First, treat the VMs like physical servers and keep using Retrospect to back them up. Second, which I'm going to try and explore on a test box this week, is to use Windows Server Backup plus the VSS ...

Google announced today that it's now offering Windows Server 2016 instances as part of its datacenter service offerings. Starting this week, it's possible to purchase Google Compute Engine virtual ...

I'm looking into buying a new server which will probably host 15-20 VMs, maybe a bit more. Do you think 8 NIC cards are a good number to get? How about drive configuration? I probably will host a few ...

One of my favorite Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1 features is the included VS Writer, which leverages the Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) to back up running virtual machines. In order to take advantage ...

eSpeaks’ Corey Noles talks with Rob Israch, President of Tipalti, about what it means to lead with Global-First Finance and how companies can build scalable, compliant operations in an increasingly ...

VMware customers run an average of 12.5 virtual machines on each physical server, but memory limitations may be preventing further progress. VMware customers run an average of 12.5 virtual machines on ...

Microsoft announced the general availability of hotpatching for Windows Server Azure Edition core virtual machines allowing admins to install Windows security updates on supported VMs without ...

I've been working a lot on Hyper-V recently, and I've been happy to find that there are plenty of good community resources on Hyper-V that can help people get started with it. One feature I've spent a ...

Microsoft says some Windows Server 2022 virtual machines might not boot up after installing updates released during this month's Patch Tuesday. This known issue only impacts VMs with Secure Boot ...

One of my favorite Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1 features is the included VS Writer, which leverages the Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) to back up running virtual machines. In order to take advantage ...