Virtualization

How to Set Up a Scale-Out File Server (SoFS) on Windows Server 2022 — step-by-step Windows Server 2022 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up a Scale-Out File Server (SoFS) on Windows Server 2022

Introduction to Scale-Out File Server on Windows Server 2022 Scale-Out File Server (SoFS) is a clustered file server role in Windows Server 2022 that provides continuously available SMB file shares for highly available workloads such as Hyper-V virtual machine storage and SQL Server databases. Unlike the traditional clustered file server (which uses active-passive failover and […]

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How to Configure Windows Server Software-Defined Networking (SDN) on Windows Server 2022 — step-by-step Windows Server 2022 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure Windows Server Software-Defined Networking (SDN) on Windows Server 2022

Introduction to Software-Defined Networking on Windows Server 2022 Software-Defined Networking (SDN) on Windows Server 2022 is a Microsoft implementation of a full-stack network virtualisation solution that decouples the network control plane from the data plane, allowing centralised programmatic management of the entire network fabric. Rather than configuring individual switches, routers, and firewalls device by device, […]

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How to Set Up an Oracle Linux 8 Template in VMware — step-by-step Oracle Linux 8 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up an Oracle Linux 8 Template in VMware

Introduction This tutorial demonstrates how to Set Up an Oracle Linux 8 Template in VMware on Oracle Linux 8. It is written for administrators who want a repeatable, well-explained walkthrough that goes beyond a bare command list and explains each configuration choice. Every command is tested against a freshly registered Oracle Linux 8 system with […]

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How to Set Up BGP Routing on Windows Server 2022 — step-by-step Windows Server 2022 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up BGP Routing on Windows Server 2022

Introduction to BGP on Windows Server 2022 Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) is the routing protocol that underpins the global Internet. It is a path-vector protocol that operates between autonomous systems (AS) and is responsible for exchanging reachability information between network domains. Windows Server 2022 includes a full BGP implementation as part of the Remote Access […]

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How to Set Up Oracle Linux 8 with KVM Virtualization — step-by-step Oracle Linux 8 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up Oracle Linux 8 with KVM Virtualization

Introduction This tutorial demonstrates how to Set Up Oracle Linux 8 with KVM Virtualization on Oracle Linux 8. It is written for administrators who want a repeatable, well-explained walkthrough that goes beyond a bare command list and explains each configuration choice. Every command is tested against a freshly registered Oracle Linux 8 system with the […]

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How to Set Up VLAN Support on Windows Server 2022 — step-by-step Windows Server 2022 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up VLAN Support on Windows Server 2022

How to Set Up VLAN Support on Windows Server 2022 Virtual Local Area Networks (VLANs) segment a physical network into multiple isolated logical networks using 802.1Q VLAN tagging. On Windows Server 2022, VLAN support is available at multiple layers: directly on a physical network adapter (access port configuration), on NIC team members, on NIC team […]

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How to Configure Teaming Network Adapters on Windows Server 2022 — step-by-step Windows Server 2022 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure Teaming Network Adapters on Windows Server 2022

How to Configure Teaming Network Adapters on Windows Server 2022 NIC Teaming combines multiple physical network adapters into a single logical adapter, providing increased bandwidth and automatic failover when an individual adapter or switch port fails. Windows Server 2022 supports two fundamentally different teaming technologies: Load Balancing and Failover (LBFO), the native Windows NIC Teaming […]

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How to Set Up Windows Server Failover Cluster (WSFC) with SQL Server on Windows Server 2022 — Windows Server 2022 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up Windows Server Failover Cluster (WSFC) with SQL Server on Windows Server 2022

Introduction to Windows Server Failover Clustering with SQL Server Windows Server Failover Clustering (WSFC) combined with SQL Server Failover Cluster Instances (FCI) is one of the oldest and most battle-tested high-availability solutions for SQL Server workloads. Unlike Always On Availability Groups, which replicate data between nodes, a Failover Cluster Instance presents SQL Server as a […]

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How to Configure Failover Clustering on Windows Server 2022 — step-by-step Windows Server 2022 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure Failover Clustering on Windows Server 2022

How to Configure Failover Clustering on Windows Server 2022 Windows Server Failover Clustering (WSFC) provides high availability for server roles and applications by grouping multiple servers (nodes) into a cluster. If one node fails, the cluster automatically moves the workload (a clustered role) to another healthy node — a process called failover. Windows Server 2022 […]

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How to Set Up iSCSI Target Server on Windows Server 2022 — step-by-step Windows Server 2022 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up iSCSI Target Server on Windows Server 2022

How to Set Up iSCSI Target Server on Windows Server 2022 iSCSI (Internet Small Computer Systems Interface) is a block-level storage protocol that transports SCSI commands over TCP/IP networks. Windows Server 2022 includes a built-in iSCSI Target Server role that allows you to create and expose virtual disk images (VHDs or VHDXs) to initiators — […]

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