We have set up our VMware Mirage lab in a series of posts recently. While we could do a simple “All-in-One” box installation, we decided to deploy (almost) full VMware Mirage stack with several management servers, separate Mirage server, and separate File server. You can follow the Mirage series on a dedicated blog page – VMware […]
VMware Mirage Cool Video
VMware Mirage is one of my products I’m interested in since a couple of months. Since the acquisition of Vanova by VMware, the product has been updated and improved by VMware. I’ve assisted to a live Demo of the product during VMworld Barcelona. I did an interview with Tom Nikl – Mirage product manager. If you have […]
VMware Mirage – Migrating XP to Windows 7
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 […]
VMware Mirage Setup – MMC and Client Setup
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 – VMworld Barcelona – Demo video
VMware Mirage in Barcelona – demoed by Tom Nikl. I passed by the VMware stand during my stay at VMworld Barcelona 2012, and I was able to record a demo of product called VMware Mirage. A product that I have already wrote about in my article here (see the architecture pic and video). Update: And I have also […]
VMware Mirage Released
VMware Mirage enables you to give your users the possibility to use physical desktops (or VMs for VDI solutions), which are protected by Mirage. Protected how? Basically VMware Mirage does backup of the user’s profile, (pics, documents etc…) to a central location. Not only the users files are backed up, but the whole PC get […]