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Why Should you Care about Veeam Support for Hyper-V

I will not go over the details of this announcement that was released today. Both David Davis and Sean Clark wrote very good articles about the release. I do want to add a small point of my own, and …

  • Microsoft
  • Virtualization
  • vSphere
  • Hyper-V
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10 Things That are on my Mind

I was recently asked what are the things that I currently working on and what is occupying my time. I thought I would share that list with you - as it holds a list of things that you should have on …

  • Virtualization
  • Management
  • Miscellaneous
  • Administration
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VMworld Session Voting is now Open!!

Sorry for the shameless plug – but the amount of amazing sessions that are available are enormous – 1164 of them to be precise – and all of these are open for public voting. Forbes Guthrie, Scott Lowe …

  • Design
  • VMworld
  • Book
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Welcome to my Latest Sponsor - Solarwinds

I would like to thank SolarWinds for joining as a sponsor for my blog. Welcome aboard!! If you would like to join as a sponsor please feel free to contact me

  • Miscellaneous
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Access ESX Host When Root Login is Disabled

VMware Security best practices are to not allow PermitRootLogin to an ESX host. Enabling root SSH login on an ESX host. I could not SSH into a newly provisioned host. The server would not allow root …

  • Management
  • Miscellaneous
  • Administration
  • ESX
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IBM x3650 M3 Does Not Recognize NICs

I was battling with a piece of IBM hardware last week during the install of a new ESX host. I had installed a new server, IBM x3650 M3 with 2 Intel Dual Port Server Adapters, and the damn thing would …

  • Administration
  • ESX
  • Troubleshooting
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VMware vExpert 2011 Applications Are Now Open

John Troyer has just announced that the applications for the vExpert 2011 Program is now open. vExperts are the bloggers, the book authors, the VMUG leaders, the tool builders and town criers, the …

  • Miscellaneous
  • VMware
  • vExpert
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Installing the UBER VNX (NFS) v1 - 1st Steps

Ever since EMC released the the VNX I have been itching to get my hands on a simulator to try it out. Now seeing that Chad and Nick are not ones to leave us hanging for long, I started to ask for it …

  • Tools
  • Virtualization
  • Management
  • vSphere
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Xangati for ESX - And it's Free!!

The new version of Xangati for ESX was designed specifically to make the installation process as simple as possible and provides VI administrators with the following benefits and features: A new and …

  • vSphere
  • Administration
  • VMware
  • ESX
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The Datacenter - in a Few Years From Now

I recently participated in writing a short piece on the question, “Is the Hypervisor a Commodity Nowadays?” on TechTarget. The consensus there was split 50/50. I would like to explain a …

  • Virtualization
  • Hyper-V
  • Administration
  • ESX