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VMware
VMware vSphere Platinum and vSphere 6.7 Update 1 Released New Features
Update The Download links for vSphere 6.7 Update 1 have been posted*** One of the major news items coming out of VMWorld and no doubt the first of many to come is the introduction of vSphere Platinum and vSphere 6.7…
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Backup Software
NAKIVO Backup and Replication v8.0 Released with Site Recovery Orchestration DR Testing
Today’s organizations running data protection solutions need more than the ability to simply backup their critical data. Yes, it is extremely important to have backups of your data and have the ability to replicate critical virtual machines to a secondary…
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VMware
Runecast Analyzer 2.0 Released with History and VMware PCI-DSS Scanning Features
In the realm of automating VMware vSphere best practices, scanning for configuration issues, and helping organizations running on top of VMware vSphere stay on top of compliance concerns – Runecast is killing it! With each new version of the Runcast…
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vSphere Replication
Installing and Configuring VMware vSphere Replication 8.1 in vSphere 6.7
A crucial part of any disaster recovery is making sure production resources are able to be brought back online as quickly as possible. If you lose an entire site, you have to have a way to bring production virtual machines…
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Hyper-V
Monitoring Hyper-V Performance with Server Performance Advisor
When working with virtualization platforms, monitoring gathering information concerning performance is a necessary part of keeping an eye on key performance indicators in the environment. When working with Microsoft Hyper-V as a virtualization platform, there are a lot of third…
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Security
New Intel Vulnerability Foreshadow L1 Terminal Fault VMware Affected
Yet another security vulnerability has been discovered that is based on the Spectre and Meltdown attacks found in Intel processors. The new exploit is called Foreshadow and exploits Intel’s SGX technology which is ironically designed to protect sensitive data such…
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Hyper-V
Windows Admin Center Preview 1808 Hyper-V Cluster and VM Management New Features
With the recent release of Windows Admin Center Preview 1808, there have been some really additions to this particular build. With Windows Admin Center Preview 1808, Hyper-V management has certainly gotten better for both Hyper-V hosts and Hyper-V hosts in…
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VMware
VMware vSphere ESXi Storage Performance Troubleshooting
Recently, I was troubleshooting an issue with a production VMware vSphere cluster that was presenting with severe performance issues across the board. After triaging the symptoms of the performance issue it pointed to storage as being the culprit for the…
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Windows Containers
Installing and Configuring Windows Server 2016 Hyper-V Containers
Containers are certainly all the rage in the world of virtualization and are the next evolution in how businesses deploy and host applications and perform development. Containers offer several advantages over full blown virtual machines when it comes to efficiency,…
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Storage
FreeNAS iSCSI Configuration for MPIO
In the last post, Hyper-V Cluster MPIO iSCSI installation and configuration, we looked at configuring MPIO multi-pathing on a Hyper-V host connected to iSCSI storage. In a home lab environment, you may want to play around with iSCSI storage for…