Veeam has released a new free tool called FastSCP for Microsoft Azure. As you can probably imagine this free utility has something to do with Microsoft Azure, but in this post I’ll details some of the specifications and look-and-feel. But first what’s this tool is destined for? Veeam FastSCP for Microsoft Azure is meant to […]
Free Virtual VNX software to Download – A full-featured version of vVNX
There is free download for users who wants to play with Virtual VNX software – a community edition. In fact you can download an OVF file (after registration) which will deploy a virtual VNX which you can use in the lab as a shared storage. Apparently the release does supports VVOLs so it’s a good chance […]
Configure vCenter Server After Install – Lab Time
vCenter server installation got really simple in vSphere 6, but the config isn’t that evident if you’re new to virtualization and VMware. In this post I’ll do a walk-through on the configuration steps of vCenter. It does not matter if you have deployed vCenter server on Windows or if you have deployed vCenter server appliance […]
VMware App Volumes 2.7 Generally Available
VMware App Volumes continues its progression and development this week. VMware App Volumes 2.7 Generally available. I was nicely surprised last year during VMworld with the demo I’ve seen, but since then the product has kept evolving. At that time the name of the product was Cloud Volumes. Now the version 2.7 of App Volumes […]
Veeam v8 Update 2 Adds vSphere 6 Compatibility and backup of FT enabled VMs
Long awaited Veeam v8 Update 2 brings compatibility for vSphere 6.0, but with that also a possibility to (finally) backup FT protected VMs. Veeam Backup and Replication v8 Update 2 allows also the IT admin to use free Veeam Endpoint Backup in his/her environment, to monitor/restore files from those within the Veeam v8 backup console as those Endpoint […]
ESXi 6.0 Downgrade Options – lab time
If you’re new to VMware or still learning, gaining experience this post might be your interest as I’ll be talking about ESXi 6.0 downgrade options but also about the possibility to downgrade VMware infrastructure as a whole. It’s not something that cannot be done, but some preparations must be done previously in order to be able to […]
TCPView and Curports – Tools to track open ports and connections
When you are having doubt about some program installed on your system or want to quickly check which ports are opened on your desktop there might be a time to check which tool fits for this situation. There are tools to track open ports and show detailed listings of your network connections. Tools which can help […]
Upgrade ESXi with VMware Update Manager (VUM) – [Guide]
On few of my previous posts I showed you how to patch ESXi hosts via CLI (Putty) or simply via CD/DVD where you put the CD in the server > reboot > change boot order in BIOS > upgrade. Tedious, but works. Both methods are good when working in small environments or on ESXi hosts […]
New Free Community Tool – All-Flash VSAN Configuration Utility
There is a new free community tool which has made its apparition yesterday. The news came out via Brian Graf’s tweet pointing the to the blog post of Rawlinson Rivera who introduces the usage and scope. Free = yes, but unsupported by VMware… The All-Flash VSAN configuration utility allows to tag/untag flash devices as capacity […]
Patch VMware vCenter Server (VCSA)
In this guide you’ll learn how-to patch VMware vCenter Server. Since there has been few changes since the vCenter Server 5.5, now in the vCenter server 6 the things works little bit differently. Previous version of VMware vCenter server appliance has had a UI which if you remember was accessible through a port 5480, but […]
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