You might need to create Custom ESXi 5.x firewall rule for different reasons. One of them might be a custom made in-house software application. Services like FTP, SFTP, Telnet or SSH are not enabled by default, and the ports for these services are closed. In the list of services, there is not a possibility for an […]
Happy New Year 2014
New Year’s Eve means fun. I stumbled through this ASCII art pic, so hey, why not to post it for fun….. -:) The past year has brought many new experiences to me. I tried to post tutorials, news and videos to help out new folks starting in virtualization and also for my own bookmarking needs. […]
5 Free Alternatives to Microsoft SQL Management Studio
In my recent article I’ve reported about a nice free alternative to manage SQL databases, which, from the same UI can manage also MySQL databases. I thought that it might be a good idea to actually check out around the web to see if there are other, preferably free tools. And yes there are! In this […]
My VSAN Journey – Part 1 – The homebrew “node”
VMware VSAN product is nice piece of software which allows using local DAS storage as well as local SSD(s) in each host to configure a pooled datastore. The product shall be released in 2014 and you can find all the necessary info and guides through VMware VSAN community page, where you can currently download public […]
Is your SSD in a good shape? Get Notified before problems strikes with HD Sentinel
HD Sentinel is a multi OS monitoring and testing utility – Windows, Linux or DOS – for SSDs and HDDs. It’s a tool which monitors and detect problems, and if there are some problems, it has a capability to launch a repair actions or trigger an external backup software to start backing up a faulty […]
VMware Network Virtualization Fundamentals – Free Interactive Learning Course
There is a very interesting interactive learning course from VMware, and it’s free. It’s about networking. If you want to learn about VDS, vCNS and VXLAN or even NSX – the training is for you. The training has 3 modules where the 3rd module discusses some advanced VMware network virtualization solutions like vCNS, VXLAN and NSX…. […]
VMware vCenter Server 5.5b released
VMware has released vCenter Server 5.5b. This release comes not longer after the 5.5a release (31 of October) and fixes some bugs which were present. Bugs which were affecting installation, upgrade or work with vSphere Web client. VMware vCenter Server 5.5.0b, so the Build 1476387 is the latest vCenter server release. Update: VMware has released vCenter […]
Nice Free alternative to manage MySQL and MicrosoftSQL Databases
A nice alternative for working with SQL and MySQL databases called HeidiSQL. The utility is a donationware and the creator of the tool, Ansgar Becker provides it as an OpenSource – free utility. A very handy IMHO as you can create and save several logins/passwords within the utility as you probably manage several SQL or […]
Top 10 most visited posts in 2013
The 2013 is heading slowly to the end. It’s inevitable. Each one of us getting older, but I say it’s like a good french wine – getting better with age… -:). So today I wanted to do a recap post showing which posts people were reading most this year and what kind of posts they […]
Disk2VHD 2.0 – Free Utility to Convert Systems into VHDX – Microsoft Virtual Disks
Mark Russinovich and Bryce Cogswell from Microsoft has released an updated utility for conversion of physical systems (PCs, Servers) into virtual disk files (VHD). Disk2VHD is “younger brother” of vCenter Server Converter Standalone, which is an utility for VMware professionals and IT admins (supporting latest vmx-10). Disk2VHD 2.0 is Free Utility to Convert Systems into VHDX or […]
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