From 97421339d3e3754231e9f9995b5172e67cdb349b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Andrew Hancock Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2021 11:08:51 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 1/7] Update README.md Changed the VMware IT Academy program --- README.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 9a267e3..4af6d65 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ If you require any support, either whilst contributing or with linux, programmin ## Student Discount / Free stuff 1. [Github Student Pack](https://education.github.com/pack). 2. [Azure for Students](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-gb/free/students/). -3. [VMware Academic Software Licensing Program](https://e5.onthehub.com/WebStore/ProductsByMajorVersionList.aspx?ws=b7344511-bb8b-e011-969d-0030487d8897&vsro=8) e.g. VMware Workstation, VMware vSphere, VMware Fusion - Request access via http://support.hull.ac.uk and mention Andy Hancock. +3. [VMware IT Academy Program](https://www.vmware.com/uk/company/it-academy.html) This is a similar program to the Microsoft Azure Dev Tools for Teaching, and allows you to obtain Software Products and Licensing for most of the VMware Products for FREE e.g. VMware Workstation, VMware vSphere, VMware Fusion. If you are a student of The Department of Computer science and Technology you would have been enrolled automatically. However sometimes your information may have "fallen through the cracks!", if so please reach out to me Andy Hancock via http://support.hull.ac.uk and mention Andy Hancock! 4. [Free Books on Robotics](https://github.com/StevenShiChina/books) 5. [Learning Python Book](https://cfm.ehu.es/ricardo/docs/python/Learning_Python.pdf) 6. [Free books on CS related subjects](https://github.com/MrAlex6204/Books/) From 8a013dd0b2ed94c700fc36a973c608ce6897d470 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Andrew Hancock Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2021 11:11:12 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 2/7] Update README.md Updated Azure Dev Tools for Teaching --- README.md | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 4af6d65..e749897 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ If you require any support, either whilst contributing or with linux, programmin ## Student Discount / Free stuff 1. [Github Student Pack](https://education.github.com/pack). -2. [Azure for Students](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-gb/free/students/). -3. [VMware IT Academy Program](https://www.vmware.com/uk/company/it-academy.html) This is a similar program to the Microsoft Azure Dev Tools for Teaching, and allows you to obtain Software Products and Licensing for most of the VMware Products for FREE e.g. VMware Workstation, VMware vSphere, VMware Fusion. If you are a student of The Department of Computer science and Technology you would have been enrolled automatically. However sometimes your information may have "fallen through the cracks!", if so please reach out to me Andy Hancock via http://support.hull.ac.uk and mention Andy Hancock! +2. [Microsoft Azure Dev Tools for Teaching(https://azure.microsoft.com/en-gb/free/students/). +3. [VMware IT Academy Program](https://www.vmware.com/uk/company/it-academy.html) This is a similar program to the Microsoft Azure Dev Tools for Teaching (see 2. above), and allows you to obtain Software Products and Licensing for most of the VMware Products for FREE e.g. VMware Workstation, VMware vSphere, VMware Fusion. If you are a student of The Department of Computer science and Technology you would have been enrolled automatically. However sometimes your information may have "fallen through the cracks!", if so please reach out to me Andy Hancock via http://support.hull.ac.uk and mention Andy Hancock! 4. [Free Books on Robotics](https://github.com/StevenShiChina/books) 5. [Learning Python Book](https://cfm.ehu.es/ricardo/docs/python/Learning_Python.pdf) 6. [Free books on CS related subjects](https://github.com/MrAlex6204/Books/) From 4d09ff0e496d2c3fda6732f9139678276f1a53cc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Andrew Hancock Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2021 11:11:54 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 3/7] Update README.md typo missing ] --- README.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index e749897..e0b4d04 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ If you require any support, either whilst contributing or with linux, programmin ## Student Discount / Free stuff 1. [Github Student Pack](https://education.github.com/pack). -2. [Microsoft Azure Dev Tools for Teaching(https://azure.microsoft.com/en-gb/free/students/). +2. [Microsoft Azure Dev Tools for Teaching](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-gb/free/students/). 3. [VMware IT Academy Program](https://www.vmware.com/uk/company/it-academy.html) This is a similar program to the Microsoft Azure Dev Tools for Teaching (see 2. above), and allows you to obtain Software Products and Licensing for most of the VMware Products for FREE e.g. VMware Workstation, VMware vSphere, VMware Fusion. If you are a student of The Department of Computer science and Technology you would have been enrolled automatically. However sometimes your information may have "fallen through the cracks!", if so please reach out to me Andy Hancock via http://support.hull.ac.uk and mention Andy Hancock! 4. [Free Books on Robotics](https://github.com/StevenShiChina/books) 5. [Learning Python Book](https://cfm.ehu.es/ricardo/docs/python/Learning_Python.pdf) From 7cbc6bfe980b75a4c87c88cb39109fb43779a35c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Andrew Hancock Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2021 11:13:58 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 4/7] Update README.md Updated text for dev Tools --- README.