Software Defined Networking (SDN) with VMware NSX – Part 2: Configuring Tier-1, Tier-0 and Upstream Routing for the NSX Overlay Network
In Part 1, we built the NSX overlay network, prepared our ESXi hosts as Transport Nodes, created the first TenantA…
Software Defined Networking (SDN) with VMware NSX – Part 1: Deploying and Configuring NSX Manager
VMware NSX is VMware’s software-defined networking (SDN) platform, providing network virtualization and security independently of the underlying physical network. It…
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The terms Software-Defined Data Center (SDDC) and VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) are often used closely together, which can give the…
Enabling Cloud Tiering with Azure Blob Storage for On-Premises NetApp ONTAP Select
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Microsoft Hyper-V Networking Best Practices – Part 4 – Managing Hyper-V with SCVMM and Comparing It with VMware vCenter
So far, we have built and managed our Hyper-V environment using Hyper-V Manager, Failover Cluster Manager, and PowerShell. While these…
Protecting NetApp ONTAP Workloads with Autonomous Ransomware Protection (ARP) – Part 3 – Extending Protection with NetApp Console Ransomware Resilience
In Part 1 of this series, we explored the fundamentals of NetApp ONTAP Autonomous Ransomware Protection (ARP), including its architecture,…
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In Part 1 of this series, we explored the fundamentals of NetApp ONTAP Autonomous Ransomware Protection (ARP), including its architecture,…
How to Shrink a Linux VMware vSphere Virtual Disk (VMDK) and Its Associated Logical Volume
Allocating additional storage to a virtual machine in VMware vSphere is straightforward, you simply increase the size of the virtual…
How to Shrink a VMware vSphere Virtual Disk for Windows Server
Shrinking a virtual disk in VMware vSphere is considerably more challenging than extending one. While Windows allows you to reduce…
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