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  • Category: Other  (6)

    Other

    • Batch file: CheckIMAService by: Rene

      October 12, 2010, 06:56

      @ECHO OFF :QUERYIMA for /f "tokens=2*" %%a in ('sc query imaservice ^| findstr STATE') do call :CHECKRUN "%%b" GOTO :EOF :CHECKRUN IF…

    • Free eBook Mastering Powershell by: Rene

      July 14, 2009, 20:38

      "Mastering PowerShell" by Dr. Tobias Weltner, Windows PowerShell MVP, is now available as a free PDF eBook. You can download it here or read the online version.

    • New build Synology Diskstation Manager 2.0 by: Rene

      September 24, 2008, 18:07

      Synology just released a new build (2.0-0722) for the management interface for their NAS series. They added a lot of new features: NFS support, HDD Smart…

    • Pictures from Quantas plane incident July 2008 by: Rene

      August 6, 2008, 11:49

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    • New setup Blog by: Rene

      July 21, 2008, 09:38

      As you probably noticed this blog is newly setup. I had a problem when upgrading the version of WordPress from V2.5.1 to V2.6. I am trying to restore the old…

    • Internet Investigator by: Rene

      October 3, 2007, 10:15

      I found an article here to investigate the IP traffic from and into your PC.

  • Category: Virtualisation  (44)

    Virtualisation

    • Xendesktop 5 by: Rene

      December 2, 2011, 13:08

      I just past the Xendestop 5 excam with a score of 84!

    • 10 Xendesktop misstakes by: Rene

      August 6, 2010, 09:17

      Starting May, the Citrix Lead Architect for Worldwide Consulting Solutions Daniel Feller published a series of posts about the top 10 mistakes that can be done…

    • Citrix support Tools by: Rene

      August 6, 2010, 06:41

      Troubleshooting Tool Name Download Link Overview & Demo Video Blog UPM Log Parser Tool CTX123005 CitrixTV Video Blog CDFMarker…

    • Brian madden about VDI by: Rene

      July 14, 2010, 09:38

      Brain Madden has released a free eBook Notes on Desktop Virtualization by Brain Madden.

    • Passed VCP-410 exam by: Rene

      January 18, 2010, 16:24

      Today I passed  the VMware vSphere 4 exam with a score of 425! Thanks to Vmware for extending the period (to the end of Jan 2010) to update VCP3 to VCP4 by…

    • VMware: New Visio Shapes by: Rene

      February 18, 2009, 20:40

      1. ThinApp-Stencil- Objects for ThinApp 2. Build your Own-Stencil - Stand-alone objectsto create your own diagrams 3. VM-STencil - Objects that…

    • Access Suite Disaster Recovery Planning and Configuration by: Rene

      September 15, 2008, 10:25

      When looking for resources on Disaster Recovery for the Citrix Presentation servers I found a PDF file from Citrix covering the DR options for Access Suite…

    • Brian Madden Keynote Highlights by: Rene

      July 31, 2008, 20:46

      Brian Madden Keynote at IT Oost Nederland in the Grolsch Veste in Enschede on 24 june 2008. http://www.youtube.com/v/meGm20-_ymg

    • Benefits of server virtualization (video) by: Rene

      July 31, 2008, 18:16

      "A whiteboard discussion between Ben Matheson, VMware Senior Director, and Jake Smith, Intel Advanced Server Technologies, on the business benefits of server…

    • XenApp health recovery and monitoring (video) by: Rene

      July 31, 2008, 18:11

      Health recovery and monitoring Options in XenApp (presentation server V4.5) "This is a great video from Ashish (Principal Design Engineer at Citrix Systems)…

    • TS/PS resources by: Rene

      May 16, 2008, 09:23

      When browsing the web and googling for a ts-profile issue I came across the site of Vera Noest. This site is very use full for Ternimal / Presentation…

    • LUNs Explained by: Rene

      August 27, 2007, 11:13

      I found an intersting article about LUN's here.

