Windows 2008 R2 and Windows 7 Freeze on VMware vSphere 4
via VMwareTips by Rick Scherer on 11/25/09
Although this issue has been resolved with vSphere 4 U1, for those of you that haven’t upgraded please be aware of a known issue with Windows 2008 R2 and Windows 7 where the guest operating system can freeze for [...]
Nov 29, 2009 | By: Chris Wallack | 3 Comments
vSphere 4 Update 1 Released
via boche.net – VMware Virtualization Evangelist by jason on 11/19/09
While the Dutch and UK bloggers sleep, VMware has released Update 1 for ESXi 4, ESX 4, and vCenter 4.
Notable improvements include:
View 4 support
Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 support (Support for Windows 7 was timed nicely for View 4)
DB2 database [...]
Nov 20, 2009 | By: Chris Wallack | No Comments
Learn how to configure VMware ESX Server Alarms
via VMware Videos.com by David Davis on 11/18/09
In my new VirtualizationAdmin.com article, I cover how to configure VMware ESX Server Alarms properly. For example, the difference between defined alarms and triggered alarms, and how alarms work in the vSphere heirarchy.
Read the full artile at- Learn how to configure [...]
Nov 19, 2009 | By: Chris Wallack | No Comments
Five Best Online Backup Tools [Hive Five]
via Lifehacker by Jason Fitzpatrick on 11/15/09
Local backup is a useful and necessary part of securing your data against catastrophe, but with the advent of broadband and inexpensive online storage, you’ve got little reason to not back up critical files to the cloud as well.
Photo by jared.
Earlier this week [...]
Nov 17, 2009 | By: Chris Wallack | No Comments
You're Backing Up Your Data the Wrong Way [Backup]
via Lifehacker by The How-To Geek on 11/16/09
Time and time again, people tell me that they’ve bought an external hard drive to back up their pictures, music, and documents. Great, right? Sadly, that’s not always the case.
There’s one simple rule about backups that everybody needs to fully [...]
Nov 17, 2009 | By: Chris Wallack | No Comments