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This is a guest blog post from Altaro Software (http://www.altaro.com/hyper-v-backup/). Altaro Software are the developers of a Microsoft Hyper-V backup solution called Altaro Hyper-V Backup. Altaro Hyper-V Backup includes a freeware edition – a 5 minute YouTube demo can be seen here:…
An IT debate has been brewing for years now: the old school IT management, the one built on experience and practice versus the new school IT management, the one built on policy based management and analytic engines that leverage vendor knowledge base and learning algorithms. This debate is reminiscent of politics. IT is…
Capacity Planning 101 The objective of Capacity Planning is to adequately anticipate current and future capacity demand (resource consumption requirements) for a given environment. This helps to accurately evaluate demand growth, identify growth drivers and proactively trigger any procurement activities (purchase,…
Virtualization came as a boon to the IT industry. In turn, many organizations have benefited from making investments in setting up and leveraging a virtual infrastructure. Being able to show a strong ROI & delivering consistent performance and availability of a virtualized environment is one of the top priorities for any…
SolarWinds provides a solution for managing storage performance within virtualized environments by using the Storage Manager plugin enabled in Virtualization Manager's Configuration Wizard. Using these solutions can help you identify, diagnose, and correct issues in your virtual environment infrastructure. Resource…
Over the last several months I, along with Head Geek and Microsoft MVP , have written several posts on thwack about a recent Microsoft patch for all supported Windows versions prior to Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012. This patch invalidates all certificates that use encryption keys of fewer than 1024 bits. Most (if not…
Perusing through my virtualization blog feeds, a post from Amy Manley (@wyrdgirl) on her blog site, Virtual Chick, entitled "Solarwinds AppStack with SRM Flavor and More!" caught my attention. Amy is a fellow VMware vExpert and a certified virtualization unicorn. She was also a delegate at Virtualization Field Day 4, so…
What is VM Sprawl? Virtual machine (VM) sprawl is the uncontrolled growth and proliferation of VMs in a virtual environment. When this happens, the network reaches the point where you can't manage the VMs effectively and they start demanding excessive host resources. Typically, VM sprawl occurs as the result of the…
Have questions about your products? Want to know what we're working on or when your favorite feature is going to be implemented? Join us for the Customer Event at Cisco Live for short presentations, lots of Q&A, and a catered lunch. Presentations will be brief to allow plenty of time to chat with SolarWinds staff about…
Ready to take your mapping skills to a whole new level? You learned a lot from the Admin guide and thwack, and now, this episode will take your mapping skills to a whole new level. In this episode, get step by step demos of: * * How to Add & Embed a Sub-Map * Create Maps for Specific Users/Permissions * Why You’ll Want to…
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