    • Citrix Installation Order for PS4.5 by: Rene

      July 30, 2007, 08:23

      This document provides information on the installation order of Hotfix Rollup Pack 1 (HRP 1) for Presentation Server 4.5 and its available extensions.

    • Webcast Microsoft Server Virtualization Licensing by: Rene

      July 27, 2007, 08:59

      Microsoft published a 26-minutes on demand webcast about its licensing model applied to virtualization scenarios. Link

    • Category: VMware  (29)

      VMware

      • VMware vSphere PowerCLI Admin Guide by: Rene

        October 1, 2010, 09:53

        The vSphere PowerCLI Administration Guide provides information about using the VMware vSphere PowerCLI cmdlets set that ships with vSphere PowerCLI for…

      • VTSP 4 by: Rene

        January 28, 2010, 16:16

        I just finshed the (online) Vmware Techincal Sales Profesional.

      • Passed VCP-410 exam by: Rene

        January 18, 2010, 16:24

        Today I passed  the VMware vSphere 4 exam with a score of 425! Thanks to Vmware for extending the period (to the end of Jan 2010) to update VCP3 to VCP4 by…

      • VMware: New Visio Shapes by: Rene

        February 18, 2009, 20:40

        1. ThinApp-Stencil- Objects for ThinApp 2. Build your Own-Stencil - Stand-alone objectsto create your own diagrams 3. VM-STencil - Objects that…

      • Rescan Plugin for VMware VI Client by: Rene

        October 31, 2008, 14:03

        Icomasoft provides you a simple VMware VI Client plugin (VirtualCenter and ESX Host support) for automating the Rescan/Refresh SAN Task of VMware ESX…

      • Quick Migration for VMware by: Rene

        October 1, 2008, 20:43

        Earlier this year VMware released the VMware Infrastructure Toolkit (for Windows). This was a new PowerShell interface for VMware Infrastructure 3. I'm a…

      • Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery by: Rene

        August 31, 2008, 13:47

        VMware published an e-book on business continuity and disaster recovery. Description This VMware® VMbook focuses on business continuity and disaster…

      • XEN vs ESX 3.5 Preformance by: Rene

        August 8, 2008, 11:34

        In this session, Ron Oglesby will share his results of running Xen and VMware ESX head-to-head on the same hardware. In addition to normal server testing, Ron…

      • Top10 info storage VMWare by: Rene

        July 31, 2008, 17:35

        A article (with links) about things you must read about VMware Storage (SAN/iSCSI/NFS).

      • VM boot screen timeout by: Rene

        February 22, 2008, 11:02

        I found an article about extending the time that the bootscreen of a VM is visible. Easier to access the Bios and Boot options.

      • VMworld Europe 2008 Timetable by: Rene

        February 19, 2008, 15:38

        I am attending VMworld Europe 2008 Next week in Cannes. Today I was looking what kind of sessions wil be presented. On the VMworld site there is a link to see…

      • SVMotion VI 2.5 client plugin by: Rene

        February 14, 2008, 08:14

        LostCreations created (the first thirth-party) Storage VMotion plugin for VI 2.5. More information can be found Here.

      • Checking diskspace on VMFS volume by: Rene

        January 21, 2008, 19:39

        Nice article about checking the free disk space on a VMFS volume.

      • VMware VC Roles & Permissions by: Rene

        January 4, 2008, 15:25

        Working at a customer with three Virtual Centers (VC), I needed a way to document the security roles and their permissions, and a easy/consistent way to…

      • VMug userday 2007 by: Rene

        December 9, 2007, 14:55

        Here some photo's from the Dutch VMware User Group meeting from 7 December.

      • Myths about VMware and Virtualization by: Rene

        December 4, 2007, 19:41

        Great article by Mike Laverick about the myths about Vmware and virtualization in general.

