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vSphere 6.5
VMware vSphere 6.5 Configure Encrypted VMs
One of the new exciting features that was introduced with vSphere 6.5 is the encrypted VMs feature. Security these days is on everyone’s mind and encryption provides a solution to many security concerns. What happens if someone gets a copy…
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Windows 10
Windows 10 launching browser automatically after login
I ran into a peculiar issue the other day in a lab environment where workstations that others were remoting into, were not able to remote in any longer. Well, thinking there was a network issue connecting to the workstations, I…
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vSphere 6.5
vCenter 6.5 new HTML5 VAMI UI interface
Actually, to be correct, the new HTML5 administrative interface for the new vCenter 6.5 appliance is no longer called VAMI but rather the vCenter Server Appliance Management or VSAM UI. This is the new redesigned interface that allows administrative management…
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Backup Software
Nakivo Backup & Replication Backup to Azure
Nakivo Backup & Replication has shown itself to very much be a mature cloud aware and cloud integrated product. This allows Nakivo Backup & Replication to scale and be agile to accommodate the variety of infrastructure designs and layouts of…
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home lab
Update Supermicro BIOS using IPMI SUM
I really like the Supermicro IPMI interface for remotely performing administrative tasks as well as monitoring the health of the Supermicro server hardware. One of the really cool things that you can do remotely is update the motherboard BIOS firmware…
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Azure
Setup Azure Linux Public Key Authentication
In working with Linux VMs in Azure, there are a couple of ways to setup authentication. One being standard password authentication, and the other is Public Key Autentication. With Public Key Authentication, a key pair is generated. The public key…
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Networking
Dell Openmanage Network Manager 6.2 Appliance Install and Configure
For those not familiar, Dell has a neat network management tool that can manage network equipment and others. This is available by way of an OVA appliance download as well as other installs. Let’s take a look at the Dell Openmanage…
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vSphere 6.5
VMware vSphere 6.5 announced download
Recently, at VMware World Barcelona 2016, the much anticipated announcement of the next version of vSphere was released. Excitement certainly builds for the availability of this new version of vSphere which touts many new advancements in technology especially in the…
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Backup Software
Vembu BDR Suite 3.6 Hands On Review
Recently, Vembu announced the release of version 3.6 of their BDR product. For those not familiar with Vembu BDR Suite, it is an all-in-one universal solution for backing up your VMware and Hyper-V environments as well as physical servers. Vembu BDR Suite products cover…
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VMware
VMware PowerCLI Instant Clone Lab
Most of you have probably already heard quite some time ago about VMware project Fargo which has now matured into VMware Instant Fork technology that allows rapid deployment via rapid cloning of an already running virtual machine. This is especially…
