VMware vCenter Protect Essentials Plus 8.0 (formerly Shavlik NetChk Protect) has been released to Early Access. This means you can now download and install the production version directly from the download link (click here). We have had a very exciting beta and the feedback at the VMworld US and Europe shows was very positive. General Availability through our download site and additional supporting documentation and materials will be coming next week.
Feature Highlights:
Credentials Manager
ITScripts
Power Status Scan
Multi Admin support
And many more…
Also, next week we will be hosting a webinar introducing VMware vCenter Protect Essentials Plus. This webinar covers …
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NetChk Protect 7.8 Patch 1 is now available and can be downloaded from our downloads page. Or you can download it directly by clicking here. The Patch will be released via Shavlik XML as a Patch for NetChk Protect 7.8 in the next couple of weeks, making it available to automatically scan for and deploy from the console.
The following issues have been resolved in this patch release:
Resolved issue with custom patch editor after saving news xml, where user became unable to access custom patch editor
Enhanced disable AP feature. If the …
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Shavlik is pleased to announce that NetChk Protect 7.8 is now available for download. There has been a tremendous buzz in our community and beyond regarding some of the features we are releasing in NetChk Protect 7.8. The biggest is the feature set around VMware. If you are a VMware user and rely on VUM this will be something you would want to take a look at. VUM is moving away from Guest OS and application patching. That means you will need something to replace this functionality.
VM Enhancements
Patching VMware templates
Disable networking while deploying to offline virtual machines
Optional pre-deployment and …
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Starting in May 2011, Shavlik will begin to enforce our existing end-of-life (EOL) policies for Shavlik NetChk Protect by disabling the ability to update the XML data on legacy/EOL’d versions of the product. This means the product versions affected will no longer receive data updates and will be locked at the XML data set that it received last. The reason for this new process is to clean up old versions of the product that are no longer supported and thereby reduce support issues for our customers and reduce turn-around time for support cases. …
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Yesterday evening our Development, Data, and IT teams finalized preparations for the launch of NetChk Protect 7.8. I’m excited to say that this morning we sent notifications to nearly 200 Shavlik Customers inviting them to join the Early Access Release for NetChk Protect 7.8. General Availability will be announced on March 15th, at which time all Shavlik Customers will have access to the new build.
There are many new features coming in this release, but most notable are the new virtulization features around VMware Hosted Machines. We have had very positive feedback from customers participating in the Beta and getting sneak peek demonstrations of …
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NetChk Protect 7.8 is nearing Beta. We have a good list of participants started already, but there is room for more. Requests will be on a first come first serverd basis. If you would like to participate please contact us at Beta@Shavlik.com. This release boasts many new features, but there are a couple in particular that I know people are interested in.
Agent SP Deployment: Now you can approve SPs and allow the agent to deploy them in a more automated fashion.
VM features: Template support, snapshotting, state aware scan and deployment to on and offline VMs.
Archive File Support: This will …
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We are very excited to announce that today we launched Shavlik Technology’s new Facebook Page. The new page will give us the opportunity to get to know you better, and we hope that you get to know us better in turn.
We will be offering a number of items on our Facebook page:
Shavlik news, coverage and hot blog articles – all in one place.
Video demos of the latest products and services.
Our take on the latest industry news. We’d like you …
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