      • VMkernel Log by: Rene

        October 5, 2007, 13:25

        When I was switching betwee consoles on the ESX service console, <F1>, <F2>,<F11> and so on, I pressed by accident <F12>. I saw a…

      • VI3: Failed to install the virtualcenter Agent service by: Rene

        October 5, 2007, 10:07

        I had a problem adding a ESX 3.0.1 host to a Virtual Center 2.0.1. When connecting the message "Failed to install virtualcenter agent service" appeared. To…

      • ESX3i CLI by: Rene

        September 26, 2007, 13:39

        See here an article to download a virtual appliance for use with ESX3i. Note: article is in Dutch.

      • ESX 3i in Workstation 6 Video by: Rene

        September 25, 2007, 10:02

        David Davis from Happyrouter.com created an instruction video to get ESX 3i running in VMware Workstation 6.

      • VC NFS Datastore by: Rene

        September 24, 2007, 21:28

        Article about VMware and NFS

      • VI3 Tools repository by: Rene

        August 22, 2007, 19:26

        Find here a list with tools (free and commercial) handy for use as a VMware admin.

      • VI3 Configure VMkernel portgroup by: Rene

        July 18, 2007, 14:14

        # add VMkernel to vSwitch2 esxcfg-vswitch -A VMkernel vSwitch2 # set ip on Vmkermel esxcfg-vmknic -a VMkernel -i <ip kernel> -n <sn kernel> esxc…

      • VI3 Create vSwitch with different number of ports by: Rene

        July 18, 2007, 10:18

        When using the sc command 'esxcfg-vswitch -a vSwitch1' the created switch has the default of 64 ports. To create a vSwitch with more or less ports, add…

      • Certified on VMware VI3 VCP by: Rene

        May 22, 2007, 20:28

        Today I did the excam for VMware VI3. I passed with a score of 89!!

      • VI3 VM starten op andere Host by: Rene

        February 8, 2007, 09:28

        Als een VM verplaatst verplaats wordt, of wordt op gestart op een andere ESX Host veranderd de UUID van de VM. Bij het opstarten van de VM verschijnt standaard…

      • VI3 Runtime variabelen Alarms {entityName} en {entityObject} by: Rene

        February 8, 2007, 09:20

        Applies to VC 2.0.1 Bij het gebruik van de optie ‘Run a script’ bij de Alarm – Action bevatten de variabelen {entityName} en {entityObject} niet de…

      • VI3 Snapshot and computer domain account by: Rene

        February 8, 2007, 09:17

        For windows 2000, XP and 2003 the the default computer account password change is 30 days. If you have taken a snapshot of a VM, joined to a domain, and will…

      • VI3 Datastore Browser: foutive weergave  by: Rene

        February 8, 2007, 09:09

        In ESX 2.5, the header information (disk geometry) of the VMDK file was stored in the first 512 bytes of the VMDK file. With the introduction of  the new…

    • Category: SBC  (3)

      Server Based Computing

    • Category: Citrix  (9)

      Citrix

      • Xendesktop 5 by: Rene

        December 2, 2011, 13:08

        I just past the Xendestop 5 excam with a score of 84!

      • 10 Xendesktop misstakes by: Rene

        August 6, 2010, 09:17

        Starting May, the Citrix Lead Architect for Worldwide Consulting Solutions Daniel Feller published a series of posts about the top 10 mistakes that can be done…

      • Citrix support Tools by: Rene

        August 6, 2010, 06:41

        Troubleshooting Tool Name Download Link Overview & Demo Video Blog UPM Log Parser Tool CTX123005 CitrixTV Video Blog CDFMarker…

      • Access Suite Disaster Recovery Planning and Configuration by: Rene

        September 15, 2008, 10:25

        When looking for resources on Disaster Recovery for the Citrix Presentation servers I found a PDF file from Citrix covering the DR options for Access Suite…

