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My ESXTOP page is still one of the most visited pages I have, it actually comes in on a second spot just right after the HA Deepdive. Every once in a while I revise the page and this week it was time to add VisualEsxtop to the list of tools people should use. I figured I would write a regular blog post first and roll it up in to the page at the same time. So what is VisualEsxtop? VisualEsxtop is an enhanced version of resxtop and esxtop. VisualEsxtop can connect to VMware vCenter Server or ESX hosts, and display ESX server stats... [Lire la suite]

We have had a number of queries on how to enable replication using certificates created from makecert. Though the Understanding and Troubleshooting guide for Hyper-V Replica discusses this aspect, I am posting a separate article on this. The below steps are applicable for a simple lab deployment consisting of two standalone servers – PrimaryServer.domain.com and ReplicaServer.domain.com. This can be easily extended to clustered deployments with the Hyper-V Replica Broker. Makecert is a certificate creation tool which generates... [Lire la suite]

With the release of vCenter 5.1 adding additional certificates into the environment to make communication between components more secure, the process of updating these certificates with customers’ own signed certificates has been a challenge. We are pleased to announce the general availability of vCenter Certificate Automation Tool 1.0. This tool provides an automated mechanism to replace certificates in the following components of the vCenter Server 5.1 management platform:   The tool is available now and can... [Lire la suite]

Windows 7 Explorer for Windows 8 is an excellent free tool which enables you to switch the Windows 8 start menu back to the Windows 7 one very clean way. Few months back you could read about classic menu for Widnows 8, which is a freeware tool too, but it adds it’s own menu at the top of Windows 8. Even if it adds more functions, it’s less clean that the solution I’m writing about today. --> Please see the rest on Vladan's blog : http://www.vladan.fr/windows-7-explorer-for-windows-8/ 

Suite au conseil d'un collègue, je vous propose de découvrir un outil qui permet de remplacer Repadmin en étant plus agréable à l'oeil.. il s'agit de AD Replication Status Tool. Ce logiciel permet d'avoir un visuel des réplications AD à un instant T. Relativement léger, il permettra lors d'audit ou de préventives d'avoir un rapide état des lieux de l'AD entre les différents contrôleurs de domaines.   https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=30005   Merci à Damien Charbonnel pour cet outil! Il faut un... [Lire la suite]

SysInternal tools are a great suite of tool provided by Mark Russinovich and his team. Each tool of this collection is a valuable tool. PSPING.EXE is not an exception. “PSPING.EXE is aa command-line utility for measuring network performance. In addition to standard ICMP ping functionality, it can report the latency of connecting to TCP ports, the latency of TCP round-trip communication between systems, and the TCP bandwidth available to a connection between systems. Besides obtaining min, max, and average values in 0.01ms resolution,... [Lire la suite]

Windows Server 2012 is generally available for evaluation and purchase by all customers around the world. Additionally, there is great news for organizations that are looking for a way to migrate virtual machines hosted on VMware vSphere to the Hyper-V host in Windows Server 2012. The production (RTW) version of the Microsoft Virtual Machine Converter (MVMC) and the Beta version of the VMware console plugin version are both available to download. We extend a huge thank you to our beta participants who have taken the time to evaluate... [Lire la suite]

There are numerous tools available to assist network managers with their day to day tasks, but most come with a cost. Here are three of the top free tools from SolarWinds that help thousands of network managers every day. Realtime Bandwidth Monitor SolarWinds Real-Time Bandwidth Monitor allows you to monitor interfaces on your network to see how much bandwidth is in use or how much traffic is currently on those interfaces via a constantly updating graph. And it allows you to do so at a very granular level by offering sub-second... [Lire la suite]

After a decade, we have a GUI tool to troubleshoot AD replication problems. It is called Active Directory Replication Status Tool.   Gone are the days where we used repadmin and all it’s different syntax to troubleshoot replication issues in AD. The Active Directory Replication Status Tool (ADREPLSTATUS) analyzes the replication status for domain controllers in an Active Directory domain or forest. ADREPLSTATUS displays data in a format that is similar to REPADMIN /SHOWREPL * /CSV imported into Excel but with significant... [Lire la suite]

Apple has quietly launched the new Configurator tool to further iPad deployment among large organizations. According to PC stalwarts like Dell and HP, we just need to wait for Windows 8 to launch before the enterprise will embrace tablets. Meanwhile, Apple keeps making inroads with a market segment it never succeeded much with before — and it’s quietly launched a new tool to further iPad deployment among large organizations. The free Configurator tool (available via the Mac App Store) allows an IT... [Lire la suite]