Contact Deptive


Location
Deptive - Commercial Bay
11-19 Customs Street West St
Commercial Bay Tower, Level 17, Room 1715
Auckland 1010

Contact Details

0800 000 141

Postal Address
PO Box 34797,
Birkenhead, Auckland 0746

April 17, 2011

Easily find installed hotfixes with PowerShell

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XenServer Snapshot based Backup

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