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virtualization.info Editors Oracle has released a maintenance release, version 4.2.14 for its virtualization platform VM VirtualBox. The release can be installed on top of VM VirtualBox 4.2 which was released in September last year. The update can be downloaded from the VirtualBox binaries page.
Some of the fixes in this version (from the changelog):
Microsoft has released a paper titled:"Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V Extensible Switch and Cisco N1KV Switch Extension Whitepaper". The paper which contains 16 pages provides an overview of the Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V Extensible Switch and the Cisco technologies. It provides a general discussion of the key benefits for customers in using these technologies together, including the ease of adding extensions, migrating switches and virtual machines, and working in a unified management environment. It also provides at-a-glance descriptions of common scenarios.
Dell has released a paper titled:"Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2012 Reference Architecture on Dell PowerEdge VRTX". The paper which contains 36 pages describes a reference architecture for a remote office infrastructure using a Dell PowerEdge VRTX chassis. Dell PowerEdge VRTX is an all-in-one solution, which has server, integrated storage, and networking, as well as an efficient management console, allowing you to easily build branch office infrastructures.
Together with the launch of vCenter Log Insight, VMware released vCenter Operations Management Suite 5.7.1 an update that also includes vFabric Hyperic 5.7.
vCenter Operations Manager is a performance, capacity and configuration analytics product that combines several products acquired by VMware in the past, the enhancements in this release focus on integration and can be resumed as follows:
VMware started VMware Technical Journal back in March 2012, as a new online publication with the purpose of raising the awareness among its customer and prospects about the new R&D areas where the company from Palo Alto is investing.
Summer 2013 edition covers analysis and management topics, among others, that we can resume with the index:
VMTurbo today released version 4.0 of its virtualization management platform Operations Manager. This release is the follow up of version 3.3 which was released in February this year.
Version 4.0 offers extensions for monitoring storage and hybrid clouds.
The Storage extension, which is available as of today provides:
Bromium today released version 2.0 of its Security product based on the Xen hypervisor called vSentry. vSentry is a security product which uses a so called Microvisor which is a security-focused hypervisor that automatically, instantly and invisibly hardware-isolates each vulnerable Windows task in a micro-VM that cannot modify Windows or gain access to enterprise data or network infrastructure. Bromium vSentry 2.0 secures both 32- and 64 bit versions of Windows 7, and virtual desktops delivered with Microsoft Remote Desktop Services (including Citrix XenDesktop and VMware View). This version is the follow-up of version 1.1 which was released in December last year.
We just noticed, thanks to a tweet by Eric Sloof, that VMware’s new product for log management and analysis, VMware vCenter Log Insight, is now available in an Open Beta program.
Delivered as a vApp, deployable with the standard OVF procedure, Log Insight collects and analyses syslog data from ESXi 4.1, 5.0, 5.1, vCenter Server Appliance and other arbitrary sources and can be integrated with vCenter Operations Manager to send notification and enable Launch in Context.
Veeam has released its annual SMB Virtualization Data Protection Report. The reports is based on a survey held under 500 Small and Medium Businesses across the USA and Europe and explorers the impact of virtualization on SMBs’ data protection, backup and recovery strategies.
The outcome of the reports states that 85% of SMBs are experiencing cost-related challenges with backup and recovery, 83% with lack of capabilities and 80% with complexity.
Savision, a company providing added solution on top of Microsoft System Center has released a paper titled: "Unraveling the Network with SCVMM 2012 SP1". The paper which was written by Damian Flynn a Microsoft MVP provides insight in understanding Microsofts Software Defined Network (SDN) implementation and contains 9 pages. The paper can be downloaded from the Savision website after registration.
The paper covers the following topics: