VMware ESXi 8 has dropped the compatibility with a lot of old CPU models, a...
CentOS Linux was a freely available, community-supported Linux distribution...
Usually, on one desktop machine you can only use ONE desktop hypervisor sol...
System virtualization remain the foundation of several datacenter infrastru...
With Veeam Backup & Replication 12.3, the malware detection methods hav...
Horizon allows you to configure one or more replica Connection Server insta...
One year ago, Broadcom killed the Free vSphere Hypervisor, but now, with th...
Veeam Backup & Replication 13, the next next major release, will be pro...
VMware ESXi partitions layout includes some old FAT partitions used for the...
Reading Time: 2 minutesHorizon allows you to configure one or more replica Connection Server instances in a single Connection Server group to provide both more performance and more resiliency. This configuration use the Microsoft Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services (AD LDS), formerly known as Active Directory Application Mode (ADAM). AD LDS has some similar aspects of the traditional Active Directory, for example the LDAP schema and the replication across servers.
Reading Time: 4 minutesIPv4 (Internet Protocol version 4) is a widely used protocol for network communication and is a core component of the TCP/IP stack. But it has some limits, one is the limit in terms of available addresses, expecially if we are talking about public IP. IPv6 (Internet Protocol version 6) was design to resolve all the limitation of IPv4. IPv6 is designated by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) as the successor to IPv4 providing the following benefits:
Reading Time: 2 minutesMicrosoft warned customers to patch a critical TCP/IP remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability that impacts all Windows systems (client and server) using IPv6 stack. The vulnerability is identified as CVE-2024-38063 and it’s a 9.8-out-of-10 on the CVSS severity scale. Note that, on Windows systems the IPv6 is enabled by default and, in the past, Microsoft itself has not recommend disabling IPV6: ” We do not recommend that you disable IPv6 or its components, or some Windows components may not function.” (https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/929852)
Reading Time: 2 minutesDCIG has just published of the 2024-25 DCIG TOP 5 SMB/Edge VMware vSphere Alternatives Report. This report provides guidance on the DCIG TOP 5 VMware vSphere alternative solutions that smaller organizations should consider as they address Broadcom’s recent changes to VMware’s software licensing. SMBs and organizations with edge environments possess different requirements for a VMware vSphere alternative than enterprises. They still need a vSphere alternative to offer specific core features. These include high-availability, product reliability, software-defined storage, software-defined networking, and the ability to host Windows and Linux guest OSes. They also often look to the provider to […]
Reading Time: < 1 minuteBefore the decision of Broadcom to sell the VMware’s EUC Division, the compatibility between (VMware) Horizon and VMware vSphere was simply included in the Product Interoperability Matrix. But now, of course this VMware site is no more updated because does not include recent versions of both products:
Reading Time: 2 minutesVMware vSphere ships with many metrics and properties. If we take object by object, and document metrics by metrics, it will be both dry and theoretical. You will be disappointed as it does not explain how your real world problems are solved. You’re not in the business of collecting metric. Iwan ‘e1’ Rahabok made an impressive book on VMware vSphere Metrics and now is at its 4th edition!
Reading Time: 2 minutesLike every hardware and software components, before apply a VMware vSphere upgrade or update you have to check all compatibility aspects. One is related to the backup software that can be critical because you may loose the capability to perform backup and/or restore. Of course this apply also to “minor” update, like vSphere 8.0U3. For Veeam Backup & Replication there is a specific Veeam KB (KB 2443) that provides information about compatibility between VMware vSphere and Veeam Backup & Replication. And finally, some weeks after ESXi 8.0.3 become GA, there is an official support for vSphere […]
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