Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 8, 2023

A UEFI flaw , affecting both Windows and Linux, that leverages malicious images? Operating Systems/Applications Decisions, decisions— which immutable Linux to use ? Virtualization Allen from Humbled Geeks shows how to create a VMware vSwitch using Ansible. Security Undetectable cryptomining technique on Azure ?

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Linux Vmware Resources Network 103

Scott Lowe

MARCH 21, 2017

This post is part of a series of posts sharing other users’ stories about their migration to Linux as their primary desktop OS. As I mentioned in part 1 of the series , there seemed to be quite a bit of pent-up interest in using Linux as your primary desktop OS. Q: Why did you switch to Linux? is awesome).

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Linux Open Source Windows Operating Systems 60

Anoop

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

This BDR suite helps you to backup Virtual (VMware vSphere and Microsoft Hyper-V) and Physical (Windows/Linux Server & Workstation) environments. Vembu technologies recently announced the latest update to their Vembu BDR Suite V3.9.1 Vembu BDR suite V3.9.1 Update 1 supports vSphere 6.7. What is Vembu BDR Suite?

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Vmware Backup Linux Windows 113

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 30, 2015

Hyper-V - Could Docker Support Be Significant,” in which he contemplates whether Microsoft’s announcement of Docker support on Windows will be a factor in the hypervisor battle between ESXi and Hyper-V. Naturally, it’s worth pointing out that I work for VMware, although I do work in a business unit that makes a multi-hypervisor product (NSX).

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Windows Linux Open Source Vmware 60

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 15, 2016

As a result, I’ve stepped up my work on a Linux migration, and I’m happy to report that I’ve made some progress. Linux Distribution. I’ve looked at a fair number of Linux distributions. I also went back and looked again at Ubuntu derivatives like Linux Mint. Here’s a quick update on where things stand so far.

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Linux Report Hardware Windows 60

CIO Business Intelligence

JUNE 8, 2022

SGB-SMIT’s multi-cloud ambitions have been made possible using VMware Cloud on AWS and Google Cloud VMware Engine. Together, these enable SGB-SMIT to lift, shift, and scale its VMware applications to the cloud of its choice, anywhere in the world. . Within six months, Schibsted was able to shut down over 350 servers.

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Cloud Vmware Disaster Recovery Groups 90

Storage IO Blog

OCTOBER 13, 2016

While Microsoft Windows Server recently celebrated its 20th birthday (or anniversary), a lot has changed as well as evolved. This includes Windows Servers 2016 supporting new deployment and consumption models (e.g. The post Gaining Server Storage I/O Insight into Microsoft Windows Server 2016 appeared first on StorageIOblog.

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Storage IO Blog

JANUARY 12, 2014

Some Windows Server Storage I/O related commands The following are some commands and tools for Microsoft Windows environments that are useful for storage I/O activities (among others).

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Storage Windows Vmware Backup 62

Virtualized Greek

APRIL 11, 2013

We are looking at the enterprise that is highly virtualized, which looking at the market means VMware or Hyper-v with or KVM and others to a much lessor extent. So, the “typical” administrator will have strong Windows skills. I believe I’m of the same ilk of the typical traditional VMware enterprise sysadmin.

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Virtualized Greek

DECEMBER 11, 2013

If you only read sources like Forbes you’d think every enterprise runs on AWS, has a ton of developers and have completely abandoned Windows. Linux is obviously a major force in the enterprise but traditional enterprises haven’t stopped deploying Windows Server 2012/2008 or 2003 for that matter. General Virtualization'

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Windows Linux Virtualization Vmware 65

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 2, 2017

Sublime Text supports OS X, Linux, and Windows. I don’t have any Windows-based systems, so I only use it on OS X and Linux. I’m currently using Wire on Linux and OS X, with plans to extend to iOS and Android. VirtualBox: VirtualBox supports Linux, OS X, and Windows, providing one solution for hosted virtualization.

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Linux Vmware Windows Journal 60

Scott Lowe

APRIL 6, 2017

Humair Ahmed of VMware shares some details on a new control plane resiliency feature recently added to VMware NSX: Controller Disconnected Operation (CDO) mode. Here’s a handy list of deprecated Linux network commands and their replacements. Konstantin Ryabitsev has a series going on securing a SysAdmin Linux workstation.

