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• IT operations management (ITOM)

  IT operations management (ITOM) is the administrative area involving technology infrastructure components and the requirements of individual applications, services, storage, networking and connectivity elements within an organization. Continue Reading

• IT operations analytics (ITOA)

  IT operations analytics (ITOA) is the practice of monitoring systems and gathering, processing and interpreting data from various operations sources to guide decisions and predict potential issues. Continue Reading

• VM BIOS (virtual machine basic input/output system)

  A VM BIOS (virtual machine basic input/output system) is the set of instructions that controls the booting process of a virtual machine. Continue Reading

• Generation 1 VM (generation 1 virtual machine)

  A Generation 1 VM is a virtual machine that uses the original Hyper-V BIOS-based architecture. Continue Reading

• An initiation into infrastructure automation tools and methods

  IT infrastructure automation isn't always easy, but the right tools with the right implementation strategy will pay off with faster provisioning and fewer errors. Continue Reading

• Definitions to Get Started

  • hardware security
  • distributed applications (distributed apps)
  • Elastic Stack (ELK Stack)
  • virtual switch (vSwitch)

  • on-demand computing
  • AMD (Advanced Micro Devices)
  • host virtual machine (host VM)
  • Agile operations (AgileOps)

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• log management

  Log management is the collective processes and policies used to administer and facilitate the generation, transmission, analysis, storage, archiving and ultimate disposal of the large volumes of log data created within an information system.Continue Reading

• Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)

  Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) is a management and orchestration system for Docker containers and container clusters that run within Google's public cloud services.Continue Reading

• AWS CodeDeploy (Amazon Web Services CodeDeploy)

  AWS CodeDeploy is a service that automates code deployments to Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) and on-premises servers.Continue Reading

• VMware vSphere Integrated Containers (VIC)

  VMware vSphere Integrated Containers allow an administrator to deploy and manage containers alongside their traditional VMs in vSphere.Continue Reading

• Open Container Initiative

  The Open Container Initiative, formerly known as the Open Container Project, is a Linux Foundation project designed to establish common open standards for container platforms.Continue Reading

• Change boot settings from a VM BIOS

  Often overlooked, a VM's BIOS is more limited than a physical machine's BIOS, but will allow you to adjust boot settings.Continue Reading

• software-defined infrastructure control (SDIC)

  Software-defined infrastructure control (SDIC) is an analytics-driven approach to balancing the resources that application programs demand in virtual and cloud environments.Continue Reading

• distributed cloud

  Distributed cloud is the application of cloud computing technologies to interconnect data and applications served from multiple geographic locations.Continue Reading

• hyper-hybrid cloud

  A hyper-hybrid cloud is a complex distributed environment involving multiple and diverse interconnected public and private clouds, often from multiple providers.Continue Reading

• Brace your infrastructure for a microservices approach

  Before transitioning to microservices, it's crucial to consider the effects on your underlying infrastructure and network -- and to plan ahead.Continue Reading

• How to integrate IT infrastructure monitoring tools

  When done successfully, performance monitoring tool integrations enhance administrative insight and productivity across a busy data center.Continue Reading

• FirewallD

  FirewallD, also known as Dynamic Firewall, replaces Fedora's old firewall tool, iptables, and allows for easier configuration and interface.Continue Reading

• Here and there: Blending on-premises and cloud environments

  Data center technologies and strategies are evolving toward a blend of infrastructures that reside partly on-premises and partly in the cloud. More and more, IT shops are being asked to coordinate technology resources rather than simply control them...Continue Reading

• How do I use SR-IOV for Hyper-V VMs?

