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Month: May 2013

New Fling: ESXi Google Authenticator by VMware Labs

New Fling: ESXi Google Authenticator by VMware Labs

VMware Labs released a new Fling called ESXi Google Authenticator. The download is available as VIB package. If you want to make adjustments it is also possible to download the source code. Quote taken from the Fling page: Google Authenticator is a project that provides two-factor authentication by using both a PAM (Pluggable Authentication Module) module and a mobile application for generating one-time passcodes. In ESXi Google Authenticator, we modified the source code of Google-Authenticator to enable two-step authentication on…

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2013 vExperts announced!

2013 vExperts announced!

Last night John Troyer made a new VMTN blog post announcing the vExperts for 2013. I am honoured to be on the list again this year. This is a great community full with experts and VMware fanatics. Each in their own way, either they work for VMware or they evangelize it. This year there were about 850 applications according to John and 575 made the list this year. Some funny things in the list: There are 2 people named Scott…

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vCenter Server 5.1 Update 1a released

vCenter Server 5.1 Update 1a released

VMware finally released an update for vCenter Server 5.1 Update 1 which resolves the SSO login bug (KB for this issue). This release replaces the 5.1 Update 1 download so make sure you replace your 5.1 Update 1 ISO with the 5.1 Update 1a ISO! Keep in mind that there are some things that still won’t work, for a clear explanation check out the KB. Happy updating!

DELL EqualLogic SAN Headquarters v2.6 released

DELL EqualLogic SAN Headquarters v2.6 released

DELL released a new SAN Headquarters version, this is an update towards the v2.5 release which is dated back to December 2012. SAN Headquarters 2.6 supports PS Series firmware version 5.0 or higher. SAN Headquarters enables you to monitor multiple PS Series groups from a single graphical interface. It gathers and formats performance data and other vital group information. Analyzing the data might help you improve performance and more effectively allocate group resources. DELL EqualLogic SAN Headquarters Version 2.6 supports…

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Veeam announces 2 additional Backup & Replication v7 features!

Veeam announces 2 additional Backup & Replication v7 features!

The cat is finally out of the bag. Veeam has already announced 7 features for their upcoming release in Q3. They have been teasing everyone with 2 additional features whom nobody would ever guess. It was kept a secret for a long time but they finally announced them! WAN replication for Backup Copy Jobs Backup from storage snapshots Let’s take a look at them a little closer. Keep in mind that this information is subject to change before the final…

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