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I got few questions recently concerning VMware Tools. Usually Installation of VMware tools is easy process. Few clicks in the vSphere client and you install the VMware tools automatically or interactively. There is a third supported way to install VMware tools. In case you want to do a manual install of VMware tools from within [...]
VMware VDP as a solution, when deployed in firewalled environment, needs some ports to be opened in order to function properly. Here is a list of ports that are used by vSphere Data Protection (VDP) 5.1. Note that there are some ports that are used in the VDP VDP advanced. Those are ports 28001 and [...]
There is a new 40 min video at Backup Academy website maintained by Veeam, which explains what vCloud Director is and why it’s interesting even for smaller shops to go and look at it as a possibility to build applications that are executed on remote locations – in the cloud and by using vCD. You’ll [...]
This article will show you in few steps how-to turn your ESXi host into NTP server. It’s not the best VMware practice for production environments, but excellent for home labbing and maybe for clients with single ESXi host, where there isn’t any other physical server left which could assure an NTP service. The ESXi host [...]
A public beta product called vCenter Log Insight can be downloaded and tested. I’ve downloaded and installed this product in my lab. The install/configure takes at most 5 minutes of your time. The product currently in public beta, is going to be licensed per host, and you’ll need vCenter which is a central point where [...]
Last week new update has been released for VMware vSphere Data Protection (VDP). As you can doubt, new maintenance release for both VDP products has been released. Those releases are mainly fixing bugs related to both products. If you’re concerned and running your backup solution on VDP, consider to update to the latest release. In [...]
VMturbo announced today the availability of their multi-hypervisor management solution VMturbo Operations Manager 4.0. Already last month, VMturbo brought changes to their free tool, which is based on the same “engine”. The free utility was renamed to Virtual Health Monitor. Check out my detailed post about that. Today, a major upgrade to VMturbo Operations Manager [...]
VMware WSX 1.1 Beta release is available. For those of you who don’t know what’s WSX is. It’s basically a possibility to access VMs that runs under VMware Workstation, remotely by using just a web browser. This opens possibilities for tablets, and an access from different OS without any plugins or software. The WSX does [...]
TrainSignal has released EMC Storage Essentials, which is new training covering EMC’s VNX technology. TrainSignal with their latest offering allows to “consume” training courses, as a training-on-demand. It means that you no longer buy an individual courses, but using the whole TrainSignal‘s online library with massive amount of training courses covering networking, virtualization, compute, or office [...]
Newly released VMware Horizon Mirage 4.2, a product for managing physical or (and) virtual desktops, when it comes to endpoint management, migration from older systems and data protection. The latest VMware Horizon Mirage adds in addition to existing XP to W7 migration, also Vista to W7 migration possibilities. You might saw the VMware video where [...]
This article will show you in few steps how-to turn your ESXi host into NTP server. It's not the … [Read More...]
Often I get asked what's VIB and How to install VIB in VMware ESXi. VIB packages are update … [Read More...]
This is hands on lab video about how to install VMware Horizon View 5.2 Connection server. It's a … [Read More...]
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