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Review: Solarwinds Virtualization Manager 7.0 – New Recommendations and Remediations!
December 18, 2016 | David Davis, vExpert, VCP/VCAP, CCIE
Whether it’s a small business or the largest enterprise, server virtualization has become the norm. New servers are “virtual first” and even the most critical physical servers are now being virtualized. Virtual machines running on today’s virtual infrastructures are now … Read More
Getting Started with Solarwinds Virtualization Manager 7
December 18, 2016 | David Davis, vExpert, VCP/VCAP, CCIE
The folks at Solarwinds have been busy enhancing their Virtualization Manager product with some great new features. I’ve done a full review of the new edition here -> Review: Solarwinds Virtualization Manager 7.0 – New Recommendations and Remediations! So how … Read More
vSphere Snapshot Monitor – SnapWatcher – Now GA – Independence Day Special
July 1, 2015 | David Davis, vExpert, VCP/VCAP, CCIE
In my recent post, Finding and Eliminating Dangerous vSphere Snapshots with Snapwatcher, I talked about a powerful new tool that was currently in beta. What SnapWatcher does for VMware admins is to…
- Monitor VMware snapshots across VMware vCenter systems and … Read More
Finding and Eliminating Dangerous vSphere Snapshots with Snapwatcher (for Free)
June 4, 2015 | David Davis, vExpert, VCP/VCAP, CCIE 1
The word “dangerous” is often used for hazardous chemicals or live ammunition so can vSphere snapshots really be dangerous or is that an exaggeration? The answer is that, for the health of your vSphere infrastructure, snapshots can absolutely be dangerous. … Read More
Solving VMware vSphere Tools Are Outdated or Not Installed
April 24, 2015 | David Davis, vExpert, VCP/VCAP, CCIE
One of the most common problems you’ll ever see in any VMware vSphere infrastructure is the error message “VMware Tools are Outdated or Not Installed”. For those who don’t know, VMware Tools are a suite of utilities that enhance the … Read More
[INTERVIEW]: Tribune Publishing Saves $1.5MM, Gains Visibility & Prevents Downtime With VMTurbo
November 3, 2014 | David Davis, vExpert, VCP/VCAP, CCIE
Today, technology groups at enterprises of all sizes are under financial pressure to maximize the company’s technology investment in their datacenter. Like those enterprises, the Engineering and Security group at Tribune Publishing (publisher of the Los Angeles Times and Chicago Tribune) faced the challenge of … Read More
Review: Zetta.net DataProtect – Enterprise-Grade Cloud Backup & Disaster Recovery
October 20, 2014 | David Davis, vExpert, VCP/VCAP, CCIE
Enterprises of all sizes need the best data protection that fits their budget. Unfortunately, too many get bogged down with the complexities of running their own data protection infrastructure, offsite data storage, and disaster recovery solutions. Increasingly, the smarter choice … Read More
Top 5 VMware Admin Tips to Keep App Owners Happy
September 29, 2014 | David Davis, vExpert, VCP/VCAP, CCIE
In my last post, Storage Education and Learning Resources for VMware Admins, I provided numerous resources for VMware Admins to get up to speed on storage. Whenever you think about storage, and the rest of the infrastructure in the datacenter, you … Read More
Storage Education and Learning Resources for VMware Admins
September 18, 2014 | David Davis, vExpert, VCP/VCAP, CCIE
You may be one of the many VMware admins who were unwillingly dropping into the world or storage when you wanted to take advantage of advanced VMware features like high availability (HA) and distributed resources scheduler (DRS). In my case, … Read More
INFOGRAPHIC: How to Protect Your Virtual Infrastructure from Disaster in Four Easy Steps
June 5, 2014 | David Davis, vExpert, VCP/VCAP, CCIE
It’s time to rethink DR. It can be much simpler and robust with the technology that is available now.
Let’s simplify things. Focus on getting the machines protected first, then do all the necessary planning after the machines are in … Read More
Review: SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor v. 6.1
April 7, 2014 | Scott D. Lowe, vExpert, MVP Virtual Machine, MCSE 2
Analysts, bloggers, and vendors today seem to be laser focused on IT infrastructure. Storage. Networks. Virtualization. The list goes on and on. At times, it almost seems that the world has forgotten about what are really the most important parts … Read More
Review: Veeam Backup and Replication Cloud Edition v7
March 25, 2014 | Scott D. Lowe, vExpert, MVP Virtual Machine, MCSE
Even as analysts and pundits bat around fancy new terms like “software-defined”, “hyperconverged”, and “big data”, CIOs and those responsible for data stewardship continue to be faced with ongoing challenges related to how to best protect the information assets of … Read More
Free Data Protection and Virtualization Knowledge Videos From Veeam Backup Academy
March 24, 2014 | Scott D. Lowe, vExpert, MVP Virtual Machine, MCSE
I have to give Veeam some “kudos” (thats a good thing for those who aren’t familiar with the term) for their contributions to the virtualization community. Many vendors post whitepapers, blogs, videos, and podcasts about THEIR products but rarely do … Read More
Comparison: Zerto vs. Site Recovery Manager (SRM) & vSphere Replication
March 10, 2014 | David Davis, vExpert, VCP/VCAP, CCIE 8
Virtualization has made disaster recovery tremendously less complex for companies, large and small. In fact, it’s not a stretch to say that virtualization has made disaster recovery “possible” at many companies, simply because prior to virtualization it was technically overwhelming … Read More
What Does the Unitrends and PHD Virtual Merger Mean for Customers?
January 20, 2014 | David Davis, vExpert, VCP/VCAP, CCIE
If you haven’t heard, there has been some consolidation in the virtualization backup industry when Unitrends bought PHD Virtual. What does this mean for customers as well as the competition? Let’s find out.
Who Is Unitrends?
Unitrends offers data protection … Read More
Free Virtualization Admin Resources From Veeam
January 15, 2014 | David Davis, vExpert, VCP/VCAP, CCIE
Sure, most companies produce a lot of white paper and video content but much of that is self-serving as it’s only geared toward pushing you to buy their product. I have to give kudos to Veeam, on the other hand, … Read More
Win a Free vSphere Lab from @Veeam
December 9, 2013 | David Davis, vExpert, VCP/VCAP, CCIEDo you have a home lab? If you do, could it use some upgrades? Most of us are in either one of those two categories as we are either a) “between labs” or b) have a lab but it needs … Read More
Top 10 Things You Didn’t Know About Unitrends Enterprise Backup
November 11, 2013 | David Davis, vExpert, VCP/VCAP, CCIE 1Lately, I’ve learned a lot about Unitrends as a company as well as an enterprise backup solution. To document what I’ve learned and help get the word out, I’ve created this blog post with the “Top 10 Things You … Read More
Review: Solarwinds Virtualization Manager 6.0
October 31, 2013 | Scott D. Lowe, vExpert, MVP Virtual Machine, MCSEFor all intents and purposes, the hypervisor has become the bare metal of the data center. When administrators make decisions as to how to support workloads, they are planning ways to carve resources from the overall virtual environment. Rarely are … Read More
#VMworld 2013 Europe Interview with @RickVanover from @Veeam Software
October 30, 2013 | David Davis, vExpert, VCP/VCAP, CCIEWhile attending VMworld 2013 in Barcelona Spain, I was thankful for the chance to speak to the, one and only, Rick Vanover (@RickVanover on Twitter), Evangelist at Veeam Software. Rick is a prolific blogger and author from VirtualizationReview.com and other … Read More
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