High availability and disaster recovery

A sound strategy around high availability and disaster recovery is a must in every enterprise -- especially for production workloads that can't afford downtime. Apply the tips and advice in this section to build resiliency into cloud architectures and prepare for a range of disaster recovery scenarios.

Winners of the Best of VMworld 2021 Awards
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Select the best servers for virtualization and beyond
Consider sizing, security and hardware, as well as developing technologies such as hyper-convergence, hybrid cloud and containers...
How to choose the best hardware for virtualization
Selecting the best hardware for virtualization is the foundation of maintaining or designing a robust, reliable and scalable data...

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Avoid VM latency issues with VMware NUMA Observer
NUMA Observer from VMware Labs helps admins identify VMs that have overlapping NUMA nodes and storage problems. Learn how the ...
Enable vSAN data-at-rest encryption for extra VM security
Data-at-rest encryption secures data all the way down to the storage level. Increase VM security in a couple of steps and ...
An intro to using vRA Custom Resources
VRealize Automation offers Custom Resources to enable a vRA user to create a variety of user objects to simplify management of ...

Using native and third-party Citrix troubleshooting tools
End-user issues will come up in any virtual desktop environment, so administrators must be prepared. For a Citrix environment, ...
Understanding the DaaS options for Macs
When people discuss desktop as a service, it is usually in the context of Windows desktops. For macOS, however, implementing DaaS...
What are the key differences between DaaS and VPN?
VPN and DaaS can both give remote access to corporate resources, but they differ in key ways. IT admins should consider these ...

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In search of AWS Solutions Architect preparation?
Think you're ready for the AWS Certified Solutions Architect certification exam? Test your knowledge with these 12 questions, and...
Experts raise privacy concerns over Amazon fleet surveillance
Amazon said its van monitoring system is designed solely for driver safety. But many industry experts have concerns regarding the...
Here's why Amazon's global expansion won't come easy
Amazon would like to strengthen its global footprint, but the e-commerce giant faces roadblocks and challenges today that did not...

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Key takeaways from Red Hat Summit 2022
At Red Hat's 2022 Red Hat Summit, the organization announced changes to edge strategy, Linux admin skill gaps and hardware and ...
VMware may be Broadcom's next acquisition target
Looking to further expand its enterprise software portfolio, Broadcom is reportedly in serious talks to acquire VMware.
How to design and build a data center
Designing an efficient data center is no small feat. Review data center facility and infrastructure components and different ...

Learn to work with the Office 365 unified audit log
Administrators who need to check on suspicious activities in the Office 365 platform can perform a unified audit log search to ...
Query event logs with PowerShell to find malicious activity
Every action on a Windows Server system gets recorded, so don't get caught by an avoidable security incident. Learn how to find ...
Microsoft corrects Windows zero-day for May Patch Tuesday
Administrators should plan on extra testing after deploying this month's patches due to the heavy concentration of fixes in three...