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index e0b4d04..6e0fd3d 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ If you require any support, either whilst contributing or with linux, programmin ## Student Discount / Free stuff 1. [Github Student Pack](https://education.github.com/pack). -2. [Microsoft Azure Dev Tools for Teaching](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-gb/free/students/). +2. [Microsoft Azure Dev Tools for Teaching](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-gb/free/students/). FREE Microsoft licenses for Windows 10 and 11, Visual Studio and other Windows server operating systems, excludes Micresoft Office! 3. [VMware IT Academy Program](https://www.vmware.com/uk/company/it-academy.html) This is a similar program to the Microsoft Azure Dev Tools for Teaching (see 2. above), and allows you to obtain Software Products and Licensing for most of the VMware Products for FREE e.g. VMware Workstation, VMware vSphere, VMware Fusion. If you are a student of The Department of Computer science and Technology you would have been enrolled automatically. However sometimes your information may have "fallen through the cracks!", if so please reach out to me Andy Hancock via http://support.hull.ac.uk and mention Andy Hancock! 4. [Free Books on Robotics](https://github.com/StevenShiChina/books) 5. [Learning Python Book](https://cfm.ehu.es/ricardo/docs/python/Learning_Python.pdf) From 7b08e1aa52ed67535e674229cbd58e3fcf72cfb2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Andrew Hancock Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2021 11:15:02 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 5/7] Update README.md --- README.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 6e0fd3d..9780dbe 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ If you require any support, either whilst contributing or with linux, programmin ## Student Discount / Free stuff 1. [Github Student Pack](https://education.github.com/pack). 2. [Microsoft Azure Dev Tools for Teaching](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-gb/free/students/). FREE Microsoft licenses for Windows 10 and 11, Visual Studio and other Windows server operating systems, excludes Micresoft Office! -3. [VMware IT Academy Program](https://www.vmware.com/uk/company/it-academy.html) This is a similar program to the Microsoft Azure Dev Tools for Teaching (see 2. above), and allows you to obtain Software Products and Licensing for most of the VMware Products for FREE e.g. VMware Workstation, VMware vSphere, VMware Fusion. If you are a student of The Department of Computer science and Technology you would have been enrolled automatically. However sometimes your information may have "fallen through the cracks!", if so please reach out to me Andy Hancock via http://support.hull.ac.uk and mention Andy Hancock! +3. [VMware IT Academy Program](https://www.vmware.com/uk/company/it-academy.html) This is a similar program to the [Microsoft Azure Dev Tools for Teaching](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-gb/free/students/), and allows you to obtain Software Products and Licensing for most of the VMware Products for FREE e.g. VMware Workstation, VMware vSphere, VMware Fusion. If you are a student of The Department of Computer science and Technology you would have been enrolled automatically. However sometimes your information may have "fallen through the cracks!", if so please reach out to me Andy Hancock via http://support.hull.ac.uk and mention Andy Hancock! 4. [Free Books on Robotics](https://github.com/StevenShiChina/books) 5. [Learning Python Book](https://cfm.ehu.es/ricardo/docs/python/Learning_Python.pdf) 6. [Free books on CS related subjects](https://github.com/MrAlex6204/Books/) From d2d364f288f041e526564ef8733d1c1829098815 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Andrew Hancock Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2021 11:16:25 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 6/7] Update README.md --- README.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 9780dbe..864114a 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ If you require any support, either whilst contributing or with linux, programmin ## Hull University Related 1. [Brian Tompsett Youtube Channel](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfG7W9cpOp4G4rH-gLgxVdw). Brian is a [lecturer at University of Hull](https://www.hull.ac.uk/staff-directory/brian-tompsett) and has a [long list of published works](https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=4CFnDSAAAAAJ&hl=en). -2. [Andrew Hancock](Virtualisation.md#andrewhancock). Andrew is the VMware Specialist in Computer Science & Technology, responsible for architecure, watering & feeding the Computer Science and Technology VMware infrastructure. He also has a long list of VMware and Virtualisation articles. +2. [Andrew Hancock](Virtualisation.md#andrewhancock). Andrew is the VMware Specialist in Computer Science & Technology, responsible for architecure, watering & feeding the Computer Science and Technology VMware infrastructure. He also has a long list of VMware and Virtualisation articles. Please also see [VMware IT Academy Program](https://www.vmware.com/uk/company/it-academy.html) 3. [The Yellow Book](https://www.robmiles.com/s/CSharp-Book-2019-Refresh.pdf) - A fantastic intro to C# from former Hull Lecturer, [Rob Miles](https://www.robmiles.com/). He also has other publications available [here](https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?i=stripbooks&rh=p_27:Rob%20Miles&s=relevancerank&text=Rob%20Miles&ref=dp_byline_sr_book_1). 4. [Rob Miles Youtube](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4OEadKEwxD7TxR9hKhxtuQ). 