My latest article for SearchStorageChannel.com deals with Disaster Recovery Planning and Virtualization Technology. In three sections, I go over how virtual storage (iSCSI), Ardence Software Streaming Platform, and virtual server technology can be combined for a highly flexible production and Disaster Recovery environment.
The information could be especially useful for SMB’s.
Happy Reading!
Technorati Tags: Virtualization, Disaster Recovery, DR, Storage
Well, my first screencast has been posted over at SearchEnterpriseLinux.com. This screencast complements my article about “Running Windows as a VM on Linux with VMware Server.” The blog post about this article can be found here.
I know I sound a little like Ben Stein in Ferris Bueller’s Day off in the screencast, but I never claimed to be a professional voiceover artist 
. Anyway, happy listening!
My latest article is up at SearchSystemsChannel.com. This article covers some items to consider when a VAR is helping a client implement a virtualization pilot. It covers virtualization target choice, storage considerations, and server capacity considerations. If you are a VAR looking to help a client with a virtualization pilot, or a client looking to do this yourself, this article provides some good advice. Happy Reading!
The fifth and final installment of my securing Microsoft Virtual Server series is now up at searchservervirtualization.com. In this article I go through some steps required to prevent and detect rogue VMs that may sneak up on your network. I even show you how one might hide a virtual machine inside of an NTFS Alternate Data Stream (ADS) and run the virtual machine from within the Alternate Data Stream. Finally there are some scripts to download that will query your network for the Microsoft Virtual Server service and email you the results of its findings. It has been fun writing this series and I hope that you retain some good information from it. Happy Reading!
Technorati Tags: Virtualization, Microsoft Virtual Server
Part IV of my new series on securing Microsoft Virtual Server is up at searchservervirtualization.com. This article goes through some steps that should be taken before shutting down a compromised Virtual Server 2005 host machine. We hope that it would not get this far, but sometimes breaches do happen. The next article in this series will go over preventing rogue VM’s from popping up unexpectedly on your network! Happy Reading!
Technorati Tags: Virtualization, Microsoft Virtual Server
Part III of my new series of articles on securing Microsoft Virtual Server is up at searchservervirtualization.com. This article goes through what to audit on your Virtual Server for security logs and offers some advice and scripts for collecting event log entries. In the next article of this series I will go through some steps to take before powering down a breached Microsoft Virtual Server host machine. Happy Reading!
Technorati Tags: Virtualization, Microsoft Virtual Server
Part II of my new series of articles is now up at searchservervirtualization.com. In this article I go through securing remote access to Microsoft Virtual Server by requiring ssl on the Administration page and requiring ssl to use the VMRC client. In the next article in this series, I will go through virtual machine log file monitoring where you will see some scripts used to collect events from the event logs of your Microsoft Virtual Server host machine. Happy Reading!
Technorati Tags: Virtualization, Microsoft Virtual Server
Part I of my new series of articles on securing Microsoft Virtual Server is now up at searchservervirtualization.com. In this first part I go through securing physical and local access to Microsoft Virtual Server. In the next installment I will go through securing remote access to Microsoft Virtual Server. File permissions, and certificates, and ssl, oh my! Happy Reading!
I answered this question recently on SearchSystemsChannel.com.
I recently gave a brief answer to this question on SearchSystemsChannel.com:
“I’m getting ready to recommend server virtualization to a client. Who are the most reliable players in the field and what do they bring to the table?”
Go to SearchSystemsChannel.com for the answer.
