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New Fling: DrmDiagnose by VMware Labs

New Fling: DrmDiagnose by VMware Labs

VMware Labs released a new Fling called DrmDiagnose. The download is available as zip package and the total size is about 66MB. 2 versions are available, Linux and Windows. Quote taken from the Fling page: VMware vCenter has provided sophisticated resource management controls (to set resource reservations, limits, shares, etc.) for virtual machines since vCenter 2.0. However, we have noticed that not everyone uses these controls due to confusion about how these features can affect other virtual machines in the…

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Fling update: Auto Deploy GUI (vSphere 5.x support)

Fling update: Auto Deploy GUI (vSphere 5.x support)

VMware Labs released a new version for their Fling called Auto Deploy GUI. This is a GUI tool for those who want to use Auto Deploy in their environment without using PowerCLI. Quota taken from the Fling page: The Auto Deploy GUI is a vSphere plug-in for the VMware vSphere Auto Deploy component. The GUI plug-in allows a user to easily manage the setup and deployment requirements in a stateless environment managed by Auto Deploy. Some of the features provided…

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29 March 2013: 19th Belgium VMUG Meeting

29 March 2013: 19th Belgium VMUG Meeting

VMUG Belgium posted the agenda for their upcoming event. The agenda of this meeting: 8u00 – Registration and Coffee 9u00 – Welcome VMUG+ (Erik Schils) 9u15 – Open vSwitch (Nicira) 10u00 – Nimble Storage Presentation 10u30 – Break 10u45 – Parallel tracks Track 1: View, A Thinking Man’s Game (Miguel Rodriguez) Track 2: Cloud Service Provisioning (Nicolas Van Wijnsberghe, VMware) 11u30 – Switching Rooms 11u35 – Building a Veeam Scale Out Architecture (Niels Engelen, Nucleus) 12u10 – Lunch 13u00 –…

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Solution for LVM based Linux servers using VMware Converter showing no volumes

Solution for LVM based Linux servers using VMware Converter showing no volumes

While trying to convert some Linux servers (Ubuntu 12.04) using VMware Converter I ran into an issue. Because of the servers being LVM based I could only see the /boot volumes and no other volumes, certain servers didn’t even show the /boot volume. The problem is due to the newest LVM version which has some changes made into it. The amount of lv_attr has changed from 6 to 8, you can see this using the command “lvs” which will result…

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Veeam will announce first v7 feature at VMware PEX

Veeam will announce first v7 feature at VMware PEX

Veeam will reveal enhanced backup and recovery for VMware vCloud Director at VMware PEX 2013. Using the vCD API, Veeam will display the vCD infrastructure directly in Veeam Backup & Replication, backup all vApp metadata and attributes, and restore vApps and VMs directly to vCD. This feature was one of the most requested at VMworld 2012 US. The release will have the following options: Capture vCD metadata during the backup process Restore full vApps or individual VMs Granular recovery (individiual…

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