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First Backup Vendor with VMware vSphere 8 Support – Nakivo

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Nakivo is the first vendors out there to support the latest VMware vSphere 8 release. It not a surprise because Nakivo is one of the fastest vendors with their release cycles and fastest when it comes to update their flagship product – Nakivo Backup and Replication. However, the vSphere 8 support, for now, it’s only […]

vSphere 8 Lab with Cohesity and VMware vExpert gift – Maxtang’s NX 6412 NUC

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As you could read in my previous article, during VMworld VMEXPLORE Barcelona 2022, I’ve been given a gift as a vExpert. The nice fan-less unit is now installed with ESXi 8 in my lab, and in this post I’ll share my installation experience and how I found a workaround on not recognized built-in NICs. There […]

VMware Cohesity vExpert Gift VMware EXPLORE 2022 Barcelona

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It has been a great surprise when Corey Romero (@vCommunityGuy) asked me to if I had already picked up my vExpert gift while I was at the blogger’s area within VMware EXPLORE 2022 Barcelona. In fact, for my part, I completely missed the announcement about the gift and as such, I don’t even think that […]

vSphere 8 – How to move from Host Profiles to vSphere Configuration Profiles

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If you haven’t heard yet, vSphere 8 brings a new way to mass manage host configuration – via vSphere Configuration Profiles. Instead of using Host profiles, the way forward you’ll be using vSphere Configuration Profiles. But, there is a big but so don’t get too excited yet. The thing is that the vSphere Configuration Profiles […]

How to Add a Physical Server and create a first backup with Nakivo Backup and Replication Software

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Nakivo Backup and Replication is a software that helps to back up your data, and your VMs with databases, physical servers, SaaS applications (Microsoft 365), and workloads running in public clouds (Azure, Amazon EC2, and S3). You can also use Nakivo to backup file shares that is located on a physical server or in a […]

The Importance of Security Awareness Training to successfully fight Ransomware

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A ransomware war isn’t something you can win easily. Whether you’re working for an SMB or large enterprise, ANY human failure can let the ransomware sneak-in via email, remotely from a VDI device, or infected USB key or LAN. It’s almost 100% of the time the result of a human failure. That’s why I think […]

Veeam Backup and Replication v12 – news from Barcelona 2022

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I managed to catch up with Rasmus Haslund in front of the Veeam booth in Barcelona during VMware EXPLORE 2022. He told me what’s his best upcoming features that will be included in Veeam Backup and Replication v12. One of them is the new VeeaMover that we have talked already in another post on my […]

Runecast Platform – VMware EXPLORE Barcelona 2022

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Runecast is present during this VMware EXPLORE Europe in Barcelona 2022. After the pandemic, VMware has renamed VMworld into VMEXPLORE and added additional cities to the show. Runecast platform has an unique ability to scan your IT environment and give you insights on your configuration best practices, security compliance and vulnerability or time drift config […]

Zerto Platform Demo – VMware EXPLORE Barcelona 2022

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Zerto is present here in Barcelona 2022 during VMware EXPLORE demoing their latest Zerto Platform version 9.5 that not only can protect your virtual workloads (VMs) but newly includes also Kubernetes protection (containers). As more enterprises move to a DevOps model, their reliance on microservices, typically running in containers, becomes even more critical for their […]