5. [CSBlogs](http://csblogs.com/) - A collection of blogs from UoH staff, alumni and current students. From 3e38fa605c1f2d02873435cb1d80d5f687682ff7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Andrew Hancock Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2021 11:19:52 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 7/7] Update Virtualisation.md Updated VMware Refs. --- Virtualisation.md | 10 +++++----- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/Virtualisation.md b/Virtualisation.md index 467fcb4..183f19b 100644 --- a/Virtualisation.md +++ b/Virtualisation.md @@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ Type 1 (Bare Metal Hypervisors) 6. [Microsoft Windows Server 2019](https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows-server) - Hyper-V can be enabled as a role in Windows Server. This is a Type 1 hypervisor. - Available for free if a Student of The Department of Computer Science and Technology. 7. [Microsoft Hyper-V Server](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/evaluate-hyper-v-server-2019_) - Not to be confused with Windows Server. This is a Type 1 Hypervisor, and is just server core Hyper-V with no GUI. - Available for free if a Student of The Department of Computer Science and Technology. 8. [Microsoft Windows 10 Client Hyper-V](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/virtualization/hyper-v-on-windows/about/) - Hyper-V can be enabled in Windows 10 Pro and above. This is a Type 1 Hypervisor. - Available for free if a Student of The Department of Computer Science and Technology. -9. [VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi)](https://my.vmware.com/en/web/vmware/evalcenter?p=free-esxi7) - Available for free, or full version - Available for free if a Student of The Department of Computer Science and Technology. +9. [VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi)](https://my.vmware.com/en/web/vmware/evalcenter?p=free-esxi7) - Available for free, or full version - Available for free if a Student of The Department of Computer Science and Technology. All this software is FREE here - [VMware IT Academy Program](https://www.vmware.com/uk/company/it-academy.html) 10. [KVM/QEmu](https://www.linux-kvm.org/page/Main_Page) - KVM is built into the linux kernel, just like Hyper-V in Windows There are many frontends / management tools for KVM, including but not limited to @@ -61,16 +61,16 @@ furthermore, if you're system supports VT-d you can pass through your video card Type 2 1. [Oracle Virtualbox](https://www.virtualbox.org/) - A Free alternative to VMware Workstation for all platforms -2. [VMware Fusion for Apple Mac](https://www.vmware.com/uk/products/fusion.html) - Type 2 Hypervisor for Apple Mac - Available for free if a Student of The Department of Computer Science and Technology. -3. [VMware Workstation](https://www.vmware.com/uk/products/workstation-pro.html) - Type 2 Hypervisor for Linux and Windows - Available for free if a Student of The Department of Computer Science and Technology. -4. [VMware Player](https://www.vmware.com/uk/products/workstation-player.html) - Type 2 Hypervosor for Linux and Windows - Available for free if a Student of The Department of Computer Science and Technology. +2. [VMware Fusion for Apple Mac](https://www.vmware.com/uk/products/fusion.html) - Type 2 Hypervisor for Apple Mac - Available for free if a Student of The Department of Computer Science and Technology. All this software is FREE here - [VMware IT Academy Program](https://www.vmware.com/uk/company/it-academy.html) +3. [VMware Workstation](https://www.vmware.com/uk/products/workstation-pro.html) - Type 2 Hypervisor for Linux and Windows - Available for free if a Student of The Department of Computer Science and Technology. All this software is FREE here - [VMware IT Academy Program](https://www.vmware.com/uk/company/it-academy.html) +4. [VMware Player](https://www.vmware.com/uk/products/workstation-player.html) - Type 2 Hypervosor for Linux and Windows - Available for free if a Student of The Department of Computer Science and Technology. All this software is FREE here - [VMware IT Academy Program](https://www.vmware.com/uk/company/it-academy.html) 5. [Parallels Desktop 16 for Mac](https://www.parallels.com/uk/products/desktop/) - Type 2 Hypervisor for Mac. ## Andrew Hancock, Department of Computer Science & Technology - Systems -Andrew is the VMware Specialist in Computer Science & Technology, responsible for the VMware architecture, watering & feeding the Computer Science & Technology VMware vSphere infrastructure. (based on VMware vSphere). He also has a long list of VMware and Virtualisations articles, a passionate VMware Technical Architect, and VMware vExpert Pro. His articles are reproduced here for your reading pleasure. If you want to discuss anything VMware, then ask him! He will only be too happy to oblige. +Andrew is the VMware Specialist in Computer Science & Technology, responsible for the VMware architecture, watering & feeding the Computer Science & Technology VMware vSphere infrastructure. (based on VMware vSphere). He also has a long list of VMware and Virtualisations articles, a passionate VMware Technical Architect, and VMware vExpert Pro. His articles are reproduced here for your reading pleasure. If you want to discuss anything VMware, then ask him! He will only be too happy to oblige. All this software is FREE here - [VMware IT Academy Program](https://www.vmware.com/uk/company/it-academy.html) 1. [How to Backup an ESXi installation on an USB Flash Drive or SD card for security or redundancy.](http://vexpert.me/BackupESXi) 2. [VMware ESX/ESXi Backup Guide](http://vexpert.me/BackupGuide) 3. [HOW TO: Improve the transfer rate of a Physical to Virtual (P2V) Virtual to Virtual Conversion (V2V) using VMware vCenter Converter Standalone 5.0](https://www.experts-exchange.com/articles/9131/HOW-TO-Improve-the-transfer-rate-of-a-Physical-to-Virtual-P2V-Virtual-to-Virtual-Conversion-V2V-using-VMware-vCenter-Converter-Standalone-5-0.html)