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Virtualize and organize data from large servers
Admins can effectively virtualize large servers with storage tiering and disk allocation, but they must be wary of potential IOPS and redundancy issues.
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Reserve resources for failover with Admission Control
Get to know VMware vSphere's Admission Control tool and use it to reserve the resources necessary for VM failover with cluster resource calculations and slot policy.
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Use an AIOps platform to manage virtual infrastructure
The ever-growing complexity of virtual infrastructures is making management a struggle, but an AIOps platform can enable admins to transform raw data into useful information.
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VSphere HA VM monitoring reveals failover details
Use heartbeats, VM monitoring and application monitoring to fully examine the causes of VM unresponsiveness. Adjust sensitivity levels to focus on the level of detail you need.
VMware vs. Microsoft vs. Citrix
Download now to compare the top ten virtualization management tool providers including VMware, Microsoft, and Citrix, and see what improvements your organization could make with a virtualization management tool.
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VMware virtualization News
VMware acquisitions top virtualization industry news
VMware acquisitions and partnerships led a year of VMware news, including the addition of CloudHealth and Heptio, as well as a relationship with Amazon that remains fruitful.
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Microsoft Hyper-V management Get Started
Achieve Hyper-V high availability with failover clusters
Hyper-V high availability is important for failover, so check that Hyper-V clusters meet the proper requirements, which range from hardware management to network configuration.
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Compare Hyper-V and vSphere HA
Compare VMware vSphere and Microsoft Hyper-V HA approaches to see how they keep VMs and other workloads online when a host server crashes.
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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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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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Server virtualization improves cloudlet architecture
Cloud computing power for IoT and mobile devices is within reach due to the capabilities of cloudlets, which use virtualization and small data centers to extend computing power.
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How to transition from virtualization to private cloud
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Amazon-VMware partnership evolves with RDS deal
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Compare Hyper-V and vSphere HA
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Problem Solve
Virtualize and organize data from large servers
Admins can effectively virtualize large servers with storage tiering and disk allocation, but they must be wary of potential IOPS and redundancy issues.
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Understand VMware vSphere, vCenter licensing models
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Boost security and control access with Hyper-V roles
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Collect information on Hyper-V nodes in a report
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Use an AIOps platform to manage virtual infrastructure
The ever-growing complexity of virtual infrastructures is making management a struggle, but an AIOps platform can enable admins to transform raw data into useful information.
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Find vendors with the right cloud compliance standards
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Apply cloud redundancy strategies to virtualization
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Clone an existing VM with SCVMM
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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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Freshen up your virtualization skills with these tactics
IT administrators always have room to improve their virtualization skills. Read our top articles of the year to perfect PowerShell management, Hyper-V customization and more.
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Get Started
Reserve resources for failover with Admission Control
Get to know VMware vSphere's Admission Control tool and use it to reserve the resources necessary for VM failover with cluster resource calculations and slot policy.
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Get Started
VSphere HA VM monitoring reveals failover details
Use heartbeats, VM monitoring and application monitoring to fully examine the causes of VM unresponsiveness. Adjust sensitivity levels to focus on the level of detail you need.
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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