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Backup Software
Create Encrypted Backup Repository with Nakivo Backup and Replication 6.2
With data security being at the forefront of everyone’s mind in the digital world we live in, we need to think about security in every aspect. One area that may not readily come to mind is backup data. After all…
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Networking
Use VIRL Images in GNS3
In the first post of the GNS3 VM series, we looked at how to setup GNS3 VM VMware ESXi. One of the awesome features of the new GNS3 VMs is that you can actually use your VIRL images in GNS3…
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Networking
Setup GNS3 VM VMware ESXi
GNS3 has definitely matured as a product and offers tremendous functionality especially if you look at the cross vendor platform support that it offers. I definitely prefer the interface of GNS3 over other products such as VIRL. VIRL is maturing…
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VMware
Find storage driver version update VMware ESXi
There may be times when you need to update a storage driver in VMware ESXi if you are troubleshooting or ruling out hardware issues. Especially if you install the general ESXi install from VMware without any vendor customizations, it may…
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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…
