Continuing the reconfiguration of my Hyper-V/SCVMM environment, I had dead LUNs in my Hyper-V Cluster that needed cleanup, as well as a new LUN to add. All nodes run Windows Server Core 2025, so I performed all tasks manually via PowerShell. In this post, I walk through a real case where a Failover Cluster lost … Read more
Installing or reinstalling System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) 2025 on Windows Server often looks simple on paper, yet real-world attempts can unravel fast. The setup wizard may appear and then vanish without explanation, the prerequisite checker may insist something is missing even after you’ve installed the Windows ADK, and log files can surface baffling … Read more
In this What is new in Hornetsecurity VM Backup v9 ( formerly Altaro VM Backup), we will show the new features and enhancements and how to upgrade from previous versions to the new version 9. What is new in this new version? Since my last review of this product, there was a name change. Since … Read more
In this What is VMware HCX, and how does it work, I will provide some simple explanations about HCX, the type of migrations scenarios, and how HCX can help with workloads migrations. VMware HCX (formerly known as Hybrid Cloud Extension and NSX Hybrid Connect) is a massively scalable hypervisor-based supercomputing platform, delivered as an on-demand … Read more
Did you know that throughout the years big data breaches and ransomware attacks have been increasing rapidly? With World Backup Day right around the corner, let’s take a moment to think about the data loss incidents – and remember how relieved we were to have a proper backup and security strategy in place! If you … Read more
It is with great pleasure that I welcome my new ProVirtualzone Blog Partner: Vinchin. At the moment I am a bit busy with other projects but plan to write some deep neutral(as I also do) reviews about their products. As a partner and sponsor in the Blog, we will work together in the next months … Read more
Did you know that 29% of data loss cases are caused by accident? As World Backup Day nears, we think back to all the incidents, data loss scares, and near-disasters that we’ve experienced over the years – and how grateful we were to have backup during those times! If you use Microsoft 365/Office 365, Hyper-V or VMware, … Read more
In this many times postponed blog post, I do an Altaro VM Backup first review. Will go through all the features that this Backup tool can offer to their costumers. Previously I have talked about another product from Altaro Backup Office 365, now is the time to review their main product, VM Backup. NOTE: Since … Read more
This week in my Hyper-V, I had a strange error that was not easy to find a clear solution since all solutions that I find could not clean the node to reuse. So I will quickly explain how Remove Hyper-V node from dead Hyper-V Cluster. One of my Hyper-V Cluster in the lab was corrupted … Read more
Following the previous System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2019 Series article and with a delay of many months, I will finally continue the SCVMM 2019 third part with this How to add and config Hyper-V hosts and Clusters in SCVMM 2019. Adding your Hyper-V 2016 or 2019 to your System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2019 … Read more
