configuration
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vSphere 6.7
VMware vSphere ESXi 6.7 New Features Installing and Upgrading
Yesterday held very exciting news for the VMware community with vSphere 6.7 being released as GA. VMware has certainly kept everyone “wanting more” with every release of products and they have certainly been on a roll with captivating their customer…
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vSphere 6.7
VMware VCSA 6.7 New Features Installation and Configuration
The new VMware vSphere vCenter Server 6.7 dropped yesterday as GA and installation files are readily available for download now. We have already talked a bit about vSAN 6.7. This is certainly an exciting release for VMware and customers! The…
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Backup Software
Create VMware Data Protection Group Microsoft Azure Backup Server
We have already taken a look at provisioning Microsoft Azure Backup Server as well as connecting MABS to VMware vCenter Server to begin protecting our VMware virtual machines. However, we have another step we need to accomplish before we can…
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Backup Software
Installing and Configuring Microsoft Azure Backup Server
For those that may not be aware, Microsoft Azure Backup Server (MABS) is an Azure intergrated data protection solution that also backs up VMware environments. Yes, VMware. Starting with Microsoft Azure Backup Server Update 1, Microsoft has included the ability…
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Automation
Basic Windows Server Automation with Ansible
We have already looked at installing Ansible Tower for GUI administration of Ansible which we will go back to. I want to back up a little bit and cover working with Ansible from the command line, showing how easy it…
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VDI
VDI Deployment Best Practices
Virtual Desktop Infrastructure or VDI can bring significant benefits to organizations looking to be more agile as well as reduce the cost and complexity of managing a variety of client desktops, laptops, and mobile handheld devices. Organizations utilizing VDI are…
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Automation
Basic Chef Workstation and Server Installation and configuration
Automation is perhaps the most exciting and most desirable skill in today’s work of infrastructure operations. Today “infrastructure as code” is a buzzword you here everywhere. If you haven’t started working on your automation skills, now is the time to…
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VMware Monitoring
ControlUp VMware Performance and Health Monitoring
Quickly and easily finding issues within an environment, especially virtualized environments can be a challenge. Having the right utilities and tools can be extremely helpful in finding potential hotspots and having visibility to important KPIs within the environment. Today I…
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vVOLs
VMware VVol Testing with Dell EMC Unity VSA
Recently, I saw a post from Eric Siebert that got me to thinking again about VVols. Eric gives a good explanantion of why we haven’t seen this technology take off more than we have over the past couple of years.…
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Backup Software
VMware Backup with Vembu BDR Suite v3.9 Virtual Appliance
Deploying VMware solutions via virtual appliances is a great way to quickly get up and running with a preconfigured environment from vendors. To coincide with the recent release of Vembu BDR Suite v3.9, Vembu has released preconfigured virtual appliances. This…
