When it comes to data protection, data replication and data recovery, these are very challenging tasks. Consolidation through virtualization has forced customers to retool automated protection and recovery methodologies in the datacenter and at remote DR sites. Veeam has evolved … Read More
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vCenter Server Appliance 5.5 root account locked out after password expiration
I was browsing and I came across this new VMware KB article which could potentially have widespread impact. This is very important, particularly in lab, development and proof of concept environments. The VMware KB article number is 2069041 and it … Read More
Using vim-cmd To Power On Virtual Machines
When you have a lab it is very wise to have a UPS that will protect you in case of a power shortage, this is because a power shortage can bring everything down. When everything is 100% virtualized, DHCP , … Read More
Update VMware Tools via Windows System Tray
Those that use windows platform may inquire why they are unable to update an out of date VMware tools installation using the VMware tools applet in the system tray. When you click on the Update Tools button either produces an … Read More
Using PowerCLI to Answer Virtual Machine Message Questions
Many people, who do not like working hard, but believe in efficiency, automation and working smarter. Just like scripters. You’ll sometimes hear them say something like “Any process which is repeated once or more should be scripted”. Thus my personal … Read More
Creating vCloud Director Transfer Server Storage on NFS
We are going to learn how to instantiate vCloud Director Transfer Storage on an NFS export which is where all scalable VCD implementations in production are supposed to reside. The process is pretty straightforward but can be difficult to remember … Read More
Adding an IP Alias to the vCloud Director Cell Server
Those who are aware of vCloud Director Installation and configuration, you would have noticed that two NICs or an IP alias are required to support two separate SSL connections on each vCloud Director cell server. One IP is used for … Read More
A Look at vCenter 5.5 SSO RC Installation
vCenter single sign on (SSO) vsphere 5.5 release has several improvements, like the following: Completely re-written from the ground Multi-master architecture Native replication mechanism SSO now has site awareness (think of the possibilities for HA stretched clusters) MMC based diagnostic … Read More
7 Things You Should Know about Windows 2012 R2 Licensing on VMware
Windows Licensing Microsoft has yet again adjusted the licensing policy regarding the availability of windows server 2012R2 in combination with virtualization and cloud environments. There are a lot of questions regarding how they should license windows server products with virtualization … Read More
Windows Update Cleanup Plugin
Here is some good news for windows 7 SP1 users and maybe for VDI admins running windows 7 desktops in their VDI environments. Windows update cleanup plugin allows to uninstall outdated windows patches and some disk space on the root … Read More
VMware Fusion 6.0.2 Update Released
VMware have just released a maintainance update (6.0.2) for their Mac based Fusion product. This minor update addresses a number of bug fixes to the recently released Fusion 6.X virtualization product. Those running nfusion 6.X then the next time you … Read More
Trust Relationship between Workstation and Domain Fails – fix without double reboot
Have you ever seen a message saying “The trust relationship between this workstation and the primary domain failed’’. Usually happens after a restore operation, after restoring an older VM and the windows VM can’t authenticate with the domain because the … Read More
Product Rebranding: Iomega – Now Lenovo EMC
Know more about Product Rebranding: Iomega. EMC and Lenovo came up with a joint venture; this venture saw the lomega range of products fall under the new LenovoEMC Company. They have announced a rebranding of the lomega portfolio of products … Read More
New Book: VMware Private Cloud Computing with vCloud Director
You can read New Book: VMware Private Cloud Computing with vCloud Director. Those who plan to implement VMware vCloud Director , will want to put their hands on this book by Simon Gallagher “VMware Private Cloud Computing with vCloud Director”. … Read More
Mastering VMware vSphere Book Updated for vSphere 5.5
Good news for those interested in vSphere, VMsphere vSphere author, blgogger and all-round aficionado, Scott Lowe is releasing an update to his highly popular” Mastering VMwrae vSphere “book. In this release he is joined by fellow blogger nick Marshall in … Read More
Managing Amazon EC2 VMs from the vSphere client
Automation and mulitplatformsupport is gaining more and more popularity. We already a multihypervisor management tool from VMware for Hyper-V and VMware. From vCloud Automation Center you can create workloads in AWS and many more. Amazon has now come up with … Read More
How to install and secure phpMyAdmin on Ubuntu 14.04
phpMyAdmin was created to enable users interact with MySQL through a web interface. This tutorial will discuss how to install and secure phpMyAdmin so that you can safely use it to manage your databases on Ubuntu 14.04. Basics Ensure you … Read More
How to Check Your Apple Service and Support Coverage
Check Your Apple Service and Support Coverage. Those who have purchased a new apple product or have an apple product and want to check the service coverage on it? It has been made very simple now to check the status … Read More
Free powerShell Script Browser and Script Analyzer.
Microsoft has released a free utility which allows people to browse published PowerShell script on Technet script center repository. A repository where there is over 9000 script samples. The utility allows you to search within the environment. The searches can … Read More
Free eBooks from Microsoft Press
It is clear that Microsoft have available a books, which are free to download. These books provide an introduction and detailed information on some of their enterprise nad development products. They include: windows server,Azure, .NET, etc. some of these books contain … Read More
[FIX] Outlook for Mac 2011 Won’t Start
It has been a problem for me with my microsoft Outlook for Mac 2011 when it wont start. This process will fix. Everytime I had this, I followed these steps to solve the problem. It appears that the Outlook Database … Read More
Registered storage providers missing after vCenter 5.5 Update 1 Upgrade.
It has come to my attention that when you upgrade to a vCenter 5.5 update 1 all your registered storage providers are unregistered once the reboot of the appliance is complete. It affects all storage providers. This was well confirmed … Read More
VMware vCenter Server 5.1 Update 2
There are some new features in the new VMware released some days back a vCenter Server 5.1 update 2 build 1473063. This update enables the customization for windows 8.1, windows 2012 R2 and SLES 11 SP3 and many more. Additionally … Read More
Organizing Your Slim Based Project
A Slim Based Project is basically extended over three main directories. Slim framework directory Project directory This directory contains your project files like routers, views, models. Being a microframework, Slim is not restrictive on any particular project structure. This means … Read More
How to install Apache Tomcat 7 on Ubuntu 14.04 via Apt-Get
If you are unaware, Apache tomcat is an application server that is used to serve java applications to the web. Tomcat is an open source implementation of the java servlet and javaServer pages technologies, it is released by the Apache … Read More
