Veeam Backup 2.0 is now available!
I juste received an e-mail from Veeam that their next version of Veeam Backup has been released.
Here’s the content of this e-mail:
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You asked for it, you’ve got it! At Veeam Software we take feedback from our customers and partners very seriously. ”Listening to you, building the tools you need” is our motto, and we mean it. Today’s release of Veeam Backup version 2.0 is evidence of our commitment, as it includes major new features suggested by you, our customers. These include:A new optimized engine for up to five times faster backup and replication than the previous version
 Veeam Backup 2.0 Product demo |
VMware Powershell script – Remove snapshots
On one of my previous articles Sven, who is actually a colleque of mine, asked if it would be possible to remove snapshots which were left unaccounted for. I reacted is a simple way: yeah, of course and as a matter of fact is is very easy. I really must say the guys from the VI Toolkit have done a great job on maki … Continue Reading
VMware Powershell script – Storage VMmotion
Here is a nice video about using Powershell to execute a storage VMotion.
Ok it is a totally unsuported way because it uses a unsupported extention using a CTP version of Powershell. … Continue Reading
VMware Powershell script – remove connected iso
In the light of the offically released Virtual Infrastructure Toolkit I decided to create a simple powershell script. I’m planning to create more powershell scripts and post them on virtualfuture.info.
The first one is a script which can remove the connected iso files from the CD drive. Some administrators do not disconnect a CD drive when the have finished use the ISO, the side effects of this behaviour are: the VM regurally polls the CD drive which creates a slight overhead and a VMotion may fail. This script can run unattended e.g. every night so even when an ISO file remains mounted it is ejected everynight. … Continue Reading
New in ESX3 Update2: extending live disks
After I upgraded my ESX test box from ESX3 update1 to update2 my Virtual WSUS server complained about lack of disk space. One of the improvements in Update2 would be extending disks on running machines, so I thought: “What the heck, a great chance to give that a try”.
So I went into the properties of the VM and specified a larger disksize for the WSUS download disk; the “New Size” box was previously grayed out under Update1 now I could specify a larger size.
