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vCenter 7.0 – Image based backup is still supported, but won’t be in future versions

When vSphere 7.0 (and therefore vCenter 7.0) went GA, a number of customers were hit with a very important change; vCenter support for image based backups was no longer supported Since the GA, after customer feedback, the vCenter 7.0 release notes have been updated and I’m happy to report that Image based backups are still … Continue reading vCenter 7.0 – Image based backup is still supported, but won’t be in future versions

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Joining VMware and the Folding@Home Project – FAQ

Since my first post about joining the VMware Team in the Folding@home (F@H) project, a lot has happened, we have created an easily to deploy and use OVA via our Flings website, which once deployed, will connect to the F@H project and start contributing straight away. I’ve been humbled to be part of this internal … Continue reading Joining VMware and the Folding@Home Project – FAQ

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Migrating User and Password Objects between Active Directory Forests

As part of some internal lab work, I had to move the user objects with their passwords to a new forest. It was key to migrate the passwords to ensure that disruption to the users was minimized. To migrate the users, I used the Microsoft Active Direction Migration Tool (ADMT + documentation) alongside the Password … Continue reading Migrating User and Password Objects between Active Directory Forests

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Horizon on VMC – Considerations and setting up a lab environment

A few months back, I setup a Horizon Environment running in our VMC environment used for lab purposes. Since then, I’ve been asked by several people to go through the setup. So, I’ve also decided to create a blog post on the matter. This blog post will cover the considerations for running VMware Horizon on … Continue reading Horizon on VMC – Considerations and setting up a lab environment

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Building a Veeam Lab – a recommended architecture

This blog posts spawns from an interesting discussion between the Veeam Vanguard members on what components are needed to build an effective lab for testing out most of the Veeam features, especially with v10 around the corner. So, I’ve put together something that should hopefully work for this; I’m not really going to focus on … Continue reading Building a Veeam Lab – a recommended architecture