Virtualization Strategies for the CIOAll-in-One Guides:Storage for virtualization learning guide
Disaster recovery
Technical tips
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Managing backups in virtual environments: Key architectural considerations
Tip - Get advice on architectural issues in managing backups in virtual environments. Burton Group analyst Chris Wolf gives updates on CPU and I/O bottlenecks, new backup and data protection options, and licensing changes.
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Can I use a backup disk from one VM in another VM?
Ask the Expert - Backing up virtual machines can be complicated at times. In this expert response, site expert James Geis answers a user question about backing up VMs.
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Host-based virtual machine backup: Best practices
Tip - One of the benefits of virtualization technology is portability, which helps IT professionals maintain disaster recovery sites. This tip tells you how to perform VM backups from within the host operating system.
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Should I use two non-synchronized/distinctive servers for redundancy?
Ask the Expert - Is using two-non synchronized servers the best way to achieve redundancy in the data center? Expert James Geis gives his opinion in this expert response.
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Getting support for virtual migrations in a vendor-provided system
Tip - Learn how to convince vendors to allow virtual migrations in the vendor systems that your organization uses -- and keep the support agreement.
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Staging a disaster recovery VM
Tip - Preparing generic recovery VMs can significantly reduce recovery time following a disaster or server failure.
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Disaster recovery preparedness in virtual environments
Tip - A virtual environment introduces different requirements for disaster recovery preparedness, including backing up hypervisor configuration settings and creating virtual machine snapshots.
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Leveraging storage replication for VM disaster recovery
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Tip - When you're sizing up storage solutions for DR in a virtual environment, you should consider the issues of vendor support; storage architecture; replication options; deduplication; and recovery options.
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How to create failover structures and configure clusters
Tip - Virtual environments need backup plans, too. In part two of this series, Alessandro Perilli explains how to configure clusters and create failover structures.