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vSphere 7 U2 Released

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VMware has announced and released vSphere 7 U2. A bit unusual for the company to announce and release the product update within the same day, but I assume that everything has been ready for the release. vSphere 7 U2 brings support for the latest generation of GPUs from NVIDIA – Ampere family. This NVIDIA platform […]

VCP7-DCV Objective 1.4 – Differentiate between vSphere Network I/O Control (NIOC) and vSphere Storage I/O Control (SIOC)

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VMware vSphere 7 keeps both features from previous releases. NIOC (Network I/O control) and SIOC (Storage I/O control). This post is part of the Free VCP-DCV 2021 Study Guide. The main page of the guide is here – VCP7-DCV Study Guide – VCP-DCV 2021 Certification, and you’ll find there ALL the chapters. Network I/O control […]

VCP7-DCV Objective 1.6.1 – Describe Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS)

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VMware vSphere has a Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) allowing automatic VM placement and vMotion. The purpose of DRS is to make VMs “happy” so they run smoother. DRS can be set to automatically move VMs based on its algorithms, or be set to manual and give recommendations for manually moving VMs. This post is part […]

The Importance of Backing up Office 365 Data

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Today we’ll talk about Office 365 backup and its importance as it is not a public cloud provider that will help you to recover your data quickly and efficiently when you need it. In fact, your cloud service provider only provides you with the barebone infrastructure, storage, network, etc, without a possibility to recover granular […]

VCP7-DCV Objective 1.3.3 – Describe Storage Policies

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VMware vSphre 7 storage policies usually specify which datastores with what functions and specifications to use when placing VMs. There are several VM storage policies types that can be basically created within vSphere 7. This post is part of VCP-DCV 2021 on vSphere 7 Study Guide and which helps for passing the VMware certification exam. Please check […]

Veeam Backup and Replication 11 Announced Today

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It has been about a week that the RTM of Veeam Backup and Replication 11 is RTM and available to partners and Vanguards and today is the official announcement (link here). You can join the online presentation with demos today. The product is available for download. Partners and service providers upgraded their Veeam installations since […]

How to Install and Configure Veeam Backup and Replication Community Edition

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In this post, we will install and configure Veeam Backup and Replication 10 Community Edition, which is free and allow you to protect up to 10 VMs or up to 10 Workstations/laptops. This can be a good option for your home/small business. You’ll need a physical computer or server running Windows OS for the installation. […]

Nakivo Backup and Ransomware Recovery

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These days there is a lot of ransomware attacks. In no time any company can be infected with ransomware and face problems. It’s better to be prepared for such an eventuality because it’s too late. Today we’ll talk about another vendor adapting to this situation and providing a possibility to store backups copies in the […]

VCP-DCV 2021 on vSphere 7 – Objective 1.3.2 Explain the importance of advanced storage configuration (vSphere Storage APIs for Storage Awareness (VASA),vSphere Storage APIs Array Integration (VAAI), etc.)

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Many of the storage devices are using protocols that improve the performance of vSphere storage or by offloading certain operations, the ESXi CPU usage gets lower. In this post, we’ll talk about vSphere Storage APIs for Storage Awareness (VASA), vSphere Storage APIs Array Integration (VAAI) etc. This post is part of VCP-DCV 2021 on vSphere […]