monitoring
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VMware
Run Basic Network Speed Bandwidth Throughput Test Between ESXi Hosts
Running tests before putting ESXi hosts into production is a very good idea as you can often flush out problems before hosts go into production which is much easier to remediate than after they are placed into production and you…
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VMware Monitoring
Troubleshooting VMware vSphere Performance with Opvizor Performance Analyzer 5.0.2 New Release
Troubleshooting performance of any system can be one of the most challenging tasks that administrators face on a daily basis. When it comes to virtualized environments, there is added complexity in troubleshooting since you are dealing with layers of abstraction…
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vSphere 6.7
VMware vRealize Operations 7.0 vCenter Connection and SMTP Configuration
With the release of vRealize Suite 2018, VMware has certainly raised the bar of its vRealize platform, including vRealize Operations 7.0, vRealize Automation 7.5, vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager 2.0, vRealize Business for Cloud 7.5, and vRealize Log Insight 4.7. All…
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VMware
Opvizor Performance Analyzer VMware Performance Monitoring
Monitoring your vSphere environment at the cluster, host, or virtual machine level is key in understanding where performance bottlenecks may exist and why production workloads may not be performing adequately. In addition, monitoring certain vSphere metrics can also help to…
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Backup Software
Monitor Veeam Backups with Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager
protection solution providing disaster recovery in the case of a true disaster event. If you are using Veeam Backup & Replication and especially multiple Veeam Backup & Replication servers, it can be difficult to keep track of jobs, job statuses,…
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vSphere 6.5
Monitor and Troubleshoot VMware vCenter Server VCSA Performance
At times we run into performance or other issues with VMware vCenter Server or we want to monitor system resources on the vCenter appliance itself. There are nice new tools built into the new VMware vCenter 6.5 Server VAMI interface…
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vSphere 6.5
Install vRealize Operations Manager 6.6 Endpoint Agent
Recently, VMware released vRealize Operations Manager 6.6 which has incorporated the beautiful HTML5 interface that we have partially functional with vCenter 6.5. Additonally starting in vRealize Operations Manager 6.1, we have the inclusion of Endpoint agents. With vRealize Operations Manager…
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home lab
Monitoring Home Lab Network like Production
Most of us die hard geeks are running home labs as part of the never ending learning process AND because, well, we LIKE doing it enough, we want to tinker around with technology at home. Â With that being said, to…
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Networking
Dell Openmanage Network Manager 6.2 Appliance Install and Configure
For those not familiar, Dell has a neat network management tool that can manage network equipment and others.  This is available by way of an OVA appliance download as well as other installs.  Let’s take a look at the Dell Openmanage…
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ActiveDirectory
Monitor Account Lockouts Active Directory
One of the time wasters of a system administrator can be chasing down account lockouts and why they happen. Â Many administrators have felt the pain of parsing through logs, etc to try and figure out what is going on with…