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vCenter Server 5.5 Update 2d Released – not only maintenance release

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VMware has released vCenter Server  5.5 Update 2d. ESXi host builds stays the same, no update here. This release of vCenter Server 5.5 Update 2d fixes many bugs but also changes some default behaviors in DRS. So it’s already 11th update since 5.5 GA version! Check out the release notes here. Here is a quote concerning […]

3CX Phone System Review

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3CX Phone system is a software based IP PBX which replaces the traditional hardware PBX. The solution is based on a Windows server which can be virtualized with VMware. VMware vSphere 5.x and above is a supported virtualization platform, but you can also use Hyper-V. The server part collaborates with clients which can be either software based phones […]

VMware Certified Professional 6 – Desktop (VCP6-DT)

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VMware has announced new VMware Certified Professional 6 – Desktop (VCP6-DT). The new exam is for folks willing to get certified for Horizon 6 with View installed and deployed on VMware vSphere. Horizon with View got the latest update 6.0.2 which also introduced the last drivers and agents for OS which has been faded out by […]

VMware Mirage 5.0 Reviewer’s Guide Available – Get Your Copy

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VMware products are more and more easy to install and deploy. Every year it’s gets easier for an IT admin to deploy and configure VMware product in test or production environment. Partly because that the products itself are getting more easy to deploy/manage, and also because of reviewer’s guides. There is a new VMware Mirage […]

Which posts were the ones most visited in 2014 at ESX Virtualization?

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The year is heading to its end. 2014 will be a history very soon. I thought that it might be a good idea to gather some stats from posts in 2014 and do a TOP post article. For me, 2014 was a good year. I continue to progress with both VMware VCAP exams at the beginning […]

Samsung RAPID Mode Performance Increase

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Since some time I was using my 64 Gb whitebox for different sort of stuff principally as a working system with VMware Workstation installed, but also as an multimedia home system. One of the SSDs is Samsung 840 Pro. With the SAMSUNG RAPID technology activated the SSD showed some spectacular results. Recently I tried to […]

How-to Migrate a VMware vRealize Operations Manager vApp from one cluster to another

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You might encounter a situation where you have vCOPS 5.x running in your environment. As you know VMware vCOPS 5.8 is a vAPP (2 VMs) so you can’t simply vMotion the vApp as a whole to another cluster. vCOPs (vCenter Operations Manager) now renamed to vROPs (vRealize Operation Manager) was architected untill the version 5.8 […]

VSAN datastore in cluster does not have capacity message

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I had this message in my lab recently after deactivating VSAN and VSAN datastore. The message “vsan datastore in cluster does not have capacity” won’t go away even after reboots. The VSAN datastore <vsanDatastore> in cluster <cluster> in datacenter <datacenter> does not have capacity. If I go to Manage > Settings > Virtual SAN > […]

Veeam v8 Reference Poster – Free Download

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There is a nice free poster for Veeam Backup and Replication v8, which you can download and which shows certain architectural points, like deployment methods but also requirements (where to install what) etc. The poster also shows different deployments methods and features details from Veeam v8. The free PDF poster is available at cloud-land.com maintained by Andre […]