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Video of how-to create a NFS share on 2003 server R2

Written on 30 Jun, 2009 at 0:40 in Server Virtualization | viewed 667 views times | 0 Comments

I found this step by step video on Youtube. It demonstrates with step-by-step procedure the creation of NFS share in 2003 R2 server. Sometimes you migh find a Windows Server in your entreprise which has a lots of  storage place... (Continue reading)

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Free tools from PHD virtual

Written on 29 Jun, 2009 at 0:55 in Server Virtualization | viewed 534 views times | 0 Comments

In one of my last articles I wrote about PHD Virtual’s esXpress there were some great free tools I found about on the PHD Virtual’s website. Sho why not tho share this with you guys.. Virtual SAN 1.0.0 – It’s a... (Continue reading)

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RVTools – 2.5.5 version is out.

Written on 28 Jun, 2009 at 0:04 in Server Virtualization | viewed 424 views times | 0 Comments
RVTools - 2.5.5 version is out.

RVTools So what’s new? I blogged already several times about this small little freeware tool which is VERY HANDY and that helps you gather a lot of informations from your virtual infrastructure’s environement.So what Rob de Veij is saying about... (Continue reading)

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How to activate root SSH access in ESX 4.0

Written on 27 Jun, 2009 at 0:10 in Server Virtualization | viewed 16,302 views times | 6 Comments
How to activate root SSH access in ESX 4.0

In ESX 4.0 SSH is blocked by default for the root user so you need to activate the root login on the console of the ESX server. Otherwise you will not be able to use PuTTy or or VEEAM FastSCP. ... (Continue reading)

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Nice add on for Putty – PuTTy Connection Manager

Written on 26 Jun, 2009 at 0:09 in Free Stuff | viewed 1,367 views times | 0 Comments
Nice add on for Putty - PuTTy Connection Manager

Everybody knows PuTTy. There is PuTTy classic and PuTTy as a Portable application. I mentioned PuTTy in my post Top 10 Free tools to manage your Virtual Infrastructure. What I did not know is that there is a cool little... (Continue reading)

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New training course for ESX Server from TrainSignal will be ready before VMworld 2009

Written on 25 Jun, 2009 at 0:37 in Server Virtualization | viewed 236 views times | 1 Comment

David Davis from TrainSignal is preparing the new training courses for ESX 4. The training will be ready for VMworld 2009. I don’t have any more informations at the moment. David just published a sample video from those courses, and... (Continue reading)

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esXpress 3.5 does file level restore without VCB

Written on 24 Jun, 2009 at 0:29 in Server Virtualization | viewed 474 views times | 6 Comments
esXpress 3.5 does file level restore without VCB

Another company which proposes backup/recovery solutions I was not aware of is PHD Virtual. Their backup/recovery solution is called esXpress 3.5 and provides high availability data protection for your virtual machines. At the moment the product is not compatible vSphere... (Continue reading)

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ESX 4 and VM’s with hardware version 7

Written on 23 Jun, 2009 at 0:46 in Server Virtualization | viewed 7,748 views times | 2 Comments
ESX 4 and VM's with hardware version 7

Now that we are in the vSphere Era (I still keep looking back to ESX 3 and ESX 3.5 though… ), the standard for the VM’s hardware version is the version 7. But what that is mean?... (Continue reading)

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What is Enhanced vMotion compatibility

Written on 22 Jun, 2009 at 12:56 in Server Virtualization | viewed 879 views times | 0 Comments

vMotion everybody knows. Right? If not your are living under the rock….. -:) Just kidding. Using vMotion you can move the VMs needed to another host (another physical server) in your cluster. For what? Like this you can stop your... (Continue reading)

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