Tony’s Chocolonely raises awareness of child slave labor with Microsoft 365
Tony's Chocolonely has a mission that goes beyond selling chocolate. It also wants to end exploitation in the chocolate industry, where millions of children are
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DNS: DNS servers on should include the loopback address, but not as the first entry
Bottom line is “Configure adapter settings to add the loopback IP address to the list of DNS servers on all active interfaces, but not as the first server in the list.”
from DNS: DNS servers on
VMware vSphere 5.1 Hypervisor (Free – ESXi 5.1) Limitations
Here’s a very nice summary of the limitations of only using the free ESXi from VMware vSphere 5.1 Hypervisor (Free – ESXi 5.1) Limitations – TechHead
10 compelling reasons to upgrade to Windows Server 2012
Interesting article of new features offered in Windows Server 2012 from Tech Republic “10 compelling reasons to upgrade to Windows Server 2012”
I’m very interested in the following five from this list:
1: Freedom of interface choice (server core vs. GUI)
6: Hyper-V Replica
7: Improvements to VDI
8: DirectAccess without the hassle factor
10: Simplified licensing
Clean Shutdown of Virtual Machines using PowerChute Network Shutdown in a HA Cluster Environment.
APC has released a newer version of their PowerChute Network Shutdown for ESXi 5. They also have provided a script to be used with PCNS to shutdown the virtual machines before the host is shutdown.
Clean Shutdown of Virtual Machines using PowerChute Network Shutdown in a HA Cluster Environment..
How to run ESXi stateless with vSphere Auto Deploy
Gabes Virtual World has an excellent walkthrough for auto-deploying ESXi hosts.
vSphere 5 – How to run ESXi stateless with vSphere Auto Deploy – Gabes Virtual World.
Preparing image for VMware Auto Deploy
A quick walkthrough to setup ESXi image via autodeploy:
VMware Auto Deploy « Virtual Network Design.
