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	<title>Virtualization Adapted &#187; esx</title>
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	<description>Adapting Business Processes for Virtual Infrastrcuture (and vice-versa)</description>
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		<title>ESX vSwitch L2 Security</title>
		<link>http://www.vadapt.com/2011/08/esxvswitchl2security/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Aug 2011 18:58:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>iben</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Set vSwitch security options to reject.]]></description>
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		<title>VMware VAAI Certification Test Summary</title>
		<link>http://www.vadapt.com/2010/11/vmware-vaai-certification-test-summary/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vadapt.com/2010/11/vmware-vaai-certification-test-summary/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Nov 2010 00:47:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>iben</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[virtualization]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is intended for VMware partners who want to certify VAAI storage with ESX to claim compatibility in the HCLs.]]></description>
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		<title>VAAI &#8211; Netapp</title>
		<link>http://www.vadapt.com/2010/10/vaai-netapp/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vadapt.com/2010/10/vaai-netapp/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Oct 2010 22:21:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>iben</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.vadapt.com/?p=297</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[VAAI provides additional interfaces to enable advanced capabilities developed by VMware vSphere workflows to integrate advanced storage capabilities from NetApp and other vendors.]]></description>
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		<title>VMFS Versions &#8211; Drivers and Formats</title>
		<link>http://www.vadapt.com/2010/10/vmfs-versions-drivers-and-formats/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vadapt.com/2010/10/vmfs-versions-drivers-and-formats/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Oct 2010 22:14:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>iben</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[virtualization]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.vadapt.com/?p=285</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There are no significant on-disk format changes going from version 3.33 to 3.46]]></description>
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		<title>HyTrust Appliance 2.1 Available</title>
		<link>http://www.vadapt.com/2010/10/hytrust-appliance-2-1-available/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vadapt.com/2010/10/hytrust-appliance-2-1-available/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Oct 2010 21:36:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>iben</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[virtualization]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[cis]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.vadapt.com/?p=289</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[New HyTrust Appliance Capabilities At a Glance

Support for VMware vSphere 4.1
Integrated access control, policy and audit logging for Cisco Nexus 1000V CLI management (NX-OS command set)
Support for complex, multi-domain Active Directory environments
Single sign-on via Windows pass-through authentication with smart card integration
New ESX hardening templates including VMware Hardening Guide 4.0 and (Sarbanes Oxley) SOX hardening template
Application-level high availability (in addition to VMware HA/FT and federation)]]></description>
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		<title>vsphere security best practices</title>
		<link>http://www.vadapt.com/2010/09/vsphere-security-best-practices/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vadapt.com/2010/09/vsphere-security-best-practices/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Sep 2010 14:54:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>iben</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Use best practices for roles and permissions to maximize the security and manageability of your vCenter and ESX vSphere environment.
]]></description>
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		<title>vSphere Network Isolation Addresses</title>
		<link>http://www.vadapt.com/2010/04/vsphere-network-isolation-addresses/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vadapt.com/2010/04/vsphere-network-isolation-addresses/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 21:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>iben</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[virtualization]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is only one default gateway specified, regardless of how many service console networks have been defined, so you should use the
das.isolationaddress[...] advanced attribute to add isolation addresses for additional networks.]]></description>
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		<title>Number of ports to use for standard and distributed virtual switches</title>
		<link>http://www.vadapt.com/2010/03/number-of-ports-to-use-for-standard-and-distributed-virtual-switches/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vadapt.com/2010/03/number-of-ports-to-use-for-standard-and-distributed-virtual-switches/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:30:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>iben</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[virtualization]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.vadapt.com/?p=221</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Recommendation: Use VNDS vNetwork distributed Switches for all Virtual Machine traffic and limit the number of ports assigned to each standard vSwitch used for vmkernel and service console. ]]></description>
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		<title>VMFS versions and upgrade paths</title>
		<link>http://www.vadapt.com/2010/03/vmfs-versions-and-upgrade-paths/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vadapt.com/2010/03/vmfs-versions-and-upgrade-paths/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:42:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>iben</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[virtualization]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.vadapt.com/?p=213</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[SUMMARY: For best performance be sure to upgrade your VMFS Block Storage when you upgrade your ESX hosts to vSphere.]]></description>
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		<title>vSphere Network Connections and Ports</title>
		<link>http://www.vadapt.com/2010/03/vsphere-network-connections-and-ports/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vadapt.com/2010/03/vsphere-network-connections-and-ports/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:57:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>iben</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[virtualization]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The amazing Dudley Smith, from VMware&#8217;s Technical Account Manager team has release a larger version of his vSphere Network Connections and Ports for ESX diagram and an accompanying excel spreadsheet listing all the TCP/IP ports for various communication purposes. Get them directly from the VMware blog site here: http://communities.vmware.com/blogs/dudleysmith]]></description>
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