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VMware VCAP6 Exams Are Back!

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Good news. VMware Changed back and brought back certification path for VCAP6 exams, which were previously replaced by VCIX level.  Yes, VMware VCAP6 exams are back. It’s very good news as those VCAPs were fairly popular because of their name and difficultly. Not only that It sounds great “VMware Advanced Certified Professional” but also the […]

Windows Server 2016 licensing moves from per Socket to per core licensing model

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There has been an information released concerning the upcoming release Windows Server 2016, especially the licensing. The Windows Server 2012R2 has already brought about 26% higher licensing costs than the 2008R2 release, and now higher-cores servers will be affected with this move. Licenses for servers with 8 cores or less per proc will be same price […]

Veeam Backup and Replication v9 Guest File Exclusion

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I was playing with the latest beta of Veeam Backup and Replication v9 in the lab, and did the installation, including the separate install for the console. I thought that you might want to check out the video that I recorded. I must say that I like the UI. It’s clean, fast and responsive. But […]

VMware VSAN for ROBO Two Node 10 GbE cross-connect support

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I somehow ignored this information but I think that it’s very useful to share, especially if you’re navigating the SMB or very SMB sector. In fact, VMware VSAN for ROBO Two Node 10 GbE cross-connect support. So you have the possibility to cross connect ROBO nodes, via low-cost 10GbE option and have a great performance […]

What Happened to the RUN command in Windows 10 and How to get it back?

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Windows 10 runs by default with a start menu. This is a good thing considering the really really bad experience with Windows 8.x. The start menu however does not have a run command. Sure, there is the search box and Cortana, but what if I want that Run command back? Is that possible? Let’s see […]

Windows Server 2016 Hyper-V allows add/remove RAM while VM is running

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Microsoft has released Windows Server 2016 TP4 last week. I was quickly testing this built with Hyper-V role in my lab as a newly added feature announced by Microsoft took my attention: Hot-add or Hot-remove memory to running VMs as well as vNICs. In fact you can adjust the amount of memory assigned to a virtual machine […]

VMware Photon Platform and Photon Controller Details Unveiled

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VMware Photon platform and Photon controller are part of a new technology coming from VMware. I have already tested the PhotonOS VM installation in the lab, but this is just one part of the puzzle. The other parts are the Photon Controller, which is going to be Open Source, and the Photon Machine (a stripped down […]

VMware VSAN Stretched Cluster Performance and Best Practices

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There is new PDF from VMware detailing best practices for VMware VSAN. The title says it all – VMware VSAN Stretched Cluster Performance and Best Practices. It does targets the latest VMware VSAN 6.1  where stretched cluster feature was introduced. A possibility to have a full site (with VSAN) failure. You’ll see some detailed tests which looks […]

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, […]