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What causes a VM to stop working?
Many issues cause VMs to become unresponsive, including invoking particular tasks, such as snapshots or migrations, resource configuration and infrastructure unavailability.
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What causes VM network performance issues?
There are many potential causes of network performance problems when it comes to VMs. Familiarize yourself with the most common causes to aid in troubleshooting.
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Use vSphere's VM templates feature to quicken deployment
VM templates in vSphere enable IT administrators to manage large environments by rapidly deploying fully configured VMs using the content library interface.
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Avoid common VM template mistakes
Creating a VM template is a fairly straightforward process. Even so, it's a good idea to familiarize yourself with Microsoft's documentation to avoid common mistakes.
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VMware virtualization Evaluate
Go hybrid with your VMware SDDC
Get a handle on hybrid basics, such as new SDDC roles and VMware Cloud on AWS infrastructure, pricing and integration before taking your VMware environment to the cloud.
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Microsoft Hyper-V management Manage
Shield a Hyper-V VM in a few easy steps
In just a few easy steps, including installing a Host Guardian Service server and creating certificates, you can shield a Hyper-V VM to protect it against access or tampering.
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Get to know Nutanix's hypervisor
Nutanix hypervisor components, including controller VMs, and Prism, its management control plane, help simplify management. Learn more about how these components work together.
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VM performance management Manage
Zero in on CPU and vCPU management
Proper vCPU allocation can be difficult to achieve, but if you have a good understanding of the technology and take advantage of these helpful features, it will be within reach.
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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
IT shops on the clock to upgrade vSphere 5.5 to 6.5
To position themselves for future needs and technologies, many vSphere 5.5 customers may have to move out of their comfort zones and upgrade to version 6.5.
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Benefits of server virtualization (4) +
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Challenges of server virtualization (4) +
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- 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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Evaluate open source hypervisor technical support options
Even though open source software itself is completely free to obtain and use, effective hypervisor technical support options for production environments might cost money.
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Citrix XenServer adoption considerations
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Considerations for adopting Oracle VM
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Consider these factors before choosing RHV
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What causes a VM to stop working?
Many issues cause VMs to become unresponsive, including invoking particular tasks, such as snapshots or migrations, resource configuration and infrastructure unavailability.
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What causes VM network performance issues?
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Use hyper-converged infrastructure to mix environments
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Resolve VM live migration issues
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Avoid common VM template mistakes
Creating a VM template is a fairly straightforward process. Even so, it's a good idea to familiarize yourself with Microsoft's documentation to avoid common mistakes.
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Shield a Hyper-V VM in a few easy steps
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Use a reboot schedule to keep infrastructure up to date
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How using VPCs affects a hybrid strategy
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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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E-Handbook | August 2016
VMware Virtual Volumes provide path out of legacy storage
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Server Virtualization Basics
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Use vSphere's VM templates feature to quicken deployment
VM templates in vSphere enable IT administrators to manage large environments by rapidly deploying fully configured VMs using the content library interface.
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Composable infrastructures engulf virtualization
Composable infrastructures -- frameworks of compute, storage and network resource services -- will still make use of virtualization to run applications.
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Plan around hybrid IT management challenges
Hybrid IT demands that IT managers and teams use frameworks, best practices and governance structures to ensure the success of on-premises and cloud deployments.
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- Fidelity Ensures Continuity for Their Data Center With CHARON-VAX –White Paper
- A Look Back: VMworld 2018 –eGuide
- Building a Path to Modern Datacenter Operations –White Paper
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VMware conference coverage
VMware hopes to give its cloud strategy a new Dimension
VMware pulled back the curtain on some next-generation software that promises to bring the capabilities of its VMware Cloud on AWS to on-premises data centers.
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Virtual machine provisioning and configuration
VMware goes Platinum with vSphere and AppDefense bundle
Hoping to keep its broad base of vSphere users engaged, VMware debuted an updated version of the virtualization offering and a version bundled with AppDefense.
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Open source virtualization
RHV 4.2 adds DR features, revamps UI
The latest updates to Red Hat's virtualization platform enhance enterprise-grade features. But despite improvements, it's still not a VMware killer.
SearchServerVirtualization Definitions
- hardware virtualization
- physical to virtual (P2V)
- hardware-assisted virtualization
- service virtualization