VM Replication as part of Disaster Recovery as a Service Virtual Machine (VM) Replication is an integral part of disaster recovery. At its core, VM Replication ensures that virtual machines maintain their operational state even after a disaster. Duplicating the source virtual machine onto another [...]
Hyper-V is a very flexible and capable hypervisor that offers many options for virtual machine compatibility and capabilities. In addition, Hyper-V enables admins to choose between two generations of virtual machines with pros and cons. Hyper-V administrators must select the generation of virtual machines that [...]
The tremendous operational features and functionality of the public cloud do not simply stop with high-availability mechanisms. One of the very powerful capabilities of cloud infrastructure is the seamless ability to provide scalability. Since cloud infrastructure does not involve “racking and stacking” servers and is [...]
The Hyper-V virtual Ethernet adapter is a critical component of your virtual networking for Hyper-V virtual machines. It provides the software construct needed for the virtual networking of VMs and other virtual resources in your Hyper-V infrastructure. Let's consider Hyper-V virtual Ethernet adapter for beginners, [...]
This article on the migration of physical machines to the VMware virtual environment will be a three-part series. In this first part, we will take a look at the following: Difference between Physical and Virtual infrastructure Benefits of migrating to a virtual environment Pros and [...]
Microsoft provides many options for standing up a virtualization platform with Hyper-V. There are a variety of options organizations can use to provision virtualized environments based on Hyper-V. However, like most enterprise software, Hyper-V requires licensing, which can differ depending on your solution for building [...]
Journey to IT Excellence: Unleashing the Power of Virtualization In the ever-changing world of IT, staying ahead of the curve is essential for success. As technology transforms how we work and live, tech professionals need to adapt and embrace the latest trends to thrive in [...]
Hyper-V provides an excellent platform for both Windows and Linux guest operating systems. Hyper-V administrators may want to install a Linux guest operating system to serve as a Linux-based container host to run containers. The Linux virtual machine approach to running containers with Hyper-V is [...]
Now that we have a general overview of Hyper-V Replication, let's look at how to set up the solution with two Hyper-V servers in a lab environment. Replication using two standalone servers is the most straightforward approach to Hyper-V Replication that helps build knowledge of [...]
When building out Microsoft Windows Server Hyper-V environments, administrators need to certainly plan the environment according to recommended best practices from Microsoft. This would include building out a Hyper-V cluster for high availability that allows production workloads to withstand a number of failures at the [...]
