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Nested virtualization in Hyper-V production environments
There are several considerations for using nested virtualization in Hyper-V production environments, including system requirements, networking, storage and memory considerations.
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Be transparent when recovering from a host crash
Efficiently recover from a host crash by maintaining transparency for your stakeholders and evaluating the resources available for a full root cause analysis.
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Start from scratch with IT infrastructure improvements
IT infrastructure improvements require careful planning that includes evaluating new technologies, such as converged and hyper-converged, and building for future flexibility.
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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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Mitigate the negative effects of VM density
Large VMware hosts can be advantageous, but VM density can have unforeseen consequences during a system failure. Evaluate VM functionality to ensure you're ready for a disaster.
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Nested virtualization in Hyper-V production environments
There are several considerations for using nested virtualization in Hyper-V production environments, including system requirements, networking, storage and memory considerations.
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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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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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Why hybrid cloud deployments are becoming commonplace
Hybrid cloud deployments are gaining traction because they enable private cloud security and public cloud flexibility, and orchestration between the two cloud models has improved.
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The current private cloud market explained
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Pop quiz: Public and private cloud differences
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Key features of private cloud services
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Be transparent when recovering from a host crash
Efficiently recover from a host crash by maintaining transparency for your stakeholders and evaluating the resources available for a full root cause analysis.
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Troubleshoot the inability to create a VM on a VSAN
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Virtual SAN network problems can slow performance
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VSAN performance suffers without compatibility checks
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Start from scratch with IT infrastructure improvements
IT infrastructure improvements require careful planning that includes evaluating new technologies, such as converged and hyper-converged, and building for future flexibility.
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Configure Hyper-V with a proper live migration setup
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Check configuration settings on Hyper-V servers
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Optimal virtual processor to Hyper-V VM ratio explained
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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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container (containerization or container-based virtualization)
Containers are packages that rely on virtual isolation to deploy and run applications that access a shared operating system (OS) kernel without the need for virtual machines (VMs).
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Nested virtualization in Hyper-V production environments
There are several considerations for using nested virtualization in Hyper-V production environments, including system requirements, networking, storage and memory considerations.
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Best of VMworld 2018 U.S. Awards official rules
Read the updated rules, criteria and categories for the Best of VMworld 2018 U.S. Awards to find out what the requirements are for each product nomination.
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- Building a Path to Modern Datacenter Operations –White Paper
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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.
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Network virtualization
VMware's NSX strategy: The virtual cloud is everywhere
VMware's NSX strategy aims to help enterprises stitch together data centers and cloud environments, though it could be overkill for IT shops with simpler needs that are more specific.
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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.
SearchServerVirtualization Definitions
- container (containerization or container-based virtualization)
- hardware-assisted virtualization
- service virtualization
- Red Hat Virtualization (RHV)