storage Technology Services and you will click Storage Support
• At the Storage Services/Storage Support page, select the support offering you are looking for.
Purchasing, uplifting, registering, renewing, updating or other questions on your Support Contract / Service Agreement ID (SAID) Care Pack:
• Contact your HP Authorized reseller; they will work with the HP Distributor to address your contract needs.
• Alternatively, if you would like to speak to someone immediately, contact the following;
o US and Canada
US HP Services Customer Operations Business Center; 1-800-386-1115
Select option #2 for Inquiries Regarding Support Agreements
Select option #3 for Registration of Your Onsite HP CarePack
o Latin America
Tel: +1 305 267-4220
o Europe, Middle East and Africa
Email UK&I_ContractAdministration@hp.com
o Asia Pacific and Japan
Contact your local Sales Representative or Reseller
Viewing your current contracts
From http://www.itrc.hp.com, under My Profile, select View Support Agreements, HP Care Packs and Warranties.
• Registration on ITRC and linking a support agreement to a user ID is. For more information, go to:
http://www.itrc.hp.com and http://www.itrc.hp.com/service/entitlements/linkSupportAgreement.do
o Problems with ITRC? Once logged in, select the “Contact HP” link at the top-left section of the page. Select “ask a question about using the IT resource center”
• For a copy of your support contract or to discuss the terms and conditions please contact your HP Authorized Reseller. If you do not purchase through a HP Authorized reseller please phone 1-800-386-1115 and select option 1 to locate your contract administrator.
Important information on Bundle vs Individual Unit Serial Numbers:
Many LeftHand / HP P4000 Storage Modules are purchased as part of a “bundle” or “SAN” package. In those cases, each node will have a label with its individual serial number, but will also have a separate label with the “Bundle Serial Number”. When providing serial numbers to technical support for contract or support entitlement purposes, you will always refer to the bundle serial number. The bundle serial number is what the warranty and support contracts are tied to.
SOFTWARE / HARDWARE COMPATIBILITY
Go to: www.hp.com/go/P4000Compatibility
LICENSING
To license your product, go to http://webware.hp.com, click Generate new licenses, enter the HP Sales Order Number, and follow instructions to complete the registration process.
Locating Entitlement Certificates:
You should have received a blue package/envelop with each storage unit and/or VSA purchased that contains information on how to access Webware and the license key generation system.
For replacement Entitlement Certificates send mail to: entitlement.support@hp.com (This is valid for all HP regions)
To speed the request, please provide:
• Customer Name & Address
• HP Order number 24W# or 26W#
To receive entitlement Certificates electronically instead of by postal mail:
In order to receive License Entitlement Certificate electronically, please change the notification method to e-mail from postal mail by selecting the “manage software notification” link from www.itrc.hp.com/service/sum/home.do
• Select the “change notification method to email” link and submit appropriate changes.
o Registration on ITRC and linking a support agreement to a user ID is required. For more information, go to: http://www.itrc.hp.com and http://www.itrc.hp.com/service/entitlements/linkSupportAgreement.do
Problems with ITRC? Once logged in, select the “Contact HP” link at the top-left section of the page. Select “ask a question about using the IT resource center”
Locating your HP Sales Order Number:
The Sales Order can be found in several places
- Included in the blue package/envelop, printed on the entitlement certificate.
- Included in the contract information, viewable via ITRC
- Included in an email received from your HP Contract Admin or HP Reseller after the support contract is set up.
Webware User Guide:
https://webware.hp.com/licensinghome/LicenseManagementGuide.asp?&SignIn=N&RedirectID=hppwelcome.asp&ValidateMode=False&FromPage=LicenseManagementGuide.asp
For license moves, questions, licensing problems, or problems with http://webware.hp.com contact the licensing center either by phone or email.
• Americas:
1-800-326-0411 – Hours of operation: 6:00 am to 6:00 pm MST
o Or email Americas_password@cnd.hp.com Please include the HP sales order number, Service Agreement ID (SAID), serial number and a brief description of the problem.
• Europe, Middle East and Africa:
Phone: (+31-55-543-4642)
Fax: (+31-55-543-4645)
Hours of operation: 9:00 to 18:00 CET
Or email Europe_password@cnd.hp.com Please include the HP sales order number, Service Agreement ID (SAID), serial number and a brief description of the problem.
