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Backup Software
VMware vCenter Converter no longer available for download – alternatives
There is a tool that I dare say all VI admins have used at one point or another – VMware Converter. Back in the early days of virtualization, organizations were heavily focused on server consolidation and other initiatives to take…
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Powershell
Create and Configure PacRequestorEnforcement Registry Key with PowerShell
As a follow-up to the news that Microsoft is rolling out a new Kerberos configuration change to remediate security vulnerability CVE-2021-42287. Starting with the rollout of the November 2021 security patches, Microsoft has introduced a new registry key that controls…
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Backup Software
SpinOne Salesforce Backup Announced – Features
There is no question that organizations today are using cloud SaaS applications to empower the hybrid workforce. Organizations are looking to cloud technologies and solutions more than ever before. We can see this with the explosion in the growth of…
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DevOps
Terraform AWS Windows Instance Code
Most of the time, if you are like me, you use Terraform to configure Linux EC2 instances for provisioning in AWS. However, you may have the need for Terraform AWS Windows instance code. In this simple walkthrough, I will show…
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ActiveDirectory
Domain Controller PacRequestorEnforcement Registry Key – Enable Audit and Enforcement
In case you didn’t already know, Microsoft is addressing critical vulnerabilities in the way Active Directory authentication works, specifically related to the KDC and Kerberos tickets. It will fundamentally change the way domain controllers can interact with one another and…
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Networking
How to access your NAS from anywhere
Having a NAS in the home network is a great way to create your own “personal cloud” where you can store important files, etc. However, unlike the true public cloud, you have to consider how you can access your NAS…
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Backup Software
Vembu BDRSuite v5.1 Released New Features
One of the backup vendors that I have worked with the past few years is Vembu. Vembu provides a rock-solid solution that is affordable and provides many excellent features for the enterprise space. The Vembu BDRSuite v5.0 release was a…
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vSphere 7
New vCenter Server 7 Update 3c Pre-Update Check Problematic hosts
The vSphere 7 Update 3c update dropped just a few days ago and undoubtedly you guys have started updating your home lab environments and possibly even your production environments. With the vCenter Server 7 Update 3c release, VMware has introduced…
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Monitoring
Web Monitoring Software for Small Business environments
Small businesses often have to do a lot with a little, in terms of the technology tools they can purchase and the budgets they have to work with. Small businesses may have a very small virtualized environment that is self-hosted…
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Networking
Connect Two OpenVPN Servers with site-to-site connection
Do you have the need to connect multiple sites together with freely available software without using proprietary network appliances? OpenVPN provides a great solution that is freely available to those needing a simple and fairly easy (relatively speaking) solution to…
