Build up your home lab using Intel NUCs
Intel NUC puts full sized-PC power in the small case. It offers four different products that are equipped with i9, 64 GB RAM, M.2 and 2.5″ drive, Windows 10/11, and all the physical ports you need. It enables you to scale our workloads with trusted Intel quality and reliability.
What is Altaro Backup Health Monitor and how to use it
Altaro VM Backup provides you with a native tool to monitor the integrity of your backups. It’s called Backup Health Monitor. In this article, I will walk you through the procedure of enabling it.
Monitoring Altaro VM Backup Jobs with PRTG
Altaro Software is an easy-to-use and reliable solution for backing up the virtual machines from your VMware or Hyper-V hypervisors. By using PRTG Network Monitor, you can get insights into successful and failed onsite or offsite backup copies. Anything happens, your Backup Team will be notified via ticket, email, SMS, push notification to your smartphone, etc.
Full control over your VMware and Hyper-V with Altaro VM Backup
Altaro VM Backup is a natural choice, a one-stop-shop for all your backup and recovery needs, providing backup and restore of your Hyper-V and VMware standalone or clustered virtual environments.
Monitoring Active Directory for Signs of Compromise
The first signs of compromise of Active Directory could be discovered early in event logs. This puts event monitoring as one of the most important activities in our network. By using PRTG, the IT Team could be alerted if Active Directory generates events related to a potential security breach from low to high criticality.
How to test and verify backups in Altaro VM Backup
Altaro VM Backup includes a native feature to test and verify the integrity of your backups. If verified, they can be successfully restored. If not, there is a problem. I show you how to configure Test and Verify Backup feature in AVMB.
How to troubleshoot SNMP issues on Windows and Windows Server
SNMP is a common network monitoring protocol used in Windows and Windows Servers. There are certain situations when it stops working or it doesn’t work as expected. And there are potential solutions for those problems. I address 9 potential solutions for this kind of the problem.
PRTG is is the Top Vendor for Enterprise Network Monitoring & Performance of 2022
Paessler attended GITEX Global in Dubai and get awarded as top vendor for enterprise network monitoring & performance of the year 2022. Read more on how was it.
How to update Altaro VM Backup to a newer version
As with any other product, a new release brings new features, enhancements, and fixes. This article focused on Altaro VM Backup and the procedure to update an old to a newer version of your favorite backup software.
How to monitor FortiGate HA members with PRTG
In order to increase network reliability, FortiGate provides you with a cluster feature. PRTG helps you to monitor the sync status between cluster nodes and check if all nodes are fully operational. Check how to monitor your HA members with PRTG.
Automate SNMP configuration in Windows domain network
Configuring an SNMP on a few Windows machines is not a big deal, but what if you need to perform SNMP configuration changes (community string, IPs, traps) on hundreds or thousands of Windows machines. That could be challenging if it is not done in the most efficient way. I will show you how to do it in less than 10 minutes by automating SNMP configuration via GPOs.
How to monitor VPN tunnels on FortiGate using PRTG
PRTG provides you with a native sensor to monitor VPN statistics on FortiGate firewalls. This sensor only shows UP and DOWN VPN tunnels, and not the details about the specific VPN connection. However, there is a trick on how to monitor specific VPN tunnels using the SNMP Custom sensor. Read below.