• Asia Pacific and Japan:
Phone: (outside Japan) (+81-3-3227-5672) – English Support
Phone: (within Japan) 03-3227-5264 – Japanese Support
Fax: (+81-3-3227-5238)
Hours of operation: 9:00 am to 5:00 pm JST
Or email Asia_password@cnd.hp.com Please include the HP sales order number, Service Agreement ID (SAID), serial number and a brief description of the problem.
To determine who your Webware license owner is:
The license owners were and are determined one of two ways;
• For legacy customers; the license owner is individual that was identified as the primary technical contact in SalesForce before the acquisition.
• For new customers; the license owner is the contact provided by sales on the HP sales order
SUBMITTING SUPPORT CASES VIA THE WEB
From http://www.itrc.hp.com, go to “Support Case Manager”, the “Software Case” then submit your case following on-screen instructions
• You must have an account on ITRC, and a SAID linked to that account. For more information, go to: http://www.itrc.hp.com and http://www.itrc.hp.com/service/entitlements/linkSupportAgreement.do
o Problems with ITRC? Once logged in, select the “Contact HP” link at the top-left section of the page. Select “ask a question about using the IT resource center”
Important information on Bundle vs individual Unit Serial Numbers:
Many LeftHand / HP P4000 Storage Modules are purchased as part of a “bundle” or “SAN” package. In those cases, each node will have a label with its individual serial number, but will also have a separate label with the “Bundle Serial Number”. When providing serial numbers to technical support for contract or support entitlement purposes, you will always refer to the bundle serial number. The bundle serial number is what the warranty and support contract are tied to.
CALLING SUPPORT
Please also see the Lewan Blog post regarding contacting HP Lefthand P4000 support, which will help navigate through the automated phone system:
http://blog.lewan.com/2010/02/03/hp-lefthand-networks-technical-support-contact-info-phone-numbers/
NOTE: Customers with a Mission Critical support agreement should use the alternate Support number provided with the contract.
Important information on Bundle vs Individual Unit Serial Numbers:
Many LeftHand / HP P4000 Storage Modules are purchased as part of a “bundle” or “SAN” package. In those cases, each node will have a label with its individual serial number, but will also have a separate label with the “Bundle Serial Number”. When providing serial numbers to technical support for contract or support entitlement purposes, you will always refer to the bundle serial number. The bundle serial number is what the warranty and support contract are tied to.
NOTE: Below are the primary Support contact numbers. Other paths also exist and take you to the same phone queue.
• Americas
1-800-633-3600, at the voice prompt, say “LeftHand Solution”
VIEWING CASE STATUS
From http://www.itrc.hp.com, under Resources, select Support Case Manager
• Registration on ITRC and linking a support agreement to a user ID is. For more information, go to: http://www.itrc.hp.com and http://www.itrc.hp.com/service/entitlements/linkSupportAgreement.do
o Problems with ITRC? Once logged in, select the “Contact HP” link at the top-left section of the page. Select “ask a question about using the IT resource center”
OTHER LEFTHAND / P4000 WEB PAGES
For general LeftHand / P4000 information and links to other useful information:
http://h18006.www1.hp.com/storage/highlights/lefthandsans.html
HP P4000G2 Product Page: www.hp.com/go/P4000
ADDENDUM A – LINKS SUMMARY
P4000 Firmware requirements and update information:
http://www.hp.com/storage/spock Go to “Other Hardware”, then “iSCSI / FCIP / DM (HP & Lefthand)”
ITRC: http://www.itrc.hp.com Includes:
- Signing up for access
- Knowledge Base
- View Support contracts
- Open support cases via Web
- Viewing case status
- Software Update Manager
Instructions for linking SAID to ITRC account: http://www.itrc.hp.com/service/entitlements/linkSupportAgreement.do
Download latest version (8.5) of P4000 SAN/iQ Upgrade Software:
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SoftwareDescription.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&prodTypeId=18964&prodSeriesId=3832580&prodNameId=4024943&swEnvOID=2078&swLang=13&mode=2&taskId=135&swItem=co-83610-1
Download Miscellaneous P4000 Software: (does not include full releases of San/iQ or Recovery images): www.hp.com/go/P4000Downloads
Download P4000 System Recovery Images, and past versions of P4000 SAN/iQ Upgrade Software
www.itrc.hp.com/service/sum/home.do
Download P4000 patches: www.hp.com > Support and Drivers > Download drivers and software (and firmware) > Enter product “HP LeftHand” or “P4000” > GO > Select your Product > Select “Cross operating system (BIOS, Firmware, Diagnostics, etc.”)
