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Backup Software
Increase VMware Backup Performance
When thinking about backups, we may not first think about backup performance, however, it is an important aspect of consideration with any data protection solution. Backup performance can impact both RPO and RTO values and these are extremely important when…
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Windows 10
Installing Windows 10 Pro for Workstations
Recently, Microsoft released the Windows 10 Pro for Workstation version of Windows 10 to the fall lineup of Windows 10 editions. This is a rather interesting move for Microsoft. It provides an edition of Windows 10 that is especially geared…
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VMware
Accidentally delete VMware datastore files for a running VM?
In case you are curious or may have run into this question before as you are browing around in the datastore browser – Can you accidentally delete VMware datastore files for a running VM? Most may think, since the virtual…
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Backup Software
VMware Backup Best Practices Checklist
When performing backups of VMware virtual machines, it is best to make sure that backup procedures follow best practices. It is often helpful to have a checklist of sorts when thinking about designing your data protection plan to make sure…
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Hyper-V
Use Snapshots in Production with Hyper-V Production Checkpoints
For most virtualization admins who have spent any time in the trenches with administering virtual environments, snapshots are just a bad thing for most use cases, especially production workloads. We have all most likely been in situations where snapshots caused…
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VDI
Picking the right VDI Solution Management Software
Successfully deploying and managing virtual desktop infrastructure or VDI can depend on picking the right VDI Solution management software. Whether it relates to repurposing old PCs as VDI clients or managing thin clients, organizations need a management solution that can…
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Backup Software
NAKIVO Backup and Replication 7.3 Beta Released
NAKIVO is certainly blazing a trail of very quick release iterations and adding new features at a rapid pace. NAKIVO just announced the release of NAKIVO Backup & Replication 7.3 Beta. I really like NAKIVO’s beta programs as it gives…
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SQL
Install SQL Server 2017 on Ubuntu Server
Microsoft has certainly been headed in a very cool direction in the past couple of years and have definitely embraced the Linux community and interoperability between Microsoft Windows and Linux. When we look at the strides that have been made…
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vSphere 6.5
Manage Dell RAID in VMware ESXi 6.5 with PERCCLI
We have covered the Avago/LSI StorCLI in past posts and how extremely useful it can be loaded on ESXi servers that have DAS volumes being presented with an Avago/LSI RAID controller. The advantage of loading/using the Avago/LSI StorCLI utility is…
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vSphere 6.5
What is VMware vRealize Log Insight for vCenter Server
Let’s face it, syslog collection is not as exciting as other things we would like to be doing as administrators, but often it is a necessary evil that we have to face when troubleshooting or trying to identify potential problems…
