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Zerto Virtual Replication 9 adds Immutability and Instant Restore from long-term retention repository

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Zerto 9 added more features for resiliency, security, and automated VM protection. The Zerto Virtual Replication software is maturing but still innovating to integrate more public cloud offerings and enhance the backup capabilities of the product. Version 9 of Zerto also introduces a possibility to backup your VMs to any cost-effective S3 compatible storage, whether […]

How to configure automatic storage rescan in StarWind VSAN for VMware vSphere

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After deploying StarWind VSAN for VMware vSphere, whether you do that for testing or for another deployment, you have to make sure that the shared StarWind datastore is mounted automatically. For this, it’s wise to follow StarWind’s help pages and configure automatic storage rescan within the StarWind VM. StarWind recommends creating a dedicated user on […]

How to configure immutable backups with Nakivo

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Nakivo has released another solid update of their flagship backup and replication product. We have reported don’t the public beta shared about a week or so, but now the GA Is now already available. The new release brings some innovative new features allowing you to monitor your resources without leaving the backup console and also […]

Ultimate Guide to ZFS – Webinar Series from StarWind

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One of our partners, StarWind software, is organizing a series of webinar about ZFS. As you know ZFS file system is a very robust file system used in Linux distros, NAS devices or virtual appliances. It supports many storage protocols, snapshots and has very good resiliency. You can register for the upcoming webinar File Server […]

FREE Password manager for Windows, Linux and MacOS from KeePass

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Password manager software is a must those days. One of the ones out there which are FREE and allow cloud sync is KeePass. It is a solution that can keep your passwords for a lot of websites, your e-mail account, your webserver, network logins, etc. Also, you should use a different password for each account, […]

vSphere Upgrades easier now with Runecast

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Runecast’s latest feature allows vSphere admins to upgrade their infrastructure with more visibility before the upgrade happens. In fact, you can simulate the version of vSphere to which they want to upgrade and see which server and individual components would not be compatible. An ESXi upgrade simulation works along with the VMware automated compatibility check. […]

HostColor Private Cloud better than AWS or Azure

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All my readers know that my blog runs on Hostcolor. Many of them perhaps thinking of going AWS or Azure for their blogs, or their client’s blogs. However, private Cloud-based VMware ESXi service providers are also worth mentioning and are often a better choice because simpler and more cost-effective. The SMB admin has more often […]