Eric Sloof

Perform Backups of VMs
vizioncore's esxRanger

esxRanger from vizioncore is software that can schedule online hot backups of guest OSs on VMware ESX Server. esxRanger can back up virtual machines (VMs) locally or across the WAN by compressing the disks before sending them to the destination server. You can schedule esxRanger to run using the standard Windows scheduler. You don't need agents on the ESX servers or the guest OSs.

Reader
Richard Ewalt
Oak Brook, Illinois
Product
esxRanger
Company
vizioncore
Contact
www.vizioncore.com

WindowsITpro

As a VMware certified instructor I can help organisations who want to maximise the benefits of the VMware virtualization products. Their IT professionals will benefit from attending in-depth, hands-on courses. These courses include the highly popular 'vSphere Install & Configure and Manage' that also prepares IT professionals for VMware VCP4 certification, along with the following list of training courses for deployment experts and systems integrators.

Virtualization Generalist

• VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage
• VMware vSphere: Script & Automate
• VMware vSphere: Manage Availability
• VMware vSphere: Troubleshooting
• VMware vSphere: Design

Security Specialists

• VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage
• VMware vSphere: Manage and Design for Security

Performance Specialists

• VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage
• VMware vSphere: Manage and Design for Performance

Virtual Desktop Administrators

• VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage
• VMware View 4: Install, Configure, Manage
• VMware View: Design

Availability Specialists

• VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage
• VMware vSphere: Manage Availability
• VMware Site Recovery Manager 4: Install, Configure, Test
• Business Continuity Data Recovery: Design

I’ve recorded some online training courses and they are freely available at this link: http://www.screencast.com/users/esloof/folders/Online-Training

     vmCDConnected

Scans all Virtual Machines and shows if they have a CD connected to it. After scanning the VM’s you can disconnect all the CD’s with a click of  a button.

After a lot of late hours of coding I finally can release the vmCDConnected application. What’s so special about this application ? Well it scans all the Virtual Machines and shows if they have a CD connected to it. After scanning the VM’s you can disconnect all the CD’s with a click of  a button. Why do we need it ? Imagine you have a DRS cluster with 80 VM’s, when one of those VM’s is connected to a CD it will stay on the same ESX server because V-Motion doesn’t work in combination with a connected CD.

License : Sponsorware
Download : http://www.ntpro.nl/software/VMCDConnected.zip
Sponsor : Online

Eric Sloof, with over a quarter-century of experience in the information technology sector, has extensive expertise in areas such as virtualized environments, cloud technology, storage, and networking.

He holds the prestigious title of an active VMware Certified Instructor. Eric's involvement extends beyond teaching and consulting; he is a dedicated member of the VMware community and has been honored with the vExpert accolade.

His website, NTPRO.NL, has been consistently recognized as one of the top VMware blogs annually. Eric is renowned for his engaging presentations at user group meetings and VMworld sessions, and has gained acclaim as one of the hosts for VMworld TV.

