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Vizioncore responds
Get Vizioncore's response to our usability review of their backup and replication product here. Special Report
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Veeam Software responds
Get Veeam's response to our usability review of their backup and replication product here. Commentary
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Comparing the top virtual infrastructure backup tools
The virtual server backup market features four major providers that specialize in backing up your virtual infrastructure and restoring data. In this special report, we review them all for usability. Special Report
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Veeam Backup and Replication: An evaluation
Veeam Backup and Replication combines virtual machine backup and replication tasks in one offering, potentially reducing the costs of multiple tools. But management features such as search functionality are lacking. Special Report
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Vizioncore vRanger Pro 4.0 evaluation
Vizioncore vRanger Pro 4.0 has a slick interface that is intuitive and easy to use. But vRanger Pro could stand improvements in how it manages data restoration, scheduling of backups and more. Special Report
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Scripting hot backups and recovery for virtual machines: Chapter download
Learn how to script your virtual machines for hot backups with this VMware chapter download. Chapter Download
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Will VMware SRM lose the ‘R’ and become Site Manager?
VMware SRM will add new features, which may alter how customers use the disaster recovery tool. Mike Laverick previews future VMware SRM features and what they mean for users. News | 26 Jan 2011
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VMware Site Recovery Manager: An exclusive look at the future
In the future, VMware Site Recovery Manager will have host-based replication and other new features. Expert Mike Laverick previews these yet-to-be-released VMware SRM capabilities. Article | 23 Dec 2010
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New data warehousing tools and backup agents for VMware
This news roundup includes articles about EMC's purchase of Greenplum Software, a new backup agent for VMware and how open source tools will shape cloud computing's future. Article | 12 Jul 2010
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Virtual appliances will run Novell's OS; better storage integration
This week's VMware news roundup includes news that VMware virtual appliances adopt Novell SUSE Linux as the standard OS, and two vendors promise greater support for VMware. Article | 11 Jun 2010
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Disaster recovery ousts consolidation as top driver for virtualization
Disaster recovery is now the top driver for virtualization adoption, ousting server consolidation, and storage is the biggest virtualization challenge, indicates a recent survey. Article | 17 Sep 2009
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VMware's growing pains: Free ESXi and VMworld restrictions
Is VMware too big for its britches? Recently, it banned Veeam from supporting the free version of ESXi and tightened competitive vendor attendance rules for VMworld. Article | 10 Jun 2009
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VMware clampdown on free ESXi may prompt defection to Hyper-V
A dustup between VMware and Veeam Software over support for the free ESXi hypervisor highlights the challenges of selling virtualization to small businesses. Article | 05 Jun 2009
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VMware disaster recovery strategy for small environments
Developing a VMware disaster recovery strategy for a small environment means understanding your backup needs. It also changes things if you have more than one site. Tip
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Installing VMware Data Recovery 2.0 for virtual data center backup
Virtual data center backup is a priority for most IT shops. VMware Data Recovery 2.0 quickly backs up a vSphere 5 infrastructure at no additional cost. Tip
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VMware vSphere Replication breaks disaster recovery storage barriers
VSphere Replication eliminates expensive disaster recovery storage requirements. SMBs no longer have to be jealous of enterprises’ DR plans. Tip
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VMware backup tools and strategies for small businesses
Virtualization has trickled down to small businesses, presenting IT pros with new challenges. Choosing the proper VMware backup tools and strategies is one such obstacle. Tip
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Important business decisions for VMware SRM: RTO and RPO
When it comes to VMware SRM, business decisions drive many of the technical aspects. Many of these decisions are out of IT’s control, which can make things complicated. Tip
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Deleting virtual machine snapshots without wasting disk space
You can avoid wasting disk space and performance problems when deleting, or committing, virtual machine snapshots. Tip
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How VMware snapshots work
Disk snapshots can save VMware virtual servers from patches and upgrades gone wrong. This tip covers how to create and work with various types of snapshot files. Tip
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Troubleshooting VMware snapshots
Virtual machine (VM) snapshots are a great tool to identify problems with VMs. An expert explains troubleshooting common problems that arise with snapshots in VMware ESX Server. Tip
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The mechanics of VMware Site Recovery Manager resignaturing
Learn about the inner workings of resignaturing, which is one of VMware Site Recovery Manager's (SRM's) most important operations that's typically clouded in mystery. Tip
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Resignaturing VMFS volumes: The forgotten VMware SRM subject
Getting help with VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM) can be a rendition of Mission: Impossible. In this tip, we go over basic VMware Virtual Machine File System volume properties, what VMware SRM resignaturing is, and why it's important. Tip
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Hypervisor Huddle: 30 percent of VMware users also using Hyper-V, XenServer
President of Focus talks with TechTarget staff about surprising findings in Focus's latest virtualization research report, including mixed-hypervisor data centers and a new top reason to virtualize. Hint: It's not consolidation. Podcast
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VMware disaster recovery strategy for small environments
Developing a VMware disaster recovery strategy for a small environment means understanding your backup needs. It also changes things if you have more than one site. Tip
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VMware snapshots explained
VMware snapshots are a lifesaver. If things go wrong, VMware snapshots can restore a VM back to normal. But if they’re managed poorly, virtualization performance may suffer. Tutorial
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Installing VMware Data Recovery 2.0 for virtual data center backup
Virtual data center backup is a priority for most IT shops. VMware Data Recovery 2.0 quickly backs up a vSphere 5 infrastructure at no additional cost. Tip
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VMware vSphere Replication breaks disaster recovery storage barriers
VSphere Replication eliminates expensive disaster recovery storage requirements. SMBs no longer have to be jealous of enterprises’ DR plans. Tip
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Site Recovery Manager: Getting schooled in disaster recovery
When disaster strikes, don’t get caught with your data center down. VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager can move an entire data center out of harm’s way with a single mouse click. Tutorial
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VMware Site Recovery Manager: How much do you know?
This VMware Site Recovery Manager quiz will either humble you or boost your ego. Test your knowledge of VMware’s disaster recovery product. Quiz
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VMware backup tools and strategies for small businesses
Virtualization has trickled down to small businesses, presenting IT pros with new challenges. Choosing the proper VMware backup tools and strategies is one such obstacle. Tip
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Important business decisions for VMware SRM: RTO and RPO
When it comes to VMware SRM, business decisions drive many of the technical aspects. Many of these decisions are out of IT’s control, which can make things complicated. Tip
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Deleting virtual machine snapshots without wasting disk space
You can avoid wasting disk space and performance problems when deleting, or committing, virtual machine snapshots. Tip
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How VMware snapshots work
Disk snapshots can save VMware virtual servers from patches and upgrades gone wrong. This tip covers how to create and work with various types of snapshot files. Tip
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About Backing up VMware host servers and guest OSes
Backing up VMware ESX Server hosts and guest OSes is a common and necessary VMware administrative task. There are several backup options on the market today, but the most common tool is VMware Consolidated Backup, or VCB. This section offers various tips on using VCB, such as how to configure VMware ESX and VCB for use with iSCSI LUN. We also offer an article on back up alternatives if VCB isn't an option for your IT shop.
VMware will also soon launch its vCenter Data Recovery product, which is VMware's new application for backing up and restoring virtual machines and utilizes de-duplication technology, which should save a significant amount of disk space over VCB.