      • Brian Madden Keynote Highlights by: Rene

        July 31, 2008, 20:46

        Brian Madden Keynote at IT Oost Nederland in the Grolsch Veste in Enschede on 24 june 2008. http://www.youtube.com/v/meGm20-_ymg

      • XenApp health recovery and monitoring (video) by: Rene

        July 31, 2008, 18:11

        Health recovery and monitoring Options in XenApp (presentation server V4.5) "This is a great video from Ashish (Principal Design Engineer at Citrix Systems)…

      • TS/PS resources by: Rene

        May 16, 2008, 09:23

        When browsing the web and googling for a ts-profile issue I came across the site of Vera Noest. This site is very use full for Ternimal / Presentation…

      • Citrix Installation Order for PS4.5 by: Rene

        July 30, 2007, 08:23

        This document provides information on the installation order of Hotfix Rollup Pack 1 (HRP 1) for Presentation Server 4.5 and its available extensions.

      • Category: Xen  (1)

        Xen

        • XEN vs ESX 3.5 Preformance by: Rene

          August 8, 2008, 11:34

          In this session, Ron Oglesby will share his results of running Xen and VMware ESX head-to-head on the same hardware. In addition to normal server testing, Ron…

      • Category: XenDesktop  (2)

        XenDesktop

        • Xendesktop 5 by: Rene

          December 2, 2011, 13:08

          I just past the Xendestop 5 excam with a score of 84!

        • 10 Xendesktop misstakes by: Rene

          August 6, 2010, 09:17

          Starting May, the Citrix Lead Architect for Worldwide Consulting Solutions Daniel Feller published a series of posts about the top 10 mistakes that can be done…

  • Category: WordPress  (3)

    WordPress

    • WordPress Plugins I Use by: Rene

      September 14, 2008, 10:16

      Active Plugins

    • New setup Blog by: Rene

      July 21, 2008, 09:38

      As you probably noticed this blog is newly setup. I had a problem when upgrading the version of WordPress from V2.5.1 to V2.6. I am trying to restore the old…

    • Can't login WordPress after update to WP 2.3.1 by: Rene

      November 29, 2007, 20:26

      I had the problem that I can't login to this blog anymore after I did an upgrade to Version 2.3.1. This was the case for at least a Month. I searched the…

  • Category: Scripting  (11)

    Scripting

    • Batch file: CheckIMAService by: Rene

      October 12, 2010, 06:56

      @ECHO OFF :QUERYIMA for /f "tokens=2*" %%a in ('sc query imaservice ^| findstr STATE') do call :CHECKRUN "%%b" GOTO :EOF :CHECKRUN IF…

    • New AD CMDLets by: Rene

      July 16, 2010, 11:14

      Quest has released (18 Juni) a new version of their AD CMDLets for Powershell. See the blog post for more info.

    • HTA: Pingmany by: Rene

      January 21, 2008, 13:18

      I changed the vb script "Pingmany" in to HTA code. This gives a more flexible use of the script.

    • Batch Get current date as filename by: Rene

      July 27, 2007, 07:27

      If you are working with tools that genegates logfiles it is handy to have the name of the logfile based on the date. The following command will help us create…

    • Category: VB  (1)

      VB/WSH Scripts

      • VB scripts: PingMany & CheckPower by: Rene

        January 4, 2008, 10:55

        To perform the check of availability of many servers I created a simple vb script. This script will read a list of servers from a excel sheet, ping the…

    • Category: Powershell  (7)

      Powershell

      • Script Convert-ExcelSerialdate by: Rene

        February 17, 2011, 14:38

        When converting an Excel sheet, containing a column with dates, to a CSV file, the column in the CSV file contains nummeric values instead of date values.…

      • New AD CMDLets by: Rene

        July 16, 2010, 11:14

        Quest has released (18 Juni) a new version of their AD CMDLets for Powershell. See the blog post for more info.

