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Powershell get-member fun
Ok, as a newbie to Powerhsell it still amazes me how clever it is, whilst i was writing my recent report script which takes the results of various commands and outputs them to a word document for a report I was stuck with the properties of one of the objects. I had been trying to [...]
> 1000 Visits
Last night my sometimes working hit counter said I had over 1000 hits, just wanted to say a big thank you to anyone that has bothered to read the ramblings of a lonely IT contractor and a bigger thanks to those of you who have come back again !
VMworld 2008
For those of you who are not going to VMworld (Everyone I know in the UK) you can keep up to date by using the following blog where they will post the latest news and information…. http://vmworldunderground.ning.com/
Workstation 6.5 RC released
VMware Workstation 6.5 Release Candidate Latest Version: Release Candidate| 8/18/08 | Build 110068 Now available at: http://www.vmware.com/communities/content/beta/ws65/welcome.html
VIOPS ready for Vegas
VIOPS has now gone production at http://viops.vmware.com ready for its launch in Vegas. Check this out, its good stuff.
VIOPS – Virtual Infrastructure Operations
VMware are piloting a new extension to the VMware communities called VIOPS – short for Virtual Infrastructure Operations. The VMware VI OPS portal is a community-based repository for prescriptive, proven, and actionable guidance for operationalizing VMware in your IT organization. Proven practices provided by VMware and industry experts covering a wide range of operational topics [...]
VI 3.5 in a box
Looks like Xtravirt have updated there popular document explaining how to install VI into a VMWare Workstation VM, this can be found here and is ideal for testing, time to start buying some of the cheap ram !
ESX 3.5 Update 2 now available
VMware just released Update 2 for ESX(i) 3.5 and some new patches. So what’s new? Windows Server 2008 support – Windows Server 2008 (Standard, Enterprise, and Datacenter editions) is supported as a guest operating system. With VMware’s memory overcommit technology and the reliability of ESX, virtual machine density can be maximized with this new guest [...]
Exchange/Sharepoint – Why go physical ?
Found an interesting article at this blog talking about Sharepoint and also Exchange 2007 running on VMware, after reading this why would you go physical ?
Free Citrix Monitoring
A new simple free product has been released which will monitor your Citrix farm and include some of the following features: -detailed logging-dashboard overview-alert siren-manual override for license server/datastore-flexible configuration options-maintenance mode for servers-send email on alert-specially designed for Citrix Download it here
