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ESXi Configuration Backup Tool – Freeware

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: December 17, 2020

ESXi Configuration Backup - A Freeware Tool

Free Tool to backup multiple configurations of VMware ESXi.  The backup of ESXi can be done several ways. I have detailed the steps of backup configuration of ESXi host in my article here. I have used vMA appliance in those steps. Recently I found a small freeware application from Slym Software, which does that via the GUI. […]

| Filed Under: Free Stuff Tagged With: ESXi configuration backup, Feeware VMware backup config, Free VMware Backup

ESXi Firewall – How to restrict IP addresses to secure ESXi

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: March 13, 2023

ESXi Firewall

ESXi Firewall – How to secure ESXi host by allowing only certain IP adresses or IP ranges. After a fresh installation of ESXi, the host’s firewall isn’t configured with the best possible security for your environment. You usually adapt it for your own environment in order to secure those ESXi servers even more. ESXi firewall is […]

| Filed Under: How To Tagged With: Add allowed IP ESXi Firewall, Configure ESXi Firewall, ESXi Firewall

VMware vCenter Server 5.0 Update 1a plus new patches for ESXi 5.0.1 fixing autostart

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: July 16, 2012

VMware vCenter Server 5.0 U1a has been released VMware has released new update for VMware vCenter Server 5.0 U1. It’s mainly a maintenance release. This new release introduces bug fixes and some new features especially for the vCenter Server Appliance since this one wasn’t updated since vSphere 5.  The DB2 express embedded database provided with the […]

| Filed Under: Server Virtualization Tagged With: ESXi 5.0 patches released, vCenter Server 5.0 U1a

Zimbra 8 has been annouced

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: May 7, 2020

Zimbra 8 VM

A new version of Zimbra 8 has been announced on VMware’s website. The new updated version has brought many new features. The new Fully Ajaxed interface which has been stripped down to provide only what is essential for the end user. Four web browsers are supported – Firefox, Safari, Internet Explorer and Chrome. The new built in […]

| Filed Under: Server Virtualization Tagged With: VMware Zimbra 8, Zimbra 8, Zimbra Collaboration Server 8

How to Install VMware Horizon Application Manager in a lab – part3

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: November 1, 2014

How to install VMware Horizon in a lab

How to entitle Thinapped applications and Installation of Horizon Client. In this third part we will first do an some applications entitlements to an AD group which you should create (or you can use existing AD group), We will install the Horizon Agent onto a client system, and we also install a certificate in our client […]

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| Filed Under: Desktop Virtualization Tagged With: Horizon Application Manager, VMware Horizon Installation, VMware Horizon Installation Steps

Thinapp 4.7.2 release – new Horizon features introduced

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: May 7, 2020

Thinapp 4.7.2 - updating existing thinapp packages option

Thinapp Updated to 4.7.2 – brings relink –h command for Horizon and more. This is not an usual maintenance release of VMware Thinapp, but more closer integration with Horizon application manager. You could probably follow my 2 articles on installing Horizon Application manager in a Lab.  Those articles will grow up soon, when I found more […]

| Filed Under: Desktop Virtualization Tagged With: Thinapp 4.7.2, Thinapp and Horizon, Thinapp and Relink, Thinapp Factory

On-Demand Sandbox in Veeam – Video

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: November 1, 2014

Veeam Backup 6.1 - On-Demand Sandbox

On-Demand Sandbox in Veeam Backup & Replication – what’s it good for? Veeam Backup and Replication Software got a nice face lift with it’s latest release – The 6.1. I have reported on that in my article, which talks also about the Free version of Veeam Backup called VeeamZIP, which enables you to do a full […]

| Filed Under: Videos Tagged With: On-Demand Sandbox, Veeam Backup & Replication 6.1 Sandbox

Recover lost space from thin provisioned disks by using Guest Reclaim Fling

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: January 12, 2013

Shows no mapping for the disks

Guest Reclaim to recover lost space on thin provisionned disks. After the announce few days ago I was wondering on how to possibly use this tool, since there are some limitations. Most likely, as said in the Guest Reclaim ReadMe (pdf) file, the tool will take part in future updates to VMware hypervisor.  For now this tool […]

| Filed Under: Free Stuff Tagged With: Guest Reclaim Fling, thin provisionning, unmap

Disconnected Templates Issue

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: August 22, 2022

Disconnected Templates in vCenter

Disconnected Templates – how to delete? I had a issue in my lab with templates. The templates were grayed out, without the possibility to unregister from vCenter by right clicking. The VMDK files and the VMXT template configuration files were fine on the datastores and I could convert the VM back and forth to and […]

| Filed Under: Server Virtualization Tagged With: Disconnected VM Templates

Thinapped vSphere Client for v 5.0U1

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: February 19, 2017

Thinapped vSphere Client - vSphere 5.0U1

Zero Install with Thinapped vSphere Client for v 5.0U1 I think that I missed this release. There is now an updated vSphere Client as a thinapped application for version vSphere 5.0 U1. This release, with the possibility to still download the previous release (for vSphere 4.1), handles vSphere 5.0 and also vSphere 5.0 U1. Thinapped […]

| Filed Under: Free Stuff Tagged With: Thinapp Application VMware Client, Thinapped vSphere Client, vSphere Client Thinapp

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