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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…
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Windows Server 2019
Create Unattend Answer File for Windows Server 2019 Automated Packer Installation
Recently, I have been working a lot with Packer installations in the home lab to configure automated builds of Server operating systems to have always “up-to-date” copies of Windows Server templates so that you shortcut all the time needed to…
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Windows Server 2019
Install and Configure Windows Server 2019 Azure Network Adapter
There are many new and exciting features found in Windows Server 2019 and many of these have to do with much more seamless and tighter cloud integration. Microsoft has done a great job of introducing new and improved functionality and…
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VMware
Share VMDK Data Between VMs Multi-Writer Disk Without Cluster File System
Recently, in working with a client with many different lab environments, there arose the need to copy SQL backups from one lab and restore into a number of other labs. The DB in question was a DB that was around…
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Azure VMware Solutions
Run VMware on Azure Bare Metal with Azure VMware Solutions
VMware has certainly made “cloud” a primary objective in their portfolio of offerings. Cloud is the future and where most organizations are looking to to extend their infrastructure for their needs of tomorrow. As many are already becoming familiar and…
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Backup Software
Backup and Restore Nutanix VMs with NAKIVO
NAKIVO has been feverishly releasing new updates to their NAKIVO Backup & Replication product and increasing its functionality and adding impressive new features. NAKIVO has a really great way to introduce new upcoming functionality and releases to their customers via…
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Apps
PRTG Desktop Released Best Network Monitoring Tools for Windows
Monitoring is one of those things that no one enjoys doing and usually it gets neglected. However, this is general because the right tools are not used. When something is difficult and unfruitful, we tend to shy away from doing…
