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30 August

VMWorld 2012 Keynote

Written by Marco

This week VMworld is held in San Francisco, a great event with lots of new announcements. VMware made the keynote available for on demand viewing, very handy for the people who missed it.

27 August

What’s New in VMware vSphere 5.1?

Written by Marco

vSphere 5.1 is VMware’s latest release of its industry-leading virtualization platform. This new release contains the following new features and enhancements: Compute Larger virtual machines – Virtual machines can grow two times larger than in any previous release to...

23 August

VMware Workstation 9 released

Written by Marco

VMware released VMware Workstation version 9 today. What’s New in Workstation? VMware Workstation 9 continues VMware’s tradition of delivering the virtual hardware that technical professionals deserve and rely on every day. With support...

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13 June

In place Windows 2008 R2 Standard to Enterprise upgrade

Written by Marco

Last week I needed to upgrade a Windows 2008R2 Standard edition server to an Enterprise edition. In 2008 & 2008R2 this is a piece of cake. Follow the next instructions and you are up and running in a minute....

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07 June

Windows 2008R2 sysprep crashes. Autochk not found

Written by Marco

Today I created a clone from a VM that was running. After the clone was completed I disconnected the network card an booted the VM. No problem everything worked. I needed this Cloned VM for a test domain so...

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05 June

Veeam Backup & Replication What’s new in 6.1

Written by Marco

Veeam continues to advance the state-of-the-art for virtual machine (VM) backup with Veeam Backup & Replication 6.1. So what is new…. VeeamZIP Version 6.1 includes a new capability for performing ad-hoc backups. In many ways, it functions like a...

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19 April

How to install a Veeam Virtual Lab

Written by Marco

These are my notes about creating a Veeam Virtual Lab. After a lot of testing en searching why my installation was not working I finally took the time to read the manual … As a good technical person this...

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16 March

Veeam ONE Free Edition

Written by Marco

Today Veeam released a new free tool called: Veeam ONE Free Edition. This is a free easy to use management tool. It has no restrictions on the number of vCenter Servers and ESX(i) hosts you can manage, Veeam ONE...

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09 March

Troubleshoot: Veeam Backup & Replication v6. Monthly schedule not working.

Written by Marco

Last week I had a problem with an fresh installation of Veeam Backup & Replication v6. I wanted to schedule a monthly backup, scheduled to make a backup on the last Friday of the month. When I completed the...

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16 February

Remove Powershell and Server Manager Pinned Items from taskbar

Written by Marco

To do this, create a new GPO and drill down to: Computer configuration->Policies->Windows settings->Security Settings->File System Add each file below, removing Users from the permissions so it’s only Administrators, Creator Owner and System: %AllUsersProfile%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Accessories\Windows PowerShell\Windows PowerShell.lnk %AllUsersProfile%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Administrative...

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