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Backup Software
NAKIVO Backup – Synology NAS Installation Configuration and Features
There is no shortage of cybersecurity threats. New risks seem to be uncovered daily/weekly and keep organizations struggling to keep up with patching the security vulnerabilities. Take Log4j for example. Businesses are still struggling to find all vulnerable applications in…
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Proxmox
Proxmox iSCSI target to Synology NAS
Not long ago, I wrote a quick blog post detailing how to install Proxmox inside a VMware virtual machine. However, to really play around with the hypervisor, it is great to have storage to work with. I could’ve added a…
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Tools and Utilities
Rufus Alternative for Linux and Windows installing ISOs – Ventoy
Most of you are familiar with the Rufus utility that is a great way to “burn” an ISO to a USB key for installing various OS’es. It works great, and it serves the purpose very well. However, I want to…
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VMware
iSCSI Synology VMware Configuration step-by-step
One of the lab additions made in the past couple of weeks is a new Synology DS1621xs+ 6-bay NAS device. I have been wanting to add a NAS device for quite some time and decided to pull the trigger. The…
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Raspberry Pi
Pihole Local DNS Records synchronized from Active Directory
If you use Pi-hole in your home network, and you should, the local DNS provided by Pi-hole is a great way to house DNS services for your home network. However, do you have a home lab environment running Microsoft Windows…
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Proxmox
Nested Proxmox VMware installation in ESXi
In working with clients and different environments, you will definitely see many different hypervisors used across the landscape of enterprise organizations. While I recommend VMware vSphere for business-critical enterprise workloads to customers, there are use cases where I see other…
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Kubernetes
Kubernetes Bare Metal Load Balancer configuration with Nginx
Creating a new Kubernetes cluster in Portainer
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home lab
Virtualization vs Containerization in 2022 home lab
I have been revisiting many of the infrastructure components and services running in the home lab environment. You can read my VMware Home Lab and Learning Goals 2022 post to see a few of the specific learning objectives that I…
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VMware PowerCLI
VMSA-2022-0001 CD-ROM vulnerability patch workaround and Locked CD-ROM error
Well, closely on the heels of the Log4j vulnerability, we have started 2022 with a new VMSA-2022-0001 released from VMware. The new vulnerability affects a wide range of products, including VMware Workstation, Fusion, and ESXi. Let’s take a closer look…
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VDI
Securing Virtual Workspaces with Praim ThinOX
No longer are the majority of workers driving into the office. The remote workforce has taken shape and is a trend that will undoubtedly continue. As a result, businesses have had to shift their infrastructure to support a largely remote…