  Single Root I/O Virtualization, or SR-IOV, can help reduce latency and increase I/O throughput when enabled for Hyper-V VMs.Continue Reading

• mobile cloud applications

  A mobile cloud application is a software program that is designed to be accessed over the Internet by many types of portable computing devices.Continue Reading

• virtual memory ballooning

  Virtual memory ballooning allows a physical host to recapture unused memory on its guest virtual machines and allocate the resource where needed.Continue Reading

• storage pools

  Storage pools are capacity aggregated from disparate physical storage resources in a shared storage environment.Continue Reading

• How to implement a solid DevOps team structure

  DevOps collaboration can wipe development and operations teams of hostility and negativity. Dashboards and tiger teams turn wartime to peacetime.Continue Reading

• How to adopt a successful DevOps enterprise

  No two DevOps shops are alike, but there are common threads that run throughout. So what does it take for an IT shop to successfully implement the DevOps culture?Continue Reading

• stretched cluster

  A stretched cluster is a deployment model in which two or more virtualization host servers are part of the same logical cluster but located in separate geographical locations.Continue Reading

• What do you need to roll out application containerization?

  Containers have a significant following these days, thanks to Docker. Find out how containers can help and what you need to get started.Continue Reading

• Linux virtual machine (Linux VM)

  A Linux virtual machine is a virtual machine (VM) that is running a distribution of Linux as the guest operating system (guest OS).Continue Reading

• Component cloud model powers agile application development

  In the future, IT pros see cloud as a place to spin up applications to respond to problems on the fly. The component cloud model is just step one.Continue Reading

• dynamic memory allocation (in virtualization)

  Dynamic memory allocation is a memory management technique in which a program can request and return memory while it is executing. Continue Reading

• VMQ (Virtual Machine Queue)

  VMQ (Virtual Machine Queue) is a type of hardware packet filtering that delivers packet data from an outside virtual machine network directly to a virtualized host operating system. Continue Reading

• DevOps overhauls app dev scripts

  Applications don't run in a vacuum. Operations -- the last step of app development and maintenance -- actually belongs in every stage of the cycle.Continue Reading

• Successful DevOps practices from the start

  Here's all you need to know to get started with DevOps, from identifying goals and roadblocks, to useful tools to scale DevOps to the next level.Continue Reading

• friendly name

  A friendly name is the title given to an application file, certificate or other IT asset so that a person easily understands and remembers it.Continue Reading

• phased rollout

  Phased rollout is a hardware or software migration method that involves incremental implementation of a new system. A phased migration might be conducted either by implementing the entire new system in some locations or business units or by ...Continue Reading

• policy engine

  A policy engine is a software component that allows an organization to create, monitor and enforce rules about how network resources and the organization's data can be accessed.  Continue Reading

• memory paging

  Memory paging is a memory management technique for controlling how a computer's memory resources are shared.Continue Reading

• A look inside the DevOps movement

  DevOps is a culture, not a job or procedure for an IT team. That said, there are DevOps tools and organizational strategies to help you get there.Continue Reading

• STONITH (Shoot The Other Node In The Head)

  STONITH (Shoot The Other Node In The Head) is a Linux service for maintaining the integrity of nodes in a high-availability (HA) cluster. Continue Reading

• hardware emulation

  Hardware emulation is the use of one hardware device to mimic the function of another hardware device.  Microsoft's Hyper-V includes hardware emulation because the Integration Services can only be installed on certain guest operating systems.Continue Reading

• Microsoft System Center Orchestrator

  Microsoft System Center Orchestrator is a workflow automation software product introduced as part of the Microsoft System Center 2012 suite.Continue Reading

• virtual file system (VFS)

  A virtual file system (VFS) is programming that forms an interface between an operating system's kernel and a more concrete file system. Continue Reading

• Virtual security tactics for Type 1 and Type 2 hypervisors

  It's no surprise that Type 1 and Type 2 hypervisors require different security considerations, but we asked an expert to clarify.Continue Reading

• Recognizing and correcting common VM migration problems

  A careful and systematic approach can speed the recognition and correction of common VM migration problems.Continue Reading

• Microsoft Hyper-V Integration Services

  Hyper-V Integration Services is a suite of utilities in Microsoft Hyper-V, designed to enhance the performance of the virtual machine's guest operating system. It optimizes the drivers of the virtual environments to provide the best experience.Continue Reading

