For people managing data protection, VSS is probably one of the best features Microsoft have released in the last 10 years. Since its launch this feature of the operating system have helped a lot in doing applications’ consistent backups, but most of all helped to dismiss all those dedicated agents…
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SSDs are more than simple hard disks (and how I found it out the hard way)
This is a story of a disadventure I had that made me cold sweat for several days, but finally ended well… Usually, I shut down my MacBook only when I need to install or update a software that specifically requires a reboot. Standby mode never gave me any problem, and…
How to use a console cable on a MacBook Pro
I’m a Mac user since many years, and I always used MacBook Pro notebooks only. I never had any problems to find good alternatives to each Windows software I was using before, even the less common ones. And just as a last resort, there is always a Virtual Machine (XP…
Three ways to manage you ESXi servers logs
ESXi server log management is one of those activites often ignored or poorly managed by many administrators. Usually people are more concerned about hosted virtual machines, and since lately phyisical servers are usually really reliable, as it is ESXi, they end up thinking they will never have to access their…
The fastest way to find out your public IP address
Internet is filled with websites where you can find out your public IP address by going there with a browser. There are many use cases for these services, for instance when you are inside a network with several NAT services. However, those websites are fully loaded with banners and flash-like…
vOpenData: share statistics about your VMware infrastructures!
vOpenData is an open community project that grew from the question “What is the average VMDK size for deployed virtual machines?” We wanted to create an open community database that is purely driven by users submitting their virtual infrastructure configurations. Leveraging the powerful virtualization community and applying simple analytics they…
Storage vMotion error: the method is disabled
I recently upgraded the storage section in a customer’s vSphere environment, by adding a new and more powerful SAN. Since customer had VMware licenses with Storage vMotion, we started moving the several virtual machines he had towards the new storage, without obviously shutting them down. In a couple of virtual…
Data Protection in Depth: the 3-2-1 rule for data protection
I’m starting today a new category on my blog, dedicated to Data Protection. I’ve talked since many years about data protection, backup and disaster recovery, but until today I never created a dedicated section. You will find in this category overview articles, some theory, and practical tests with several Data…