Administration Category - Page 2
AWS Lambda vs. Amazon EC2: Which One Should You Choose?
June 1, 2023
Amazon is one of the leaders in providing diverse cloud services, boasting several dozen and counting. Amazon EC2 is one of the most popular...
Comprehensive Comparison of Microsoft Azure Instance Types
June 1, 2023
When looking at the statistics of the cloud infrastructure market, it becomes clear that Microsoft Azure has been strengthening its position...
GFS Backup Retention Policy Explained
June 1, 2023
Ideally, the goal of backup is the ability to recover data from any point back in time. The straightforward way to do that is to keep period...
Using VM Performance Monitoring to Boost VM Performance
June 1, 2023
Virtualization is widely used nowadays due to the advantages for business IT infrastructures, such as scalability, cost-efficiency, and conv...
NFS vs iSCSI for Accessing VM Data
June 1, 2023
NFS vs iSCSI – which protocol should you choose for storing VMware VM files? This question usually comes up when you need to configure share...
VMware VM Templates A to Z
June 1, 2023
Manual deployment of many similar VMs in large virtual environments can be a boring task. VMware provides multiple methods of virtual machin...
Data Center Migration to Cloud Checklist
June 1, 2023
Cloud services ensure high availability and reliability for running virtual machines. Many companies use cloud services in addition to their...
Hyper-V Best Practices for Administration
June 1, 2023
Flexibility, scalability, redundancy, and cost-efficiency… This is only a short list of benefits that Hyper-V can provide you with. While Hy...
Hyper-V Network Adapters: What, Why, and How
June 1, 2023
The previous blog post covered how to create a Hyper-V virtual machine (VM). However, creating a Hyper-V VM is merely the first step of buil...
Hyper-V Networking Best Practices
June 1, 2023
In most cases when you deploy virtual machines (VMs) on Hyper-V, you need to configure network access for VMs according to your tasks. The c...
Best Hyper-V Management Tools for Your Virtual Environment
June 1, 2023
In 2008, Microsoft introduced Hyper-V as its own virtualization platform, allowing users to create and run multiple virtual machines (VMs) w...
How to Increase Disk Size in Hyper-V: The Ultimate Approach
June 1, 2023
Virtual machines require high storage capacity for proper performance and smooth operation. One way to increase capacity when a VM is about...
Complete Guide on How to Shrink and Compact Virtual Hard Disks in Hyper-V
June 1, 2023
When working with Hyper-V dynamically expanding disks, there is always a risk that those disks will grow uncontrollably and reach their maxi...
Full Overview of Hyper-V Dynamic Memory Best Practices
June 1, 2023
Hyper-V Dynamic Memory was first introduced in Windows Server 2008 R2 with SP1. Prior to its release, a Hyper-V virtual machine (VM) would s...
What Is Hyper-V Manager and How Does It Work?
June 1, 2023
Hyper-V Manager has an intuitive user interface and offers basic yet powerful functionality, which makes it a feasible option for small and...
Top 20 Tips on How to Improve VM Performance in Hyper-V
June 1, 2023
Every system is prone to errors and failures once in a while, and users are constantly looking for ways to improve performance with their vi...
A How-To Guide on Setting Up Hyper-V VLANs
June 1, 2023
A virtual environment can consist of several physical servers, with multiple virtual machines (VMs) simultaneously running within each host....
Hyper-V Export and Import: What, Why, and How
June 1, 2023
One of the many benefits of virtualization is portability, meaning that you can easily move selected virtual machines (VMs) from one locatio...
How to Merge Hyper-V Snapshots: A Step-By-Step Guide
June 1, 2023
There are times when you need to install OS updates or security patches on one of your guest virtual machines (VMs). However, the update pro...
How to Work with Hyper-V VHD and VHDX Files: Essential Basics
June 1, 2023
The release of Windows Server 2012 was warmly welcomed due to the introduction of multiple virtualization features, including the new VHDX f...