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ESX Virtualization Blog Design Change

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To change a blog design isn’t very easy step, when you’re not web designer. But I wanted to differentiate from others, with custom design… In fact I made my life easier, by using the right tools for the right job. But before I actually show you how I did the change, by not being web designer, […]

WordPress 3.5 Released

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A new version of the most popular blogging software has been released. It’s called Elvin, in honor to drummer Elvin Jones. The new version of WordPress 3.5 brings streamlined UI which adapts itself to the retina’s high resolution MAC displays. The icons that hasn’t been very sharp and clear on those displays looks now really sharp. The […]

VMware Mirage – Migrating XP to Windows 7

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VMware Mirage setup continues in my lab. What we have done so far? In the first part we have setup and install the Mirage server. Then, in the second part we have installed the client on one Windows 7 VM, and that VM has been also taken from the “pending devices” into Reference Centralized Virtual Desktop (CVD […]

Veeam SAN Explorer for HP 3PAR – Individual Item Restore

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Veeam just announced the upcoming new integration with HP and will include SAN snapshot recovery for HP 3PAR StoreServ 7000 Storage. Veeam SAN Explorer for SAN snapshot will be able to leverage the SAN snapshots provided by HP SAN device to recover individual files from VMs stored on the SAN, or recover full VMs very fast, […]

VMware Mirage Setup – MMC and Client Setup

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This is a second part of VMware Mirage setup in my lab. I’m testing (and documenting) the solution for my own needs, and because I’m quite hooked by the possibility to have a DR solution which enables to recover the whole settings done on desktop computer, with files etc, in case the computer crashes or […]

VMware Mirage Installation – the lab setup

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Vmware Mirage has been demoed during the latest VMworld 2012 in Barcelona. I have attended and also I did an interview with a demo there with Tom Nikl. If you have missed that, you can read the original article here – VMware Mirage – VMworld Barcelona Demo. VMware Mirage Architecture is composed from several components […]

VMware VDP quiesce problems of Windows 2008 R2 Guest OS

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VDP cannot backup Windows 2008 R2. Are you having troubles Backing up Windows 2008R2 with VMware vSphere Data Protection (VDP)? Quiesced snapshots don’t work? It’s probably that you’re using the VMware VSS to quiesce the guest OS.  It’s a known issue which can be easily avoided by using the VSS providers which are part of your […]

VMware Certification Path updated

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VMware Certifications – New look and free PDF. VMware Certification path has changed few months back. It’s worth to mention that the The VMware Education site got new redesign. The certification structure change about which you were able to read about in my earlier post – New VMware Certification Roadmap, you have multiple choices to specialize […]

VMware Thinapp 4.7 Essentials – New Book by Peter Björk

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Thinapp 4.7 ins and outs in this book from Peter Björk. This new book which is detailing everything you need to know about VMware Thinapp 4.7, by Peter Björk, EMEA Horizon and ThinApp Specialist Systems Engineer at VMware, from Sweden. His latest book Thinapp 4.7 Essentials has just been published by Packt publishing but it’s also available through Amazon – Paper: […]