Welcome to Scott D. Lowe's Section

Scott Lowe has worked in the technology field since 1994, starting his career as a jack of all trades handling networking duties, database administration/programming projects and help desk support. Scott has also held positions as the Associate Director of IT in charge of network services for a private college in upstate NY, the lead network analyst for the City of Gaithersburg, MD and as a Systems Engineer for Thomson Financial. In 2001, Scott assumed his first full-time management role as the Director of IT for the National Association of Attorneys General. Scott was most recently the Vice President and Chief Information Officer at a private Missouri college where he was a hand-on leader provided primary support for the virtualization environment alongside his other responsibilities.

Outside of his daily work, Scott has written thousands of articles and blog posts and has authored or coauthored three books, including Microsoft Press’ Exchange Server 2007 Administrators Companion and O’Reilly’s Home Networking: The Missing Manual. In 2012, Scott was also awarded VMware's prestigious vExpert designation for his contributions to the virtualization community.

Scott is currently the owner of The 1610 Group, a consultancy focused on helping small and mid-sized organizations achieve their business goals through the strategic application of technology.

Scott D. Lowe's Latest Contributions

Welcome to Hyper-V 3.0 (Part 3) - A Hyper-V 3.0 virtual machine deep-dive: Date - May 02, 2012; Section - Microsoft Hyper-V Articles / General; In part 2, we left off at configuring the number of virtual processors and that’s where we’ll pick up here.
Product Review: SolarWinds Virtualization Manager 5: Date - Apr 19, 2012; Section - Articles & Tutorials / Product Reviews; In this article the author will give a review of SolarWinds Virtualization Manager 5.
Welcome to Hyper-V 3.0 (Part 2) - A Hyper-V 3.0 virtual machine deep-dive: Date - Apr 10, 2012; Section - Microsoft Hyper-V Articles / General; In this part of the series, we will walk through all of the configuration options that are at your disposal with regard to configuring the new virtual machine.
Welcome to Hyper-V 3.0 (Part 1) - A Hyper-V 3.0 virtual machine deep-dive: Date - Mar 13, 2012; Section - Microsoft Hyper-V Articles / General; This article looks at how to create a virtual machine in Hyper-V 3.0.
Back to basics (Part 3): Virtualization 101: A Storage Primer (Cont.): Date - Feb 16, 2012; Section - Articles & Tutorials / General Virtualization Articles; This article looks at the various methods by which you can connect your virtual hosts to storage in your environment.
Back to basics (Part 2): Virtualization 101: A Storage Primer: Date - Feb 02, 2012; Section - Articles & Tutorials / General Virtualization Articles; In this article we’re going to focus on storage.
Citrix VDI-in-a-Box (Part 3): Date - Jan 19, 2012; Section - VDI Articles / General; In Part 3 of this series, I will cover the ins and outs of VDI in a box to include prerequisites, architecture and sizing.
Citrix VDI-in-a-Box (Part 2) - Interview (Cont.): Date - Jan 03, 2012; Section - VDI Articles / General; Second part of an interview with Krishna Subramanian, Vice President, Marketing & Business Development for Citrix Systems, Inc who discusses VDI-in-a-Box.
Citrix VDI-in-a-Box (Part 1) - Interview: Date - Dec 13, 2011; Section - VDI Articles / General; An interview with Krishna Subramanian, Vice President, Marketing & Business Development for Citrix Systems, Inc who discusses VDI-in-a-Box.
VMware Fusion 4: Top to bottom: Date - Nov 17, 2011; Section - VMware Server, Workstation, & Player Articles / General; In this article, I’ll outline Fusion 4’s new capabilities and go over ways that you can use Fusion 4 to best effect.
Introduction to VMware Workstation 8: Date - Nov 01, 2011; Section - VMware Server, Workstation, & Player Articles / General; This article outlines some of the big items in Workstation 8.
Getting Started with ESXi 5 (Part 2) - Create your first virtual machine: Date - Oct 12, 2011; Section - VMware ESX and vSphere Articles / Installation and Deployment; In this part of this article series we'll create a virtual machine.
Getting Started with ESXi 5 (Part 1): Date - Sep 28, 2011; Section - VMware ESX and vSphere Articles / Installation and Deployment; In this article, you’ll walk though a complete installation of ESXi 5 and the vSphere Client.
Back to basics (Part 1): Virtualization 101: Date - Sep 08, 2011; Section - Articles & Tutorials / General Virtualization Articles; This article scratches the surface of this Back to Basics series where we'll start to gain an understanding for the what and why behind virtualization.
What's new in vSphere 5 (Part 2): Date - Aug 25, 2011; Section - Cloud Computing / VMware vCloud; In this article I will outline the major new features in vSphere 5 and, for some features, will take a deep dive to explain why the changes matter and what impact they may have on your environment.
What's new in vSphere 5 (Part 1): Date - Aug 11, 2011; Section - Cloud Computing / VMware vCloud; In this article series, I will outline the major new features in vSphere 5 and, for some features, will take a deep dive to explain why the changes matter and what impact they may have on your environment.
Introduction to the nComputing L300 access device (Part 1): Date - Jul 28, 2011; Section - VDI Articles / General; In this article you'll learn that the nComputing L300 is a more than capable solution for a LAN-based VDI deployment and will be introduced to the components – the L300 and vSpace – that comprise nComputing’s terminal/VDI solution.
The point of VDI and some options: Date - Jul 14, 2011; Section - VDI Articles / General; In this article we'll look at application presentation.
Managing Hyper-V virtual disks: Date - Jun 28, 2011; Section - Microsoft Hyper-V Articles / Storage Management; I’ll discuss the basic concepts behind storage management in Hyper-V.