      • Use R2's PowerShell Tools and New AD GUI on 2003 by: Rene

        January 27, 2010, 10:18

        From  Mark Minasi's website: For an "R2," Server 2008 R2 delivered a fairly impressive list of new goodies for Active Directory (AD) techies.  One of…

      • Free eBook Mastering Powershell by: Rene

        July 14, 2009, 20:38

        "Mastering PowerShell" by Dr. Tobias Weltner, Windows PowerShell MVP, is now available as a free PDF eBook. You can download it here or read the online version.

      • Powershell Search URL / LNK files by: Rene

        December 29, 2008, 14:12

        At my current project I am investigating the software used within that organization. As part of this I want a overview of all the URL's (*.url) and shortcuts…

      • Powershell Quick reference by: Rene

        October 27, 2008, 14:21

        Eric sloof posted a link to a Powershell Quick Reference sheet. The download from the Microsoft site gives a word doc in 'legal' format. I converted it to…

      • Quick Migration for VMware by: Rene

        October 1, 2008, 20:43

        Earlier this year VMware released the VMware Infrastructure Toolkit (for Windows). This was a new PowerShell interface for VMware Infrastructure 3. I'm a…

  • Category: Microsoft  (12)

    Microsoft

    • Script Convert-ExcelSerialdate by: Rene

      February 17, 2011, 14:38

      When converting an Excel sheet, containing a column with dates, to a CSV file, the column in the CSV file contains nummeric values instead of date values.…

    • Windows default user Profile  by: Rene

      February 1, 2011, 10:40

      I found a great blog post about creating a Windows default user profile. Link

    • Outlook 2003 Windows 95 ?? by: Rene

      June 7, 2010, 14:08

      Outlook 2003 on Windows XP showing File menu (?) and Windows 95 about box (?).

    • Use R2's PowerShell Tools and New AD GUI on 2003 by: Rene

      January 27, 2010, 10:18

      From  Mark Minasi's website: For an "R2," Server 2008 R2 delivered a fairly impressive list of new goodies for Active Directory (AD) techies.  One of…

    • WSS 3.0 Import Spreadsheet 403 error by: Rene

      July 8, 2009, 11:28

      When you get an error 403 when importing an Excel spreadsheet, check that only components of Office 2003 are installed. Along with Office 2003 I had Sharepoint…

    • Manage Database WSS 3.0 by: Rene

      June 19, 2009, 11:20

      If you want to manage the stand-alone (MS SQL 2005 Express Edition) database installed with WSS 3.0 take these steps: Install the MS SQL Express 2005…

    • Powershell Quick reference by: Rene

      October 27, 2008, 14:21

      Eric sloof posted a link to a Powershell Quick Reference sheet. The download from the Microsoft site gives a word doc in 'legal' format. I converted it to…

    • Patch Windows 2003 Terminal Server to allow more than 2 concurrent sessions by: Rene

      August 31, 2008, 13:54

      As you might know Windows 2003 Server accepts at most 2 concurrent Terminal Server sessions (and 1 console session) in Remote Administration mode (which is the…

    • USB Tool by: Rene

      August 27, 2008, 17:17

      USBDeview is a small utility that lists all USB devices that currently connected to your computer, as well as all USB devices that you previously used. For…

    • Windows Keyboard shortcuts by: Rene

      July 31, 2008, 17:30

      Windows is opperated most of the time by the mouse. But in certain situations it is handy to do them by keyboard. Instaed of clicking around the screen. I…

    • Webcast Microsoft Server Virtualization Licensing by: Rene

      July 27, 2007, 08:59

      Microsoft published a 26-minutes on demand webcast about its licensing model applied to virtualization scenarios. Link

    • VI3 Snapshot and computer domain account by: Rene

      February 8, 2007, 09:17

      For windows 2000, XP and 2003 the the default computer account password change is 30 days. If you have taken a snapshot of a VM, joined to a domain, and will…

