I upgraded one Windows Server 2008 R2 machine to Windows Server 2012 R2 the other day and had a bit hard time getting WSUS to work again. WSUS is now part of Windows Server 2012 family serving as a role, instead of a standalone software that needs to be installed separately in previous Windows. After I successfully added WSUS as […]
Compiled by Aaron W from Spiceworks, here are 13 free network monitoring tools that will help you detect when your network is down — and hopefully help you prevent it from going down in the first place. Microsoft Network Monitor Nagios OpenNMS Spiceworks Network Monitor Spiceworks Connectivity Dashboard PRTG Network Monitor The Dude Zabbix Zenoss Core Icinga Pandora FMS WireShark Observium […]
VMware vSphere® 6.5 is the next-generation infrastructure for next-generation applications. It provides a powerful, flexible, and secure foundation for business agility that accelerates the digital transformation to cloud computing and promotes success in the digital economy. vSphere 6.5 supports both existing and next-generation apps through its simplified customer experience for automation and management at scale; comprehensive built-in security for protecting data, infrastructure, […]
If you have a VMDK file that hosts one or more VM partitions, here are 4 ways to get it mounted in Windows as a disk drive. Windows Explorer Supporting VMDK seems to be a feature built right into the Windows system. If you are using a system that runs Windows 7 or above, you may be able to map […]
VMware vSphere virtual machine encryption (VM encryption) is a feature introduced in vSphere 6.5 to enable the encryption of virtual machines. VM encryption provides security to VMDK data by encrypting I/Os from a virtual machine (which has the VM encryption feature enabled) before it gets stored in the VMDK. Concerning about the performance impact that might be? Check out the VM […]
PassCore is a very simple 1-page web app written in C#, using ASP.NET MVC 4 and Directory Services. It allows users to change their Active Directory password on their own, provided the user is not disabled. PassCore does not require any configuration, as it obtains the principal context from the current domain. If you are looking for a free AD […]
There are three different kinds of IP address that can be assigned to virtual machines (VMs) in Microsoft Azure: Dynamic IP address (DIP) Virtual IP address (VIP) Instance-level public IP address (PIP) //via Petri
RVTools is a windows .NET 2.0 application which uses the VI SDK to display information about your virtual machines and ESX hosts. Interacting with VirtualCenter 2.5, ESX Server 3.5, ESX Server 3i, VirtualCenter 4.x, ESX Server 4.x, VirtualCenter 5.0, VirtualCenter Appliance, ESX Server 5.0, VirtualCenter 5.1, ESX Server 5.1,VirtualCenter 5.5, ESX Server 5.5, VirtualCenter 6.0 and ESX Server 6.0. RVTools […]