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Vmware Linux Storage Network 60

CTOvision

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

Microsegmentation like that provided by vendors CISCO and VMware state that traditional perimeter defenses akin to medieval castles walls no longer work. While it’s written by VMware, it is by no means specific only to VMware and NSX. If you are a VMware shop, then their version of Microsegmentation is for you.

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Network Security Vmware Virtualization 150

Network World

JANUARY 4, 2018

And all the major software vendors of Linux, Microsoft for Windows, Apple for macOS, and virtualization software suppliers such as VMware and Citrix have all collaborated to mitigate this threat. To read this article in full, please click here

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Intel Vmware Linux Architecture 84

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 27, 2021

I have a fairly diverse set of links for readers this time around, covering topics from microchips to improving your writing, with stops along the way in topics like Kubernetes, virtualization, Linux, and the popular JSON-parsing tool jq. Michael Kashin shares the journey of containerizing NVIDIA Cumulus Linux. Networking. So useful.).

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Linux Load Balancer Malware Virtualization 90

Scott Lowe

JUNE 2, 2016

Anthony Burke has written a script that uses VMware NSX to protect VMware Log Insight instances. Jason Messer has an article describing how networking works with Windows containers. Ajeet Singh Raina has a write-up on running Docker Datacenter on VMware vSphere. Welcome to Technology Short Take #67. Networking.

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Vmware Virtualization Linux Windows 60

Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

You may have heard of eBPF, the Linux technology that is reshaping Linux applications (and in some ways reshaping Linux itself). Something about Linux, and Fedora in particular, just keeps drawing me back. It almost feels like we are well into Windows Registry territory here. Good stuff! See the previous bullet!)

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Linux Vmware Open Source Examples 60

Storage IO Blog

AUGUST 20, 2013

announcement big data convergence I/O Networking IT Industry Activity IT Infrastructure Topics little data metrics Performance and Capacity perspective post server ssd Storage and Storage Management Tools Storage Architecture and Access tools virtualization cache FLASH iop linux pcie Performance SSD storage storage i/o vmware Windows'

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Storage IBM Software Software 70

Network World

MARCH 20, 2017

The security researchers assembled at the Pwn2Own 2017 hacking competition , sponsored by Trend Micro, and occasionally grouped together, then performed essentially zero-day exploits (at least by the rules, heretofore unknown) on your favorite stuff, such as Windows, MacOS and Linux.

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Vmware Linux Trends Windows 60

Scott Lowe

JUNE 18, 2017

Colin Lynch shares some details on his journey with VMware NSX (so far). I wouldn’t take this information as gospel, but here’s a breakdown of some of the IPv6 support available in VMware NSX. This other post by Cody on automated Windows 10 post-install may also be useful. Servers/Hardware. Virtualization. Here’s a great way.

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Windows Vmware Virtualization Linux 60

Scott Lowe

JUNE 18, 2017

Colin Lynch shares some details on his journey with VMware NSX (so far). I wouldn’t take this information as gospel, but here’s a breakdown of some of the IPv6 support available in VMware NSX. This other post by Cody on automated Windows 10 post-install may also be useful. Servers/Hardware. Virtualization. Here’s a great way.

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Windows Vmware Virtualization Linux 60

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 27, 2021

I have a fairly diverse set of links for readers this time around, covering topics from microchips to improving your writing, with stops along the way in topics like Kubernetes, virtualization, Linux, and the popular JSON-parsing tool jq along the way. Michael Kashin shares the journey of containerizing NVIDIA Cumulus Linux.

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Linux Load Balancer Malware Virtualization 60

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 19, 2018

This is pretty cool: a WYSIWYG topology designer for VMware NSX. Barry Peddycord shares an update on Ansible support for the Cumulus Linux NCLU. The VMware Cloud-Native Apps group has a breakdown of some of the new features/functionality found in the 1.9 Klaus Aschenbrenner shares how he designed his VMware vSAN-based home lab.

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Vmware Open Source Linux Cloud 60

Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

Cumulus Networks recently introduced the Cumulus Linux Network Command Line Utility (NCLU) , which provides a more unified front-end to configuring switches running Cumulus Linux. Jeff Geerling walks you through how to use Ansible via Windows 10’s Subsystem for Linux. has a closer look at VMware Cloud on AWS.

