Vizioncore's esxRanger Professional now enables users to improve their ability to track the movements of virtual servers created by VMware's ESX Server application and better optimize their virtual IT ...

In addition, CommVault's new software also became one of the first applications to allow deduplication of data that is backed up to tape. Backing up data from virtual servers has become an important ...

Broadcom’s 2023 acquisition of VMware for US$69bn led to disruptive changes in the virtualisation provider’s pricing. Key here is a move from perpetual licences to a subscription model. This has left ...

Tom Fenton says VMware's free solution has been proven over the years and is a viable option for even the most cash-strapped vSphere deployments. About five years ago I wrote an article about using ...

Symantec Corp. announced the availability of Veritas Cluster Server 5.0 for VMware’s ESX Server. The solution provides advanced monitoring capabilities for applications running inside the virtual ...

Virtualization technology has increased the challenge of backing up server environments. IT administrators have to choose from among a variety of virtual server backup options, including agent-based ...

Snapshots capture the exact state of a VM, disk contents, memory, and power status, at a specific moment. They are ideal for short-term rollbacks during testing, but are not a replacement for proper ...

As the number of servers being virtualized grows, backing up and protecting them becomes more of a problem. It’s not enough for IT administrators to simply back up each virtual server and its data.