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home lab
Home Lab virtualization software I use
Those who have followed my site and Youtube channel know that I am passionate about home lab environments. It has gone a long way toward helping me to sharpen my skills with various platforms, solutions, proof-of-concept environments, and other purposes.…
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Backup Software
NAKIVO Backup and Replication v10.7 Beta Released New Features
NAKIVO continues to deliver great new features and enhancements as part of its regular beta and GA release cadence. It is apparent that, like most backup vendors, they have their eyes set on the clouds with new features that deliver…
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Cloud
What is Microsoft Entra and what does it do?
The Microsoft cloud ecosystem is continually evolving, often introducing new features and capabilities. Microsoft is continuing to evolve its cloud offering and ecosystem with features to help organizations have the tools needed to streamline very difficult and often complex challenges…
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Security
VMware affected by Retbleed Spectre variant – VMSA-2022-0020
Well, if you thought that Spectre and Meltdown (security nightmare blasts from the past) were dead, think again. There is a new data-leaking Retbleed Spectre variant that is yet another Spectre-based speculative-execution attack that allows attackers to expose secrets within…
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vSphere 7
What’s new in VMware vCenter Server 7.0 Update 3f and ESXi 7.0 Update 3f
Guys heads up. There is a new vCenter Server update and ESXi hosts update to take note of. The new vCenter Server 7.0 Update 3f release and ESXi 7.0 Update 3f release take care of quite a few security vulnerabilities.…
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vRealize Suite
Upgrade vRealize Automation with vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager vRSLCM
I have been doing a bit of upgrading and updating the home lab environment recently. One of the solutions that I run in my VMware-powered home lab environment is vRealize Automation. I have this, and my vRealize Operations Manager environments…
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Automation
Apt Periodic Autoclean Interval with Unattended-Upgrades
If you have a number of Linux servers in your environment, whether these are in production environments or in the home lab, you want to keep your Linux servers up-to-date with security patches across the board. Manually logging in and…
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VDI
Repurpose old PC as thin client
Many organizations today have strict budgets for new hardware, and refreshing hardware often is not fiscally possible. Therefore, making every dollar count and ensuring that existing hardware is used to the furthest degree possible is a priority. This mission certainly…
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Kubernetes
Rancher cloud-config.yml Example SSH keys in VMware vSphere nodes
If you have played around with modern Linux distributions like Ubuntu and specifically the Ubuntu cloud images, there is functionality built into new Linux distros called cloud-init that allows customizing and initializing your Linux installation. If you are using Rancher…
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Virtualization
XCP-NG in VMware nested virtualization
As many of you may already know from reading my previous blog posts, I really like playing around with hypervisors and different technologies. The nested virtualization capabilities in VMware vSphere provide a great way to do this without the need…
