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Networking
GestioIP vs phpIPAM Comparing IP Address Management IPAM Solutions
I have been looking at various IPAM solutions in the home lab over the last few months and especially looking at open source offerings. I had settled on GestioIP a few months back with managing the home lab network and…
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Automation
Install GitLab Ubuntu 18.04 and UTF-8 Error
One of the projects that I have been wanting to accomplish in the home lab was getting my own local Git server in the environment. I have wanted for some time to get a GitLab server stood up in the…
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Horizon View
VMware Horizon Connection Server 7.11 Installation and Configuration
With this potentially being the “year of VDI” with the Coronavirus making organizations think about how employees can access remotely, VMware Horizon View is a powerful solution for VDI access. The latest and greatest release is Horizon View 7.11. In…
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Horizon View
VMware Unified Access Gateway UAG 3.8 Installation and Configuration
Considering the security of your end user computing environment that is accessed via remote connections is extremely important. When building out how your clients are going to access a VMware Horizon environment, you want to enable secure access. VMware has…
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Disaster Recovery
Coronavirus COVID-19 Business Continuity Contingency Planning
As many of you know and are no doubt aware, the recent outbreak of the Coronavirus has already had an impact on how businesses and others are able to carry out normal operations in many parts of the world. Have…
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Software Defined Storage
StarWind Virtual SAN Software HCI Performance Record
The market is filled with many different HCI virtual SAN software solutions to choose from with many different vendors and flavors of HCI solutions with various software-defined storage technologies backing those solutions. In a really interesting performance benchmark, industry hardware…
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Backup Software
Backup Office 365 Email with NAKIVO
Recently, NAKIVO Backup & Replication v9.2 was released to the masses. It has one new really important feature to note – Office 365 backup. We took a look at the NAKIVO Backup & Replication v9.2 beta release here. However, now…
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vSphere 6.7
Update VMware ESXi Hosts with Ansible
Ansible is a great tool to perform various automation tasks quickly and easily. I really enjoy using it in the home lab to automate various tasks. Have you ever wanted to update multiple standalone ESXi hosts in an automated way?…
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home lab
Prevent Domain Trust Relationship Failed with Snapshots in a Lab
If you have ever worked in a lab environment for any time period, VMware snapshots are a great feature to leverage for quick rollback and testing. As most of you already know, snapshots allow you to have a “picture” of…
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Backup Software
Backup and Secure Google G Suite and Office 365 with Spin Technology
It is always interesting to keep up with great products and see how they evolve and morph over time, improving the offering and features available. As the cloud continues to evolve and more data is placed there, it is extremely…
