Hi Gurus,

I have newbie questions about VMWare, please be kind :). I usually use MS 2012 HyperV, but will be using VMWare for my next job assignment. I was hoping to study VMWare by installing it to my laptop. The closest VMWare experience I have is my VMWare workstations on my laptop which I use for some VMs.

Will I be able to use my lenovo T440p laptop (home lab) as my VMWare ESX server and use it to study for my job assignment?
If my laptop is the ESX server, is there a way for me to run the Vsphere client or i will need another laptop/pc for that?

Thanks and more power to mangolassi.it

Hi,

We are using Ubiquity WIFI infra and I need to add outdoor Access Point in the park and will be mounted in a pole. The outdoor access Point location will be in the center and should cover the radius of 70 meters around the access point. the users will be using a tablet for the to access company system. i may have

I was hoping to use 802.11ac technology, is there an access point model that is multi-directional with 802.11ac? The only model i see for Ubiquity with 802.11ac are UAP-AC-PRO-US (round) and the rectangle which is usually mounted in the ceiling or wall.

what are my options? is it correct approach to only install 1 AP in the middle or i should deploy multiple AP to cover 140m diameter?

Do you allow zip file attachment? If you allow how do you configure scanning of zip file before it reaches user workstations? we are using office 365.

Anyone here can point me to the right direction to get cost effective barracuda training?

best email solution for application to send scheduled reports via email? We have a software that need to send reports every night via email.

how to get support for skype account lockout? my skype got locked out and i cant seem to find a way to contact them instead of posting in the forum and pray for help.

Is there a number to call them?

Hi Gurus,

Have you come across a browser or chrome extension that will display my current IP address when I launched my browser? I'm hoping to see my IP address where the bookmark bar location is located. I'm using VPN but sometimes i forget to launch the browser via VPN.

Or an alternative that will aid me on my challenges will help as well.

Thank you very much in advance and more power to mangolassi.it

i'll try windows gadget as it could show me my ip address on my desktop.

Hi Gurus,

I'm leaving my current company and my company office 365 subscription will be gone. I have xls/doc 2016 personal files and also outlook 2016 pst backup.

What is my best option to access my 2016 doc/xls/pst files while i dont have office 365 subscription?

Is there a free option or I need to pay a personal office 365 subscription to access my files? or what is my cheapest alternative if no free option?

Thank you very much Rojo, i'll check alpha.

@Dashrender yap

Is there a freeware tool that can monitor brocade switches ports? Some of my devices are dhcp on different vlans. I need to have a log or alert when any of the port/device goes down.

How to get Edge, chrome and firefox bookmarks from defective laptop? Is it possible to extract it from the SSD w/out booting the Windows 10 since the laptop is defective?

The SAN is actually connected to powered OFF server via SAS cable. Can i use the SAN only like usual NAS via IP then folder mapping? Or i need to power up the server it was connected and share from there?

I wasn't able to find the server that using the SAN but i was able to find the SAN's IP and was able to login. Its using the default password. How to browse the data or files?

Hi Gurus,

We have SAN connected to our network but no one seems to know any details about it. How to access SAN? How to get its IP address? or is there other means to connect to HP SAN P2000 to gain access to its data or to the device so we can re-purpose if possible.

thank you all.

Just want to confirm, so up to now Vsphere has no means of backing up the VM's live? I read that i can actually copy it when its powered off. or i maybe wrong. If not then Veeam, Altaro and Unitrends are my options. I will use the cost effective and easy to deploy solution.

@bnrstnr said in How to backup VMWare VMs?:

You didn't mention how much data you're backing up, but Unitrends is free for up to 1TB. Full product, including scheduling, only limitation is 1TB of data.

around 900 GB for the 3 critical servers.

@brianlittlejohn said in Heavy Duty Staple for UTP cable:

It is more about the staple then the gun... they make staples for cable that have a bend in them so it doesn't pinch the cable.

do you have an amazon link for curve staple? this seems much easier than carrying a hammer and nail clips.