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PlateSpin Q&A
We've received several good questions about PlateSpin products, and have researched them with the product engineers. Here's some assorted Q&A you might find interesting.
Submitted by: ssalgy on Tue. 11.22.2011
Filed Under:
Cool Solutions, Virtualization & Workload Management, PlateSpin Cool Solutions
Topic: Administration
Product: PlateSpin, PlateSpin Protect
How do you like your doc?
Quick question: Which documentation format do you prefer?
Submitted by: ssalgy on Thu. 10.20.2011
Filed Under:
GroupWise Cool Solutions, Identity & Security Management Cool Solutions, SUSE Linux Enterprise Cool Solutions, Collaboration Cool Solutions, ZENworks Cool Solutions, Cool Solutions, Vibe Cool Solutions, Virtualization & Workload Management, SUSE Appliance, Cloud Security Service, Data Synchronizer Cool Solutions, File Management Suite, Open Enterprise Server Cool Solutions, PlateSpin Cool Solutions, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for System z, Business Service Management Cool Solutions, Novell Service Desk Cool Solutions, Novell Patch Management Cool Solutions, ZENworks Application Virtualization
Topic: Survey
Videos from BrainShare 2011
In case you aren't at BrainShare right now, here are some of the videos that were shown at the Keynote Address. Enjoy!
Submitted by: ssalgy on Tue. 10.11.2011
Filed Under:
GroupWise Cool Solutions, Identity & Security Management Cool Solutions, SUSE Linux Enterprise Cool Solutions, Collaboration Cool Solutions, ZENworks Cool Solutions, Cool Solutions, Vibe Cool Solutions, Virtualization & Workload Management, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for System z, ZENworks Application Virtualization
Topic: BrainShare
Features in the PlateSpin Migrate Eval
Q. I would like to know what features would be enabled if I use the PlateSpin Migrate evaluation copy. I would like to test the application before I purchase the actual licensed version.
Submitted by: coolguys on Thu. 09.15.2011
Filed Under:
Cool Solutions, Virtualization & Workload Management, PlateSpin Cool Solutions
Topic: Evaluations
Product: PlateSpin, PlateSpin Migrate
Migrating V2V existing VMs with minimal downtime using PlateSpin Migrate
A customer wants to V2V 200 servers, do a disk alignment, and do it all with minimal disruption. Can PlateSpin Migrate help?
Submitted by: coolguys on Thu. 09.15.2011
Filed Under:
Cool Solutions, Virtualization & Workload Management, PlateSpin Cool Solutions
Product: PlateSpin, PlateSpin Migrate
PlateSpin Forge on ESX 5
Wondering when Forge will support ESX 5? Here's the answer.
Submitted by: coolguys on Thu. 09.01.2011
Filed Under:
Cool Solutions, Virtualization & Workload Management, PlateSpin Cool Solutions
Topic: Versions
Product: PlateSpin, PlateSpin Forge
When did weather metaphors become so common?
Unless you’ve been living under a rock you’ve probably heard by now that cloud computing is the next big thing. There’s even a big bookstore that talks about it a lot, and about how they invented it. You might have even seen a TV advertisement or two talking about cloud computing. But what is it, and can this affect or better yet improve disaster recovery also?
Submitted by: jasondea on Wed. 08.31.2011
Filed Under:
Cool Solutions, Virtualization & Workload Management, PlateSpin Cool Solutions
Topic: Cloud, Disaster Recovery, Virtualization
Product: PlateSpin, PlateSpin Forge, PlateSpin Protect
Per-migration licensing of PlateSpin Migrate
The per-migration licenses for PlateSpin Migrate were discontinued, but the server workload licenses are full featured.
Submitted by: coolguys on Tue. 08.30.2011
Filed Under:
Cool Solutions, Virtualization & Workload Management, PlateSpin Cool Solutions
PlateSpin Migrate vs PlateSpin Protect
A customer recently asked, "What's the difference between PlateSpin Protect and PlateSpin Migrate?" Here's the answer, in a nutshell.
Submitted by: ssalgy on Fri. 08.12.2011
Filed Under:
Cool Solutions, Virtualization & Workload Management, PlateSpin Cool Solutions
Product: PlateSpin, PlateSpin Migrate, PlateSpin Protect
Update Your Disaster Recovery Plans with Virtualization (Slides)
Thanks again for all those who attended the August 9 webinar session - Update Your Disaster Recovery Plans with Virtualization.
