Virtualization

How to Set Up an SLES 12 Template in VMware — step-by-step SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up an SLES 12 Template in VMware

Introduction This tutorial covers How to Set Up an SLES 12 Template in VMware on SLES 12. SLES 12 (SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16) is SUSE’s enterprise-grade Linux distribution. It uses the zypper package manager, AppArmor for mandatory access control, and systemctl for service management. Prerequisites Ensure your SLES 12 system is up to date: […]

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How to Set Up SLES 12 with KVM Virtualization — step-by-step SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up SLES 12 with KVM Virtualization

Introduction This tutorial covers How to Set Up SLES 12 with KVM Virtualization on SLES 12. SLES 12 (SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16) is SUSE’s enterprise-grade Linux distribution. It uses the zypper package manager, AppArmor for mandatory access control, and systemctl for service management. Prerequisites Ensure your SLES 12 system is up to date: zypper […]

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How to Set Up a Scale-Out File Server (SoFS) on Windows Server 2019 — step-by-step Windows Server 2019 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up a Scale-Out File Server (SoFS) on Windows Server 2019

Introduction to Scale-Out File Server on Windows Server 2019 Scale-Out File Server (SoFS) is a Windows Server 2019 failover cluster role that presents Cluster Shared Volumes (CSV) as SMB 3.x file shares that all cluster nodes simultaneously serve. Unlike a traditional clustered file server where only one node owns the storage at a time, SoFS […]

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How to Configure Windows Server Software-Defined Networking (SDN) on Windows Server 2019 — step-by-step Windows Server 2019 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure Windows Server Software-Defined Networking (SDN) on Windows Server 2019

Introduction to Software-Defined Networking on Windows Server 2019 Software-Defined Networking (SDN) in Windows Server 2019 provides a programmable network infrastructure that decouples network configuration from the underlying hardware. Windows Server 2019 SDN, part of the Microsoft SDN stack, includes Network Controller (NC), Software Load Balancer (SLB), Windows Server Gateway (WSG), and Hyper-V Network Virtualisation (HNV). […]

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How to Set Up VLAN Support on Windows Server 2019 — step-by-step Windows Server 2019 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up VLAN Support on Windows Server 2019

Introduction to VLANs on Windows Server 2019 Virtual LAN (VLAN) support in Windows Server 2019 allows you to logically segment your network into multiple isolated broadcast domains on the same physical infrastructure. In a Windows Server context, VLANs are typically configured on virtual network adapters in Hyper-V, on NIC Team interfaces (LBFO team NICs), or […]

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How to Configure Teaming Network Adapters on Windows Server 2019 — step-by-step Windows Server 2019 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure Teaming Network Adapters on Windows Server 2019

Introduction to NIC Teaming on Windows Server 2019 NIC Teaming (also known as Link Aggregation or Network Adapter Bonding) allows you to combine two or more physical network adapters into a single logical adapter. In Windows Server 2019, NIC Teaming is built in as a feature called Load Balancing and Failover (LBFO). The primary benefits […]

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How to Configure Failover Clustering on Windows Server 2019 — step-by-step Windows Server 2019 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure Failover Clustering on Windows Server 2019

Introduction to Failover Clustering on Windows Server 2019 Failover Clustering in Windows Server 2019 provides high availability for workloads by grouping multiple servers into a cluster so that if one node fails, another node automatically takes over the workload. Failover Clustering is commonly used to protect Hyper-V virtual machines, SQL Server databases, file servers, and […]

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How to Set Up iSCSI Target Server on Windows Server 2019 — step-by-step Windows Server 2019 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up iSCSI Target Server on Windows Server 2019

Introduction to iSCSI Target Server on Windows Server 2019 The iSCSI Target Server role in Windows Server 2019 allows you to present disk storage over a standard TCP/IP network to iSCSI initiators on other servers or workstations. This eliminates the need for dedicated Fibre Channel infrastructure, making shared block storage accessible over your existing Ethernet […]

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How to Configure Storage Spaces Direct (S2D) on Windows Server 2019 — step-by-step Windows Server 2019 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure Storage Spaces Direct (S2D) on Windows Server 2019

Introduction to Storage Spaces Direct on Windows Server 2019 Storage Spaces Direct (S2D) is a feature in Windows Server 2019 that enables you to build highly available and scalable software-defined storage using local storage drives. It replaces the need for expensive shared SAN or NAS hardware by pooling internal drives across multiple servers into a […]

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