• transparent page sharing

  Transparent page sharing (TPS) is a memory management technology in virtualization.Continue Reading

• Optimal BIOS settings for server virtualization

  The ideal mix of performance and reliability starts with learning which server BIOS settings you should configure for a virtualized system.Continue Reading

• shared nothing live migration

  Shared nothing live migration is a term used to describe the process of moving a virtual machine (VM) from one physical host to another, without the need for clustering or a common shared storage location.Continue Reading

• bare-metal provisioning

  Bare-metal provisioning is the process of installing an operating system (OS) or Type 1 hypervisor directly on a computer's hardware. Continue Reading

• VMDK file (virtual machine disk file)

  VMware Virtual Machine Disk File (VMDK) is a format specification for virtual machine (VM) files. A file with a .VMDK file extension is essentially a complete and independent virtual machine.Continue Reading

• virtual storage appliance (VSA)

  A virtual storage appliance (VSA) is a storage controller that runs on a virtual machine(VM) to create shared storage without the cost of additional hardware. Continue Reading

• golden image

  A golden image is a template for a virtual machine (VM), virtual desktop, server or hard disk drive.  A golden image may also be referred to as a clone image or master image.Continue Reading

• Hyper-V Replica

  Hyper-V Replica is a free disaster recovery tool in Hyper-V 3.0 that creates and maintains copies of virtual machines (VMs ). In the event of a catastrophic loss, an administrator can failover to the replica VMs and provide business continuity.Continue Reading

• event-driven application

  An event-driven application is a computer program that is written to respond to actions generated by the user or the system.Continue Reading

• guest virtual machine (guest VM)

  A guest virtual machine (guest VM) is the software component of a virtual machine (VM), an independent instance of an operating system (called a guest operating system) and its associated software and information.Continue Reading

• Quiz: The basics of server virtualization

  Take this quiz to find out how much you know about the basics of server virtualization.Continue Reading

• Intel VT (Virtualization Technology)

  Intel VT (Virtualization Technology) is the company's hardware assistance for processors running virtualization platforms.Continue Reading

• AMD-V (AMD virtualization)

  AMD-V (AMD virtualization) is a set of hardware extensions for the X86 processor architecture. Advanced Micro Dynamics (AMD) designed the extensions to perform repetitive tasks normally performed by software and improve resource use and virtual ...Continue Reading

• memory overcommit (or overcommitment)

  Memory overcommit (or overcommitment) is a hypervisor feature that allows a virtual machine (VM) to use more memory space than the physical host has available.Continue Reading

• event stream processing (ESP)

  Event stream processing (ESP) is a software capacity designed to support implementation of event-driven architectures... (Continued)Continue Reading

• early adopter

  An early adopter is a person who embraces new technology before most other people do. Early adopters tend to buy or try out new hardware items and programs, and new versions of existing programs, sooner than most of their peers. According to a ...Continue Reading

• Best practices for naming VMware virtual machines

  Are you naming your VMware virtual machines in a way that will help you keep track of where they are and what they do? If not, you must read this expert response by Andrew Kutz.Continue Reading

• cook-off test

  A cook-off test is a controlled experiment conducted to determine if or how soon a component, device or system will malfunction because of internally generated heat... (Continued)Continue Reading

• PowerPC

  PowerPC is a microprocessor architecture that was developed jointly by Apple, IBM, and Motorola.Continue Reading

• HP OpenView

  HP OpenView is a suite of business computer management or "e-services" programs from Hewlett-Packard (HP), which states that the suite is "among the world's 20 largest software businesses."Continue Reading

• DCML (Data Center Markup Language)

  DCML (Data Center Markup Language), based on Extensible Markup Language (XML), is a data format and model for exchanging information that describes a data center environment.Continue Reading

• MIPS (million instructions per second)

  The number of MIPS (million instructions per second) is a general measure of computing performance and, by implication, the amount of work a larger computer can do.Continue Reading