With a wide range of deduplication appliances out there for a backup target, one option is simply server 2012. Server 2012 has a deduplication feature now, that is set per volume, and can offer great results when used as…
Windows XP is going away, but yet quite a lot of people still use this for various reasons. Something that might pop up is after upgrading to vSphere 5.5, you install the vSphere client on your XP machine and…
Veeam announced today Veeam 7 R2. The update now adds support for vSphere 5.5. Find all the information, and downloads from Veeam's website, or directly from the KB Article. This update also has a list of other new features…
Having worked with Zerto for a while now, I have come to love VPGs (Virtual Protection Groups). However, sometimes the need arises to move a VM out of a VPG, and into it's own, or into another VPG. Right…
With vSphere 5.5 now out, it was time to refresh my lab. I have ESXi 5.5 installed on a DL160 G6, with 1 SSD and 3 SATA drives, so I decided to make a single node VSAN instance. (3…
**This article got lost in my Drafts folder, but I wanted to make sure to publish as a lot of work went into putting on these events from the Tech Field Day team, and the Vendors** I had the…
VMware has made updating the vCSA (vCenter Server Appliance) very easy - and with the popularity of the vCSA growing daily, its a good thing. First thing is first, we want to update our vCSA 5.1 appliance to the…