Have you bought all your Chistmas gifts? If you’re planning to give electronics, the Free Software Foundation (FSF) asks us to give some thought before buying something that could take more than it gives, since it requires, for example, to pay some license in order to use it.
They also advice us to avoid giving products with harsh rules about copying and sharing, or those which perform remote deletion of files without asking users.
The deployment of virtual desktops with UDS Enterprise & Microsoft Hyper-V, interesting tips to manage VMware vSphere and Remote PC project with UDS Enterprise introduced by the University of Sevilla at RedIRIS Technical Conference 2015 have been the most read topics in our blog during last weeks.
Find below the links to these posts so that you can keep up to date with the most highlighted news on virtualization and Open Source:
Video: UDS Enterprise & Microsoft Hyper-V VDI
If you are an IT administrator and you manage VMware vSphere virtualization platform, have a look at these useful tips:
-Don’t use Raw Device Mappings (RDMs). Try VMware Virtual Volumes instead, which is far less complex and more useful.
-See VMFS volumes and make sure they are upgraded.
-Use vSphere tags and categories. They help you organize virtual machines (VMs) in a customized way, considering elements not related to infrastructure. You can arrange them, for example, by production, development, off-site DR…
Active Directory (AD) is one of the most used features in Windows Server. It enables administrators to manage devices and users implementing and reinforcing security policies. It also provides a centralized and hierarchical directory to manage all network resources.
In this post we’re talking about tools and best practices to ease restore & backup processes in AD.
Are you a Hyper-V user? Don’t miss these useful tips by Virtualization Review:
-Use PowerShell to create a list of all your virtual machines(VM) including name and IP address without logging or going to networking tab.
-Enable router guard and DHCP guard options to avoid unauthorized networking accesses. You can do it using VM libraries, PowerShell or Set-VMNetworkAdapter cmdlet.
Choosing a VDI client is not an easy task since there are several options with slight differences.
Physical desktops, thin clients and HTML5 browsers are good options for VDI deployments, but most companies always look for the best value for money. In this case, HTML5 browsers can be considered an interesting alternative.
