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Networking
Enable VMware Virtual Machine 802.1X Authentication
As I eluded to in a previous post about NIOC and consolidating my networking in the home lab using vSphere Distributed Switches and Network I/O Control, I had a few projects and testing in mind. One thing I wanted to…
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Windows Server 2019
Windows Server 1903 GA for Download New Features
The Windows Server platform continues to evolve and expand with exciting new features and capabilities. Windows Server 1903 is no exception to this rule as it is evolving the abilities of Windows Server in the realm of containers and extending…
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Site Recovery Manager
VMware vSphere Site Recovery Manager SRM and Replication 8.2 Released New Features
When it comes to automated recovery of an entire VMware site from production to a DR facility, VMware Site Recovery Manager is the native solution built by VMware to fully accomplish this task in an automated fashion. It has grown…
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NSX-T
What is the VMware NSX-T Virtual Distributed Switch N-VDS Deployment and Migration
The virtual network switches in VMware vSphere are the component of the virtual infrastructure that performs the heavy lifting of getting packets im and out of the vSphere virtual environment. Over the course of the evolution of VMware vSphere, VMware…
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VMware
VMware patches new Intel speculative execution microarchitectural data sampling MDS vulnerability
Perhaps the biggest security news of 2018 was the CPU flaws discovered with speculative execution vulnerabilities in Intel CPUs specifically and also AMD flaws discovered as well. Over a year later now we have news of a new speculative execution…
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Backup Software
Vembu BDR Suite v4.0.1 Released New Features and Enhancements
Vembu BDR Suite is one of the most versatile data protection solutions available on the market today and continues to get better and stronger across various platforms. Vembu BDR Suite provides businesses an extremely versatile and capable solution able to…
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vSAN
Configure Network I/O Control NIOC with vSAN vSphere Distributed Switch
Recently, in the home lab, I wanted to move to converged networking with vSphere Distributed Switch on my “production” vSAN cluster running my various home lab resources (nested, etc). Prior to this, I was running two vSphere Standard Switches on…
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Backup Software
NAKIVO Backup and Replication v8.5 Released GA
Not too long ago we covered the release of NAKIVO Backup & Replication v8.5 Beta and the new features contained within. The new release is chocked full of new features, including added support for Nutanix AHV environments which certainly opens…
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Computers
Windows Server 2019 Unattended Install Windows Updates
When performing an unattended installation of Windows Server, one of the great things you can do is also install any available Windows Updates that may be available for the install. In playing around with Packer recently, I have been working…
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Windows Terminal
Download the New Microsoft Windows Terminal Command Prompt
***Update*** Windows Terminal Preview Microsoft Store Link posted *** See Below Microsoft is at it again, releasing cool new tools that are taking code development and infrastructure operations a step forward. Up until now, generally speaking, if you ware accessing…
