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Upgrading Windows 2008 R2 editions from the command line

Mar 20, 2013

This in fact wasn't possible until Windows Server 2008 / Windows Vista SP1 which introduced ( using a built-in utility called the Deployment Image Servicing and Management (DISM) tool which doesn't require any media to upgrade the edition and just needs a reboot. I've recently had to do this with Windows 2008 R2. You can't use this on DCs, can only do upgrades, not downgrades and the supported...

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HP updates its customised images for VMware ESXi 5.1 and 5.0 Update 2 for Feb 2013

Mar 7, 2013

HP has updated its ESXi 5.x customised images as part of its ( (SPP) Feb 2013 update. HP's customised images are fully integrated sets of specific drivers and software that are tested to work together. You can see the list of ( I have done an extensive update of my ( post which includes these new customised images. HP Custom Image for VMware ESXi 5.1 February 2013: ( The new and updated feature...

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New HP Emulex drivers and firmware released for VMware ESXi 5.x

Mar 7, 2013

Emulex has released a new set of drivers and firmware for use on Gen8 and G7 HP Servers including blades with both VMware ESXi 5.0 and 5.1. Driver: Emulex be2net nic driver version _4.2.327.0_ which is included in the HP Custom Image for VMware ESXi 5.1 February 2013: ( and HP Custom Image for VMware ESXi 5.0.0 Update 2 February 2013: ( or can be downloaded separately from ( Emulex has also rel...

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VMware releases its integrated EUC offering, the VMware Horizon Suite

Feb 20, 2013

The Horizon Suite was initially announced at VMworld 2012 in San Francisco and is VMware's integrated product suite for End User Computing which comprises three main components: This is a big step for VMware by providing a far more integrated End User Computing suite for customers rather than perpetuating the old tiring battle of VDI brokers between VMware View and Citrix XenDesktop. VDI is imp...

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VMware releases PowerCLI 5.1 Release 2

Feb 12, 2013

VMware has released ( which is the latest update to its PowerShell interface which includes support for Virtual Distributed Switches, vCloud Director 5.1 and PowerShell 3. Virtual Distributed Switches This new release now includes 14 new cmdlets to manage VMware Virtual Distributed Switches, something people have been waiting eagerly for: There are also enhancements to existing cmdlets such as...

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London VMUG - January 2013 = EUC + VXLAN + BigData +Certs = Register Now!

Jan 15, 2013

The ( gathers again following the great success of the ( last November. The meeting is on the 24th January 2013 at: London Chamber of Commerce and Industry 33 Queen Street London, EC4R 1AP It's a free to attend full day event packed with interesting useful content with even lunch included and certainly worth a day out of the office. You can register at ( " Brian Gammage who is VMware’s chief ma...

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HP releases online firmware updates for ESXi 5

Dec 10, 2012

Anyone who manages firmware on HP rack and blade servers knows it can be a fairly cumbersome process. You can either update firmware by booting from the ( which is an offline process. Windows and Linux servers have had the option to perform firmware updates online by running an application from with the OS. Sadly this has not been possible with ESX or ESXi which meant you always had to arrange...

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NetApp releases its Virtual Storage Console (VSC) PowerShell Toolkit 1.0

Dec 5, 2012

NetApp has extended its PowerShell management to its virtual center plug-in, the Virtual Storage Console. The toolkit can be downladed from ( NetApp currently has a PowerShell toolkit called ( for managing its controllers but this new toolkit has been developed to manage the VSC directly. As this is a 1.0 release not all VSC functionality is available. Currently it can do the Provisioning and Clo...

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VMware vCenter Operations Manager 5.6 released with new free Foundation edition

Nov 30, 2012

First of all there is now a vCenter Operations Manager Foundation edition which is included with every vSphere edition from Standard free of charge. The Foundation edition includes basic vSphere Performance and Health monitoring just as Proactive Smart Alerts, Intelligent Operations Groups (New), vSphere Health Monitoring and Self-learning Performance Analytics. It's a start to at least get you...

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vSphere Networking and Converged IO with Blade Servers - a UK VMUG presentation

Nov 15, 2012

My presentation was titled vSphere Networking and Converged IO with Blade Servers. I discussed how converged networking incorporating 10GE and FCoE is become more important as we try to utilise bandwidth more efficiently which is especially important with blade servers which have limited IO expansion. I explained the architecture of Cisco UCS and HP Virtual Connect as examples and how they can...

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