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VMware vSphere 6.5 – Native vCenter High Availability (VCSA 6.5 only)

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VMware announced vSphere 6.5. We have the details on the VCSA 6.5, the new installation options, and migration covered in a separate post. This post will focus on the newly introduced Native vCenter High Availability (HA). Note that this will only be available for the VCSA 6.5. Windows based vCenter server deployments won’t have this feature. […]

VMware vSphere 6.5 – HA and DRS Improvements

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VMware vSphere 6.5 has been announced with many evolutions in the product. Many new features that were part of the beta now can “see the light” through many blog posts and articles, published all around the web. This one is no difference. Every year, during VMworld time we have at least 10 articles scheduled. You […]

VMware vSphere 6.5 – VUM, AutoDeploy and Host Profiles

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We have announced the VMware vSphere 6.5 in a detailed post here and you can also find all news related to vSphere 6.5 on the dedicated page of our blog. This post will uncover news about VMware Update Manager (VUM), Autodeploy and Host Profiles. The latter two are quite tightened together so it makes sense to […]

Nakivo Backup and Replication (NBR) Appliance – Easy deploy and config

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In this post, we will invoke some benefits of Nakivo Backup and Replication (NBR) appliance and we will go through few deployment screens. Nakivo is one of the data protection companies who provides multi-platform deployment product allowing you to chose the OS platform (Windows, Linux) but also the deployment destination – on virtual (as a VM) […]

Microsoft Windows Server 2016 Download

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Microsoft Announced and released Windows Server 2016. The product is available through MSDN, and also available for download as 180 days trial. Already during the MS Ignite, Microsoft has announced the release is imminent… and it was finally released as eval, the October 1st. We have reported on the different features coming in the Windows […]

Altaro VM Backup Best Practices

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I have been running Altaro VM backup in the lab since they have released their v6 of their backup and replication software. In this post, I’ll try to sum what to do after installation. Like configs of storage, a hypervisor(s), retention policies etc. But this post is no mean to be an exhaustive guide. You might want […]

3CX Phone System Backup Options

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3CX Phone system is a software solution allowing you to put in place a complete phone system software very quickly.  You can use hardware or deploy it in a VM. It’s even possible to deploy the solution on a $100 Mini-PC. (with some cautions). The simplified installer can deploy the solution in 15 minutes. I […]

How To Create Multi-VM Application in Ravello

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If you don’t know Ravello Systems (recently bought by Oracle) you might want to take a look as they have a smart solution which allows you to create low-cost virtual environment running on Amazon AWS or Google. Ravello Systems has a highly optimized Hypervisor which allows you to run not only traditional VMs, but also […]