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Windows 10 Install.esd to ISO – Easy Convert With NTlite

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There is a cool utility to convert Windows 10 install.esd to an ISO image. The main purpose of the tool is however to customize Windows images, removing components from ISOs, driver integration, language packs or apps integration. Few weeks back when I downloaded the Microsoft Windows 10 to my USB stick I did it in […]

Unitrends Virtual Backup FREE for VMware – Product Review

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Unitrends has a new FREE product allowing you to backup/recover VMs running under VMware or Hyper-V environments. The free version has no limits in functions, only in capacity so you’re able to use this product over an unlimited time period with full functionality. The only limits on your backups is the amount of protected data. […]

ESXi FREE Web Client Interface

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New free tool (fling) from VMware labs now allows to manage ESXi host via web client without the need of vCenter server. ESXi Free Web client interface (HTML 5 based) allows to manage a host without the need of the legacy C++ Windows client. The utility is bundled as a vib and can be installed […]

vSphere Performance Improvements – New PDF

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There is a new PDF called What’s New in vSphere 6 – Performance, since a couple of days at VMware which compares the performance of vSphere 5.5 and vSphere 6.0. vSphere performance improvements since the v 5.5 are one of the core questions from users after the “What’s New in vSphere 6.0” question. The compare […]

Free Tool – Local Administrator Password Solution (LAPS)

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There is a new free utility from Microsoft called Local Administrator Password Solution (LAPS) which enhances a security on domain managed workstations (servers) by managing the local admin passwords in the domain on those systems. The tool might interest a system admins which want to reinforce their domain security as it allows setting a different, […]

Veeam Explorer for Oracle DB

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Veeam has announced last week that Veeam Explorer for Oracle will be part of the Veeam v9 release scheduled later this year. Veeam Explorer for Oracle DB will be already 6th Explorer as the family of explorers has already AD, Exchange, SQL, SharePoint and Storage Snapshots. I suppose that the utility will be part of […]

Get Your vSphere 6 Hardening Guide!

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vSphere 6.0 hardening guide is now GA and there is some big changes were made to the document. What is vSphere hardening guide you might ask? It’s a good practice guide for for admins who wish to make their vSphere installations more secure and more compliant with the latest security standards. Previous versions of hardening […]

RecoverPoint 4.3 for VMs – Free DR product for VMware with multi-site protection

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There is a new software available for VMware vSphere and the good news is that it’s completely free. It’s called RecoverPoint and it comes out from EMC. The software is free, but if you’d like to have support, you must pay for the support. RecoverPoint 4.3 for VMs can replicate source RDMs (Raw Device Mappings) […]

Windows 10 Download – Reserve Your Upgrade Gotchas

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Recent Microsoft patch Tuesday brought a new Microsoft patch which triggers a system message inviting you to reserve your Free Upgrade to Windows 10. Strange behavior you might think. It seems that Microsoft do not have your e-mail in their system just yet as they ask for an E-mail address. Anyway, users of Windows 7 […]