We’ve heard reports of one user that is seeing a 50x reduction in the amount of storage space needed for backups of their virtual machines thanks to data de-deplication, or dedupe, technology from DataDomain. In this case the DataDomain dedupe tool was integrated with Vizioncore vRanger Pro backup software, so the user simply needs to […]
Hypervisor Lab Notes
Data dedupe for 98% less storage
Lab Notes 13th May
Printing Google maps
Lab Notes 2nd May
You may have noticed that printing full page Google maps in portrait mode is often impossible. With most PCs the best you can hope for is to be able to print around half a “letter” or “A4” sized page (see image). Well, Hypervisor Lab technicians have been hard at work on the problem and have […]
Vista security flaws Firefox
Lab Notes 30th April
Windows Vista security features can cause browsers such as Firefox to fail to open web pages when when a link is clicked in another program such as Outlook.
Windows Server 2008 — strong password and reboots required
Lab Notes 30th January
The first thing we noticed about Windows Server 2008 is that installation is generally much simpler than with previous versions. As the forthcoming WS2008 is not yet supported by VMware, we created a Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition virtual machine (VM) using VMware Workstation 5.5.5. Having done this, we booted the new VM with our […]
Windows Server 2008 lab tests
Lab Notes 30th January
Windows Server 2008 really does promise to be the best version yet. For example, it includes the option of installing a system that does not include the Windows GUI, which should dramatically reduce the number of patches needed throughout the system’s lifetime. Also, new server roles make it easier than ever to configure a system […]
Windows Server 2008 check list
Lab Notes 11th December
Those that know me may be surprised that I’am eagerly awaiting the forthcoming release of Windows Server 2008, due February 28. See Problems with Windows Server 2000 and 2003 in a nutshell. While I have yet to install the latest release candidate on my systems, the time is now ripe for IT professionals to take […]
Vizioncore vReplicator 2.1 available for download
Lab Notes 4th September
We’ve now downloaded and installed our copy of Vizioncore vReplicator 2.1 from this link. The installation package has grown in size somewhat since the previous release. The version 2 download package was under 6MB, while the latest version is a whopping 63.3MB. Of course, some of the new features account for much of the increase […]