Fresh from the press! The vExpert 2014 results are in. Corey Romero made a new VMTN blog post announcing the vExperts for 2014. 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 are 754 vExperts who made the list this year. Also something cool to know is that we have…
Veeam just announced the public beta for Veeam Explorer for Active Directory (VEAD). Veeam is working on the next B&R release (v8) for a while now and even though there is nothing public known about any of the new features this is a first ‘small’ announcement. The Veeam Explorer family is growing once more. Veeam Explorer for Active Directory joins the list! Veeam Explorer for Microsoft Exchange Veeam Explorer for Microsoft Sharepoint Veeam Explorer for Storage Snapshots Veeam is now…
I received a question from a customer last week if it was possible to send “Prowl” notifications or text messages using Veeam One by default. Now by default there is no Prowl or text message option but we support 3 things you can do with an alarm: Send email notification Send SNMP trap Run script It is with the last option “Run script” that we will push the Veeam One alarms using Prowl! What do you need? Veeam One server…
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 vCenter 2.5, ESX(i) Server 3.x, ESX(i) Server 4.x, vCenter 4.x, ESXi Server 5.x and vCenter 5.x. RVTools is able to list information about VMs, CPU, Memory, Disks, Partitions, Network, Floppy drives, CD drives, Snapshots, VMware tools, Resource pools, ESX hosts, HBAs, Nics, Switches, Ports, Distributed Switches, Distributed Ports, Service consoles, VM Kernels, Datastores…
Veeam released the third patch for Veeam Backup & Replication 7 (build number: 7.0.0.833). The KB page is available at http://www.veeam.com/kb1854. Release notes Engine Significantly reduced load on SQL Server hosting the configuration database, and improved performance of various job activities and user interface operations. vSphere Improved vCenter Server hierarchy enumeration logic to speed up vCenter Server registration process and “Building VMs list” job stage in a few times. Intelligent load balancing can now be configured to give preference to…