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Incorporate containers and VMs in an environment
Containers can be useful for specific workloads but admins should consider certain factors, such as security and portability needs, before taking a containerized approach over VMs.
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What to consider before you adopt Kubernetes
Understand the basics of Kubernetes, including how it works and its pros and cons, before deciding whether or not to adopt. Then, figure out how you plan to manage it.
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Container management tools and considerations
Containers are increasingly popular, so it's vital that admins understand the tools available and learn how to manage containers before deploying them in production environments.
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Expand your IT expertise with these certifications
As companies move beyond virtualization, the need for IT pros with fine-tuned expertise in cloud administration, ethical hacking, legacy infrastructure migration and automation rises.
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VMware virtualization News
VMware cloud service manages on-premises infrastructure
VMware's new cloud service enables corporate users to deploy and manage on-premises environments in both their core data centers and edge locations.
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Microsoft Hyper-V management Get Started
Prepare the host machine for Hyper-V containers
Once you enable the Hyper-V role and Windows container feature, install Docker Engine, container modules and a base OS image to prepare the host for Hyper-V container deployment.
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Vendor selection Evaluate
Review Type 2 hypervisor platforms
Hypervisors such as VMware Workstation, VMware Fusion, VMware Horizon 7, Oracle VM VirtualBox and Parallels Desktop provide value to small data centers in different ways.
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VM performance management Problem Solve
Address resource contention to improve VM performance
VM performance issues often occur when resource contention is present. Admins can check the number of IOPS requests and storage array connections to address any bottlenecks.
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Virtual server backup and storage Problem Solve
Troubleshoot the inability to create a VM on a VSAN
Monitor the performance of your VSAN and VMs to ensure one isn't affecting the other. Performance metrics and alerts can make it easy to spot VSAN issues before they affect VMs.
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Virtualization costs, licensing and support issues Manage
What does a VM actually cost?
Proper VM cost assessment is a critical element of meaningful showback and chargeback practices in a virtual data center.
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Benefits of server virtualization (4) +
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Challenges of server virtualization (4) +
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Server virtualization hypervisors and management (10) +
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Server virtualization infrastructure and architecture (9) +
- Application virtualization
- Cloud computing architecture
- Cloud computing infrastructure
- Introduction to virtualization and how-tos
- Network virtualization
- Networking for Server Virtualization
- Server hardware and virtualization
- Using virtual machine appliances
- Virtualized clusters and high-performance computing
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Server virtualization management tools and practices (5) +
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Server virtualization security management and compliance policies (2) +
Server virtualization staffing, careers and budget
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Server virtualization strategies and use cases (5) +
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Virtualization backup and disaster recovery strategies (2) +
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What to consider before you adopt Kubernetes
Understand the basics of Kubernetes, including how it works and its pros and cons, before deciding whether or not to adopt. Then, figure out how you plan to manage it.
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Container management tools and considerations
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Citrix's new boot program improves system performance
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A comprehensive timeline of Docker's history
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Best practices for reinforcing Hyper-V security
A virtual environment's security can make the difference when it comes to malicious attacks, preventing unauthorized OS or firmware codes from running at boot time.
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Deploy micro VMs with care
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Address resource contention to improve VM performance
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Bridge the virtualization and container skills gap
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What does a VM actually cost?
Proper VM cost assessment is a critical element of meaningful showback and chargeback practices in a virtual data center.
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Automate VM workloads for speed and consistency
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Reduce security issues when migrating to an SDDC
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Tools and strategies to help support the hybrid cloud
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E-Handbook | March 2019
Server hardware to run ROBO virtual workloads
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E-Handbook | April 2018
What's new in private cloud management?
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E-Handbook | May 2017
If SDDC is your next-generation data center architecture, plan now
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E-Handbook | March 2017
Is cloud bursting the best solution for compute capacity overload?
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E-Chapter | August 2016
Be prepared with server benchmarking, documentation tools
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Server Virtualization Basics
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Get Started
Incorporate containers and VMs in an environment
Containers can be useful for specific workloads but admins should consider certain factors, such as security and portability needs, before taking a containerized approach over VMs.
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Get Started
Container management tools and considerations
Containers are increasingly popular, so it's vital that admins understand the tools available and learn how to manage containers before deploying them in production environments.
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Get Started
Expand your IT expertise with these certifications
As companies move beyond virtualization, the need for IT pros with fine-tuned expertise in cloud administration, ethical hacking, legacy infrastructure migration and automation rises.
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Open source virtualization
RHV 4.3, CNV support apps old and new
Most new apps start in containers nowadays. However, certain legacy applications still don't work with containers. RHV 4.3 hopes to help bridge the gap.
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VMware virtualization
VMware cloud service manages on-premises infrastructure
VMware's new cloud service enables corporate users to deploy and manage on-premises environments in both their core data centers and edge locations.
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VMware management tools
VMware vRealize updates tackle hybrid cloud costs
The latest versions of vRealize Operations, Network Insight and Automation offer tools to help VMware admins effectively manage workload resources and control cloud costs.