Comments on: What Virtual Lab Automation offers over and above a Hypervisor

By: Using Hyper-V to Power Your Virtual Labs « Virtual Lab Automation Blog

Using Hyper-V to Power Your Virtual Labs « Virtual Lab Automation Blog — Mon, 18 May 2009 11:45:26 +0000

[...] What Virtual Lab Automation Offers Over and Above a Hypervisor [...]

By: Introduction and Tutorials on Server Virtualization « Virtual Lab Automation Blog

Fri, 27 Feb 2009 08:28:38 +0000

[...] What Virtual Lab Automation offers over and above a Hypervisor [...]

By: Demo: How User Management Helps In Test Lab Operations « Virtual Lab Automation Blog

Tue, 03 Feb 2009 09:01:37 +0000

[...] Demo: How User Management Helps In Test Lab Operations One of the benefits of using a virtual lab management tool over a bare hypervisor (e.g., VMware ESX, Citrix XenServer, Microsoft Hyper-V) is the powerful user management functionality that is offered by virtual lab automation solutions. You can read a previous post where I discuss the benefits of a virtual lab management solution over a basic hypervisor. [...]

By: When Creating Test Environments Can Get Out of Hand « Virtual Lab Automation Blog

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 06:55:58 +0000

[...] When Creating Test Environments Can Get Out of Hand Server virtualization is an accepted and mainstream technology used by increasing number of software testers today. The technology helps testers rapidly create virtual machine test environments. Testers who are new to virtualization rely on basic hypervisor technologies from VMware (e.g., VMware Server), Microsoft (e.g., Virtual PC) etc. to create these virtual machine test environments. One of the downsides of using a bare hypervisor is the problem of introducing Virtual Machine (VM) sprawl. A detailed post on the downsides of relying only on a basic hypervisor are discussed here. [...]

By: Getting by with desktop virtualization for your testing needs? Here is what you are missing « Virtual Lab Automation Blog

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 11:40:18 +0000

[...] is to be truly leveraged across the software labs. [Side note -- I have also written about why only a basic hypervisor alone is not sufficient for lab requirements in the [...]

By: Some comments on testing in virtual environments « Virtual Lab Automation Blog

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 10:49:15 +0000

[...] on virtual lab automation solutions like VMLogix LabManager. I have written sometime back on what VLA offers over and above a hypervisor. VLA solutions have network fencing, networking, automation and a host of other capabilities that [...]

By: Management tools available for Hyper-V « Virtual Lab Automation Blog

Management tools available for Hyper-V « Virtual Lab Automation Blog — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 11:12:36 +0000

[...] If you are note sure why you need a management product in your dev/test lab, then consider reading this. If you are new to virtual lab automation, then you might want to read this guest post to get some [...]

By: Quantifying the savings on your test cycles from your virtual lab automation deployment « Virtual Lab Automation Blog

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 03:06:07 +0000

[...] do believe that virtualization is a must have technology for software testers and that Virtual Lab Automation offers a lot more over a hypervisor (like VMware ESX, Microsoft Hyper-V or Citrix XenServer) – making it a compelling deployment in [...]

By: Microsoft Hyper-V - A shot in the arm for virtualization adoption? « Virtual Lab Automation Blog

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 10:57:21 +0000

[...] With the hypervisor being made available for cheap or free in some cases, providing rich management applications is one area where vendors can add value to the base hypervisor. Like I’ve mentioned in a previous post, management applications like virtual lab automation bring significant value and enhance the performance of a bare hypervisor. [...]