In this blog I go over CA Arcserve 12.5 and XOsoft to show how they both can be used to give added data recovery options and get rid of tape in remote locations. Now there are many ways you could accomplish the same thing and this is just one. So, I was working with...
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I will assume that you have read the first post which goes thru the installation and configuration of the CA Arcserve 12.5 software which can be found here. Now that the environment has been configured we can configure a backup of the vm guests. For this I have a video which shows the steps.
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The recent release of 12.x has helped raise the bar of the backup solution. CA is getting better at backing up vm guests leveraging Vmware VCB. This provides a backup product which can be used for virtual or physical systems.
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This video show the basics about Vmware vCenter Orchestrator, how to install, setup, configure, and apply some simply workflows.
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I was also glad to see how well Lab Manager 4 seems to have worked at Vmworld for the virtual labs because I am looking at deploying it at my place of employment. First things first though, I still have plenty of work to do documenting the process for upgrading to vSphere4, plus the...
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This video show an HA cluster setup in vCenter 4 using Openfiler 2.3.
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These videos gives an overview of vCenter 4, walks through the user a simple upgrade from Vmware Infrastructure 3 to vCenter 4, and explains some things that should be considered before upgrading. Hope you like the videos and that they give useful information.
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The vCenter server is a central management server from Vmware for ESX. With vCenter multiple ESX host servers along with their resources and vm guests can be managed from one location. vCenter also provides additional advanced options and configurations that can enhance the management and add redundancy to a multiply ESX host environment. Some...
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Sun Virtualbox is out with a major update version 3.0. I have blogged before about how much I like Virtualbox over Vmware when it comes to Linux desktop virtualization. VirtualBox is not only supported on Linux though. VirtualBox has support for Windows, Linux, and OS X. VirtualBox also comes in 32bit and 64bit version.
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Everyone has probably heard of the term "vm sprawl". This is where when giving the means to easily create virtual guests they are not giving any for thought before creation and increasingly get out of hand. This usually starts at the host level were companies buy numerous servers for their virtual infrastructure.
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