Health Status for VMware 3.5.0 Update 2

If you haven't had the opportunity to check out some of the new features of ESX 3.5 Update 2, take a look at the new ... Read More

Creating a Microsoft Hyper-V Virtual Machine

Once you have your Hyper-V installed on your Windows 2008 Server, it's time to create your first Hyper-V Virtual Machine.Launch the Server Manager and EXPAND ... Read More

Basic Hyper-V installation Screenshots

Here are some quick and dirty notes on installing Hyper-V on your Windows 2008 Server. In case you want to see it and haven't had ... Read More

LeftHand Network Training Notes

I just got back from a great LeftHand Networks training course. I've been a big fan of the VSA running on my Lab Network for ... Read More

Beta Citrix Utility: Farm Monitor

Not a bad beta release from the guys at Gourami.http://www.gourami.eu/products/farm-monitor DescriptionWhen starting Farm Monitor finds out these key elements of your Citrix farm:-Datastore-License Server-Data Collector(s)After ... Read More

Utility: Restore deleted AD items

Were you aware of the fact that when you delete something from AD, e.g. User or an OU that there is a way to get ... Read More

Speed up your Windows 2003 Servers (including Citrix)

Aaron sent this around to me: Here is a very critical Registry entry for Windows 2003 Servers, an entry which affects performance and is so ... Read More

VMware File Extensions

Was sent a link to a good reference article by Greg Shields about VMware File Extensions :.VMDK -- These files are the actual hard disk ... Read More

Upgrading ESX without Update Manager

Once in a while, you have to do a BIG update to ESX and Update Manager (as cool as it is) just won't help. You ... Read More

Outlook running Slow?? TRY DELETING SOME EMAILS!

Some conversations that have been floating around the office related to Outlook performance: 1)      If you have a large number of items in any single ... Read More