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Linux Vmware Storage Network 60

Virtualized Greek

JANUARY 28, 2014

Or should I say, I haven’t seen a great operating model for seamlessly managing both Windows and Linux. For instance, there was the whole Windows vs. automobile industry meme that was going around a few years ago. Hypervisors should be treated the same as Linux and Windows management.

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Vmware Linux Comparison Windows 68

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

It’s for this reason that I recently made VirtualBox —not VMware Fusion —my primary virtualization provider for Vagrant environments. I know it seems odd for a VMware employee to use/prefer a non-VMware product over a competing VMware product. Yep, it can do that too. For me, it’s simply the right tool for the job.

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Vmware Virtualization Tools Windows 60

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

Sam McGeown has a nice diagram of the communications channels between the various VMware NSX components. Michael Wittig shares some details on migrating to Amazon Linux 2. The Windows Server team managed to shrink the size of the Windows Server Core container image by about 60%; get more details here. Virtualization.

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Vmware Linux Network Storage 60

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 28, 2016

The rise of Linux in importance in the networking industry continues, with Arista announcing enhancements to Arista EOS to support—among other things—Docker containers. As a partial counterpoint to the increased use/visibility of Linux in the networking industry, check out Ivan’s take on Dell’s OS10 announcement. Networking.

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Vmware Linux Open Source Devops 60

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 17, 2017

Linux containers on Windows (LCOW) preview support. Improved platform support (Azure, packet.net, IBM Bluemix, AWS, GCP, VMware, Hyper-V, etc.). Support for the latest Linux kernels. Wireguard was something that was integrated in LinuxKit recently (it’s still be upstreamed in the Linux kernel).

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Linux Architecture Open Source Vmware 60

Scott Lowe

APRIL 15, 2022

Although Linux is often considered to be superior to Windows and macOS with regard to security, it is not without its own security flaws. I, personally, would posit that Linux can be more secure than other platforms, but it requires proper configuration and can still be undone by a loose nut behind the keyboard.

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Linux Load Balancer IPv6 Licensing 74

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 29, 2016

Andrey Khomyakov shares some information on automating the setup of whitebox switches running Cumulus Linux in part 2 of this series on learning network automation. could make RDP connections to modern Windows systems. Michael Preston shares his thoughts on containers in a post titled “A VMware guy’s perspective on containers.”

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Vmware Linux Open Source Data Center 60

Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 7, 2014

It was good to read this post on Cumulus Linux first impressions by Jeremy Stretch. I’m a fan of Cumulus, but I’m admittedly a Linux guy (see here ) so you might say I’m a bit biased. Jeremy is a “hard-core” networking professional, and so hearing his feedback on Cumulus Linux was, in my opinion, useful.

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Vmware Linux Storage Virtualization 69

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 9, 2016

That prompted Cody Bunch to write this article on setting up a topology with BGP on Linux using the topology converter , which I’m now mentioning in this Technology Short Take. PowerShell on Cumulus Linux on a network switch? Clifford Haas has a review of VMware NSX (this is from back in January). Does your head hurt yet?).

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Vmware Case Study Linux Network 60

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 16, 2017

Want to install VMware NSX in your home lab, but concerned about resource utilization? Although it’s not called out in the article, it’s important to note that this is not supported by VMware.). to VMware NSX 6.2.5 John Slack shares some tips and tricks garnered while learning to use Vagrant on Windows 10.

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Vmware Storage Network Windows 60

Storage IO Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2015

backup BC and DR big data Cloud converged convergence Data and Information Management database DCIM Education I/O Networking Infrastructure Resource Management IT Industry Activity IT Infrastructure Topics Lab report little data metrics object storage Performance and Capacity perspective post Power and Cooling server Site related ssd Storage and Storage (..)

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Storage Vmware Devops Backup 40

Scott Lowe

JULY 22, 2013

Here’s a decent two-part series about running Vyatta on VMware Workstation ( part 1 and part 2 ). Need to do some port forwarding on a Linux box and want to automate the configuration with Puppet? Rawlinson Rivera starts to address a lack of available information about Virsto in the first of a series of posts on VMware Virsto.

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Vmware Virtualization Network Linux 106

Cloud Musings

OCTOBER 16, 2016

You will learn how to painlessly deploy fairly complex applications that scale across multiple instances in cloud technologies including Windows Azure Chef, Chef Solo, Linux and Windows Tools.

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Vmware Training Web Services Cloud 70