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VDI
Simple and Secure VDI Access with Praim Smart Identity
With breach after breach making headlines today as well as various cybersecurity incidents being reported in unprecedented numbers, businesses today are having to rethink their security architecture. The security of environments includes considering how end users are able to access…
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Automation
Automated Windows 10 Installation with AutoUnattend and Packer
Not too long ago, I covered in a post called Create Unattend Answer File for Windows Server 2019 Automated Packer Installation. In carrying this further with continued automation of Windows machines for lab environments, I wanted to put together a…
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Networking
Enable VMware Virtual Machine 802.1X Authentication
As I eluded to in a previous post about NIOC and consolidating my networking in the home lab using vSphere Distributed Switches and Network I/O Control, I had a few projects and testing in mind. One thing I wanted to…
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Windows Server 2019
Windows Server 1903 GA for Download New Features
The Windows Server platform continues to evolve and expand with exciting new features and capabilities. Windows Server 1903 is no exception to this rule as it is evolving the abilities of Windows Server in the realm of containers and extending…
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Site Recovery Manager
VMware vSphere Site Recovery Manager SRM and Replication 8.2 Released New Features
When it comes to automated recovery of an entire VMware site from production to a DR facility, VMware Site Recovery Manager is the native solution built by VMware to fully accomplish this task in an automated fashion. It has grown…
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NSX-T
What is the VMware NSX-T Virtual Distributed Switch N-VDS Deployment and Migration
The virtual network switches in VMware vSphere are the component of the virtual infrastructure that performs the heavy lifting of getting packets im and out of the vSphere virtual environment. Over the course of the evolution of VMware vSphere, VMware…
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VMware
VMware patches new Intel speculative execution microarchitectural data sampling MDS vulnerability
Perhaps the biggest security news of 2018 was the CPU flaws discovered with speculative execution vulnerabilities in Intel CPUs specifically and also AMD flaws discovered as well. Over a year later now we have news of a new speculative execution…
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Backup Software
Vembu BDR Suite v4.0.1 Released New Features and Enhancements
Vembu BDR Suite is one of the most versatile data protection solutions available on the market today and continues to get better and stronger across various platforms. Vembu BDR Suite provides businesses an extremely versatile and capable solution able to…
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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…
