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vSAN
VMware vSAN 7 Update 3 New Features
With the release of VMware vSphere 7 Update 3, this also means there is a new version of vSAN as well. VMware vSAN has been trailblazing in the world of HCI for several years now and with over 30,000 customers…
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vSphere 7
SD Card and USB boot no longer supported in ESXi easy migration to SSD
Recently there have been a few blogs and KB that have caught my attention. VMware has now deprecated SD Card and USB device support as a standalone boot device. The days of booting your ESXi server from an SD Card…
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vSphere 7
vSphere 7 Update 3 Released with new features
As VMware has done a few times right before VMworld, they have released a new version of VMware vSphere to the masses – vSphere 7 Update 3. It is the most fully-featured and “cool” vSphere release to date with massive…
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Backup Software
How can MSPs prepare for cybersecurity threats in 2021 and beyond?
There is no question we live in unprecedented times in many ways. However, cybersecurity threats are at an all-time high with new and alarming risks popping up for businesses each day. Many industries and business sectors take the brunt of…
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Security
vCenter Security Bug Workaround with vCenter Firewall Configuration
Recently we had one of the most significant security advisories that I can remember with vCenter Server. Compromising VMware vCenter Server is the holy grail of a vSphere environment for an attacker as it allows total control of the VMs…
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Security
Patch vCenter Server Critical Security Bug CVE-2021-22005 Download
Security concerns related to our VMware vSphere environments keep us up at night, and with good reason. Critical security bugs that affect your hypervisor virtualization environment can give an attacker the “keys to the kingdom.” It could potentially allow them…
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DevOps
Install Jenkins on Ubuntu 21.04 with Self-signed SSL certificate
There are many great platforms out there that provide automation server capabilities, including making use of CI/CD pipelines. Many familiar names include Git, GitLab, BitBucket, and others. However, a platform that is well known in the circles of DevOps is…
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VDI
Linux Thin Client Agent for remote workers with Praim Agile4Linux
In this past year and a half, organizations have been required to use new solutions to empower remote employees to communicate, collaborate, and access business-critical resources. For many remote workers, this has meant using a device to connect to corporate…
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Windows Server 2022
Windows Server 2022 with Azure Network Adapter
It has been quite some time since I have written about the Azure Network Adapter. This is a feature that is exposed in Windows Admin Center managed server of Windows Server 2012 R2 and higher, now including Windows Server 2022.…
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Workstation
Move a vSphere vSAN ESXi VM to VMware Workstation
So, in the home lab environment, I had a use case come up for moving one of my DevOps VMs from my VMware vSphere vSAN environment to VMware Workstation for better local interaction on my workstation, using VMware Workstation. VMware…
