A little help from the People of HEXUS to win $1000 for the Red Cross.

[Moby-Dick]

It not often I ask much of the forum thats been my home for many a year , but like all good Evil Overloads , the time has come to ask for a small favour.

I'm taking part in a blogging competition for some virtual infrastructure reporting software. If I "win" said competition , then I get absolutly nothing , however the Red Cross will be on the receving end of a $1000 gift certificate from http://www.charitygiftcertificates.org. So please have a look at my blog post below and download a copy of the software - its only a 90 Meg download which any Hexites running a virtual infrastructure will find pretty handy
If you dont use Vmware software at all , but know someone who does , please pass the link onto them - I'd be really chuffed if I can actually win the competion and persuade my other half that blogging isn't just a silly waste of time ( not that she really thinks it , but it would justify the time I spend on twitter )

http://jfvi.co.uk/2010/08/17/manage-...-free-edition/

if you dont fancy reading the post and just want to download the product as I've convinced you enough , then its available here..

http://www.veeam.com/reporter-free-promo/jfvi.co.uk

thanks for reading

[scaryjim]

Looks interesting - is there a time limit on when we need to download by? I'm off on my jolies tomorrow and probably wouldn't download until I get back, but if you need the clickies in the next week or so I could grab it now...

[TAKTAK]

sub'd for tomorrow night

[jim]

Looks interesting - is there a time limit on when we need to download by? I'm off on my jolies tomorrow and probably wouldn't download until I get back, but if you need the clickies in the next week or so I could grab it now...

By the looks of things:

Monday, August 30th 11:59 PM EDT

[MadduckUK]

By helping the Red Cross win i am actively hurting the chances of another charity getting the $1000, i am not sure i want to play god like that.

[kalniel]

By helping the Red Cross win i am actively hurting the chances of another charity getting the $1000, i am not sure i want to play god like that.

The list of charities is here:
http://www.charitygiftcertificates.org/Charities.aspx

Maybe you would prefer the Boy Scouts of America to win

[Moby-Dick]

If there is enough request for a different charity then I'll change it sadly the Charity Voucher site didn't have much in the way of non US Domestic Charities - If It was up to me , the Money would be going to either Bliss ( Charity for Premature Babies that my Paintball Team supports ) or CMAT ( Canadian Medical assistance team )

[angeleyes]

I'll will still think it's a waste of time when you could be doing more interesting stuff like loading the dishwasher, but at least someone will benefit from it!

[MadduckUK]

Heifer International
Ducks Unlimited

[Moby-Dick]

be doing more interesting stuff like loading the dishwasher

true - I've not taken you to the pub for ages

[Moby-Dick]

Mini Bump for any other HEXUS Vmware users...

[mycarsavw]

Idiot questions ahoy;

How do you win - is the number of unique (by IP?) downloads?

Do we simply download the software or do we need to install?

[Moby-Dick]

I believe it is on downloads , no requirement to install ( the app doesn't talk home )
of course if you evaluate the product too I'm sure that would be a bonus

[Splash]

Yoinked, I've been using FastSCP for ages, so I'll take a peek at this one too. Does it play nicely with ESXi?

[Moby-Dick]

yep - I use it in a mixed ESX / vSphere environment I also use Veeam backup and its pretty impressive

[Moby-Dick]

Well the Competition is over - I'm happy to say I came 5th out of 25 Entries. Sadly this means I dont win the $1000 dollars , but I did get a runners up prize of a $25 dollar certificate which will be winging its way to the red cross.