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Many homelabs do use Synology NAS devices for virtualization, but not only. Synology has just released a new update enhancing the DiskStation Manager to version 5.0. It’s the latest operating system that is used all range of NAS devices. One of the new features is a new user interface that comes with a high-resolution mode for Ultra […]
If you often creating diagrams, you might want to check New Visio Stencils for VMware and Hyper-V from Veeam. Can be used in Viso 2003 – 2013. There are 2D and 3D versions available at Veeam. The download is free, but registration is required. The 2D version got updated to the Metro style so you […]
Catchy title for not so catchy problem. VMware has announced yesterday a new recertification policy - Recertification Policy: VMware Certified Professional. The news came out from a fellow blogger Christian Mohn (@vninja). He posted the details on his blog and I reacted on the announce by posting two comments. I had a mixed feeling… Feeling that […]
VMware VSAN Design and Sizing Guide is an up-to-date document that helps to understand VSAN requirements for SSDs, HDDs, but also for memory and CPU per host, as VSAN introduces about 10% of CPU overhead. The paper was updated at the same time as the yesterday announce for the VSAN Launch and new configuration maximums. The […]
Yesterday there was an online live announcement of VMware Virtual SAN (VSAN) launch. The official GA shall be out next week and there is very interesting information concerning scalability. During the beta we were told that VSAN will be limited to 8 nodes at first, then during VMware PEX last month VMware announced that VSAN […]
New video from VMware Tech Pubs website shows step-by-step how easy it’s to Install SSO which is part of the vSphere 5.5 and add identity sources. It’s possible to use the Simple installation option as well. As you can add multiple identity sources, only one of them can be associated as the default identity source. […]
VMware released Horizon Mirage 4.4 which supports management of endpoints running Windows 8.0 and Windows 8.1, in addition to existing OS starting with Windows XP. Additional new feature called Mirage Gateway allows secure centralized management of remote endpoints without the need of VPN. Additional enhancements integrates even more the Horizon Mirage product with Horizon View offering […]
Infinio is a software company which provides an unique server side software acceleration solution for NAS which uses RAM to accelerate VMware vSphere workloads. They just released version 1.2 of their product – Infinio Accelerator. The latest 1.2 release of Infinio Accelerator is compatible with the latest version of vSphere 5.5. Infinio is fairly new […]
There is a new book in town! This book is about VMware vCenter Operations and is written by Lauren Malhoit and reviewed by some great IT guys like Chris Wahl, Michael Poore and Mike Preston. The book which was released with Packt Publishing, is available now through many of the Online stores as Paperback or […]
There is new PDF from Global Knowledge called Configuration Cheat Sheet for the New vSphere Web Client. This Free E-book (Free registration required) does focus on most common configuration issues and tasks that vSphere admin daily does. Those tasks can be configuration of VMs, networking, storage, settings of resources, cluster settings, permissions and many others. The vSphere Web […]
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Veeam Backup & Replication 7.0 R2 Free Version (New) - also called VeeamZIP |
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Virtual Health Monitor - Free product for VMware, Hyper-v, Xen, RHEL, Citrix XenServer, OpenStack, CloudStack... |
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Veeam One Free Edition 7.0 R2 (New) - updated version of Veeam One Free edition |