Today’s video outlines how to configure Openfiler and continues where I left off from the installing OpenFiler video. This article assumes that you have already already installed Openfiler. For instructions on how to do that see our video on installing openfiler. **Note: This information came from a previous site of ours, so the information may […]
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This is content I migrated from a previous website, so some of the information is a little out of date. But the overall processes should still be the same. Virtual Box is a very simple virtual machine package which can be installed on Linux, Mac, Windows, and Solaris. It is open source, so you can
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Today’s video shows how to install Open Filer in a Virtual Machine. Open Filer is a very easy to use storage system which integrates with Active Directory and LDAP. It supports NFS, iSCSI, SMB, etc… It has many features including Snapshots, Replication, and High Availability. There is a both a Community Version (Free) and a
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Any IT professional with even a little experience is familiar with DHCP. Dynamic host configuration protocol is responsible for handing out IP addresses on your network. there is generally one device or server responsible for handing out IP addresses on a given Network. Using DHCP, you can specify the IP address, subnet mask, DNS server,
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Sometimes virtual machines within your VMWare environment may show up as invalid. The machine is in-fact still running at this point; but you are unable to manage the invalid virtual machine(s). This can happen for a few reasons, but in my experience the most common cause is when the esx host is unable to access
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In today’s digital landscape, businesses generate and store more data than ever before. From high-speed databases and virtualized workloads to massive file archives and collaborative workspaces, the right storage infrastructure can significantly impact performance, reliability, and scalability. Choosing between Storage Area Networks (SANs) and Network Attached Storage (NAS) is a critical decision for IT teams,
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As there are a variety of tasks you may need to achieve, there are many different ways to connect to your storage system. Each operating system has differing methods for utilizing these protocols, and different operating systems will perform differently with each protocol. For the purpose of this article we are going to focus on
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Ensuring your Puppet Agent is installed on all machines in your environment can be a challenging task. Today I will share a tip on how you can ensure that the puppet agent us automatically deployed to all of your new virtual machines. Explanation When you deploy a VMWare template, you have the option to create
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KVM Stands for Kernel Virtual Machine. KVM is a virtualization technology built into the Linux Kernel based on QEMU (Quick Emulator) and is used for server virtualization. QEMU allows for virtualizing hardware, all the way from a complete hardware stack to a single device. KVM basically takes QEMU and allows it to use hardware extensions
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In this article, I will describe how to install and use the Chocolatey Package Manager on Windows. But first, what is Chocolatey? To get the best explanation, it is best to quote the makers of chocolatey. “Chocolatey is a package manager for Windows (like apt-get but for Windows). It was designed to be a decentralized
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