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Virtualization
VMWare Virtual Machine Backups Part 2
In an earlier post, we discussed how you can utilize Scheduled tasks in vCenter Server to clone machines at regular intervals and then using PowerCLI to delete existing backups so that at the next scheduled…
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Azure Stack HCI
Azure stack HCI vs Hyper-V
Unquestionably, enterprise virtualization host technologies have changed over the past decade. The big virtualization vendors, such as VMware, Microsoft, and…
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Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2016 Install Remote Desktop Services
This year has been a year like none other with organizations scrambling to bolster their remote work infrastructure. It has…
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Windows Server 2019
Windows Server 2019 Core Install Active Directory
Windows Server Core has been around since Windows Server 2008. It has not been the most popular way however to…
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Windows Server 2021
Windows Server 2021 vs Windows Server 2019
***Update*** – The next version of Windows is Windows Server 2022 and not 2021. See below. Recently we took a…
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vSAN
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…
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vSphere 7
What’s new in VMware vCenter Server 7.0 Update 3f and ESXi 7.0 Update 3f
Guys heads up. There is a new vCenter Server update and ESXi hosts update to take note of. The new…
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vSAN
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…
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ESXi on ARM
Add iSCSI Shared Storage to VMware ESXi-Arm
One of the exciting things in the home lab as of late is the ESXi-ARM fling that I have installed…
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Horizon View
Upgrade VMware Horizon 7.x Connection Servers to Horizon 8 2111
VMware Horizon 8 2111 is hot off the press from VMware and no doubt organizations are looking at a maintenance…
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Automation
Apt Periodic Autoclean Interval with Unattended-Upgrades
If you have a number of Linux servers in your environment, whether these are in production environments or in the…
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Security
I created ESXi ransomware its scary easy and why you need proper security
As I am sure you have been reading about a lot lately, ESXi ransomware is gaining momentum and is becoming…
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Software Defined Storage
Free Virtual SAN Storage Software with StarWind
In your home lab environment or production use cases, you may need shared storage for virtualization, scale-out repositories, high availability,…
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Cloud
Spin.ai cloud cybersecurity and ransomware protection new features
Today, cybersecurity is crucially important for organizations and their business-critical data. In the olden days, security was an afterthought and…
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Networking
Twingate Download and configuration – Review of Zero trust VPN
I am constantly looking at connectivity to the home network, specifically for my home lab network as I do so…
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NSX-T
Identity Based Firewall configuration with NSX-T and vSphere
For years now, organizations have based application access and access to resources and files on identity. Typically, this is based…
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