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Cloud Software
Choosing the Best Office 365 Backup Solution
Who of us today do not use the public cloud either personally or professionally? I can honestly say that for the past 8-10 years I have had files out on the public cloud in some form or fashion and worked…
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Windows Server 2019
Windows Admin Center 1809 Released with Windows Server 2019 Features
Microsoft has certainly made no bones about the fact that they are invested and committed to a new management tool called Windows Admin Center. Most have no doubt already heard about the Windows Admin Center if you have not already…
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Windows Server 2019
Windows Server 2019 New Security Features
There is no doubt about it that security is on the minds of everyone today. With high profile breaches and data leaks reported in major news headlines, security is on the radar of both IT professionals and C-level executives alike.…
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Site Recovery Manager
Testing a Disaster Recovery Plan with VMware Site Recovery Manager SRM 8.1
When it comes to disaster recovery, one of the most overlooked areas for most environments is testing. Disaster recovery is only as good as the ability to restore your data. All too often organizations don’t take the time to properly…
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Windows Server 2019
Windows Server 2019 Storage Spaces Direct Features and Improvements
The world of software defined storage is certainly the way of the future with enterprise storage. The wild success of VMware’s vSAN product is proof that customers are excited about and confident in software defined storage as such. Microsoft has…
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Site Recovery Manager
Automating DR Recovery Site VM Network and IP Configuration with VMware SRM 8.1
One of the many challenges with entire site recovery in times of disaster recovery is being able to provision network settings appropriately for the DR location. Whatever mechanism being used to replicate virtual machines will by default be carrying an…
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Backup Software
Vembu BDR Suite v4.0 Announced Including Hyper-V Cluster Support
For those looking for an extremely versatile, robust, and cost-effective solution for protecting multiple hypervisor environments including VMware vSphere as well as Microsoft’s Hyper-V hypervisor, Vembu BDR Suite is a great choice. I have been using and testing Vembu BDR…
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Linux
Installing and Configuring Ubuntu Server 18.04 LTS
I have been starting to spin up a few new little Linux appliances for the home lab to service a few one off services and utilities. Typically for these types of purposes, I have utilized Ubuntu Server as my “go…
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Site Recovery Manager
Create VMware vSphere Site Recovery Manager 8.1 Replication Protection Group and Recovery Plan
We have been covering some facets of VMware’s Site Recovery Manager 8.1 that allows organizations to have a fully automated and orchestrated solution for vSphere recovery at the site level. It has tremendously powerful functionality allowing organizations to bolster their…
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VMware PowerCLI
Automate VMware vSphere Documentation with PowerShell and PowerCLI
Let’s face it, documentation is something that none of us get too excited about. We all know it is a necessary evil, and you are glad when you have it, but if you are like me, you hate to have…
