Software
Zimbra 7.2 released
Today VMware also made an announcement regarding the new release on Zimbra, bringing the current version onto 7.2. It was already released last week with some significant improvements. To begin with, emails are now protected with S/MIME encryption and signing, both of which are now native to the Zimbra Web Client and work with Outlook [...]
Project Octopus Beta Now Available
Last September, VMware provided a glimpse into the future. It demonstrated a new technology, called Project Octopus, that promised to be the first viable Enterprise cloud file sharing application. The way people manage and share information within the Enterprise is changing, and Project Octopus is at the forefront of meeting these new needs. Today VMware [...]
Fling update: vBenchmark 1.0.2 released
VMware released a small update for their vBenchmark fling, now bringing the version number to 1.0.2. What’s new? Fixed bugs that prevented some customers from deploying vBenchmark appliance with vCloud Director and vCenter Server 4.0 Fixed a bug that caused network settings not to persist after the reboot You can change the network configuration of [...]
RVTools 3.3 released
What is RVTools? RVTools is a windows .NET 2.0 application which uses the VI SDK to display information about your virtual machines and ESX hosts. Interacting with VirtualCenter 2.5, ESX Server 3.5, ESX Server 3i, ESX Server 4i, VirtualCenter 4.0, ESX Server 4.0, VirtualCenter 4.1, ESX Server 4.1, VirtualCenter 5.0, VirtualCenter Appliance or ESX Server [...]
Fling update: vBenchmark 1.0.1 released
VMware released a small update for their vBenchmark fling, now bringing the version number to 1.0.1. What’s new? Added a checkbox to include or exclude vCenter license keys when submitting the data to the community repository The application now listens on port 443 (https), requests to port 80 will be automatically redirected to 443 The [...]
EqualLogic PS Series Firmware V5.2.2 released
Today DELL released the new firmware version for their EqualLogic PS Series. This release fixes several bugs. Firmware V5.2.2 release provides some key maintenance fixes for enhanced stability and performance of your EqualLogic SAN as well as improvement in the upgrade process. Dell encourages customers that are running firmware V5.2.1 (or earlier) to read the [...]
VMware releases 5.0 U1 and more!
VMware announced quite some updates today. A summary of updates released and a link to their release notes: VMware ESXi 5.0 Update 1 VMware vCenter Server 5.0 Update 1 (for Windows) VMware vCenter Configuration Manager VMware vCenter Server Heartbeat 6.4 Update 1 vCloud Director 1.5.1 VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager 5.0.1 VMware vShield 5.0.1 VMware [...]
Free goodies: Veeam ONE Free Edition
It seems today is free goodies day at least thanks to Veeam. Today they released a FREE version of Veeam ONE “Free, powerful and easy-to-use VMware management”. Quote taken from their website: Veeam ONE Free Edition is a risk-free way to experience firsthand the many benefits that Veeam ONE brings to virtualization management. With no [...]
Installing Windows 8 Consumer Preview in VMware Workstation 8
Today Microsoft released the new Windows 8 Preview which can be downloaded here. I decided to download it and test if it runs in VMware Workstation 8 and it does! Below are the easy steps to do so. First go to File -> New Virtual Machine Click Next. Choose “Workstation 8.0″ as Hardware compatibility. Click [...]
VMware Console: Disabling repeated characters
This is something that happened quite a few times to me when installing a new Linux VM. While pressing a key the character gets repeated quite some times. This is quite annoying since this will result in wrong passwords, servernames,… and a lot of frustration. To resolve this problem you can do the following (using [...]