In a Windows Server Failover Cluster, the various cluster communication networks are an essential part of the Windows Failover Cluster environment. Without the proper network provisioning, cluster communications are either not possible or are problematic. Generally speaking, the various cluster essential networks are certainly a first place to start when troubleshooting performance and or stability issues. Since Windows Server Hyper-V [...]
If you are a virtualization fanatic, then August is a super exciting month for you. VMware’s annual virtualization conference comes around at the end of August and this year it’s in sunny Las Vegas, at the Mandalay Bay hotel and conference center. You can expect around 20,000+ attendees this year and over 200 vendors to fill the Solutions Exchange floor. [...]
Just a few months ago I was talking about the awesomeness of vRealize Log Insight 4.6 in this post. This product has always been one of my favorites so I was surprised when VMware announced the End of Availability (EoA) on July 16, 2018, and the End of General Support of vRealize Log Insight 4.6.x on August 23, 2019. VMware [...]
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Hyper-V is widely adopted across businesses. As the logical next step, you need a backup solution to protect the VMs running on Hyper-V. Below is a checklist that will guide you through in selecting a backup solution for your Hyper-V environment. Backup virtual machines at the host level Incremental backups Install latest integration components Adequate disk space Check the stability [...]
Virtualization has become the fastest adopted environment in the recent times as its multiple advantageous functionalities have given IT a new turnaround. The physical infrastructure is being migrated to virtual, which brings in the need of efficient solutions to protect these environments. System failure earlier was confined to just a single server but after virtualization the threat is to all [...]
There is no doubt that security concerns top the list of initiatives and concerns for IT administrators as well as CIOs and CEOs alike. Security is something that must be taken seriously no matter what system or platform is utilized in an organization’s environment. Since the outset of virtualization there have been concerns about the separation of resources and permissions [...]
With VMware’s VMworld conference coming up in a few weeks, followed shortly by Microsoft Ignite, this seemed like a good time to discuss the topic of which company’s hypervisor is a better fit for your organization. You will notice that I did not say that I was going to discuss which hypervisor is better. There are two reasons for this. [...]
When moving from the physical world over to virtual infrastructure, there are several sizing metrics that administrators may need to revisit when it comes to the amount of virtual hardware assigned to production virtual machines. Running production workloads on top of virtual infrastructure can provide several advantages over running physical servers in terms of efficiency and high availability. However, there [...]
Windows Server Hyper-V clusters are built on top of Windows Server Failover Clusters which provides the underlying mechanism for high availability and resource distribution for Hyper-V. Windows Failover Clustering is able to protect production workloads running on top of multiple hosts by utilizing a special means for establishing node majority in the Windows Failover Cluster, called quorum. In this post, [...]
