Microsoft Server 2016 – Nano Server first look
Few days back Microsoft has released the Technical Preview 2 of the Server 2016. So here are the first look of the same. I have fired up this on my VMware workstation 11 and here are the screenshot of the same. if you wish to grab a copy of this Technical Preview 2 click here. […]
VMTurbo – Homelab Giveaway
VMTurbo is once again giving away another homelab and here is a chance to win one for yourself. As the VMTurbo operations manager 5.2 is releasing on May 21st at 11:30 they are hosting a webinar to discuss the new development which includes the below.
VeeamOn Forum Dubai Event
Today 22.04/2015 I have attended an event organized by Veeam Dubai which was held in Fairmont Hotel. Apart from the top heads from the Veeam there was veterans from Microsoft, HP, Netapp Pure Storage and IDC to talk about the latest trends about storage and cloud solutions for modern data centers. Also ICT guys […]
How to move VM Templates to another VMWare Host
If you are planning for VMware host maintenance, you may want to manually move your operating system templates to an alternate VMHost. Unfortunately there is no straight forward method of moving a template as you do a Virtual Machine. If you try to move a template to another host you will see an error message […]
How to instantly apply the mailbox message size configuration
Earlier we had seen how to configure and schedule the mailbox message size on your exchange server. In case if you have configured the settings for a mailbox and don’t have time to wait for the changes to get applied on the mailbox you may want to restart “Microsoft Exchange Information Store service” Because by […]
Schedule a task to set custom message size for new mailboxes
For instance if you have mailbox users with different message size – like some management users with 20 MB message size and rest all users with 5 MB quota. By default, exchange will set unlimited message size. Unlimited does n’t mean that a user can attach and send any file size. Global transport configuration & […]
How to roll back/downgrade Vmware ESXi to previous version
We are using the VMWare Recovery mode to roll back. Current ESXI version is 5.5 update 2
Tip:How to schedule tasks from VCenter Web-Console
Using a VCenter web-client we can schedule VCenter tasks. How? Press CTRL key once you launch any options after clicking on any object on the VCenter will show you a clock shaped icon. You can click on it to schedule the tasks for any future dates.
How to upgrade VMware virtual hardware from version 8 to 9
I am assuming an environment of VMware VShphere 5.5 where you have your VMs running on a version 8 virtual hardware. If you are creating new virtual machines on VSphere 5.5, it will be creating the VM with the virtual hardware 8. VShpere 5.5 has support up to version 10 virtual hardware. But keep in […]
How to configure email Alerts on IMM – IBM Servers
Before you do the configuration on the IBM IMM console make sure you configure proper relay on your exchange server for the server’s IMM management IP address. Once done follow the below steps. 1) Once you login to the server IMM console go to IMM Control > System Settings page. Here you can mention the Server name, Contact as […]