Al Rasheed – A personal Blog about IT related subjects.
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The purpose of this blog post is to provide the guidance and the steps needed to remediate a configuration issue that was discovered by the Runecast Analyzer in my vSphere 7 environment. The Runecast OVA can be found and downloaded from the Runecast site linked above. In addition to this and for your convenience, I have... Continue Reading →
The purpose of this blog post is to provide the guidance and the steps needed to update the DSM (DiskStation Manager) on my Synology DS920+. DSM is the operating system that powers every Synology NAS. It's use cases includes Multimedia, File Management, Productivity, Data Protection, Virtualization, Surveillance, and much more! In order to determine which DSM version... Continue Reading →
The .NEXT Conference will be hosted virtually in the Americas this year so be sure to mark September 20-22, 2021 on your calendar and register ASAP! The conference agenda is packed and you’re welcome to check it out here! Outside of the conference being hosted for FREE, there are numerous reasons to join. They include keynotes that will provide the... Continue Reading →
The purpose of this blog post is to provide the guidance and the steps needed to create a Virtual Protection Group (VPG) in Zerto. The purpose of a VPG is to protect virtual machines (VMs) and additional VMs can be added to a VPG at any time. Log into the Zerto Manager Web Client with... Continue Reading →
The purpose of this blog post is to provide the guidance and the steps needed to create a new VMware Datacenter. Log into your vSphere web client, right-click your vCenter Server name and then select New Datacenter. When prompted to do so, please provide a name for the new Datacenter. For this guide, I called... Continue Reading →
The purpose of this blog post is to provide the guidance and the steps needed to install Zerto’s Virtual Replication Package (v8.5U3P1) for VMware. This application can be found and downloaded from the Zerto site. Please keep in mind you will need a Zerto account (free) to access this software. Double click the installer and... Continue Reading →
The purpose of this blog post is to provide the guidance and the steps needed to recover a VMware Virtual Machine (VM) using Active Backup for Business on my Synology DS920+. This VM is currently found on a physical server (Dell PowerEdge R720). To demonstrate the recovery process, the VM was previously deleted from vSphere. As you can see from... Continue Reading →
The purpose of this blog post is to provide the guidance and the steps needed to backup a VMware Virtual Machine (VM) using Active Backup for Business on my Synology DS920+. This VM is currently found on a physical server (Dell PowerEdge R720). The Active for Business software can be installed from the Synology Package... Continue Reading →
The purpose of this blog post is to provide the guidance and the steps needed to configure and install a Windows 11 virtual machine with VMware vSphere 7. This VM will be configured on a physical server (Dell PowerEdge R720) which includes the following hardware: 384GB RAM2 x e5-2620 v2Dual SD module w\ 16GB SD... Continue Reading →
The purpose of this blog post is to provide the guidance and the steps needed to convert a physical computer into a virtual machine using VMware’s P2V Virtual Machine Converter. This converter can be found and downloaded from the VMware vCenter Converter site. Please keep in mind you’ll need a VMware account (free) to access... Continue Reading →
Al Rasheed - A personal Blog about IT related subjects. 