Service Console – Health Check installation instructions: http://bizsupport1.austin.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c01744668/c01744668.pdf
Sign up for product alerts via Subscribers Choice: https://h30046.www3.hp.com/SubChoice/country/us/en/signin.aspx
Software update notifications via ITRC/SUM: https://www13.itrc.hp.com/service/sum/manageNotification.do
Technical documentation: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/DocumentIndex.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&taskId=101&prodClassId=-1&contentType=SupportManual&docIndexId=64180&prodTypeId=12169&prodSeriesId=3936136
General information: including technical documents under Product Information > Resource Library www.hp.com/go/P4000
General information: http://h18006.www1.hp.com/storage/highlights/lefthandsans.html
HP/LeftHand forum: http://forums13.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/categoryhome.do?admit=109447627+1271655072432+28353475&categoryId=1195
Sign up for IT Resource forums: http://forums11.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/home.do?admit=109447626+1271815563215+28353475
Info on Support Contracts and Service offerings: http://h18006.www1.hp.com/storage/highlights/lefthandsans.html
Installation Services Information:
http://dccappshares01.austin.hp.com/SALES_LIBRARY-PRO/CONCENTRA/Autofed%20Content/UCM/UCM-Concentra/Pub/ucm4AA2-4817ENW/4AA2-4817ENW.pdf
Product training: http://hp.com/education/sections/storage.html
Purchasing training seats:
Contact your local HP sales rep, authorized reseller, or go to the following link and call the number for your particular country: http://www.hp.com/education/news/contact-phone.html
Help Registering for Training: http://www.hp.com/education/news/contact-phone.html
Software / Hardware compatibility and End of Life policy: www.hp.com/go/P4000Compatibility
Licensing: http://webware.hp.com
Licensing help: Americas_password@cnd.hp.com Europe_password@cnd.hp.com Asia_password@cnd.hp.com
Webware User Guide:
https://webware.hp.com/licensinghome/LicenseManagementGuide.asp?&SignIn=N&RedirectID=hppwelcome.asp&ValidateMode=False&FromPage=LicenseManagementGuide.asp
Entitlement Certificates: entitlement.support@hp.com
Viewing case status: http://www.itrc.hp.com
Purchasing / Presales: (non-Americas) http://welcome.hp.com/country/us/en/wwcontact_us.html
For Americas, dial 800-BUY-MYHP
HP Lefthand Network Raid Levels Helpful Chart
May 28, 2010 by djlaubeHere’s a really nice chart that I ran across in the online release notes of SAN/iQ v8.5, which will help explain the differences between all of the SAN/iQ Network Raid levels, especially since there were some name changes to the levels between 8.1 and 8.5.
Notice the big difference between the Raid 10 levels and the Raid 5 & Raid 6 levels are Raid 5 & 6 are stripes with parity based, while all of the Raid-10 levels are stripes with mirror based.
Hope it helps and any questions, feel free to post a comment! 
HP Lefthand Networks – SAN/iQ 8.5 New Download Location for Patch Upgrading Previous Versions
May 28, 2010 by djlaubeI found this “patch” link while actually looking for something else. Here’s a “patch” file which will perform the upgrade to SAN/iQ version 8.5 on your HP Lefthand nodes from previous versions of SAN/iQ, starting at SAN/iQ v7.00.
This should save you the “rig-a-ma-roll” of trying to download the upgrade file through the HP website..
Also of note, here’s our other post related to getting SAN/iQ 8.5:
http://blog.lewan.com/2010/04/07/release-hp-lefthand-saniq-8-5-download-location-and-info/
Free Partition Manager for Virtual Machines
May 27, 2010 by djlaubeEver need to change the size of your Virtual Machines? Well, changing the size is fairly easy, but what about the data and partitions inside your Virtual Harddisks? Paragon has made their “partion manager 10 for Virtual Machines” available for free! (well at least the first 5000 copies). Besides changing partitions, it can also do other handy tricks like backups and merging partitions. The product supports the ‘new’ GPT partitions that operating systems like Windows 7 and OSX uses.
