"Object with reference <vmname> was not found in the hierarchy cache." Have you ever met such an error message during replacing the vCenter Server configured in Veeam Backup & Replication? Or maybe in the case of an inventory change in the vCenter? A similar message pops up when a Virtual Machine's MoRef changes. To complete backup jobs successfully, you need to re-map the MoRef ID of protected VMs, namely to keep same MoRef IDs for all protected virtual machines. How should that be done?

Read the article by Paolo Valsecchi, a System Engineer, to find out how to remap MoRef ID of protected VMs, avoid backup jobs failure, and replace the vCenter Server safely.

Have you ever heard of the possibility to run containers without a need to manage servers or clusters? Containers allow packing application code, configurations, and dependencies into a single object. Standardly for their run, it’s necessary to select, configure, and scale clusters of VMs. Now imagine that you don’t need to do all this. You don’t have to choose server types and optimize cluster packing. AWS Fargate is a computer engine for Amazon ECS that makes your work with containers as easy as possible. With AWS Fargate, you don’t interact with servers or clusters, but simply concentrate on designing and building your applications, and not on managing the infrastructure that supports them. Not bad, right?

Read the article by Gary Williams, a virtualization, storage, and Windows systems administrator, to find out how to get and run AWS Fargate containers at the following link

Are you a system administrator or network engineer who wants to build a Remote Direct Memory Access (RDMA) connection between hosts and get the maximum performance of this connection? We’ll help you to become buddy-buddy with RDMA technology. What is RDMA, how it works, what are its pros and cons, where it can be used, what is needed to use and configure an RDMA connection, how to test it and what problems can be encountered during testing - these are not all aspects we will touch on the upcoming webinar. The plot thickens: how does StarWind rPerf, all-in-one free Performance Benchmarking Tool, do all this work for you on measuring both latency and bandwidth for RDMA connections between Windows- and Linux-based operating systems? You got to admit it, there are too many questions that need to be answered.

Visit the upcoming free webinar and be on a first-name basis with RDMA technology.

Each virtual machine (VM) is a collection of resources provided by the infrastructure layer, usually organized in a pool of resources and assigned dynamically (or in some case statically) to each VM. VMs “see” a subset of physical resources in a form of virtual hardware components defined usually by the certain minimum elements. Adding hardware components can be useful in some cases, or they can be necessary for performing some basic operations, like, for example, installing the guest OS where a video driver, a keyboard and a mouse device are needed to use the remote console. That is why you should be aware of which hardware resources can be hot-add and which hot-remove.

Read the article by Andrea Mauro, a virtualization expert and architect, to find out how to change hardware resources on a running VM at the following link

VMware Horizon View is a VMware product that aims to improve the infrastructure of the virtual desktop as well as support bring your own device (BYOD) programs. Most administrators back up virtual desktops, but very few pay enough attention to backing up the Horizon View configurations. At the same time, a backup of a VMware Horizon View environment configuration is a critical part of the work of your virtual desktop infrastructure that guarantees its integrity. Moreover, if you any have problems with a large View Manager configuration that can last from several hours to several days, your Horizon View configurations need a safe harbor badly. So, don’t wait for a second!

Read the article by Alex Samoylenko, a Virtualization technology professional, to find out about backup and recovery of VMware Horizon View 7.x. configurations at the following link.

As the hyperconverged market is booming, CRN highlights on the coolest vendors from Gartner’s Critical Capabilities for Hyper-Converged Infrastructure report. This time, StarWind cracked into CRN’s top 10 list as a provider of reliable hyperconverged solutions for ROBO and business-critical tasks.

We [officially] rock! Find out more.

The new VMware vSAN version will be released in beta in Q1/Q2 this year, but VMware has “sneak peeked” many details about the upcoming vSAN version features. What new technologies will appear in the new version of VMware vSAN? VMware tailored vSAN for all-cloud environments, introducing vSAN Native Data Protection, Linked Clone, First Class Disk (FCD) support, and other added functionality. Do you want to know more?

Read the article by Alex Samoylenko, a virtualization technology professional, to find out about new features in the upcoming VMware vSAN version at the following link.

Traffic in the network is similar to the movement of cars on the roads. If there are no traffic lights and a traffic controller or the number of cars is too large, a traffic jam will arise. How about user traffic incoming to your website? The situation is similar. To ensure high availability and high performance, you need an efficient traffic manager. Azure Traffic Manager (ATM) is a DNS-based traffic load balancing subsystem that allows you to distribute traffic between services in all Azure regions optimally, ensuring a high level of availability and responsiveness. Productivity, priority, balance, multitasking - these characteristics fully describe Azure Traffic Manager. Are you still losing valuable time in information packets traffic jams?

Read the article by Nicolas Prigent, a System Engineer, to find out how to create an Azure Traffic Manager profile and “geo-route” incoming traffic to your website for better performance and availability at the following link.

Siemens Parcel & Airport Logistics Private Limited, a logistics solutions provider, used physical SAN as part of their IT infrastructure serving their customers. A physical SAN was very expensive to maintain and entailed the problem of hardware clutter. StarWind eliminated any need in physical shared storage and ensured high availability (HA) of the company’s IT infrastructure without breaking its budget.

Learn from this success story how Siemens Postal, Parcel & Airport Logistics Private Limited got a properly sized IT environment and reduced IT operational costs with StarWind.

Daboula, an IT consulting company, used obsolete servers in the failover cluster. The existing infrastructure required redundant storage at the physical level and very different hardware. Still, it would not ensure uptime in case of failure.

