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  • admin 5:43 pm on December 12, 2011 Permalink | Log in to leave a Comment
    Tags: chrome, , google, ,   

    Google Chrome Remote Desktop Beta Released 

    Things are getting interesting in the Remote Desktop space: Google has just announced the release of Chrome Remote Desktop Beta!

    From Google’s beta page:

    Chrome Remote Desktop BETA is the first installment on a capability allowing users to remotely access another computer through the Chrome browser or a Chromebook.

    The goal of this beta release is to demonstrate the core Chrome Remoting technology and get feedback from users. This version enables users to share with or get access to another computer by providing a one-time authentication code. Access is given only to the specific person the user identifies for one time only, and the sharing session is fully secured. One potential use of this version is the remote IT helpdesk case. The helpdesk can use the Chrome Remote Desktop BETA to help another user, while conversely a user can receive help by setting up a sharing session without leaving their desk. Additional use cases such as being able to access your own computer remotely are coming soon.

    Chrome Remote Desktop BETA is fully cross-platform, so you can connect any two computers that have a Chrome browser, including Windows, Linux, Mac and Chromebooks.

     

  • admin 6:06 pm on November 5, 2010 Permalink | Log in to leave a Comment
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    Apple Drops Xserve 

    So it looks like Apple has dropped the Xserve from it’s offerings in favor of other solutions, including the Mac Mini Server.

     

  • admin 1:52 pm on November 14, 2009 Permalink
    Tags: 10.5, 10.6, , server admin tools, ,   

    Xserve Server Admin Tools 10.6 

    If you have the Server Admin Tools 10.5 installed on Mac OS X v10.5 and upgrade or migrate to Mac OS X v10.6, the 10.5 Tools will be removed because they are not compatible with Mac OS X v10.6.

    Visit the Apple Support site to download Server Admin Tools 10.6.

     

  • admin 11:02 am on August 23, 2009 Permalink
    Tags: , , release, , remotedesktop, update,   

    Apple Remote Desktop 3.3 Released 

    Improvements

    • Improves support for accessing client computers and task servers behind NAT (Network Address Translation) routers.
    • Includes Task Server and Directory Server scanners, for finding client computers known by your task server and clients in computer groups on a directory server.
    • New “Reporting” tab in client computer Info window, to set a single reporting policy for the client computer, shared by all Remote Desktop administrator computers.
    • New “Administrators” tab in client computer Info window, to display and control which admin computers and task servers are associated with each client computer.
    • Client settings configurable by Managed Preferences in Workgroup Manager.
    • Support for finding and adding client computers via wide-area Bonjour.
    • Resolves an issue using Lock Screen or Curtain mode on a client computer that’s at the login window.
    • Improves stability when running Remote Desktop Admin on a Task Server.
    • Resolves an issue that could cause build_hd_index files to become very large.
    • Improves compatibility with the Application Firewall.
    • Change Client Settings task now works when the Remote Desktop administrator has an Active Directory account.
    • Improves client stability when Sharing Screen.
    • Scheduled UNIX Commands stay scheduled.
    • When controlling a remote client, function keys and key combinations for actions such as Force Quit, Log Out, and the Application Switcher are now all sent to the remote computer.
    • Improves screen sharing performance with RealVNC.
    • Improves performance of encrypted file copies.
    • Improves performance of encrypted screen sharing connections

    For more information see the Apple Remote Desktop Administrator Guide available http://www.apple.com/remotedesktop/resources.html_1";return this.s_oc?this.s_oc(e):true" href="http://www.apple.com/remotedesktop/resources.html">online.

     

  • admin 11:33 pm on February 23, 2009 Permalink
    Tags: Citrix, hyper-v, vmware, xen, xenserver   

    XenServer Virtualization Now Free! 

    From the Citrix blog :

    If you’re reading this, you already know the news: XenServer, our enterprise virtual infrastructure platform is now free (including resource pooling and live relo), and we have announced Citrix Essentials for XenServer, and Citrix Essentials for Hyper-V as our virtualization management portfolio that offers a rich set of automated functions that drive the compatible virtualization layers beneath – the free Hyper-V hypervisor from Microsoft, and the free XenServer Enterprise virtual infrastructure platform from Citrix.  Finally, and most importanly, we announced a powerful go-to-market roadmap with Microsoft.

    XenMotion will let you move VMs between boxes without downtime…for free.  Nice!

