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Author: Niels Engelen

Working as a Principal Analyst in Product Management for Veeam Software with an interest in anything virtual and cloud with a strong focus on AWS, Azure and Microsoft 365. He is also a VMware Certified Professional, a Veeam Certified Architect and gained the VMware vExpert award (2012-2022).
VMworld 2012 US (day 1): Some keynote highlights

VMworld 2012 US (day 1): Some keynote highlights

VMworld 2012 in San Francisco has started. The keynote has(/had) some great highlights. Here is quick list which I found to be the most interesting. Paul Maritz introduced Pat Gelsinger as the new CEO VMware introduces vCloud Suite VMware introduces vSphere 5.1 VMware kills vRAM and returns to per-CPU pricing 1M IOPS per VM More focus on the SMB market More focus on Hadoop Enhanced vMotion introduction: vMotion without Shared storage requirement Web client introduction: your new manager! vXLAN is…

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Free NFR license for Veeam ONE

Free NFR license for Veeam ONE

Great news from Veeam for those who run a lab. They announced NFR (Not For Resale) licenses for Veeam One! If you are a VMware vExpert, VMware Certified Professional (VCP), Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP), Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS) or a Most Valuable Professional (MVP), you can get a FREE 6-socket NFR license for Veeam ONE for your home or work lab. You can request your license via this link.

Fling update: Boomerang 2.0.0 released

Fling update: Boomerang 2.0.0 released

VMware labs released a new version for their Boomerang fling, now bringing the version number to 2.0.0. The download size is about 12MB. Quote taken from the Fling page: VMware Boomerang is a radically simple client application that allows you to use multiple vSphere servers simultaneously. Simply select “Add a Server…” to connect and login to an ESX server, vCenter server, or View Connection Server and you will be presented with a list of all available virtual machines. What’s new?…

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VMware WSX July Tech Preview now available

VMware WSX July Tech Preview now available

“Virtual Machines in Your Browser”, it sounds cool right? A few months ago the first “WSX” Technical Preview was released. Then the second preview was released which included a Windows installer and some major updates and now the next release is now out! Keep in mind that this software is experimental at the moment and there is no date known when this will be officially released. You can download it on the Workstation Technology Preview 2012 forum. Just click “Downloads”…

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New VMware patch released: Auto Start Bug Fixed

New VMware patch released: Auto Start Bug Fixed

When VMware release ESXi 5.0 Update 1 the auto start manager broke which was first discovered and discussed on the communities and later on in an official blog post. VMware now released a new patch which resolves this issue. The new patch also fixes some other bugs and security issues. Installing the patch does require a reboot of the host before it works again. If you have ESXi 5.0 Update 1 installed I suggest you update as soon as possible…

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