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VM networking: Physical and virtual switches explained

In order for VMs to communicate, they must utilize VM networking technologies that enable them to emulate and access the existing physical network and provide additional features.

By Stephen Bigelow • Feb. 2, 2018

Unikernels vs. containers: See the lightweight championship fight

The drive to minimize app hosting resources yielded unikernels and containers, the IT equivalent of a tiny house and apartment. Containing only the barest essentials, unikernels pose unique benefits and challenges.

By Alan Earls • Feb. 1, 2018

Kubernetes storage projects dominate CNCF docket

The Cloud Native Computing Foundation will host the Rook distributed container storage project -- the first move in a pivotal year for Kubernetes stateful app support.

By Beth Pariseau • Feb. 1, 2018

Want a DevOps success story? Try employee net promoter score

The more likely an employee is to recommend an employer to a friend, the more likely the company is healthy and successful. Here's how to apply that practice to DevOps.

By George Lawton • Feb. 1, 2018

CoreOS acquisition burnishes Red Hat containers profile

Most IT shops don't deploy containers in production, but more might be enticed by the addition of CoreOS tools to Red Hat's OpenShift.

By Beth Pariseau • Jan. 31, 2018

Sharpen IT effectiveness to go from cost center to business nexus

IT departments must work to keep user experience positive to avoid a perception as a resource vacuum. If users can't manipulate the app effectively, what does uptime matter?

By Adam Fowler • Jan. 31, 2018

Chef (software)

Chef is an open source systems management and cloud infrastructure automation platform.

By David Carty • Jan. 30, 2018

IT monitoring strategy, org discipline polish Nasdaq DevOps incident response

At Nasdaq, IT monitoring unified different teams' views of infrastructure, but cultural blocking and tackling are equally important to improve incident response.

By Beth Pariseau • Jan. 30, 2018

Expand KVM storage with virsh commands

With a few steps -- the creation of files, the addition of XML code and the execution of commands -- you can use the virsh command-line interface to add storage to existing VMs.

By Sander van Vugt • Jan. 26, 2018

ServiceNow Kingston troubleshoots IT tasks with AI, machine learning

ServiceNow delivers AI and machine learning capabilities to its core platform to eliminate time-consuming manual help desk tasks.

By Ed Scannell • Jan. 26, 2018

OpenShift on OpenStack aims to ease VM, container management

In this Q&A, Red Hat's Brian Gracely discusses managing a virtual environment that has both VMs and containers and how OpenShift on OpenStack can help.

By Ryann Burnett • Jan. 26, 2018

An IT automation strategy wilts under cloud’s shadow

Organizations have been striving to keep abreast of IT automation trends, but with the ongoing cloud takeover, operations must consider new skill requirements instead.

By Brian Kirsch • Jan. 25, 2018

Office 365 labels help keep content under control

Labels in Office 365 take data governance tasks out of the users' hands through the automatic designation of policies to meet regulations or internal procedures.

By Steve Goodman • Jan. 25, 2018

Learn YAML through a personal example

Some code languages take countless hours of formal training and practice. YAML strikes out in the opposite direction. To comprehend its hierarchical format, follow this coding example.

By Adam Bertram • Jan. 24, 2018

Container orchestration tools ease distributed system complexity

Containers simplify some aspects of enterprise apps, but the deployment process is no walk in the park. Orchestration tools bring standardization and automation to complex hosting scenarios.

By Tom Nolle • Jan. 24, 2018

AI apps demand DevOps infrastructure automation

Businesses look to AI apps to gain a competitive edge, but IT teams must make rapid application changes through a DevOps process and embrace infrastructure automation.

By Beth Pariseau • Jan. 23, 2018

Catch the IT automation technology wave

IT automation is taking over in operations as tasks get bigger and more complex, handling distributed systems. Stay current with these five big trends.

By Emily Mell • Jan. 23, 2018

Are DevOps responsibilities in production unfair to developers?

When Nike.com gave developers live production support responsibilities, the shakeup unearthed fundamental questions about app design and support processes.

By Meredith Courtemanche • Jan. 23, 2018

Bulk manage a Hyper-V server group with PowerShell

With only a few steps, you can use SCVMM to bring a Hyper-V server under management. This is limited, however, so use the SCVMM Command Shell to bulk manage Hyper-V servers.

By Brien Posey • Jan. 23, 2018

Curb stress from Exchange Server updates with these pointers

Some administrators let the memories of a bad patch linger and put off Exchange updates. Here are some tips to make this necessary chore less of a traumatic experience.

By Nathan O'Bryan • Jan. 22, 2018

Hyper-V cmdlets for daily operational tasks

With simple scripts, enable or disable VM Integration Services and Live Migration on Hyper-V hosts, reset VM replication stats, grant or revoke VM access, and optimize VHD files.

By Nirmal Sharma • Jan. 22, 2018

SaltStack

SaltStack, often referred to as simply "Salt," is an open source configuration management and orchestration tool for automating repeated system administrative and code deployment tasks.

By TechTarget Contributor • Jan. 22, 2018

Roll your own Windows patching tool with PowerShell

This tutorial based on PowerShell helps administrators build an automated routine that audits Windows machines, then applies missing patches to lighten this management task.

By Adam Bertram • Jan. 19, 2018

Copy files from the host to a Hyper-V machine

There are many ways to copy files from the host to a Hyper-V machine, including Enhanced Session Mode and the Copy-VMFile PowerShell cmdlet. Follow these steps for each method.

By Nirmal Sharma • Jan. 18, 2018

Jenkins pipeline as code example demonstrates DevOps coordination

Ellucian, which makes software for colleges and universities, offers a pipeline as code example that unifies the release process for multiple generations of apps and brings IT security into the DevOps fold.

By Beth Pariseau • Jan. 18, 2018