Get your free copy here 
Partition Manager 10 for Virtual Machines product page
Thanks to Run-Virtual.com for the info!
Release: VMware Workstation 7.1
May 25, 2010 by djlaubeThanks to VMguy.com for the write up. Workstation 7.1 has been released and can be downloaded here. VMware ACE and Player have been updated as well. Here’s the what’s new section from the release notes:
This release of VMware Workstation adds the following new features and support:
New Support for 32-Bit and 64-Bit Operating Systems
New Features in VMware Workstation
New Support for 32-Bit and 64-Bit Operating Systems
This release provides support for the following host and guest operating systems:
Operating System
Host and Guest Support
Ubuntu 8.04.4 Host and guest
Ubuntu 10.04 Host and guest
OpenSUSE 11.2 Host and guest
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.5 Host and guest
Fedora 12 Guest
Debian 5.0.4 Guest
Mandriva 2009.1 Guest
New Features in VMware Workstation
OpenGL 2.1 support for Windows 7 and Windows Vista guests — Improves the ability to run graphics-based applications in virtual machines.
Improved Graphics Performance — Enhanced performance with better benchmarks, frame rates, and improved rendering on Windows 7 and Windows Vista guests allows you to run various graphics-based applications. In addition, major improvements in video playback enable you to play high-resolution videos in virtual machines.
Automatic Software Updates — Download and install VMware Tools and receive maintenance updates when available.
Direct Launch — Drag guest applications from the Unity start menu directly onto the host desktop. Double-click the shortcut to open the guest application. The shortcut remains on the desktop after you exit Unity and close VMware Workstation.
Autologon — Save your login credentials and bypass the login dialog box when you power on a Windows guest. Use this feature if you restart the guest frequently and want to avoid entering your login credentials. You can enable Autologon and use direct launch to open guest applications from the host.
OVF 1.1 Support — Import or export virtual machines and vApps to upload them to VMware vSphere or VMware vCloud. The VMware OVF Tool is a command-line utility bundled in the VMware Workstation installer. Use this tool along with VMware Workstation to convert VMware .vmx files to .ovf format or vice versa. VMware recommends that you use the OVF command-line utility. For more information, see the OVF Web site and OVF Tool User Guide.
Eight-Way SMP Support — Create and run virtual machines with a total of up to eight-processor cores.
2TB Virtual Disk Support — Maximum virtual disks and raw disks size increased from 950GB to 2TB.
Encryption Enhancements — VMware Workstation includes support for Intel’s Advanced Encryption Standard instruction set (AES-NI) to improve performance while encrypting and decrypting virtual machines and faster run-time access to encrypted virtual machines on new processors.
Memory Management — User interface enhancements have simplified the handling of increased virtual memory capacity.
User Experience Improvement Program — Help VMware improve future versions of the product by participating in the User Experience Improvement Program. Participation in the program is voluntary and you can opt out at any time. When you participate in the User Experience Improvement Program, your computer sends anonymous information to VMware, which may include product configuration; usage and performance data, virtual machine configuration; usage and performance data, and information about your host system specifications and configuration.
The User Experience Improvement Program does not collect any personal data, such as your name, address, telephone number, or email address that can be used to identify or contact you. No user identifiable data such as the product license key or MAC address are sent to VMware. VMware does not store your IP address with the data that is collected.
For more information about the User Experience Improvement Program, click the Learn More link during installation or from the VMware Workstation Preferences menu.
Release: VMware Fusion 3.1
May 25, 2010 by djlaubeThanks to VMguy.com for the great write up. Fusion 3.1 has been released. You can download it here. There’s tons of great information in the what’s new section of the release notes.
