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Networking
Segment your VMware Network with pfSense
There are many firewall solutions out on the market that are great. I am a huge fan of many of the enterprise solutions out there that provide excellent features, powerful robust networking, advanced threat protection, and many others. However, there…
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VMware
VMware ESXi 6.5 and 6.7 End of Support Reminder
One of the downsides of the pandemic has been the last two years have been a blur. Keeping a check on end-of-life dates and other factors has been a challenge for many organizations. One of the looming deadlines that VMware…
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Software Defined Storage
Upgrading outdated hardware with StarWind HCA appliance
As many organizations are looking at upgrade and refresh cycles this year, storage solutions are one of the core considerations for any new deployment. Businesses have been increasingly shifting their data centers to software-defined solutions that provide modern benefits for…
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Backup Software
Critical Veeam Backup & Replication Vulnerability Found Patch Now
It is never a good thing when you have a critical vulnerability on your hands and one that allows an attacker to compromise your environment, uploading malicious code. However, over the weekend, Veeam disclosed two very serious vulnerabilities that affect…
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VDI
Raspberry Pi as Thin Client Remote Desktop with Praim Agile
Businesses that continue to support remote workers may support a wide range of devices and platforms across their organization. However, this can create management and troubleshooting challenges due to the diverse infrastructure. In addition, businesses want to have as many…
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Networking
Palo Alto VM Series Basic Interface and Routes configuration in ESXi
It is now easier than ever to try out a Palo Alto VM series firewall in your home lab environment if you are running VMware vSphere or KVM. Palo Alto now offers a 30-day trial of the VM series firewall…
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Networking
Deploy pfSense VMware step-by-step
One of the things I like to play around with in the home lab is firewalls and various firewall configurations that I work with in production environments. Arguably the most popular open-source firewall solution deployed today is pfSense. The pfSense…
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Azure
Jumpstart ArcBox for Azure Arc Lab and Demo
Most organizations today are deploying cloud resources, including in Microsoft Azure. However, for many organizations, a fully cloud-native environment is simply not possible due to compliance or other reasons. A hybrid approach is an approach most businesses are taking. Consolidating…
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DevOps
JIRA Upgrade JIRA Core Self-managed Server
Most of you are no strangers to JIRA. It is arguably the most popular Agile project management solution adopted worldwide. Like most companies, Atlassian is pushing everyone to the cloud. The self-managed JIRA Server offering is deprecated and will no…
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NSX-T
Identity Based Firewall configuration with NSX-T and vSphere
For years now, organizations have based application access and access to resources and files on identity. Typically, this is based on memberships to groups in Microsoft Active Directory Domain Services (ADDS). We have all seen this in the corporate environment…
