In the previous posts, I talked about how to install and set up Log Insight. Next, we configured the vSphere environment to send logs to Log Insight. In this post, I am going to talk about how to install the vRealize Log Insight agent on Linux and Windows operating systems to send their logs, and…
Disable Time Synchronization for Windows Virtual Machine without Disabling VMware tools
In this article, I want to provide best practices for achieving accurate timekeeping with a domain controller or NTP server in Windows guest operating systems. This recommendation is based on my experience and VMware docs.In a typical domain environment, time is taken from the time server which is a domain controller (PDC Emulator), and while…
SQL Server Backup With Data Domain using DDBoost
Data Domain is a purpose-built backup appliance used by many organizations to store backup data. The Data Domain appliance can be used as a Common Internet File System (CIFS)/Server Message Block (SMB) or Network File System (NFS) file share. Data Domain can also be integrated into various traditional backup applications. This makes it an excellent…
Replace Zerto Certificate By An ADCS Signed Certificate
After installing and configuring the Zerto Virtual Replication in the previous posts, now it is time to secure the Zerto portal in order to get rid of the red warning in the browser about the default self-signed certificate. In our environment, we utilize our internal CA (Active Directory Certificate Services or Windows PKI) in order…
vRealize Log Insight – vSphere Configuration
In this post we want to quickly configure vSphere to redirect logs to vRealize Log Insight. Now navigate to the web user interface of vRealize Log Insight. https:// log_insight-host/ Where log_insight-host is the IP address or host name of the vRealize Log Insight virtual appliance. Navigate to the Administration tab. From the vSphere Integration page, configure vRealize Log Insight to pull tasks, events, and alerts from vCenter Server instances,…
vRealize Log Insight – Initial Configuration
In the previous post, we fully explained how to deploy vRealize Log Insight. After you deployed the vRealize Log Insight in your environment, you need to do some configuration before it becomes ready for collecting log . if you missed the last post, you can access it by the following link. Now navigate to the…
vRealize Log Insight – Deployment
In this series of articles, we want to talk about an efficient and reliable tool for collecting logs. A tool that can collect logs from virtual infrastructure, physical infrastructure, operating systems, and various devices and help us to gather and aggregate the logs to analyze them. Today, I want to introduce you to the famous…
SQL Server On VMware – Best Practices
One of the problems in organizations that implement SQL Server on a virtual machine is the lack of recognition of the virtualization which leads to the non-optimal implementation of this service on the virtual structure and then causes them to face improper performance. In this post, I want to talk briefly about how to design…
Zerto Virtual Replication – Reporting
In the latest series of the Zerto configuration series, we will go through how to create and make a report in the Zerto. If you missed the old post of this series, please check the following links. Zerto Virtual Replication – Installation Zerto Virtual Replication – Configuration Zerto Virtual Replication – Failover Zerto Virtual Replication…
Zerto Virtual Replication – Failover
In this post, we will go through the failover test of a virtual machine. If you missed the old post of this series or would like to access the next part of this configuration, please check the following links. Zerto Virtual Replication – Installation Zerto Virtual Replication – Configuration Zerto Virtual Replication – Failover Zerto…