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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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New Fling: Guest Reclaim by VMware Labs

New Fling: Guest Reclaim by VMware Labs

VMware Labs released a new Fling called Guest Reclaim. The download is available as zip and the total size is about 1MB. Quote taken from the Fling page: Guest Reclaim reclaims dead space from NTFS volumes hosted on a thin provisioned SCSI disk. The tool can also reclaim space from full disks and partitions, thereby wiping off the file systems on it. As the tool deals with active data, please take all precautionary measures understanding the SCSI UNMAP framework and…

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Fling update: gemcached 0.2 by VMware Labs

Fling update: gemcached 0.2 by VMware Labs

A few days ago VMware Labs released a new update for the gemcached Fling bringing the release onto version 0.2. The download is available as tar.gz and the total size is about 182KB (yes, it is that small). Quote taken from the Fling page: gemcached is a memcached server written in Java that understands memcached’s ASCII protocol and translates it into GemFire operations. At startup, gemcached server starts an embedded GemFire cache. memcached clients can then talk with the gemcached…

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New Fling: ThinApp Factory by VMware Labs

New Fling: ThinApp Factory by VMware Labs

VMware Labs released a new Fling called ThinApp Factory. The download is available as zip and exe and the total size is about 489MB. Quote taken from the Fling page: The ThinApp Factory is a virtual appliance that brings centralized administration and automation to the process of creating virtualized Windows applications with VMware ThinApp technology. ThinApp Factory utilizes vSphere API’s to spawn workloads which automatically convert fileshares of application installers into ThinApp application containers. These workloads can be run in…

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Fling update: vBenchmark 1.0.2 released

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 the VM via the web interface, please point your browser to https://ip.address:5480 Updated VMware Tools vBenchmark was first released on 25/02/2012. More information about this…

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