February 27, 2009 9:25 PM
Posted by: Raj Perumal
64 bit,
64 bit compatibility,
64 bit compatible software,
64 bit rant,
Windows 64 bit OS,
Windows Vista 64,
Windows XP 64So I’d like to rant a little bit about something today, and that’s 64 bit desktop (not server) support in a Windows world. I’ve been using 64 bit Windows operating systems for...
February 27, 2009 9:09 PM
Posted by: Raj Perumal
BL 495,
BL495,
flex-10,
HP BL495c,
HP ProLiant BL495c G5,
Hyper-V,
virtual connect,
Virtualization,
VMWareHi folks, today I wanted to talk about the new BL495c blade from HP. This is a Blade server that was made just for virtualization. How you ask?
February 27, 2009 8:39 PM
Posted by: Raj Perumal
Beta,
beta test,
laptop,
Vista,
Windows 7,
Windows Server 2008Hi folks, so I tried out the recent beta of Windows 7 on my laptop having been absolutely fed up with my Vista 64 bit installation. I have to say I was pleasantly surprised. My...
February 27, 2009 4:33 PM
Posted by: Raj Perumal
economic downturn,
EDS,
HP,
layoffs,
pay cuts,
paycutsHi folks, the recent pay cut announcement at HP and EDS has been taken with mixed reactions. If you haven’t heard yet, they have announced that workers will be receiving a pay cut in...
February 15, 2009 10:22 PM
Posted by: Raj Perumal
low cost Windows 7 upgrade,
Microsoft,
Rollout,
Tech ARP,
Vista,
Windows 7,
Windows 7 rollout,
Windows 7 upgrade for freeSo unless your head has been under the sand lately, you've probably heard the latest rumours. The rumours are that Microsoft is considering providing a Windows 7 upgrade to recent Windows Vista buyers for free or for a substantially low upgrade price.
There is a
February 15, 2009 2:28 AM
Posted by: Raj Perumal
http://www.vmware.com/go/importvima/vima1.ovf,
lamw,
remote cli,
scripting,
scripts,
VI Perl Toolkit,
VI Remote CLI,
VIMA,
virtual appliance,
VMWare,
VMware Infrastructure Management Assistant,
VMware remote command line,
William LamHi folks, I wanted to bring your attention to a VMware virtual appliance. This appliance is called VIMA, VMware Infrastructure Management Assistant. It is a virtual appliance running Red Hat Enterprise Linux from which you can run...
February 14, 2009 11:22 PM
Posted by: Raj Perumal
Allegro NFS,
backup ESXi,
backup free vmware,
backup script,
backup without VCB,
backups,
backups VMware ESXi,
file level backup,
ghetto VCB,
ghettoVCB,
ghettoVCB.sh,
how to backup ESX,
how to backup ESXi,
how to backup virtual machine,
how to backup virtual machines,
how to backup VMware,
how to implement ghettoVCB,
http://communities.vmware.com/docs/DOC-8760,
lamw,
MMC,
mount windows folder as NFS share,
Mount Windows Share as NFS Share,
NFS,
NFS Server for Windows,
plink,
putty,
script to backup vmware,
SFU,
VCB,
virtual machine backups,
virtual machine level backup,
VMware backups,
VMware ESX,
VMware ESXi,
William Lam,
Windows 2003,
Windows Services for Unix,
Windows services for Unix 3.5Hello again folks! As I had mentioned previously, I want to talk a little bit about configuring NFS in Windows. Since last we spoke I had mentioned using the Allegro NFS product and that I was considering purchasing it after my trial was over.
NFS is a great solution to use along with the...
February 8, 2009 12:29 AM
Posted by: Raj Perumal
Allegro NFS,
backup ESXi,
backup free vmware,
backup script,
backup without VCB,
backups,
backups VMware ESXi,
cron,
cron jobs,
crond,
crontab,
file level backup,
ghetto VCB,
ghettoVCB,
ghettoVCB.sh,
how to backup ESX,
how to backup ESXi,
how to backup virtual machine,
how to backup virtual machines,
how to backup VMware,
how to implement ghettoVCB,
http://communities.vmware.com/docs/DOC-8760,
lamw,
NFS,
plink,
putty,
schedule ESXi ghettoVCB.sh,
schedule jobs in ESXi,
VCB,
virtual machine backups,
virtual machine level backup,
VMware backups,
VMware ESX,
VMware ESXi,
William Lam,
Windows services for Unix 3.5So continued from my previous blogs, I wanted to discuss scheduling jobs in ESXi. Due to the way ESXi is made, you cannot edit the cron jobs and expect them to still be there with their changes past a reboot. Rebooting an ESXi server clears the cron jobs. The cron jobs reset back to their default...
February 7, 2009 11:09 PM
Posted by: Raj Perumal
Allegro NFS,
backup ESXi,
backup free vmware,
backup script,
backup without VCB,
backups,
backups VMware ESXi,
file level backup,
ghetto VCB,
ghettoVCB,
ghettoVCB.sh,
how to backup ESX,
how to backup ESXi,
how to backup virtual machine,
how to backup virtual machines,
how to backup VMware,
how to implement ghettoVCB,
http://communities.vmware.com/docs/DOC-8760,
lamw,
NFS,
plink,
putty,
script to backup vmware,
VCB,
virtual machine backups,
virtual machine level backup,
VMware backups,
VMware ESX,
VMware ESXi,
William Lam,
Windows services for Unix 3.5Hello again, so here we go continued from my previous post. I am going to explain how to implement this script in VMware ESXi as this is the most likely way people will be using this script. Most peole using the full VMware ESX version will probably go with a commercial 3rd party product backup...
