Virtualization

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    VMware Workstation 17 Pro New features and Download Link

    VMware Workstation is arguably one of the premier desktop virtualization platforms today and provides an excellent platform for development, POCs, and even home labs. I wrote about the latest Workstation beta release with some exciting new features not long ago.…

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    vRealize Log Insight Syslog Configuration

    In case you didn’t know, VMware has its own logging solution as part of the vRealize Suite of solutions, now VMware Aria called vRealize Log Insight. With vRealize Log Insight, you can aggregate all your logs from vSphere, vSAN, NSX,…

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    Configure vSAN 8 Express Storage Architecture ESA

    The new VMware vSAN 8 Express Storage Architecture is one of the most revolutionary advancements in vSAN technology since vSAN 6.2 came along. The new vSAN Express Storage architecture ESA provides a radically new architecture allowing businesses to realize the…

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    VMware ESXi 8.0 New Host Client 2 and Logo

    Well, many of us are undoubtedly underway upgrading and testing out the new vSphere 8 in our home lab environments. The new release has many exciting new things to play around with. However, one that is exciting with ESXi is…

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    ESXi 8.0 Upgrade in three ways

    With the ESXi 8.0 release now available for download, many may consider upgrading their ESXi 7.0 servers to the latest and greatest ESXi version to get all that VMware virtualization offers. For the most part, many will only be doing…

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    VMware vSphere 8 – Download links for ESXi 8 and vCenter Server 8

    Well, we have been eagerly waiting for the release of VMware vSphere 8 to download. It is a milestone release of VMware vSphere with many great new architectural features and changes and a revolutionary VMware vSAN release that is the…

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    vSAN 8 Original Storage Architecture vs Express Storage Architecture differences

    VMware vSAN 8 is revolutionary on many fronts and represents the most modern and technilogically advanced vSAN to date for running producton critical workloads. One of the new advancements with vSAN 8 is the new Express Storage Architecture. It is…

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    Install KVM Ubuntu 22.04 – Step-by-Step

    Many hypervisors are great platforms for running virtual machines in your environment, including commercial hypervisors and open-source options. However, let’s look at Kernel-based virtual machine (KVM). KVM on ubuntu 22.04 is a great option for running an open-source virtual machine…

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    VMware vSAN 8 – What’s New? Technical Deep Dive

    VMware vSAN represents one of the most significant improvements of VMware vSAN since it was introduced in 2014. The industry has evolved in storage and across the board from a technology perspective. With the hardware of today and the focus…

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    What is VMware Project Northstar VMware Project Trinidad and VMware Project Watch?

    At VMware Explore 2022, VMware made several announcements related to new cloud networking technologies to provide the tools and features organizations need to provide security in the age of modern applications and workloads. Three project names were released, VMware Project…