Discover from this success story how StarWind helped Daboula to facilitate efficient storage utilization and avoid downtime.

You may have different reasons for moving the K2 database to a new SQL server instance. But there are mandatory steps you need to follow to complete this action successfully. You need to backup and restore all the data of the K2 database to a new SQL Server instance, do encryption/decryption operations, and many other things. But how can you protect your data and ensure minimum downtime?

Read the article by Mikhail Rodionov, an IT engineer, to find out how to migrate the K2 database to a different SQL Server instance safely and effectively at the following link

Missile on site! Three, two, one… Yikes! Your on-premises storage infrastructure has suddenly crashed. What to do? Don’t worry. Use StarWind Storage Gateway for Wasabi to securely integrate your on-premises storage infrastructure and pay 2,5 less then AWS or Azure charges you now for cloud backup storage. StarWind is a virtualization pioneer focused on delivering Software-Defined Storage and HyperConverged Infrastructure solutions and Wasabi is the cloud/object storage provider. Take advantage of the solutions of both companies! Easily deploy Wasabi hot cloud storage as an economical and reliable place for backup and recovery or archival purposes and scale as needed without effort. Simplicity, reliability, and cost-efficiency – that’s all about StarWind Storage Gateway for Wasabi.

Onwards and upwards! Find out more about StarWind Storage Gateway for Wasabi at the following link.

The official US motto sounds like “In God we trust”. But there is also another part of this phrase: "In God we trust, the rest we check". Do you want to choose the right soft- or hardware? Always check and read, especially user reviews. IT Central Station is an online platform that offers current, objective, and relevant user information and helps in choosing the best technical solution. Do you doubt what to give preference: StarWind Virtual SAN or Microsoft Storage Spaces Direct?

Take a look what customers have to say about hyperconvergence done in the right way and make your choice at the following link.

Do you have problems with lack of space when using SQL express or setting up ODBC parameters before installing vCenter? So it's time for you to think about VMware vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) - a pre-configured virtual appliance running Linux (Project Photon OS). It has been optimized specifically for vCenter services. What about the scale? VCSA supports up to 2000 hosts or 3500 VMs per appliance. Sounds good, right? In addition, VCSA provides enhanced security. Why wait? Take a step into the future!

Read the article by Vladan Seget, IT and Virtualization consultant, to find out how to migrate VMware vCenter server from Windows to VCSA 6.7 Update 1.

Windows Admin Center offers a great web interface for managing Windows Server. Microsoft's desire to bring the capabilities of the hybrid cloud to on-premises systems has led to the inclusion of the Azure Backup feature in Windows Admin Center. Now you can configure Azure Backup for your Windows Server with just a few clicks and save your time and resources. This is especially suitable for those who have a small environment in a data center. Or maybe it is hosted by another service provider, where having your own backup infrastructure does not make much sense.

Read the article by Romain Serre, a Senior Consultant, to find out how to configure Azure Backup from Windows Admin Center at the following link.

A person of today should be fair-minded and free from bias in any situation. The tech community is no exception. How can you choose the right soft- or hardware? What are the strengths and weaknesses of the product? IT Central Station is an online platform that offers current, objective, and relevant user information and helps in choosing the best technical solution. Do you doubt what to give preference: StarWind Virtual SAN or VMware vSAN?

Determine the winner by yourself after reading reviews about two VSAN solutions at the following link.

Are you a VMware or Hyper-V user, or maybe a system administrator who wants to deploy a stretched cluster in your IT environment? Do you experience any difficulties in this process or want to keep your data secure under any unforeseen circumstances, including hurricanes, tsunamis, and earthquakes? We will answer all your questions and tell tips and tricks on how to build the cluster between different separate geographical locations and do not lose the mission-critical data. A stretched cluster allows combining servers into a single system, providing high availability (HA) and load balancing. With its help, you can easily migrate your VMs from one place to another and make sure of the safety of your data even during an earthquake of 12.0 scores on the Richter scale!

Learn from the upcoming free webinar about a stretched cluster differentiation, replication options for it, different deployment scenarios, ways to secure data and prevent split brain.

PowerApps is a corporate service that allows you to create, connect, and share business applications with your team. This happens in minutes and from any device. With PowerApps, you not only optimize the work of your team but also contribute to the implementation of innovative ideas in business activities. And guess what? You can create a PowerApps application by yourself for a SharePoint list. Have no idea how?

Read the article by Florent Appointaire, a Microsoft Engineer, to find out how to create a PowerApps application for a SharePoint list with Azure Function.

Previously, South Gibson School Corporation, the largest public school in Gibson County, Indiana, was running an aged non-virtualized environment. Management of the system with multiple servers, each of those dedicated to a separate service, was rather exhausting. Optimization and modernization were badly needed. Instead of just replacing old hardware items the company decided to let StarWind break into its existing IT infrastructure and do its job.

Learn more about gains of South Gibson School Corporation owing to StarWind.

VMware's release of vSphere 6.7 U was launched in October 2018. What's new? This release includes the necessary tools for convergence and repointing. An external Platform Services Controller (PSC) has sunk into oblivion and the client can move to a simplified embedded deployment. The HTML5 based vSphere Client is now fully functional and the vSphere SSO domain has gained more flexibility with support for embedded repointing. Not bad, right? Catch this wave!

Read the article by Vladan Seget, IT and Virtualization consultant, to find out how to install and configure VMware vCenter Server Appliance 6.7 U1 (VCSA).