  • Category: Personal  (6)

    Personal

  • Category: Hardware  (5)

    Hardware

    • Kef PSW2000 Subwoofer problem by: Rene

      October 28, 2010, 20:05

      Since a month I have a problem with my Kef PSW2000 sub-woofer. When the sub-woofer is on power is making a funny noise, a buzzing sound. The sound is originatin…

    • Synology DSM 3.0 in Beta by: Rene

      August 12, 2010, 12:26

      Vanaf morgen is de DSM 3.0 van Synology in Beta. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSrB3pgkaoo

    • Category: Synology  (3)

      Synology

      • Synology DSM 3.0 in Beta by: Rene

        August 12, 2010, 12:26

        Vanaf morgen is de DSM 3.0 van Synology in Beta. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSrB3pgkaoo

      • Synology Packages by: Rene

        February 13, 2009, 21:55

        Merty has made some custom packages for Synology NAS hardware, including a package for installing sabNZBD. To use these packages you need the latest firmware…

      • New build Synology Diskstation Manager 2.0 by: Rene

        September 24, 2008, 18:07

        Synology just released a new build (2.0-0722) for the management interface for their NAS series. They added a lot of new features: NFS support, HDD Smart…

    • Category: Scanjet  (1)

      Scanjet

      • HP Scanjet 5370C Vista Support by: Rene

        November 1, 2008, 16:50

        When upgrading to windows Vista I found out that my, USB connected, HP Scanjet 5370C scanner isn't supported by windows Vista anymore. After google-ing this…

    • Category: Audio  (1)
      • Kef PSW2000 Subwoofer problem by: Rene

        October 28, 2010, 20:05

        Since a month I have a problem with my Kef PSW2000 sub-woofer. When the sub-woofer is on power is making a funny noise, a buzzing sound. The sound is originatin…

      • Category: Kef  (1)
        • Kef PSW2000 Subwoofer problem by: Rene

          October 28, 2010, 20:05

          Since a month I have a problem with my Kef PSW2000 sub-woofer. When the sub-woofer is on power is making a funny noise, a buzzing sound. The sound is originatin…

  • Category: Tools  (1)

    Tools

    • Free Powerfuse Express Edition by: Rene

      February 22, 2008, 12:17

      RES has just announced that they have released the free version of their flagship product Powerfuse called Powerfuse Express. This version has a subset of all…

  • Category: Linux  (1)

    Linux

    • Iiyama AS4637UT config Xorg Ubuntu by: Rene

      September 13, 2008, 10:10

      With help from I managed to get my screen resultution of my Ubutunu installed PC bigger. Becasue Xorg (Ubuntu 8.04.1) doesn't detect a TFT/LCD screen right.…

    • Category: Ubuntu  (1)

      Ubuntu

      • Iiyama AS4637UT config Xorg Ubuntu by: Rene

        September 13, 2008, 10:10

        With help from I managed to get my screen resultution of my Ubutunu installed PC bigger. Becasue Xorg (Ubuntu 8.04.1) doesn't detect a TFT/LCD screen right.…

  • Category: Storage  (3)

    Storage

    • NetApp ASAP Test Passed by: Rene

      April 7, 2009, 08:52

      In extend to the NetApp ASAP course from last week I passed the ASAP Test.

    • Category: NetApp  (3)
      • Brian madden about VDI by: Rene

        July 14, 2010, 09:38

        Brain Madden has released a free eBook Notes on Desktop Virtualization by Brain Madden.

      • NetApp ASAP Test Passed by: Rene

        April 7, 2009, 08:52

        In extend to the NetApp ASAP course from last week I passed the ASAP Test.

      • NetApp ASAP course by: Rene

        March 31, 2009, 09:40

        I am currently attending the NetApp ASAP course at NetApp Schiphol Rijk. Exerpt of the course: The ASAP program is an intensive, three-day hands-on…

  • Category: Res  (1)

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