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NSX
Scan PCI-DSS Network Security Compliance with VMware vRealize Network Insight 4.0
Today, perhaps arguably one of the most difficult things that administrators must deal with is compliance regulations. On top of technical troubleshooting, and other duties, today’s compliance regulations can be difficult to implement and maintain successfully. The PCI-DSS compliance regulation…
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NSX
Installing vRealize Network Insight 4.0 Platform and Proxy Appliances
The installation of the vRealize Network Insight 4.0 Platform is fairly straightforward and involves provisioning and configuring two appliances in the environment that allow collecting and analyzing the network information via traffic flows that are collected and analyzed. In this…
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NSX
VMware vRealize Network Insight 4.0 Released New Features Installation Overview
One of the powerful use cases for virtualization technology today is network virtualization. In the same way that server virtualization abstracted the underlying physical hardware from the server workloads, network virtualization abstracts the network from the underlying physical network hardware.…
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Backup Software
Veeam Backup and Replication Update 4 Released New Features Upgrade Process
This week there is big news coming out Veeam Velocity with the release of Veeam Backup & Replication 9.5 Update 4. This is a huge release for Veeam and one that has been anticipated for quite some time now with…
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Cloud
Migrating from Google Drive to Microsoft OneDrive
I make use of cloud storage ALOT. Since I am constantly creating content, downloading files, testing out things in the home lab, working on work projects, cloud storage is a must, especially for utilizing multiple devices in multiple locations so…
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Insider Preview Builds
Installing New Windows 10 Sandbox Feature Networking Resources Browsers Security
One of the most intriguing new features in recent Windows 10 Insider Preview Builds for me personally has been the introduction of the new Windows Sandbox feature that allows having a totally isolated environment that allows for safely testing executables…
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Insider Preview Builds
Installing Windows 10 Insider Preview 18317 New Features No ISO
In case you are not familiar with the Insider Preview build of Windows, it is a great way to preview features and functionality that are coming in future releases of Windows that are stable major releases. Microsoft has made it…
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Computers
Boot ESXi Virtual Machine From Passthrough USB
Recently, in playing around with the home lab environment, I had the need to boot a virtual machine from a USB thumbdrive that was attached to one of my ESXi hosts in the lab. Using a devie that is attached…
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VMware Monitoring
Troubleshooting VMware vSphere Performance with Opvizor Performance Analyzer 5.0.2 New Release
Troubleshooting performance of any system can be one of the most challenging tasks that administrators face on a daily basis. When it comes to virtualized environments, there is added complexity in troubleshooting since you are dealing with layers of abstraction…
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Backup Software
Cloud Computing Trends in 2019
There is no question that interest in and investment by organizations today in the cloud is continuing with fierce momentum with no one expecting this to slow down anytime soon. In fact, most organizations are designing and fitting cloud into…
