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Idera Server Backup 5.0 for virtual and physical architecture released

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Idera Server Backup 5.0 has been released. Idera is a new actor coming to the enterprise market with different approach, from the pricing point of view, at least.  Usually the backup vendors charge per physical socket and it’s called per CPU model. Then, for smaller virtual environments,  there is a less known, Per site pricing model, where […]

Microsoft Exchange 2013 RTM Downloads

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Microsoft Exchange 2013 RTM available for download. Microsoft has published the RTM code of Exchange Server 2013. You can download and install full-featured software for a 180-day trial, as for now. The product should be available for MSDN subscribers during the days to come. The Micosoft Exchange 2013 RTM brings in several new (simplified) capabilities, starting […]

WordPress Backup Cloud Service I’m using – a Time Machine for your blog

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Many of you that uses WordPress as a publishing and blogging platform don’t do daily backup. I didn’t do either, until I found this service, which is affordable, and which does have a free plan too. This WordPress backup cloud service costs me some money on monthly basis, with a pro plan, but they’re also […]

VMware I/O Analyzer updated – what’s new?

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Update: This post needs a refresh. Recently I wrote an article about a similar tool, (or perhaps exactly the same one, but named differently, a few years later). The tool’s name is IOInsight and can measure a performance of VMs. The utility measures IO performance of individual VMDKs (virtual disks) by capturing I/O traces from ESXi and […]

VMware Workstation update – 9.0.1 released

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VMware Workstation update – version 9.0.1 – Maintenance release In this “maintenance” release we can see that few OS support has been added and some bug fixes has been issued as well. This release comes only after two and half months, Now the latest VMware Workstation update – release 9.0.1  is here. VMware Workstation 9.0 was released […]

Install and use local help file for vSphere Web client

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How to install downloadable vSphere Web Client help file. local help file for vSphere Web client. By default the vSphere web client does goes and check the latest help file on the internet. If you do use the vSphere web client in isolated environment without Internet access, you can still download the help file ahead and install […]

Remote Desktop Protocol 8.0 update for Win 7 SP1 and Server 2008 R2 SP1

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Microsoft RDP 8.0 free update for Windows 7 SP1 and Server 2008R2 SP1. With the recent release of Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012, Microsoft has introduced Remote Desktop Protocol 8.0 in those products. If you want to take advantage of using RDP 8.0 on Windows 7SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, you can do […]

vSphere Client – SSH Auto Connect to ESXi

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vSphere Client – SSH AutoConnect plugin for avoiding entering root password every time. This plugin is for vSphere client and its provided and maintained by a french collegue blogger VMDude.fr and enables you to connect to your ESXi hosts without leaving your vSphere client (the Windows one). There is also the possibility to setup per-host […]

Cisco Nexus 1000v Training

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There are some offers available for Cisco Nexus 1000v training. This training will help you to learn the inside out of Cisco Nexus 1000v switch. Jason Nash the instructor, already done few other training courses for TrainSignal: Cisco UCS, which is very good. I have reviewed this course here. VMware Advanced Networking vSphere Security Design, […]