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June 01, 2017 01 Jun'17
Veeam management changes accompany product transformation

Veeam, once focused primarily on virtual machines, widens supports for other platforms as the company's revenue increases and management team transforms.
April 19, 2012 19 Apr'12
Top five Hyper-V 3.0 features that will excite IT pros

New Microsoft Hyper-V 3.0 features will streamline virtualization tasks and make things easier on IT pros. Here are the ones you should get excited for.
September 01, 2011 01 Sep'11
VSphere stretched clusters bring DR debate at VMworld 2011

When it comes to HA between sites, IT pros often think of disaster recovery, but building stretched clusters for DR today brings numerous challenges.
June 05, 2009 05 Jun'09
VMware clampdown on free ESXi may prompt defection to Hyper-V

A dustup between VMware and Veeam Software over support for the free ESXi hypervisor highlights the challenges of selling virtualization to small businesses.

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How does VMware Admission Control work?

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. Continue Reading
How does vSphere HA application monitoring work?

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. Continue Reading
Ensure VM high availability with vSphere DRS and HA

Combine Distributed Resource Scheduler and vSphere High Availability to design balanced failover clusters. Pay attention to affinity rules, which can further support availability. Continue Reading

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10 DRaaS vendors to vet before devising a data recovery plan

DRaaS enables organizations to leave the management of their DR plan to a third-party provider, saving time, money and resources. Learn what services these 10 DRaaS providers offer. Continue Reading
5 hot disaster recovery-as-a-service providers

With more natural and man-made disasters, DRaaS providers are essential to helping organizations protect their mission-critical workloads while realizing potential cost savings. Continue Reading
VSphere High Availability explained: Monitor VMs and applications

VSphere HA monitors applications and VMs. Discover best practices, storage requirements and features you should know about this service and how it compares to Microsoft Hyper-V. Continue Reading

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How do slow data transfer speeds affect VM disaster recovery?

When failing over VMs to the cloud or a remote data center, slow data transfer speeds can spell disaster. Don't let failed replications and partial failovers upset your DR plan. Continue Reading
GoScanSSH: How does this malware work and differ from others?

A group of malware was discovered targeting public SSH servers. However, it avoided certain IP addresses. Discover how this is possible and how the malware works with Nick Lewis. Continue Reading
Failover cluster quorum considerations for Windows admins

Microsoft introduced Cloud Witness in Windows Server 2016, which adds a new wrinkle to its quorum model for failover clusters, but it might not be a good fit for some enterprises. Continue Reading

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Disaster recovery vs. backup: Plan for and prioritize VM workloads

Before admins design a recovery plan, they must plan out which VM workloads need a disaster recovery environment and which need backups. Weigh these factors before making the call. Continue Reading
Use an IT outage communication plan to recover 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. Continue Reading
How do you prevent host isolation during network maintenance?

The host in a VMware high availability cluster uses a heartbeat network that can incorrectly report host isolation. Reconfigure your settings to prevent this during maintenance. Continue Reading