Last week VMware Labs has released Free ESXTOP vSphere Web Client Plugin, which is very interesting Add-on for vSphere Web Client. After the full GUI based version of ESXtop client called Visual ESXTOP (based on Java) this version integrates directly into the vSphere Web Client. It’s easy to install but there are few limitations. It seems that […]
Install Free StarWind SAN on Free Hyper-V – Part 1
The title says it all. It’s possible to install StarWind SAN software on a free Hyper-V Server from Microsoft. Yes the one without the actual GUI. And that’s a quite interesting (free) solution that I didn’t really consider so far, being mostly VMware consultant. But clients are clients. Right? The life of an IT consultant is dependant of […]
Veeam Free Endpoint Backup For Physical PCs and Servers
Veeam has announced last week during VeeamOn conference, a new product called Endpoint Backup which is capable to backup physical computers. The product isn’t available to the public yet, but I have received a few screenshots by @rickvanover that I want to share. The product as itself provides capability of backing up physical host (that’s why […]
FlowGrab centralized workflow repository and collaboration environment for automation community – Check It Out
Flowgrab beta was launched only few weeks ago, during VMworld US (read here) , but basically it provides centralized workflow repository and collaboration environment for automation community. It’s an online repository where you can collaborate, share and get ideas for creating workflows for vCenter orchestrator. FlowGrab is an Online collaborative space where developers and admins can share […]
VMware Mirage 5.x Large Scale Reference Architecture – Free PDF
There is new PDF showing large scale reference architecture using VMware Mirage for Migrating large number of desktops (825 in total) into Windows 7. The paper gives very good technical details from the architectural perspective, monitoring and performance during the migration (including different times to achieve things). VMware Mirage 5.x Large Scale Reference Architecture has many […]
Shellshock (aka Bashdoor) Bug and VMware – Where are We?
Recent Shellshock bug in Linux Bash revealed the 24th of September was often compared to Heartbleed bug in terms of severity. Just to remind you, it affects all Linux/Unix systems using the original bash (which has been re-released for new distros already). OSX users were told to deactivate the advanced Unix services, but apparently even […]
Under the Hood: What Virtualization 2.0 Looks Like
I’ve been working for a project for VMware SMB recently. While I’m possibly good at promoting work of others or showing some tips for virtualization admins, it’s quite hard to find some words to promote my work, to do a self-plug… Today’s admins challenges are to maintain the application performance, data security and availability. They […]
Fighting Over 2000 Spam Comments A Day – Here is How
I have been dealing more and more with spam comments lately. Apps for Spammers got smarter and Akismet just can’t handle them all anymore. Since when I started this blog few years back I had to deal with spam comments. The situation however does become increasingly painful since several months due to more and more […]
Latency Sensitivity Troubleshooting Tool by VMware Labs
VMware vSphere 5.5 has introduced support for applications which do have special requirements concerning Latency sensitivity. Perhaps it’s your interest and you should know that there is a new free utility at VMware Labs website called Latency Sensitivity Troubleshooting Tool. The tool has been released recently to help troubleshoot options concerning application latency. The tool is available […]
How to Patch Free VMware ESXi Standalone Host
This guide will help folks which are new to virtualization or admins just starting with VMware virtualization, they run ESXi free version without vCenter. How to patch Free VMware ESXi standalone host is a common question I’m getting on regular basis and I though that I document that from the beginning to the end. If […]
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