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vSphere 6.5
VMware vSphere 6.5 Update 1 Released
It is definitely a big news day today – VMware vSphere 6.5 Update 1 Released! There is certainly a lot of good stuff contained in this release from vCenter Server, ESXi, vSAN, and VMware Tools as well as exciting new…
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Powershell
Migrate from Powershell ISE to Visual Studio Code
Most that code in PowerShell are most likely familiar with the PowerShell ISE. The Powershell ISE has been included since PowerShell 2.0 and definitely was/has been the go to tool for editing and writing Powershell code. If you are like…
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VMware PowerCLI
Configure VMware vSphere Cluster with Web Client or PowerCLI
As powerful as VMware ESXi is out of the box in a standalone single server format, we really don’t get all the benefits of running a hypervisor in a single server standalone configuration. The real power with VMware vSphere comes…
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Horizon View
Create Dedicated Linked Clones with VMware Horizon View 7.1
If we do not want to use or do not have the licenses for using Instant Clones in our VMware Horizon View 7.1 environment, we can opt to use Linked Clones. Or, we may choose Linked Clones instead of instant…
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Backup Software
Update Nakivo Backup and Replication V7 Appliance
Among many of the things to like about the Nakivo Backup & Replication v7 product is the easy and intuitive nature of the processes and operations in the product. This includes the backup mechanism. Updating the Nakivo Backup & Replication…
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Horizon View
Create VMware Horizon View 7.1 Desktop Pool
After creating a Windows 10 master VM for Instant Cloning purposes with VMware Horizon View 7.1, we can now create a desktop pool to serve client connections to our VDI environment. In this post, we will take a look at…
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Networking
How to add Cisco NX-OSv in GNS3
In provisioning a quick lab scenario inside of GNS3, I wanted to use the NX-OSv image to simulate some real hardware. For those that may not know, as I wrote about, you can take images downloaded via the Cisco VIRL…
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Backup Software
Restoring Hyper-V VMs with Nakivo Backup and Replication V7
Nakivo Backup & Replication V7 Beta introduced Hyper-V backups. I am very pleased with the initial showing of this feature in V7. Nakivo has extended their very powerful and robust backup solution that we have seen for VMware as well…
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Backup Software
Veeam 9.5 Update 1 Released VMware vSphere 6.5 support
Veeam 9.5 Update 1 Released VMware vSphere 6.5 support – For those with a Veeam backup solution in place who were holding off on upgrading to vSphere 6.5 because of the lack of compatibility, wait no longer. The anticipated release…
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Hyper-V
Copy ISO file to Windows Server 2016 Hyper-V
For those coming from the VMware world of doing things and wanting to get their feet wet with Hyper-V, one of the nagging little things that you might run into when first trying to deploy a VM with Hyper-V is…