Popular SysAdmin Quotes

“The problem with troubleshooting is that trouble shoots back.”  ~Author Unknown

“User is the word computer professionals use when they mean "idiot."  ~Dave Barry

“If a train station is where the train stops, what's a workstation?”  ~Author Unknown

“I haven't lost my mind; I have a tape back-up somewhere.”  ~Author Unknown

“What goes up must come down. Ask any system administrator.” ~Author Unknown

“In God we trust, all others we virus scan.”  ~Author Unknown

“Never meddle in the affairs of NT. It is slow to boot and quick to crash.” ~Stephen Harris

"What? No raise? No Backups, then!"    ~A Frustrated Sysadmin

“Treat your password like your toothbrush.  Don't let anybody else use it, and get a new one every six months.”  ~Clifford Stoll

“Rebooting is a wonder drug - it fixes almost everything.”  ~Garrett Hazel

"Like car accidents, most hardware problems are due to driver error."   ~Author Unknown

 "Unix is user-friendly. It's just very selective about who its friends are."  ~Author Unknown

“Difference between a virus and windows? Viruses rarely fail."  ~Author Unknown

New Features in VMware vSphere 5 at a Glance

     There are a lot new features that vSphere 5.0 brings and the list will be even longer if all API and backend changes are included. Listed below are some of the significant changes that vSphere 5 brings for its customers.

1)  Vsphere ESXi Convergence: VMware vSphere 5 is the first version of VMware vSphere built exclusively on ESXi™, the only hypervisor purpose-built for virtualization that runs independently from a general-purpose operating system with smallest footprint.

  

2)    VSphere Auto Deploy: Auto-Deploy will enable IT to automatically deploy servers “on the fly” and will be able to reduce the time it takes to deploy a datacenter with 40 servers from 20 hours to 10 minutes. Once the servers are up and running, Auto-Deploy will also automate the patching process, making it possible to instantly apply patches to many servers at once.

3)      New VM Hardware version: The new virtual machine format (Version 8) in vSphere 5 has several new features, including support for

è 3D graphics for Windows Aero

è  USB 3.0

4)      Compatibility: Continue to run virtual machines with the 4.x version of VMware Tools, and virtual hardware versions 4 and 7.

5)      Apple Product Support: Support for new guest operating systems including Mac OS X Server v10.6 (“Snow Leopard”).

6)      4X larger VMs : Virtual machines can now have up to 32 virtual CPUs and 1TB of RAM.

7)      New Licensing Model: vSphere 5 Licensing continues to be physical CPU based but now linked with pooled vRAM Entitlement instead of CPU cores and physical RAM.

8)      New command-line interface (ESXCLI): vSphere 5.0 introduces a new command line utility esxcli. Some of you will say that esxcli was already available before 5.0, and yes you are correct it was around however it has been completely revamped with new options and switches.

9)      ESXi Firewall:  A new service-oriented firewall with the capability to restrict access to services based on IP address and subnet mask.
                                                                

10)  VM Storage Profiles: Decrease the amount of administration required to properly deploy virtual machines by allowing for the creation of Profiles. These profiles typically list the requirements of storage and can be linked to a virtual machine.