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    Attaching Local Storage as a RDM

    Let me start off by stating that this is NOT supported….. I wanted to attach a local drive to a VM, but wanted the ability to move this drive to a physical Windows server at a later time without the time consuming data migration or...

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    Quickly deploy test environment in VMware Workstation

         Whether I am looking to test out a new capability or solution, or simply grabbing screenshots for documentation, I almost always turn to VMware Workstation in order to quickly and easily deploy a test environment in order to get this done. In this post...

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    DRS Deep Dive

    Duncan Epping over at Yellow Bricks has posted a great article explaining the inner-workings of VMware DRS. Like he states in his article, I have never had to trouble shoot any DRS issues and have taken for granted that it just works. It is good...

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    MyWi iPhone tethering…

         With the recent update to OS version 3.1, AT&T closed the hole that allowed many of us to tether our iPhone’s to our laptops. I was not one of those individuals that used their phone to download large amounts of data, but rather, I...

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    VMware Document Downloader

    Paul Buckle over at xtravirt has created a very useful batch file for downloading all the VMware documentation. This makes a really handy offline reference library especially if you need the information at the speed of fast. You will need to register in order to download...

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    Greatest VMware Video!!

    I can watch this video over and over (I know.. I’m sick).. Who could of imagined that someone could create a music video about VMware virtualization. I guess they had to many late nights and redbull. My hat is off and Kudos to the creators.

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    ISA Server Changes not taking affect…

         One of the common mistakes I see people make when dealing with ISA is not waiting enough time for the firewall to synchronize with the configuration database. Changes made in the client are modified in the database first, then the firewall polls this database...

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    Mike Laverick releases free SRM book…

    Mike Laverick has just announced that he has made his Administering VMware™ Site Recovery Manager™ 1.0 book available for free download!You can either download the high quality PDF in English or you can order the print edition for printing cost + shipping. Download or order...

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    One more reason to own an iPhone

    Last night I was changing my network configuration, moving ISA from a single-NIC to a back-firewall between my DMZ and my internal network. I made this change so wordpress wouldn’t see all the traffic as coming from my ISA IP. My concern was with comment...

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    powerCLI Daily Report

    Virtu-Al has developed a great powerCLI script that creates a daily report of your virtual infrastructure. This gives a quick and informative representation of how things are performing. You can run this as a sheduled task and get a quick look at how the day...

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