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Virtualizing Microsoft SQL Server 2012 with VMware 5.x – Free E-learning

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: May 19, 2018

There is a new Free E-learning course provided by VMware Education, which allows you to follow online training called Virtualizing Microsoft SQL Server 2012 with VMware. It’s a 3 hours long training which gives you a good overview on how to architect a deployment of Microsoft SQL Server in vSphere environments considering SQL licensing policies and […]

| Filed Under: Free Stuff Tagged With: SQL 2012 vSphere 5, Virtualizing Microsoft SQL Server 2012

vSphere 5.5 Hardening Guide Available – Free Download

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: November 1, 2014

New updated release of vSphere 5.5 Hardening Guide – to match the latest VMware vSphere 5.5 –  is out. This guide as in its previous releases gives you some good tips to secure your vSphere environments. As I reported already in the past on this guide – here is the vSphere 5.1 article, the format is […]

| Filed Under: Server Virtualization

VMware vCenter Server 5.5.0a update available

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: February 15, 2017

VMware has released an update to vCenter Server 5.5.0a. Both versions, Windows based and also VCSA (Linux Appliance) based vCenter servers – vCenter server appliance are updated. There is no new features in the 5.5.0a version. It’s only maintenance release as it fixes some bugs which showed quickly after the initial release. While I don’t […]

| Filed Under: Server Virtualization Tagged With: vCenter server 5.5.0a, VCSA 5.5.0a

VMware Thinapp 5 – New release

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: May 7, 2020

VMware just released VMware Thinapp 5. It’s a surprise to me as I thought that VMware has already shoot all the news and announces during VMworld SF and Barcelona, but the opposite is true. The new release of Thinapp comes in after quite a long period of the 4.x versions (fourteen in total !!) , […]

| Filed Under: Desktop Virtualization Tagged With: Thinapp 5, VMware Thinapp 5

Linked Clone GUI Tool called LCTree – a Fling

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: October 31, 2013

Another usefull utility allowing to display linked clones in hierarchical view of linked clones of VMs from vCloud Director. There are two VCD version which can be used with, the 1.5 and 5.1 (5.5 is not on the list yet). Also you’ll need Java Runtime Environment 6 installed on your workstation in order to have the […]

| Filed Under: Free Stuff Tagged With: lctree, linked clones tree

VMware vSphere and Private VLANs

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: November 1, 2014

As the title shows, this post is about private VLANs (PVLAN). This topic shows on VCAP exams, but also on VCP based exams. So if you’re studying for VCAP or VCP, this article might be your interest. VMware vSphere and Private VLANs are great topic, but not easy. Usually you can separate traffic and secure […]

| Filed Under: Server Virtualization Tagged With: VMware vSphere and Private VLANs

Windows Server Hyper-V 2012 R2 Poster of component architecture – Free Download

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: June 16, 2016

If you collection freebies, this might be your interest. With the release of Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2012 R2 as well as Windows Server 2012 R2 few days back, there is a new poster(s) available as a free download from Microsoft’s website. A poster showing the Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V component Architecture, which can be […]

| Filed Under: Free Stuff, Server Virtualization, Windows Server 2012 Tagged With: Windows Server 2012 R2 poster

VMware NSX Product Walkthrough and details from the UI

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: February 17, 2017

I have already reported on new website for vSphere 5.5 Online demos. This time, there is a new addition by NSX team. They put in place new section which shows you the all the components and configuration steps for NSX. The Walkthrough is accessible on https://vmwarewalkthroughs.com/NSX/. It’s a convenient way to see what are the components […]

| Filed Under: Server Virtualization Tagged With: VMware NSX

vSphere Essentials and Veeam Free Edition Tips

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: November 23, 2015

vSphere Essentials does not offer vMotion functionality, only vSphere Essentials Plus and higher editions. Even if you have installed vCenter server and managing the  environment without having vmotion, you cannot move VMs from one ESXi host to another without much downtime. Here are some Veeam Free Edition Tips. Just download the Veeam trial and play with full […]

| Filed Under: Free Stuff Tagged With: Veeam Free Edition Tips

Windows Update Cleanup Plugin

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: January 1, 2016

This is a quick tip and good news for Windows 7 SP1 users and also perhaps VDI admins running W7 desktops in their VDI environments. Windows Update Cleanup Plugin allows to uninstall outdated Windows patches and free some disk space on the root folder automatically, without messing up with the WinSxS folder. The option presents […]

| Filed Under: How To Tagged With: Windows Update Cleanup Plugin

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