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How to Install Photon OS In VMware vSphere

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VMware Photon is a new project started this year within VMware, which shall allow faster deployment of containerized applications from developer’s desktops (Workstation, Fusion) to the production environment (vSphere). It is a minimalist Linux distribution allowing to install container runtime environment which is able to run those “containerized apps”, those apps that are pre-packaged and pre-configured […]

How To Erase ESXi Disks With ESXi Host Client v3

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Newly released ESXi host client v3 (already) has been up for few weeks. I’ve been quite busy visiting VMworld Barcelona and VeeamON recently. However I’m back home, at Reunion, and can fully work as usually. Homelabbing, blogging and providing IT services to few clients localy here where I live. Today we will focus on quick […]

Veeam Scale-Out Backup Repository

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Veeam is introducing another new feature called Scale-Out Backup repository. A global single pool which contains all your existing backup repositories. This feature will be is present in Veeam Availability Suite v9. Check out my latest post Veeam Backup and Replication 9 Released! How does it work? In fact, you’ll be able to gather all your existing […]

Veeam Endpoint Backup for Linux as well as Backup Portal for Service Providers Announced

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Veeam has announced new free backup product for physical servers, this time Veeam Endpoint Backup for Linux. At first, Debian and RedHat distributions will be supported, where other distributions are on the roadmap as well. Why would someone need to backup Linux host? Well, in fact the product can backup not only physical Linux host, […]

Reduce Windows 10 size With Built-in App Called CompactOS – The Steps

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It’s possible to Reduce Windows 10 size on a c: drive, but the mechanism has to be activated manually. It can safe few gigs of storage on your c: drive if you have space problems. The app is called CompactOS (command line utility) and contrary to WinBoot from W8.1, it can be configured (by simply running from command […]

What is VMware VAIO Technology (vSphere APIs for I/O Filtering) ?

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VMware VAIO stands for “vSphere APIs for IO Filtering”. It’s a new API framework technology present in vSphere 6.0 (6.0 U1 more precisely) allowing vendors to present capabilities for caching and replication to individual VMs. It’s a framework, not feature. But VAIO can be used not only caching but also for replication. If you remember, VMware has […]

What Is Erasure Coding?

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We’re hearing here and there the term Erasure coding. What is Erasure Coding? Erasure coding is present in Nutanix technology and shall be present also in the next release of VMware VSAN. The current VMware VSAN 6.1 has already added some cost effective features, for example allowing 2-node clusters for ROBO environments, including some cool support for […]

AirVM Cloud Management Solution – Interesting solution for vSphere, VCD, VCNS or vCloud Air

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AirVM is new company that offers cloud management solution. It can plugs into vSphere, VCD, vCNS or vCloud Air and provides you with services which aren’t present in vSphere for example. Services like self provisioning portals. AirVM Cloud Management Solution allows you to create a multi-tenant environment (without vCD) where you’re able to create self provisioning portals for […]

Veeam Backup and Replication v9 New Features [Video]

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I recorded this video during VMworld Barcelona 2015 (check my detailed page), with Luca Dell’Oca (@dellock6) from Veeam Software. I had a few questions to ask him about the upcoming v9 of Veeam Backup & Replication. He told me that another new feature shall be announced this week as well. The product shall be out […]