Managing Hyper-V Networking: Date - Jun 16, 2011; Section - Microsoft Hyper-V Articles / Management; In this article we we will take a look at the network configuration options that are available in Hyper-V.
Virtualization challenges and mitigation techniques (Part 1): Date - Jun 02, 2011; Section - Articles & Tutorials / General Virtualization Articles; Virtualization has become standard operating procedure in many organizations but with these modern day environments come new challenges that must be faced and mitigated. In this three part series, I will outline a number of challenges around virtualization and offer some ideas for mitigating these challenges.
Virtualization, the cloud and traditional computing: What's the right answer?: Date - May 17, 2011; Section - Cloud Computing / General; In this article, we'll look at all three models and gain an understanding about the pros and cons of each and learn why one size does not fit all.
Real World - A SAN Migration Experience: Date - May 03, 2011; Section - Articles & Tutorials / General Virtualization Articles; This article looks at a 'real world' story of the replacement of a storage system - an iSCSI-based SAN that had been in production and which was approaching end of life.
Server and desktop hypervisors (Part 2): Date - Apr 19, 2011; Section - Articles & Tutorials / General Virtualization Articles; In part 1 of this series, you learned about the differences between Type 1 and Type 2 hypervisors and we began a discussion about the key features needed for enterprise-grade, robust hypervisor platforms. In this part, we’ll continue the server hypervisor discussion.
Server and desktop hypervisors (Part 1): Date - Apr 05, 2011; Section - Articles & Tutorials / General Virtualization Articles; In this article we'll look at the differences between Type 1 and Type 2 hypervisors and outline a few of the major features people look for in server hypervisors.
An Introduction to Oracle VirtualBox 4 (Part 2): Date - Mar 22, 2011; Section - Articles & Tutorials / General Virtualization Articles; In part 1 of these series, you learned how to install VirtualBox 4.0 and how to install a Windows 7 guest operating system. In this article, we’ll dig a bit deeper into VirtualBox virtual machine.
An Enhanced vMotion Compatibility Primer: Date - Mar 08, 2011; Section - VMware ESX and vSphere Articles / VMotion & DRS & High Availability; This article discusses VMware vMotion in a mixed-processer environment.
VDI Economics and Reality (Part 2) - I'm rethinking VDI and here's why: Date - Feb 22, 2011; Section - Articles & Tutorials / General Virtualization Articles; In this, part two, I’ll discuss my changing thinking regarding VDI ROI & TCO and explain how I believe traditional desktop environments can be retrofitted to provide new benefits and capabilities, primarily through the use of Terminal Services.
An Introduction to Oracle VirtualBox 4 (Part 1): Date - Feb 08, 2011; Section - Articles & Tutorials / General Virtualization Articles; This article is intended for those who want a platform on which they can install and test technologies, using a free solution. Learn how to install and setup Oracle's VirtualBox.
VDI Economics and Reality (Part 1): Date - Jan 19, 2011; Section - Articles & Tutorials / General Virtualization Articles; This article gives an overview of the major licensing and cost challenges when it comes to Virtual Desktop Infrastructures (VDI).
VMware View 4.5 (Part 1): Date - Dec 21, 2010; Section - VDI Articles / VMware ESX Server; This article gives an overview of VMware View 4.5 and it looks at some typical scenarios.
System Center Virtual Machine Manager - Part 2: Installation: Date - Dec 07, 2010; Section - Microsoft Hyper-V Articles / Management; This article explains the installation of the VMM Server and the VMM Administrator Console components of Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2.
System Center Virtual Machine Manager - Part 1: Introduction and Prerequisites: Date - Nov 17, 2010; Section - Microsoft Hyper-V Articles / Management; In part one of this series we go through all the prerequisites that are necessary in order to successfully install Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2.
Use PowerCLI to Get Quick Stats (Part 2): Date - Oct 28, 2010; Section - Articles & Tutorials / General Virtualization Articles; Digging a little deeper into the process of using PowerCLI to gather basic information about your ESX hosts and virtual machines running on those hosts.
A VDI Real-World Success Story (Part 2): Date - Oct 12, 2010; Section - Articles & Tutorials / General Virtualization Articles; A detailed view at Virginia Western’s implementation of VDI and some guidance for making good VDI decisions.
Use PowerCLI to get Quick Stats (Part 1): Date - Sep 30, 2010; Section - Articles & Tutorials / General Virtualization Articles; How to use basic PowerCLI commands to pull information from an ESX host.
A VDI Real-World Success Story (Part 1): Date - Sep 15, 2010; Section - Articles & Tutorials / General Virtualization Articles; A detailed view at Virginia Western’s implementation of VDI and some guidance for making good VDI decisions.
Using USB devices with VMware vSphere 4.1: Date - Aug 17, 2010; Section - Articles & Tutorials / General Virtualization Articles; Taking a deep dive into the use of USB devices with VMware vSphere 4.1.
Virtualize Everything – Trials and Tribulations: Date - Jun 23, 2010; Section - Articles & Tutorials / General Virtualization Articles; Discussing Scott Lowe’s experiences in virtualizing Microsoft’s Tier 1 applications in a real scenario.
VMware’s Paravirtual SCSI Adapter Benefits, Watch-Outs and Usage: Date - May 27, 2010; Section - Articles & Tutorials / General Virtualization Articles; We would like to welcome our new esteemed author Scott D. Lowe to our team of authors as he presents his first article to VirtualizationAdmin.com readers! In this article, Scott will take a deep dive into VMware’s paravirtual SCSI Adapter; taking a look at its benefits, usage and things to be aware of.