What's new in vSphere 8 Update 1
Posted on March 14, 2023
In 2022, VMware rolled out vSphere 8 which brought a number of new features, one of the big ones being vSAN ESA. A few months later, we are already graced with the Update 1 version which we will look at today. Note that this version was only announced and hasn’t...
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Ask questions to ChatGPT in PowerShell
Posted on February 19, 2023
Create an OpenAI API token First we need to create an API key. For that, go to your account profile and click on View API keys Then click Create new secret key ...
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NAKIVO v10.8 Beta improves UX and infrastructure support
Posted on November 27, 2022
The landscape of VM backup solutions vendors has significantly evolved over the last few years with the emergence of cloud computing and modern apps driving innovation. Following its 3 months release cycle, Nakivo recently released the latest Beta v10.8 of NAKIVO Backup & Replication which is available for testing. This...
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What's new in BDRSuite v5.5
Posted on November 27, 2022
BDRSuite is a complete Backup and disaster recovery solution tailored to protect workloads across Virtual, Physical, on-premises, Cloud services, and SaaS applications. The world of data protection kept gaining traction in the past decade with the rise of cloud services and then the threat of Ransomware. BDRSuite carved a place...
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Fix vCenter error - Db health is UNHEALTHY, Backup Failed
Posted on October 26, 2022
As you know vSphere 8.0 was recently announce and brought numerous features and improvements that you can find in this Nakivo blog. Because I had a bit of time off, I decided to look into upgrading my lab to test it out. It turns out only NSX 4.0 is...
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Goodbye Tanzu Community Edition :sad:
Posted on October 21, 2022
You may have missed the news as it was somewhat under the radar but it was an expected outcome for those that were involved in the community, Tanzu Community Edition has been murdered retired. I don’t consider myself as such since I don’t do...
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Runecast - From vSphere KBs to multi-cloud compliance
Posted on October 7, 2022
Back at the beginning of my journey through infrastructure in IT, I came across Runecast I think from Yellow Bricks (Duncan Epping’s blog). It must have been around 2015 or 2016 when I was in Scotland and back then the product was somewhat revolutionary within the VMware space as it...
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VMware Cloud Director 10.3 refresh token and how to use them
Posted on September 18, 2022
In the previous release of VMware Cloud Director with VCD 10.3, a number of new features and improvements were introduced around Kubernetes integration, vAPP mobility, VM placement and a lot more. However, what we are talking about here was release in VMware Cloud Director 10.3.1 and offers authenticated users to...
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How to Migrate oVirt/RHEV VMs to VMware ESXi
Posted on September 15, 2022
V2V (Virtual-to-Virtual) is a common occurence for IT users anymore, especially for those working in big organizations. Since virtualization technology grows in the cloud computing era, many prefer to build a multi-hypervisor environment to better handle massive projects with different system requirements. Or, just simply migrate from one platform to...
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Nakivo v10.7 beta tightens Microsoft integration
Posted on August 14, 2022
With agressive release cycles to faster integrate product features, security fixes and customer requests, it feels like yesterday when I was talking about Nakivo v10.6 as it hasn’t even been 5 months. This cadence and the content of the changelogs testify for solid product owning work going on behind...
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