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VM automation strategies and benefits for sizable workloads

By Stefani Muñoz 10 Jul 2019

Before automating VMs, admins must consider several factors, such as workload size and cost efficiency. Otherwise, automated VMs can cause issues rather than yield benefits. Read More

VMware HCX improves VM mobility between vSphere clusters

By Alastair Cooke 21 Nov 2019

VMware developed HCX to help customers move to VMware Cloud on AWS. HCX has since evolved as an offering and now enables VM and app migration between any two vSphere clusters. Read More

Azure Bastion brings convenience, security to VM management

By Tim Warner 14 Nov 2019

This cloud service gets around the problem associated with jump servers and cloaks the identity of your VMs to avoid potential security issues. Read More

Top 10 VM backup tools for VMware and Hyper-V

By Brien Posey 25 Feb 2020

Admins who rely on VMware and Hyper-V workloads might have trouble choosing the right backup tool for their VMs. Admins can use this article to better inform their purchasing decisions. Read More

Deploy a VM from a template with VMware PowerCLI

By Dan Franciscus 28 Dec 2018

Quickly create and deploy VMs from templates using Packer or PowerCLI rather than doing so from scratch via installation media. This helpful how-to walks you through the steps. Read More

How resource contention affects VM storage performance

By Brien Posey 28 May 2019

VM performance issues often occur when resource contention is present. Admins can check the number of IOPS requests and storage array connections to address any bottlenecks. Read More

Prepare for VM-to-cloud workload migration

By Ryann Burnett 05 Dec 2018

Migrating VMs to the cloud can be relatively straightforward if you lay the groundwork to meet workload and vendor requirements. Follow these steps to prepare for the migration. Read More

Explore native and third-party VM automation tools' features

By Brien Posey 22 Jan 2020

VMware and Microsoft offer native tools that provide VM automation capabilities, but admins should also look at third-party vendors, such as Chef, Puppet and SolarWinds. Read More

Use these PowerCLI vMotion cmdlets to automate VM migration

By Dan Franciscus 16 Sep 2019

VMware vMotion moves VMs between hypervisors and storage devices to keep those VMs running. You can use PowerCLI to easily automate complex vMotion tasks. Read More

Use Microsoft SCVMM to clone a VM

By Nirmal Sharma 29 Oct 2018

There are some requirements you must meet to clone VMs with SCVMM, but the steps to clone an existing VM -- whether it's running, paused or shutdown -- are fairly simple. Read More