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Using VMware virtualization products (and not only vSphere, but also Workstation and Fusion) on recent Linux CentOS (or RedHat) VM you may found an annoying issue during VM power-off procedure.

The Linux kernel will initiate the halting phase, but the VM may remain powered-on with this message in the console:

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One important concept of virtual networking is that the virtual network adapter (vNIC) speed it’s just a “soft” limit used to provide a common model comparable with the physical world. The real limit depends by several aspects, included the hpyervisor, the CPU speed, the available RAM and (for external comunication) also by the physical NIC speed.

For this reason, the Intel e1000 and e1000e vNIC can reach a real bandwidth bigger than the canonical 1 Gpbs link speed.

But what about the vmxnet3 vNIC that can advertise also the 10 Gpbs link speed. What is the real bandwidth of this adapter?

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Last month, NAKIVO has announced the version of NAKIVO Backup & Replication v9.1, and now it’s the turn of NAKIVO Backup & Replication v9.2.

This is the 28th software release of their backup and data protection product. A really fast-growning product.

The main news is the support of Office 365 backup! To be more precise is better say that support the backup of the Exchange Online part.

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Qualche giorno fa, VMware ha aggiornato la sua licenza per socket che diventerà effettiva a partire dal 2 Aprile 2020 (data curiosa, che, a parte evitare la possibilità di essere presa come un pesce di aprile, magari nasconde la data di rilascio della prossima versione di vSphere?).

Ci sono cambiamenti significativi e si passa da una semplice licenza per socket (ossia l’intero processore fisico) ad una licenza più articolata che conta fino a 32 core per socket… con più core sarà necessario acquistare più licenze VMware.

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NAKIVO has just announced the new version of NAKIVO Backup & Replication v9.1, that is the 27th software release of their backup and data protection product. 

Compare to NAKIVO Backup & Replication v9.0, there are several new features in this release: Native Backup to Tape, Physical Linux Server Backup, Physical Workstation Backup, and Instant Verification.

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Login VSI is a software company that offers a suite of software solutions to help you provide the best possible user-experience and application performance, in any type of centralized Windows environment: VDI/SBC/DaaS/Fat clients.

Login VSI is the industry-standard product for VDI load testing, but there are also other products, like Login PI.

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Nutanix has announced the Nutanix Technology Champions (NTC) 2020 list.

NTC is a community award, started on 2014, similar to others programs like VMware vExpert, Microsoft MVP, Cisco Champions, EMC Elect, … rewarding members of the community on their efforts in sharing their knowledge and enabling fellow community members.

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