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Atlantis USX has an update – Atlantis USX 2.2. I must say that I’m quite “hooked” with their technology since I met them during VMworld Barcelona where thy won a gold medal in the storage category. Atlantis has more aces in their sleeves which will make more sense when vSphere 6.0 will be GA – vVOLs […]
Opvizor has just released new free tool called Snapwatcher which enables to scan your VMware environment for orphaned snapshots and snapshots that aren’t visible through vSphere client. The tool not only shows you the snapshots, but also fix them. Snapwatcher for VMware can not only report on snapshots, datastore space savings when deleting or fixing […]
StarWind V2V Converter free tool allows the user to convert VMs from one format to another (back and forth). From VMware to Microsoft or from Microsoft to VMware. What it does it basically clones the VM so the original stays as is. There is no risk. It comes as a free utility from Starwind but it is also bundled […]
vSphere Replication 6.0 as a part of the vCloud suite and over the 5.5 release which has been detailed in this post and which has added a cloud replication should initially come out with a 5′ RPO, but this has been finally pulled out from the upcoming GA. So VR 6.0 will still have 15′ RPO. […]
VMturbo brings new version of their flagship product VMturbo Operations Manager 5.1. This new release brings new features and completely new module – Application control module. The product has evolved over time, but since the beginning the Operations manager has the same and unique goal – to keep the infrastructure in desired state. What differs VMturbo from […]
It’s time to do another home lab build! This time I want to break the RAM barrier for Homelab white box. In the past when I use to build a white boxes at the end I got always stuck not by CPU performance, but RAM limit. With 24Gb, 32Gb or 64Gb RAM respectively. No matter how […]
One of the news coming from VMware about vSphere release is the fact that new vSphere Data Protection 6.0 product will by default be the “Advanced” version. It means that there will no longer be VDP advanced to buy and that the version of VDP 6.0 bundled with vSphere 6.0 will have all the features […]
Free VMware Training which is two hours long is available at VMware and allows to get started with vCloud Air, understand the basics, but also get in the deep details concerning networking and tools used with vCloud air. Tools like the web based portal or vCloud connector. What’s vCloud air for? Remote site for your datacenter, DR […]
One of the mistakes in the past that I’ve done when building ESXi Home Lab was that I wanted to stay cheap as much as I could on choosing an entry level PC case. Or once I took an option to build a NAS in mini PC case. It’s possible, but I remember that the […]
When it comes to build a power friendly ESXi host, one of the first things is to think about power supply. Take in mind that the host will be running 7/7 and so power efficiency is parameter to take into account. After all, next upgrade you might be planning for your lab will be 2-3 years […]
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