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VMware Horizon 7: Install, Configure, Manage plus App Volumes FT [V7.10]
VMware Horizon 8: Deploy and Manage plus App Volumes Fast Track
VMware Horizon: Deploy and Manage [V8.8]
VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle: Install, Configure, Manage [V8.10]
VMware Aria Operations for Networks: Install, Configure, Manage [V6.8]
VMWare App Volumes and Dynamic Environment Manager: Configure and Manage
VMware Site Recovery Manager: Install, Configure, Manage [V8.6]    
VMware Cloud Foundation: Deploy, Configure, Manage [V5.0]
VMware vSphere: Design [V8]    
VMware vSphere: Troubleshooting [V8]    
VMware NSX for Intrinsic Security [V4.x]    
VMware Telco Cloud Automation: Install, Configure, Manage [V2.2]    
VMware NSX: Design [V4.x]    
VMware Cloud Director: Install, Configure, Manage [V10.4]    
VMware NSX: Troubleshooting and Operations [V4.X]    
VMware Aria Automation: Install, Configure, Manage [v8.10]    
VMware vSphere: Fast Track [V8]    
VMware vSphere: What's New [V8]    
VMware NSX: Install, Configure, Manage [V4.0]    
VMware vSAN: Install, Configure, Manage [V8]    
VMware vSphere: Operate, Scale and Secure [V8]    
VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V8]    
VMware vRealize Network Insight: Install, Configure, Manage [V6.1]    
Troubleshooting VMware vRealize Operations [V8.x]
VMware vRealize Automation SaltStack SecOps: Deploy and Manage [V8.6]    
VMware NSX-T Data Center for Intrinsic Security [V3.2]    
VMware vRealize Operations: Install, Configure, Manage [V8.6]    
VMware App Volumes and Dynamic Environment Manager    
VMware NSX-T Data Center: Design [V3.2]
Migration from VMware NSX for vSphere to NSX-T    
VMware NSX-T Data Center: Troubleshooting and Operations [V3.2]    
VMware vRealize Automation: Troubleshooting [V8.6]    
VMware vRealize Automation: Orchestration and Extensibility [V8.6]    
VMware vRealize Operations: Advanced Use Cases [v8.x]    
VMware Tanzu Mission Control: Management and Operations 2022    
VMware NSX-T Data Center: Install, Configure, Manage [V3.2]    
VMware NSX-T Data Center: What’s New [V3.2]    
VMware vRealize Log Insight: Deploy and Manage [V8.4]    
VMware Cloud Director: Install, Configure, Manage [V10.3]    
VMware Cloud Foundation: Planning, Management, Operations [V4.3]    
VMware vRealize Automation SaltStack Config: Deploy and Manage [V8.4]    
VMware vSAN Fast Track [V7]
VMware Horizon 8: Troubleshooting Bootcamp    
VMware vSAN: Plan and Deploy [V7].    
VMware Horizon 8: Virtual Desktop Troubleshooting    
VMware Data Center Virtualization: Core Technical Skills    
VMware vRealize Operations: Day 2 Operations with Cloud [V8.2]    
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VMware NSX-T Data Center for Intrinsic Security [V3.1]    
VMWare vRealize Automation: Install, Configure, Manage [v8.3]    
VMware Horizon 8: Infrastructure Troubleshooting    
VMware Cloud Director: Install, Configure, Manage [V10.1]    
VMware Horizon 8: Infrastructure Administration
VMware Horizon 8: Skills for Virtual Desktop Management    
VMware vSphere: Optimize and Scale plus Troubleshooting Fast Track [V7]    
VMware NSX-T Data Center: Migration from NSX Data Center for vSphere    
VMware vSphere with Tanzu: Deploy and Manage [V7]    
VMware vSphere: Advanced Administration Workshop [V7]    
VMware vSAN: Management and Operations [V7]    
VMware Cloud Foundation: Management and Operations [V4.0]    
VMware Cloud Foundation: Plan and Deploy [V4.0]    
VMware Horizon 8: Deploy and Manage    
VMware vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager: Install, Configure, Manage [V8]    
VMware vRealize Automation: Orchestration and Extensibility [V8.1]    
VMware vRealize Automation: Advanced Features and Troubleshooting [V8.x]    
VMware vCloud Director: Tenant Operations [V10.x]    
VMware NSX-T Data Center: Design [V3.0]    
VMware NSX-T Data Center: Troubleshooting and Operations [V3.0]    0
VMware vSAN: Troubleshooting [V7]    
VMware vSphere: Troubleshooting [V7]    
VMware vSphere: Design [V7]    
VMware vCloud Director: Install, Configure, Manage [V9.7]    
VMware vSphere: Fast Track [V7]    
VMware vSphere: Optimize and Scale [V7]    
VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V7]    
VMware vSphere: What's New [V6.7 to V7]    
VMware NSX-T Data Center: Install, Configure, Manage [V3.0]    
VMware vRealize Network Insight: Install, Configure, Manage [V5.0]    
VMware Horizon 7: Install, Configure, Manage [V7.10]    
VMware vRealize Operations: Install, Configure, Manage [V8]    
VMware vRealize Automation: Install, Configure, Manage [V8]    2
VMware NSX-T Data Center: Troubleshooting and Operations [V2.4]    
VMware Horizon 7: Troubleshooting and Performance Optimization [V7.7]    
VMware vRealize Operations and vSAN Integration Workshop    
VMware Site Recovery Manager: Install, Configure, Manage [V8.2]    
VMware vSphere: Advanced Troubleshooting Workshop [V6.7]    
VMware vRealize Automation: Orchestration and Extensibility [V7.6]    
VMware vRealize Automation: Install, Configure, Manage [V7.6]    
VMware vSphere: Practitioner Workshop [V6.7]    
VMware Advanced Skills for vSphere Professional Workshop [V6.7]    
VMware NSX-T Data Center: Install, Configure, Manage [V2.4]    
VMware Horizon 7: Install, Configure, Manage [V7.7]    
VMware Horizon 7: Install, Configure, Manage plus App Vols FT [V7.7]    
VMware vSAN: Production Operations [V6.7]    
VMware App Volumes and User Environment Manager on Horizon    
VMware vRealize Operations for Administrators [V7]    
VMware NSX-T: Install, Configure, Manage [V2.2]
VMware vRealize Operations: Install, Configure, Manage [V7]    
VMware vRealize Log Insight: Deploy and Manage [V4.7]    
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VMware vSphere: Skills for Public Sector Administrators [V6.7]    
VMware vSphere: Fast Track [V6.7]    
VMware vSphere: Skills for Operators [V6.7]    
VMware vRealize Network Insight: Install, Configure, Manage [V3.x]    
VMware vSphere: Optimize and Scale plus Troubleshooting Fast Track [V6.7]    
VMware vSphere: Troubleshooting Workshop [V6.7]    
VMware vSphere: Optimize and Scale [V6.7]    
VMware vCloud Director: Install, Configure, Manage [V9.X]    
VMware vRealize Automation: Orchestration and Extensibility [V7.x]    
VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V6.7]    
VMware vSphere: What's New [V5.5 to V6.7]    
VMware NSX-T: Install, Configure, Manage [V2.x]    
VMware NSX: Install, Configure, Manage + Troubleshooting and Ops FT 6.4    
VMware NSX: Troubleshooting and Operations [V6.4]    
VMware NSX: Install, Configure, Manage [V6.4]