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What Is VMware ESXi Lockdown Mode?

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In order to make your ESXi hosts more secure, you can put them what’s called Lockdown mode. This post will explain What is VMware ESXi Lockdown Mode, what’s the main benefits and the configuration steps. The config is a simple radio button via vSphere web client, but there is also a possibility to activate it […]

VMware Updates vCenter Server 6.0 U3c and Other Products

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VMware has released a bunch of new product updates. On the list, there are vCenter Server 6.0 U3C and also VMware SRM 6.1.2.1 update or vCloud Director 9.0.0.1 for Service Providers and vSphere Replication 6.1.2.1. In this post, we’ll have a closer look what’s new in those products. Those updates are not updates to the […]

Configure VMware Tools Update from Shared ProductLocker Location

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when you want to have the latest VMware tools for larger environments, you don’t have other choices then wait for ESXi upgrade which brings the latest version of VMware tools or Configure VMware Tools Update from Shared ProductLocker Location. If you have VMware Enterprise Plus license, you can use host profiles for the job. Since some […]

V2V Migration with VMware – 5 Top Tips

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Almost everybody knows about P2V migrations. Physical to virtual conversion process. We have all done this at least once in the past. With P2V process you’re able to select a server within your physical infrastructure and convert it into a virtual machine with minimal effort (we all know that time is money). You should know that there […]

An Advanced Remote Connection Session Manager mRemoteNG (Next Generation)

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mRemoteNG is a fork of mRemote, an open source, tabbed, multi-protocol, remote connections manager. Fork means that it derived from an original project mRemote which hasn’t been updated for a while, to let mRemoteNB being born, to integrate newest features and functions. An advanced Remote Connection Session Manager mRemoteNG (Next Generation) is an Open Source, […]

Replication of VMs to Remote Site via Seeding Option

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Virtualization admins which manage virtual infrastructures running VMware vSphere or Microsoft Hyper-V often use external backup and replication tools. This is mainly due to a reliability and performance. VMware’s core replication technology works with a VMware vSphere Replication (VR) product, but this product has only a limited features set. To benefit automatic failover or failback […]

VMware vSphere Client Download Page

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VMware vSphere Client for Windows is officially dead for vSphere 6.5 but for earlier versions you can still use it. Many VMware and IT consultants are still using it when they visit their clients on older vSphere infrastructures. You perhaps still prefer the old vSphere Windows client for Free ESXi hosts too… so this post is […]