Veeam Backup & Replication has long been THE solution for data protection in virtualized environments. I’m covering their ...

If you've been following my blog for a while (It’s up since 2008!), you know I usually dive into virtualization topics like ...

When I stumbled via Thinware and their upcoming SimpleVM virtualization platform, I thought that it might be just what's needed. A simple virtualization ...

How to mount your VMDK hard disks easily? Vmware is using VMDK format for virtual disks. You might do not know that you can mount virtual disks (.VMDK) file directly to your windows explorer interface ...

Several folks asked me recently What is VMware Platform Service Controller. I've published few guides on VMware vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA), the migration of vCenter to VCSA or in-place migration ...

There is the time for upgrades and patches, again. Yes, again and again. New vulnerabilities that are discovered needs to be patched as soon as possible. Bugs that has been discovered, needs to be ...

This post will detail and explains some basic concept about ESXi memory reclamation technique called ballooning. What is VMware Memory Ballooning is the name of today's post. We'll put it again in our ...

Well, not quite likely, but yes, VMware is developing a system that it called ESXi Live Patching. What is it? Its basically a way to patch the ESXi and install critical fixes and security patches to ...

VMware vRealize Log Insight (VRLI) is a monitoring application that is able to ingest syslog data and analyze it and make it easily consumable. In this post we will show you how to setup VMware ...

Whether you're using Veeam, Nakivo, Symantec, Quest or other backup software, you need a backup repository. In this post we'll explore the options of this StarWind Backup appliance backed by NVMe ...

Today, we'll have a look at a StarWind Virtual Backup Appliance (VBA) Free, a great tool from StarWind that brings enterprise-grade backup storage capabilities with immutability, to your home lab, ...

pfSense is one of the most powerful open-source firewalls and routers available. Running it inside VMware Workstation Pro 17 (the current 2025 version) is an excellent way to build a lab or even ...