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Computers
Deploy Netwrix Auditor Virtual Appliance
Netwrix Auditor is a great tool for automating the auditing of your Infrastructure. ย It is highly capable and audits just about any type of environment that you can think of including Windows Servers, VMware environments, SQL server, etc. ย Recently, they…
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home lab
VMware LSI SAS vs PVSCSI vs NVMe Controller Performance
With all of the different variations of virtual controllers now available in VMware, I wanted to perform a simple test of disk performance benchmarks when using all three controllers on the same virtual machine to see if the controllers performed…
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VDI
Praim Agile a Secure Mobile Interface for VDI and workstations
Managing thin clients as well as Windows workstations can be a challenge in itself.ย However, customizing the user interface so that it is streamlined and optimized for access to enterprise cloud resources is an additional challenge.ย What if you donโt…
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Windows Server 2016
Add iSCSI Shared Storage in Windows Server 2016
If you are configuring a Windows Server 2016 Failover cluster or you are building a Windows Server 2016 Hyper-V cluster, you will need shared storage so that either the file or virtual machine resources don’t live on local storage which…
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Powershell
Automate Veeam Restores Using PowerShell
One of the powerful things that Veeam offers is the ability to use PowerShell to both backup and restore virtual machines. ย This makes for great ways to automate tasks either backups or restores, or even other jobs via the PowerShell…
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VMware
Installing Avago LSI StorCLI VMware ESXi
In our previous post on how to update Avago SMIS provider in VMware ESXi, we discussed how to upgrade your Avago/LSI SMIS provider that allows you to interact with your Avago/LSI card with the Avago Storage Manager utility. However, may…
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NSX
What is VMware vRNI and How to Install
With the recent announcement from VMUG that the NSX offering includes VMware vRNI, you may be asking yourself if you are a VMUG subscriber – What is VMware vRNI?ย VMware NSX is a powerful SDN solution that has been transforming…
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VMware
Update Avago LSI SMIS Provider VMware ESXi
If you are running an Avago/LSI RAID controller card in a VMware host, Avago has an SMIS provider that can be installed on the host that allows you to connect a remote Storage Manager utility to the server and interact…
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Backup Software
Nakivo Backup and Replication 7.2 Beta Announced New Features
Yet again exciting news from Nakivo today as they made an announcement concerning the Beta release of Nakivo Backup & Replication 7.2. It looks to include many new and highly anticipated features that have been eagerly anticipated in the product.…
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Hardware
New Surface Pro 2017 Review
So for a while now, I have been looking at replacing an aging road warrior laptop that has been showing its age recently. ย I have been flirting with the idea of replacing it with a two-in-one and have eyed the…