Sun xVM Central

Steve Wilson has had a few blog posts recently about features that will be part of Sun xVM Ops Center 2.5. Odds are that you've already seen them, but I thought I'd highlight a couple.

The most recent one is about the getting-started process. With 2.5, we're working on a wizard that explains your setup choices in more detail, and walks you through configuration and an initial discovery. It also shows you more clearly what prerequisites are not met or are questionable, and what they'll affect. I've played with this wizard, and it makes the startup process a lot easier to understand.

There are a couple of posts about LDOMs and zones (Solaris Containers). The Zones one has some more spoilers about what you'll be able to do with zones in 2.5.

And finally, in an excellent segue, Steve had a post about Windows in Sun xVM Ops Center 2.5. We haven't talked much about what you can do with Windows systems in 2.0 and 2.1, though, so I'll be doing a post soon going into detail about that. Watch for it.