Month: November 2008

Installing and Configuring 3CX VoIP PBX with Linksys SPA3102 Gateway

In this document I will explain the basic installation and configuration of the 3CX free PBX as well as the configuration of the Linksys SPA3102 Gateway to allow incoming and outgoing calls from a PSTN analog line. First of all, Get the files to install. You have the free version on the official 3CX website (HTTP://www.3cx.es/). The PBX can be installed on a WinXP or Server2003 machine. In theory, also about Vista and 2008 but personally, I haven't tried them. We will run the services on a WinXP and test the client with a View. Prior to installation, we must have available in the .Net Framework 2.0.

Using RVTools to facilitate our virtual administration

Vtools is ideal for managing our VMware Infrastructure-based virtual environment, or what is the same, for VMware VirtualCenter or VMware ESX server, only supports version 2.x of VirtualCenter and 3.x of lost host ESX. With this free tool, we can manage generic information about virtual machines, your virtual CPU's, your virtual RAM, Your Virtual Hard Drives, Your Virtual Networks, your virtual CD drives, Virtual floppy drives, Snapshots and the most important thing for me, The status of VMware Tools!!! So we can both disconnect CD drives or floppy drives and update the VMware Tools together!!

How to Export Symantec Backup Exec Settings

If we want to make a backup of our Backup Exec settings for security reasons, in case we want to migrate this copy server to another, or in case we are going to update the version and get rid of possible future problems. Because if you don't, we will have to configure a Backup Exec server again in case of disaster. It is quite useful when it mostly involves a lot of task configuration, Devices…

SQL Server Scheduled Database Backup 2005

Let's perform a scheduled backup of a SQL Server Database 2005 if you do not have any centralized backup system. We must keep in mind that this system is not going to replace the backups that are constantly being generated, therefore we have to look at or look for a solution so that it does not increase too much and fill up the disk.

Installing and Configuring VMware Virtual Consolidated Backup – VMware VCB

VCB or Virtual Consolidated Backup is the ideal way to back up VMware's virtual environment. In this document, we'll show you how to configure VCBs to back up the virtual machines you're interested in, are complete copies of the VC or copies of their contents. We will also integrate VCB with Symantec Backup Exec. VMware Consolidated Backup is an easy-to-use, centralized backup program that incorporates the best features of both options. Provides file-by-file backup without the need for a backup agent, and supports incremental and full file protection.