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Reading Time: 2 minutesIf you are using Veeam Backup & Replication (but also other backup solution) you can perform both backup and replication with the same tool. But with latest version of vSphere you can probably notice a huge difference between backup and replication speed if you are using NBD transport mode.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Connection Server is the main component of a VMware Horizon infrastructure. But usually for a redoundancy and performance prospective more than one are suggested and they replicates their data using the Microsoft Active Directory Lightweight Service (AD LDS) and connections the servers must be managed by and external load balancer.
Reading Time: 2 minutesEasy question, but much more complicated answer. If you go to https://vmware.com/downloads you can found a strange combo of versions:
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe file-level backup feature introduced in vCSA 6.5 is very powerfull and schedulable (starting with vCSA 6.7) because sometimes the image-level backup may not provide the proper integrity if you have corrupted files inside the VM. Also with vSphere 7.0 is possible monitoring the status of the file-level backup directly from vSphere Client and this is quite usefull to have this information direct visible from the UI:
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe VCSA update procedure is usually easy and simple and can be performed from the VAMI as explained in a previous post: Manage VCSA updates with VAMI. But sometimes may failed for different reasons.
Reading Time: 2 minutesVMware announced the deprecation of vFlash Read Cache (vFRC) in the release notes of vSphere 6.7 Update 2. vFRC continues to be supported for vSphere 6.0/6.5/6.7. However, the next major release will not. https://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/2019/04/vflash-read-cache-deprecation-announced.html
Reading Time: 2 minutesThere is a big issue in vCenter Server, with sensitive information disclosure vulnerability in the VMware Directory Service (vmdir). Under certain conditions vmdir that ships with VMware vCenter Server, as part of an embedded or external Platform Services Controller (PSC), does not correctly implement access controls.
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