Submitted by: jasondea on Wed. 08.10.2011
Filed Under:
Cool Solutions, Cool Blogs: Official Novell Bloggers, Virtualization & Workload Management
Topic: Disaster Recovery, Virtualization, VMware
Product: PlateSpin, PlateSpin Forge, PlateSpin Protect
Virtualizing a Windows 2008 HYPER-V server
Q. I'm thinking about virtualizing a physical server that is operated by Windows 2000 with Windows 2008 HYPER-V.
Submitted by: ssalgy on Thu. 07.28.2011
Filed Under:
Cool Solutions, Virtualization & Workload Management, PlateSpin Cool Solutions
Topic: Virtualization
Product: PlateSpin, PlateSpin Migrate
Why we post Disclaimer text on Cool Solutions content
Several of you have asked about the Disclaimer text that displays at the bottom of everything we post at Cool Solutions. Here's the scoop.
Submitted by: ssalgy on Thu. 07.21.2011
Filed Under:
GroupWise Cool Solutions, Identity & Security Management Cool Solutions, SUSE Linux Enterprise Cool Solutions, Collaboration Cool Solutions, ZENworks Cool Solutions, Cool Solutions, Vibe Cool Solutions, Virtualization & Workload Management, SUSE Appliance, Cloud Security Service, Data Synchronizer Cool Solutions, File Management Suite, Open Enterprise Server Cool Solutions, PlateSpin Cool Solutions, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for System z, Access Governance Suite, Cloud Manager Cool Solutions, Business Service Management Cool Solutions, Novell Service Desk Cool Solutions, Novell Patch Management Cool Solutions, ZENworks Application Virtualization
PlateSpin Migrate and V2V conversions
Looking to use PlateSpin Migrate for V2V conversions? Check this out.
Submitted by: coolguys on Wed. 06.22.2011
Filed Under:
Cool Solutions, Virtualization & Workload Management, PlateSpin Cool Solutions
Topic: Access Control
Product: PlateSpin, PlateSpin Migrate
Using PlateSpin Migrate to virtualize a Windows 2000 server
A reader from Japan wants to virtualize a Windows 2000 server and extend the logical drives when he virtualizes them, and wondered if that was even possible with PlateSpin Migrate. Here's the answer.
Submitted by: coolguys on Wed. 06.22.2011
Filed Under:
Cool Solutions, Virtualization & Workload Management, PlateSpin Cool Solutions
Product: PlateSpin, PlateSpin Migrate
Free Webinar Series: The Changing Face of Disaster Recovery
What do you stand to lose if you are hit with a disaster? Are you prepared for the worst? Join us for a free webcast series, and dive more deeply into the intricacies of disaster recovery planning.
Submitted by: coolguys on Wed. 06.15.2011
Filed Under:
Cool Solutions, Virtualization & Workload Management, PlateSpin Cool Solutions
Topic: Disaster Recovery
Product: PlateSpin
Multiple flavors aren't just for ice cream anymore
A multi platform datacenter is no longer an exception and in fact has become quite normal. There was a time long ago and far away when most datacenters were pretty homogeneous. All of the “stuff” residing there typically came from one vendor. This made things pretty easy to manage. One set of instructions to learn, one phone number to call if anything went wrong, et cetera. The problem was that this “stuff” also carried a massive price tag and was called a mainframe...
Submitted by: jasondea on Thu. 05.26.2011
Filed Under:
Cool Solutions, Cool Blogs: Official Novell Bloggers, Virtualization & Workload Management, PlateSpin Cool Solutions
Topic: Disaster Recovery
Product: PlateSpin, PlateSpin Forge, PlateSpin Protect
Compressing backup images in PlateSpin Forge
Q. Can PlateSpin Forge 510/310 handle generation management and large file servers by compressing backup volume images?
Submitted by: coolguys on Tue. 05.24.2011
Filed Under:
Cool Solutions, Virtualization & Workload Management, PlateSpin Cool Solutions
Product: PlateSpin, PlateSpin Forge
A new SPIN on server workloads
One of the most requested features for all of the PlateSpin management products is almost here...
Submitted by: jasondea on Wed. 05.18.2011
Filed Under:
Cool Solutions, Cool Blogs: Official Novell Bloggers, Virtualization & Workload Management, PlateSpin Cool Solutions
Topic: Disaster Recovery, Virtualization
Product: PlateSpin, PlateSpin Forge, PlateSpin Migrate, PlateSpin Protect
PlateSpin support for service packs and platform updates to the base operating systems
We get asked quite often about whether PlateSpin will support specific service packs and other platform updates for the operating systems we have listed. We have seen lots of questions like "Does PlateSpin XYZ support SPx version of my OS?" Here's the scoop.
Submitted by: jasondea on Fri. 04.22.2011
Filed Under:
Cool Solutions, Virtualization & Workload Management, PlateSpin Cool Solutions
Product: PlateSpin, PlateSpin Forge, PlateSpin Migrate, PlateSpin Protect
Distance Limit on PlateSpin Protect?
Q. Is there a distance limit on the replication of PlateSpin protect?
Submitted by: coolguys on Fri. 04.22.2011
Filed Under:
Cool Solutions, Virtualization & Workload Management, PlateSpin Cool Solutions
Product: PlateSpin, PlateSpin Protect




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