Here’s also the post on the Fusion Team blog, which has a little more detail and screenshots:
http://blogs.vmware.com/teamfusion/2010/05/vmware-fusion-31-better-stronger-faster-than-ever.html
VMware Fusion 3.1 has a large number of new and improved features, including:
New Features
8-way SMP
2 TB Virtual Disks
OpenGL 2.1 for Vista
OpenGL 2.1 for Windows 7
Support for overlapping Unity windows in Exposé and Dock Exposé
USB “EasyConnect” to easily assign USB devices to virtual machine or Mac when connected
OVF Tool for Mac OS X now included as optional install with full download or CD install
OVF Tool 2: Import and export OVF packaged virtual machines and upload to vSphere with bundled OVF Tool
Drag a disk image or virtual disk to the installation media pane of the assistant
Add shortcut for opening a virtual machines configuration file in default text editor for VMware Fusion (Hold down option and right-click in Virtual Machine Library)
User Experience Improvement Program
Graphics Improvements
Aero is much faster on Windows Vista and Windows 7
Greatly improved scrolling speeds in Windows Vista and Windows 7 with latest Mac OS X release
Some games up to 10x faster than VMware Fusion 3.0 with VMware Fusion 3.1 and latest Mac OS X release
Improved performance and better compatibility for both DirectX 9 and OpenGL 3D applications
Boot Camp Improvements
Up to 5x disk performance in Boot Camp virtual machines
New option to minimize prompting for password (authentication dialogs) when using Boot Camp virtual machines
Handle Mac OS X disk changes better to avoid multiple references to Boot Camp partition in the Virtual Machine Library
PC Migration Improvements
Improvements to Migrate Your PC assistant, including better validation of names and better location prompt
Prompt user if Mac OS X guest account prevents guest access to shared folders instead of failing
Open new virtual machine on successful migration
Enhanced user interface on PC being migrated including:
New progress dialog on the PC being migrated as well as in VMware Fusion
Option to show converter logs and troubleshooting steps on PC if PC migration fails
Avoids port conflicts with Web server software installed on PC such as IIS, Tomcat, and Apache
New Guest Operating Systems Supported
Ubuntu 8.0.4.4: 32- and 64-bit
Ubuntu 10.04: 32- and 64-bit (currently in Beta)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 Service Pack 1: 32- and 64-bit
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 Service Pack 1: 32- and 64-bit
RHEL 5.4: 32- and 64-bit
You can download it using the link above or running the updater inside of Fusion itself. Enjoy.
VMware vSphere NUMA Imbalance Error when Upgrading from ESX 3.5 to vSphere 4
May 25, 2010 by djlaubeI ran across this the other day while onsite at a customer. After performing an upgrade from ESX 3.5 to vSphere 4, the console would show the message:
“Significant Imbalance between NUMA nodes detected. Performance may be impacted.”
A quick Google search came up with this post on the VMware community forums:
http://communities.vmware.com/thread/217244;jsessionid=62FBC1EAEDAFA087E683113D69680090
There is also an official VMware KB article on this as well:
http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1018754
Another great resource on this error is over on Duncan’s site at YellowBricks.com, here:
http://www.yellow-bricks.com/2007/12/28/memory-incorrectly-balanced/
You can see the imbalance if you run “esxtop” and then press the “m” button, which will show additional details for Memory. As mentioned at the forum link above, in esxtop there is a NUMA row that displays how much memory each NUMA node contains and how much of that memory is in use.
If you have a HP server and need help with balancing memory across physical CPU’s, then check out the HP DDR3 Memory Configuration Tool:
http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/servers/options/tool/hp_memtool.html
If you have a Dell server, here’s the link to their DDR3 Memory Advisor Tool:
https://roianalyst.alinean.com/DellDDR3MemoryAdvisor/launch.html
Both tools will help you place the memory in the correct slots and in the correct order for optimal performance, as well as fixing any “NUMA errors” reported by vSphere.
Who’s going to Microsoft TechEd NA?
May 24, 2010 by danbrinkmann
Who’s going to TechEd 2010 in the Big Easy? Email me if you are!
(twitter) http://www.twitter.com/dbrinkmann
Symantec Backup Exec 2010 – Video on Built-In Archiving Feature
May 24, 2010 by djlaubeHere’s a video that I ran across which explains and shows more about the new archiving feature (powered by Symantec Enterprise Vault) within Backup Exec 2010.
http://video.symantec.com/services/player/bcpid39584950001?bctid=64058504001
