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VMware View Pool Manager – Free Tool

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In case you missed this one, there is new free tool for administrators doing a lot of work with VMware View. The tool is called VMware View Pool manager and it is a free tool (Fling) which is available at the VMware Labs website. The tool was created by Andre Leibovici, and can be used for […]

VMware SSO Install – Single Sign On Server Installation Options

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VMware SSO install, when done wrong or when architected the wrong way, can put your infrastructure into a fragile state where SSO can became the single point of failure (SPOF). Before introduction of SSO in vSphere 5.1, there was a vCenter considerations when it comes to resiliency and protection. With the introduction SSO it’s like an additional […]

Veeam Backup and Replication v7 – Virtual Labs for Replicas

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Virtual Labs for replicas is another new feature that has been announced by Veeam. Virtual labs which brought the revolutionary feature that has been around since version 5 of Veeam Backup and replication, has brought this possibility to mount and run VM directly from backup location. Veeam Backup and Replication v7 enhances this function for […]

Install vCenter on Windows Server 2012 – ODBC and vCenter components install (Part 2)

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In the first part we successfully installed SQL Server, and created vCenter, VMware update manager and SSO databases. In this part we will create the DSNs and Install vCenter on Windows Server 2012, together with all the different components. This post is a part of multipost, where we do an Install vCenter Server on Windows Server 2012, with […]

Mobile version of vSphere 5.1 Hardening Guide Available

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There is an update on the vSphere 5.1 Hardening guide. As you know, this guide is very good tool to start to harden your infrastructure running vSphere 5.1. There is a newly available Mobile version of vSphere 5.1 Hardening Guide. It’s been published through the VMware Mobile Knowledge Portal (VMKP). The VMKP app provides access to […]

USB Image tool – Free utility for imaging USB sticks

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When working with physical systems, you usually use tools like Acronis, Norton Ghost etc. In case you need to backup or archive a whole USB stick with all the partitions, you might be interested in this cool tool called USB Image tool, which can create a complete image of an USB stick. Usually when running […]

VMware vSphere Replication and Zerto Virtual Replication 2.0 – Products with different features and technologies.

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VMware vSphere Replication (VR), released in vSphere 5.0 and enhanced in vSphere 5.1, is available as a free product for VMware vSphere Essentials Plus and higher. VR is easy to install and configure, but it lacks some features that Zerto provides out of the box. First, some background information: VMware SRM (Site Recovery Manager) and […]

ReliableDR for VMware vSphere – Disaster recovery solution for SMB, Enterprises and Cloud Providers

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ReliableDR for VMware vSphere is a product that offers very interesting orchestration, automation and replication capabilities, but most importantly, automation of the whole DR testing and validating process. ReliableDR has been designed especially for VMware vSphere.  The product was acquired just recently by PHD Virtual and further enhanced in the 3.1 release which has just come out. Reliable […]

How to upgrade VDP – Upgrading vSphere Data Protection with the Upgrade ISO

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VMware Data Protection released recently has fixed several bugs and introduced several new features, like restore rehearsal – a feature that you might know from VDR. Another feature adds is the ability to clone backup jobs, or the possibility to configure some post tasks behavior like for example, automatically power on or reconnect a specific virtual NIC. How to upgrade […]