It doesn’t take long to realize it’s one thing to schedule automatic backups, but quite another to verify those backups actually work when you need them. All sorts of things could go wrong, from simple things like running out of backup storage space, to more tricky problems such as data corruption. When it comes to […]

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On October 12 The Virtualization EcoShell Initiative (Vesi) will release version 1.2 of its free Virtualization EcoShell software. Focussed on helping people running VMware virtualization, the new suite runs on Windows and includes a graphical editor for handling PowerShell scripts. The new Virtualization EcoShell editor adds a new integrated search tool to find free PowerShell […]

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One of the best features in VMware’s newest set of server virtualization suite may be the new integrated Data Recovery backup tools. Unlike current third party backup offerings for VMware’s virtualization tools, the latest version of vCenter Server have built in de-duplication capabilities to reduce to the absolute minimum the amount of storage used when […]

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The options for firms buying server virtualization tools opened up enormously following the launch of Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 about one year ago. Later this month the Microsoft will release Hyper-V Server 2008 R2. This update adds some vital functions, notably Live Migration, which will force many IT organizations to ask themselves why they are […]

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Hoping to build on the success of VMware’s vCloud initiative, configuration control specialist Tripwire today announced a new tool to help manage virtual server environments running VMware ESX Server. Tripwire’s new vWire tool can either be used as a standalone console or as a plug-in that provides a new tab within the VMware vServer client […]

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Virtualisation tools specialist Vizioncore announced availability of its vControl multi-hypervisor virtual machine management tool this week. vControl will turns heads for two reasons. Firstly, it will save time for busy IT staff because it can combine various Windows PowerShell scripts into a workflow to automate complex repetitive tasks, such as commissioning or decommissioning VMs. vControl […]

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Deployments of Microsoft Hyper-V 2008 are set to sky rocket following the launch of Hyper-V 2008 R2, which we expect will be announced by Microsoft next week. Last month the Redmond software giant delivered a prelease version of Hyper-V 2008 R2 to third party developers for testing, which suggests the software is nearly ready for […]

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I recently finished a review of Vizioncore vOptimizer Pro 2.1, which has been published on ZDnet. The suite will be a great help to many IT managers because it automatically adjusts the size of the virtual hard disks of VMs running Windows and hosted on VMware ESX Server. As we reported earlier, several third party […]

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Last week VMware released update 4 of its ESX hypervisor. The upgrade includes several new or updated components that many users will want. But VMware has also removed some vital functionality that could leave users of its free ESXi hypervisor stranded. For example, the PowerShell interface has been switched to what VMware calls “read only” […]

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Tests in The Hypervisor lab show that although VMware ESXi is extremely quick and easy to deploy, it currently lacks support by several leading third-party tools. ESXi is the embedded version of VMware’s industry leading ESX Server hypervisor. ESXi is often stored on a Flash memory module fitted in the server chassis. This enables vendors […]

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