The SBHVL project - Part 3: Management, Remote Access and more Security

This is the third and last part of the SBHVL (Small Budget Hosted Virtual Lab) project post series (I will assume that you have already read at least Part 1, see also Part 2). This time I will explain how to remotely access, use and manage the environment.
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The SBHVL project - Part 2: Backup and Disaster Recovery

This is part 2 of the SBHVL (Small Budget Hosted Virtual Lab) project post series (see also the Introduction and Part 1). This time it's about backing things up and recovering from a disaster.

Installing and maintaining a test lab can cause significant efforts and will take time. This is true for the initial installation and configuration of the lab infrastructure (our physical host), but also for every single test scenario that usually consists of multiple VMs, software installed on them, configuration work, test data etc. All this is definitely worth being backed up, although it's just a test lab...

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The SBHVL project - Part 1: Basic setup, Networking and Security

This week I introduced the Small Budget Hosted Virtual Lab (SBHVL) project, and in this post I will describe the basic setup of the physical lab host, the network architecture and some related security aspects.
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Introducing the Small Budget Hosted Virtual Lab (SBHVL) project

This week there is the VMworld 2012 in San Francisco, and lots of the VMware bloggers have been very busy in the last days preparing for this event. I'm sure there will again be lots of exiting news, product updates and announcements from VMware and other vendors. I won't be there, but I will closely follow these news.
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