     

  • admin 2:09 pm on January 26, 2009 Permalink  

    Xserve Server Admin 10.5.6 

    You can get the latest version of the Mac Server Admin Tools 10.5.6 here.

     

  • admin 12:50 am on December 9, 2008 Permalink  

    Mac RDP Console Connections 

    There seems to be some confusion about how to access the Windows Remote Desktop in console mode from a Mac computer.   The information given out was about holding the option or command key while hitting connect, but in reality, simply format your connection string as:

    xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx /console

    or

    xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:xxxx /console

    This is specifically for connecting from a Mac.

     

  • admin 3:20 pm on August 12, 2008 Permalink | Log in to leave a Comment  

    The Cloud: And so it begins… 

    It was only a matter of time, same as the stories that began emerging about SaaS.

    Perhaps the greatest fears of the all-encompassing latest trend known as Cloud Computing is who owns your data, who actually has your data, and is your data safe & reliable?

    The question really is, is the cloud meant for data storage, or is it a solution for highly-scalable on-demand distributed computing?  I vote for the latter.

    Customers at The Linkup (formely MediaMax) just found this out the hard way.  On August 8th The Linkup apparently shutdown after losing almost half of their customer’s data. The data is gone, never to return.  This article from NetworkWorld mentions that the Industry Standard indicates The Linkup had 20,000 customers. Due to a company split data migration/integration was necessary.  When the migration went seriously wrong, they shut the doors.

     

  • admin 3:01 pm on August 12, 2008 Permalink | Log in to leave a Comment  

    Serious VMware Bug: Ouch 

    So it appears that there is a bug in VMware’s licensing code (see below for updates) that will effectively not allow systems running ESX 3.5U2 in Enterprise configuration to run.  System’s that are already running should not be affected.

    Matthew Marlowe has posted a blog entry indicating the following work around:

    1. Find the host where a VM is located by getting the list: 
      vmware-cmd -l
    2. Issue the commands: 
      service ntpd stop

date -s 08/01/2008

vmware-cmd /vmfs/volumes/vm path/vmname.vmx start

service ntpd start

    Updates from VMware can be found on this page (UPDATE: Due to timeouts, use this static page).  Apparently a fix is minimum 36 hours away…

    More than just a bit scary if you ask me…

    UPDATE:

    Just received an e-mail from VMware.

    Problem:

    An issue has been discovered by many VMware customers and partners with ESX/ESXi 3.5 Update 2 where Virtual Machines fail to power on or VMotion successfully. This problem began to occur on August 12, 2008 for customers that had upgraded to ESX 3.5 Update 2. The problem is caused by a build timeout that was mistakenly left enabled for the release build.

    Affected products:

    1. VMware ESX 3.5 Update 2 & ESXi 3.5 Update 2
    2. Reports of problems with ESX 3.5 U1 with the following 3.5 Update 2 patch applied.
      1. ESX350-200806201-UG
    3. No other VMware products are affected.

    Resolution:

    VMware Engineering has isolated the root cause and is working to produce an express patch for impacted customers today. The target timeframe is 6pm, August 12, 2008 PST.

    UPDATE:

    The express patch can be found here.

    UPDATE:

    This message is to inform you that we are experiencing a delay in releasing the new version of ESX/ESXi 3.5 Update 2. Our testing of this release is taking longer than anticipated. We are now targeting to release the update between 2:00 AM PDT (0700 UTC) August 14 and 8:00 AM (1500 UTC) August 14 PDT.

    UPDATE:

    We have re-issued the entire ESX/ESXi 3.5 Update 2 release (ISOs, upgrade tar and zip files, and patch bundles). They are available for download at http://www.vmware.com/download/.

    Please note this update is only relevant to customers who did not install the impacted release of ESX 3.5 Update 2 (build number 103908) or ESXi 3.5 Update 2 (build number 103909). If you have installed either of these please visit http://www.vmware.com/landing_pages/esxexpresspatches.html and install the express patch.

     

  • admin 12:56 am on August 10, 2008 Permalink | Log in to leave a Comment
    Tags: BIND, DNS, Evgeniy, exploit, hacker, Polyakov, russian   

    BIND Still Vulnerable 

    Looks like Russian Hacker Evgeniy Polyakov has successfully poisoned the latest version of BIND which was supposed to have been patched in that massive, coordinated release.  The release was supposed to randomize the ports to make it much more difficult to poison.  Using Evgeniy Polyakov’s exploit code and some common hardware, it took 10 hours.  Yikes.

    The New York Times article by John Markoff has more details.

     

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