Tag Archives: virtual machine

Walkthrough: How to use and configure reservations to save money

Posted on 09/04/2020 by Marcel Zehner

When consuming cloud services, customers benefit from the pay-what-you-use billing model. That means that you only pay what you have provisioned and use. If you delete a resource, you will not pay for it anymore. This gives customers very good … Continue reading →

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Azure Guest Policy Configuration – A look behind the curtain

Posted on 05/04/2020 by Marcel Zehner

If you work with Azure you probably heard of Azure Policy. It’s a key component for governing your infrastructure and services to audit and enforce proper compliance. Azure policy can not only be used to audit and govern Azure resources, … Continue reading →

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SCOM: Disable Virtual Machine Monitoring when using the Veeam 6.x MP

Posted on 06/09/2013 by Marcel Zehner

One awesome way to monitor ESX/vSphere infrastructures by SCOM is using the Veeam MP 6.x. This MP uses collectors to talk to the ESX/vSphere infrastructure, collect data from the physical infrastructure as well as from virtual machines and submit those to SCOM. After … Continue reading →

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Bringing VMware CIs from SCOM to the SCSM CMDB (using Veeam MP V6)

Posted on 02/06/2013 by Marcel Zehner

When using Microsoft System Center to manage VMware infrastructures you will very fast get in contact with the awesome SCOM management pack from Veeam. If you want to know more on how to install and configure this MP, you should … Continue reading →

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