{"id":667,"date":"2009-12-01T12:21:00","date_gmt":"2009-12-01T17:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anildesai.net\/?p=667"},"modified":"2009-12-01T12:21:00","modified_gmt":"2009-12-01T17:21:00","slug":"webcast-understanding-and-managing-vm-sprawl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anildesai.net\/index.php\/2009\/12\/webcast-understanding-and-managing-vm-sprawl\/","title":{"rendered":"Webcast: &ldquo;Understanding and Managing VM Sprawl&rdquo;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The idea of virtual machine \u201csprawl\u201d \u2013 the rapid proliferation of VMs without adequate IT oversight or management \u2013 seems to be a popular one.&#160; I have written and spoken on this topic before, but there have been enough changes in the tools and implementation methods for server virtualization to merit an updated presentation.&#160; That\u2019s the topic of a recent webcast that I recorded for TechTarget\u2019s SearchCIO.com site.&#160; <\/p>\n<p>The webcast is titled \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/searchcio-midmarket.bitpipe.com\/detail\/RES\/1259862715_892.html\">Understanding and Managing VM Sprawl<\/a>\u201d.&#160; An archived version is available for viewing at no cost (though registration is required).&#160; Here\u2019s a brief abstract of the topic:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/anildesai.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/image.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"image\" border=\"0\" alt=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/anildesai.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/image_thumb.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"62\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Virtualization can help address many of IT&#8217;s biggest headaches, but it can also lead to a problem known as &quot;VM sprawl&quot; &#8211; the rapid proliferation of VMs without sufficient IT oversight.&#160; The result is an environment that doesn&#8217;t meet security or administration requirements, putting applications, services, and data at risk.<\/p>\n<p>This webcast will provide an overview of VM sprawl &#8211; its root causes and related issues, along with ways to mitigate the main issues.&#160; Specifically, it will provide best practices for managing the entire virtual machine life cycle (from deployment to retirement) and details related to tracking VMs in the environment.&#160; The webcast will then describe how automated virtualization management solutions can help provide all of the benefits of virtualization with minimum administrative overhead.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The content is targeted towards IT managers and higher-level IT people.&#160; It focuses on virtualization management strategies, though there\u2019s a good amount of technical depth.&#160; The presentation is roughly 45 minutes in length.&#160; I hope you find it useful, and feel free to post questions or comments here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The idea of virtual machine \u201csprawl\u201d \u2013 the rapid proliferation of VMs without adequate IT oversight or management \u2013 seems to be a popular one.&#160; I have written and spoken on this topic before, but there have been enough changes in the tools and implementation methods for server virtualization to merit an updated presentation.&#160; That\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,17,19,36,18,12,38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-667","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-vm-best-practices","category-vm-management","category-policies","category-presentations","category-vm-security","category-virtualization","category-webcasts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/anildesai.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/667","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/anildesai.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/anildesai.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anildesai.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anildesai.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=667"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/anildesai.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/667\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/anildesai.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anildesai.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anildesai.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}