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VMware has rolled out new update on vCenter server 5.5 U1a. This update fixes a Heartbleed bug in OpenSSL third party library. HearbleThere are no new features in this release and only vCenter server and vCenter server appliance are on the list of updated products. The bug was affecting a Windows based vCenter server and […]
Trilead is preparing some big changes in it’s product’s range as the product just went out with 5.1 RC version which brings a very interesting features for VMware and Hyper-V users. Features that will be present in new edition of Trilead Entreprise 5.1, but can be already tested with the 5.1 RC version. Those enterprise […]
Here is a quick recap (not even close to be exhaustive) of different applications which offers access to remote desktops. I know there is many other apps, but let’s quickly have a look at some of those which are the most interesting. One of them is Ammyy Admin, which is Zero-Config Remote Desktop Software that […]
The problem of assigning different name to your VMNIC is not new. Several sources reported NIC enumeration that occurs after applying a BIOS update, resulting a connectivity loss. But there is a way to fix it even if rename VMNIC in VMware ESXi through the UI isn’t possible. In my case it was simple a cosmetic […]
Xangati just announced two new dashboards in their software suite. Xangati is a specialist in end-to-end real time monitoring, but their product offers some unique capabilities, like storm tracking or automatic recording when your infrastructure is performing badly. There is new Executive Dashboard which offers an overall view of VDI and VI components and also […]
The latest update of Windows 8.1 brings an interesting functionality which allows to use lower end machines with small SSDs save space so If you have such a PC or tablet which has a small SSD and struggling to get everything installed, you might consider this type of installation. It’s called Windows Image Boot (or WIMBoot) […]
The old Cisco Topspin 120 are cheap infiniband switches, but very noisy. You can get one for roughly $200 on eBay. If you’re planning for cheap VSAN lab, it might be your interest to read how to make the device more quiet. I’m using one of those in my lab for a backend storage network […]
Horizon 6 announced few days back brought a clearly new wind into the desktop virtualization space. Where in the past the VDI was often subject of performance and cost, see ROI. We might see this changing, is the 2014 finally the year of the VDI? Yesterday’s post showed How to add RDS functionality to Horizon View […]
The newly announced Horizon View 6 flagship product from VMware brought great enhancements from the architectural point of view as you could already read about in my yesterday’s post. However from the administrator’s point of view (not from the architect’s perspective) there are some really cool features that I’d like to point out in this […]
VMware Horizon 6 has been announced by VMware. This major update to VMware Horizon brings some major enhancements into the architecture, concerning Cloud Pod Architecture, which now supports global entitlements across View pods, RDS hosted apps, VMware VSAN (supported since View 5.3.1). Also new Application catalog which provides unified access to desktops and applications (previously […]
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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 |