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• Failure is not an option: Recover from disaster with vCenter SRM

  There are no guarantees in life, but Abhilash GB's book on disaster recovery with vCenter SRM gives admins ways to keep downtime to a minimum. Continue Reading

• Put cloud disaster recovery within reach with nested virtualization

  VMware's virtualization engine can run an ESXi server as a VM, which widens the disaster recovery possibilities for savvy administrators. Continue Reading

• When using HA or DRS, you need an ESXi storage safety net

  Running HA or DRS means you'll need shared ESXi storage to retrieve the VMDK file if a host fails. Continue Reading

• bubble network

  A bubble network is a series of interconnected virtual machines (VMs) that communicate through a virtual network switch (vSwitch) and remain isolated from the physical network. Continue Reading

• SRM replication choices: vSphere Replication vs. storage replication

  VMware's disaster recovery manager SRM has two replication options: via the hypervisor or via storage. The choice involves scalability and cost. Continue Reading

• Disaster recovery hosting in the cloud eliminates redundant data centers

  Despite the benefits of disaster recovery hosting in the cloud, VMware admins will find that SRM and vCloud Director don't make cloud-based DR easy.Continue Reading

• The best VMware backup options in the cloud

  Cloud-based storage and backup options for vSphere are low-cost and readily available. Check out the five best VMware backup options in the cloud.Continue Reading

• VMware for small business IT infrastructures: Top 5 tips

  In the past, only enterprise IT invested in VMware software. Today, VMware for small business virtualization is a growing trend.Continue Reading

• VMware snapshot

  A VMware snapshot is a copy of the virtual machine's disk file (VMDK) at a given point in time.Continue Reading

• Top 12 VMware tips of 2012: VMware ESXi, vSphere networking and more

  Year's end brings a break between major virtualization projects and a chance to catch up on the most popular VMware ESXi tips your peers are reading.Continue Reading

• Chapter excerpt: An introduction VMware Site Recovery Manager 5.0

  This chapter excerpt from Administering VMware Site Recovery Manager 5.0 includes an explanation of new features and a detailed introduction to VMware’s disaster recovery product.Continue Reading

• Pop quiz: VMware snapshots 101

  VMware snapshots play an important part in backing up many virtual infrastructures, but how well do you understand how they work? Take this quiz to find out.Continue Reading

• SRM 5.0 - New Equallogics SRA and "Forced Recovery"

  There has been a number of updates that affect SRM in the last couple of days.Continue Reading

• FAQ: Creating a VMware disaster recovery plan

  A VMware disaster recovery plan reduces downtime and ensures that vital data is safe. But it involves several technical and political considerations as well as the right DR tools.Continue Reading

• SRM Communications – TCP 80/443

  During the install the communication to vCenter appears to be non-secured on TCP port 80, but after the install is on the secured port of TCP 443.Continue Reading