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Security
Untangle 16 New Features Including WireGuard VPN
When it comes to firewalls and UTM appliances, I have tried many of them over the years. However, a goto product that I have relied on for many different types and sizes of environments is Untangle. The product is super…
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Security
Can Ransomware Affect an ESXi host?
A particular Reddit thread caught my attention that was posted to Twitter as of last night. The title of the thread is “Witnessed my first ESXi ransomware. Crypts VMs at datastore level“. It basically describes a nightmare scenario involving a…
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ESXi on ARM
Install ESXi-Arm Step by Step on Raspberry Pi 4
Well, it seems like it wasn’t long ago that we saw ESXi-Arm demonstrated at VMworld. I think all of us were wondering when we could get our hands on this release of ESXi as the potential very cool and exciting…
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Windows Server 2019
Reset 120 day RDS Grace period on 2016 and 2019
If you have a home lab environment or another lab where you continually test various solutions, licensing, and trial expiration is a challenge that you constantly tend to run into. It is just part of the fun of lab environments.…
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Powershell
Manage Your vSphere Environment Using PowerShell
Automation is the “king of the road” when it comes to managing today’s fast-paced infrastructure. VMware vSphere is an environment that greatly benefits from automation and allows organizations to lower the TCO of the environment, scale more easily, and have…
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VMware
Manually Remove disconnected vSphere template from vCenter
Recently, I got in a situation with a VMware vSphere template that left me in a precarious position in the lab environment. In the haste of rebuilding a lab environment, I had vMotioned all VMs off an ESXi host in the…
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Storage
Solving IO Performance Problems at the Source with Condusiv
There is no question that solving IO performance problems at the source is often one of the most challenging issues to diagnose and resolve in most virtualized environments. Most often, performance issues in the virtualized environment, in general, lead to…
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Software Defined Storage
StarWind HyperConverged Appliance for Video Surveillance and Analytics
As part of proper physical security measures, many organizations make use of video surveillance platforms to help protect physical locations from theft, vandalism, and unscrupulous conduct of employees or visitors. Most organizations choose to keep video footage around for an…
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vSphere 7
Upgrade to ESXi 7 Update 1 using vSphere Lifecycle Manager VLCM
One of the great new features that was included starting in vSphere 7 is the new vSphere Lifecycle Manager (VLCM) tool. The new tool provides a declarative approach to upgrades and updates in your ESXi environment. With the release of…
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Digital Workspace
Cameyo Expands Remote Worker Security with HTTP Port Shield
Remote work does not look to be going away any time soon. I covered a solution not long ago called Cameyo that offers a truly unique, simple, and secure way to quickly have, not only a secure and robust remote…
