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What is Host Guardian Service?

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I stumbled across this by reading about Windows Server 2019, it is a Host Guardian Service (HGS), which is responsible for providing attestation and key protection services that enable Hyper-V to run Shielded virtual machines. This “Host Guardian Service” (HGS) was introduced in Windows Server 2016 actually, and since that time, it’s possible to run shielded VMs (VMs […]

Vembu BDR Suite 4.0 Product Review

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Vembu Backup and Disaster Recovery Suite (BDR Suite) 4.0 has been released a few months ago and this review will try to give you an idea what to expect when you try and install this product in your environment. First of all, this is a sponsored review, but it does not mean that I will […]

How To deploy VMware VCSA 6.7 U1 in VMware Workstation

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Hello readers. Today we’ll deploy VMware VCSA 6.7 U1 in VMware Workstation. We have done a similar video for vSphere 6.5 and we had a few questions from readers about accessing the appliance after configuration so we decided to do a new video which details the process. Additionally, we do the deployment in a very […]

Veeam Backup Community Edition – Download Now

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Veeam software just released Veeam Backup and Replication 9.5 Update 4b. This is a very long-awaited major update to their flagship product. We have reported in details about the release here and here. And there are some good news today users who wish to back up their virtual infrastructure for a no cost. The U4 […]

Veeam Availability Suite 9.5 Update 4 Released with vSphere 6.7 U1 and Server 2019 Support

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Veeam has recently released a major update to its product line. Veeam Backup and Replication 9.5 Update 4 and also VeeamONE 9.5 Update 4. Both products are part of Veeam Availability Suite 9.5 Update 4, and they bring some major features. Anton Gostev says via his newsletter, “This is definitely the biggest release in the […]

VCP-DCV 2019 VMware Certification Exam Officially Announced – Professional vSphere 6.7 Exam 2019

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VMware is announcing a new professional certification VCP-DCV 2019. I’ve already blogged about the new certification changes that VMware is implementing in this blog post – VMware Certification Changes in 2019 and you could see that the passed certification will be named after the year when you met the requirement. Example VCP 6.5-DCV will become VCP 2019 […]

Windows Server 2019 Book in Spanish

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A fellow blogger from Barcelona Xavier Genestos has written another book which will be a good read for Spanish speaking audience. If you are Spanish speaking, person, check it out. The books can be purchased at the LULU publishing. I have met with Xavier during VMworld in Barcelona, together with other Spanish bloggers, Jorge de la Cruz and Frederico Cinalli. […]

How To Create NVMe-Of Target With StarWind VSAN

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NVMe Over Fabric (NVMe-Of) is a protocol which is defacto becoming high-speed standard to take advantage of huge IOPS provided by new NVMe devices hitting the market. NVMe-OF Target designed by StarWind is one of the latest and hot storage technologies overtaking old iSCSI. First of all, before we go further, let’s recap what is […]

How To Test Network Connectivity with netcat utility in VMware environments

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One of the testing tools for VMware networking is netcat. We have a post which explains the basics of vmkping command here – How To Test Network Connectivity with a vmkping command in VMware environments. Check it out. Today’s post is called How To Test Network Connectivity with netcat utility in VMware environments and we’ll explore some […]