vmware
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home lab
Virtual machine vs container: Which is best for home lab?
No doubt, if you have worked with technology for any time, you have heard the terms “virtual machines” and “containers” more than once. Both virtual machines and containers are core technologies in today’s ever-advanced technology world. However, many running home…
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Security
VMware announces new Zero Trust security enhancements at VMworld
Along with VMware Tanzu, security is front and center at VMworld 2021 with new announcements. At VMworld 2021, VMware is announcing new innovations to help deliver even more powerful security for many types of workloads, including endpoints, virtual machines, and…
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Azure VMware Solutions
Run VMware on Azure Bare Metal with Azure VMware Solutions
VMware has certainly made “cloud” a primary objective in their portfolio of offerings. Cloud is the future and where most organizations are looking to to extend their infrastructure for their needs of tomorrow. As many are already becoming familiar and…
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Security
Top Security Threats and Responses in 2019 and Ahead
There is no shortage of security concerns in the world of technology today. It seems like there are news headlines almost every week of data breaches, ransomware infections, and other security-related events. As we look ahead in 2019 and where…
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vSphere 6.7
VMware vSphere VCSA 6.5 to VCSA 6.7 Postgres Upgrade Error Fix
A couple of days ago in a production environment, I ran into an issue upgrading an existing VCSA 6.5 appliance to a VCSA 6.7 appliance. Stage 1 of the upgrade process with the appliance deployment was going fine, however, with…
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VMware
Download VMware Software the Easy Way with LinuxVSM Appliance
If you have ever dealt with downloading software from VMware and the website, it can be a painful experience to find what you need, download the components, etc. Granted, I am not a UI guy and the experience is most…
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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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vSphere 6.7
Upgrade Stretched VMware vSAN Cluster to vSphere 6.7 Update 1
In the home lab I am running a Two-Node Streched vSAN cluster using two physical nodes and the ESXi witness node appliance running on a third ESXi host outside of the cluster for differing fault domains for home lab learning,…
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Horizon View
VMware Horizon 7.6 Released New Features
Following VMWorld, there have been a hold slew of releases that have come from VMware, including vSphere 6.7 Update 1 and Platinum, among others. In the realm of desktop virtualization, VMware’s Horizon product provides a powerful virtualization platform for the…
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vRealize Suite
VMware vRealize Operations 7.0 New Features Installation and Configuration
One of the exciting announcements that made it out of VMWorld was the release of the vRealize Suite 2018 which includes vRealize Operations 7.0, vRealize Automation 7.5, vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager 2.0, vRealize Business for Cloud 7.5, and vRealize Log…
