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Alex Samoylenko
Alex Samoylenko
Virtualization Architect and VMware vExpert. Alex is the Founder of VMC and CEO of Nova Games. He specializes in enterprise virtualization, IT infrastructure, and mobile gaming operations. Alex provides technical leadership in vSphere deployments and cloud architecture, bridging high-performance systems with digital publishing ecosystems.
Alex Samoylenko
  • Alex Samoylenko
  • May 30, 2023

Configuration Profiles in VMware vSphere 8 Update 1: Why Do We Need It and How Does it Work?

As the flagship product of VMware, the vSphere platform is in constant development. Just recently, the first update of VMware vSphere 8 has been released, which contains many useful features.
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Alex Samoylenko
  • Alex Samoylenko
  • April 25, 2023

Veeam Backup and Replication v12: 15 New Features That Will Come in Handy

Veeam Software continues to work on enhancing its flagship products by introducing new features and upgrading old ones. The latest major update, Veeam Backup & Replication v12, has been in development for two years and offers a lot of improvements in versatility and functionality.
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Alex Samoylenko
  • Alex Samoylenko
  • March 28, 2023

Recreating VMDK descriptor files for disks and their snapshots in VMware vSphere virtual machines

One of the reasons for such an error is that the disk descriptor file for the VM disk is either corrupted or missing. Fortunately, you can follow a straightforward process to recreate .vmdk descriptor files.
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Alex Samoylenko
  • Alex Samoylenko
  • January 31, 2023

VMware Horizon 8 version 2212: Apps on Demand Technology For Published Apps

VMware App Volumes is a part of the VMware Horizon‘s Apps on Demand feature, which allows delivering apps to virtual desktops on demand. Instead of mounting VMDK with apps, dynamic mounting of the volumes starts only when you use an application. Now, Apps on Demand for published app environments extends this functionality to the apps published by Horizon Apps, Citrix Virtual Apps, and Microsoft Remote Desktop Session Host (RDSH)/terminal.
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Alex Samoylenko
  • Alex Samoylenko
  • January 3, 2023

Learn From Your Mistakes: VMware vSphere IA/GA

As one of the oldest virtualization technology vendors, VMware has had its fair share of ups and downs along the way. At VMware Explore 2022, the company introduced a way to fix the long-time complications with bugs in their major updates – IA/GA (Initial Availability/General Availability) model. It is a part of their latest VMware vSphere 8 release.
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Alex Samoylenko
  • Alex Samoylenko
  • December 1, 2022

VMware Explore 2022: Most Important Initiatives

At VMware Explore 2022, the company introduced a lot of new products and technologies, jointly called “VMware Projects”. While some of them are rebranded solutions previously existing within the line of VMware products, others represent entirely new functionalities.
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Alex Samoylenko
  • Alex Samoylenko
  • October 6, 2022

VMware Aria Instead of vRealize: What is It?

Unlike the previous years’ events, the VMware Explore 2022 was marked with the announcements of numerous novel projects, including the rebranding of previous ones. One of those is VMware Aria, formerly known as vRealize Cloud Management, which works both for the cloud and on-premises.
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Alex Samoylenko
  • Alex Samoylenko
  • August 18, 2022

Meeting VMware SASE and ZTNA

In the world of IT, the post-pandemic changes have brought new challenges to the table. An enterprise may employ dozens of remote workers from all over the world, but for security reasons, they may still have to establish network routes through the data center thousands of miles away. Well, thanks to VMware SASE, that’ll hardly be a problem anymore.
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Alex Samoylenko
  • Alex Samoylenko
  • August 2, 2022

VMware Cloud Director Availability 4.4: Replicating the On-Premises Infrastructure to any VMware Cloud

VMware Cloud Director Availability is a Disaster Recovery-as-a-Service (DRaaS) solution that creates a backup infrastructure in a public cloud. Its most recent upgrade has brought a lot of new possibilities to the table.
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