Vladan SEGET, Author at ESX Virtualization

VCP6-DCV Objective 4.1 – Perform ESXi Host and Virtual Machine Upgrades

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: November 1, 2017

We will In no particular order start to cover VCP6-DCV sections to help out folks learning towards VCP6-DCV VMware certification exam. Due to VMware recertification policy the VCP exam has now an expiration date. You can renew by passing delta exam while still holding current VCP or pass VCAP. Today’s topic of VCP6-DCV Objective 4.1 […]

Nakivo Backup and Replication 5.6 innovates with visual verification after backup

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: June 11, 2015

Nakivo has released new version of their flagship product Nakivo Backup and Replication 5.6. This new release brought in an interesting verification function which enables IT administrators to automatically check if the latest backup is fine (or not). If the VM can actually boot up. In fact, a screenshot of the VM, after its boot […]

VCP6-DCV Objective 1.3 – Enable SSO and Active Directory Integration

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: October 31, 2017

In no particular order I’ll start covering VCP6-DCV sections to help out folks learning towards VCP6-DCV VMware certification exam. Due to VMware recertification policy the VCP exam has now an expiration date. You can renew by passing delta exam while still holding current VCP or pass VCAP. The topic today – VCP6-DCV Objective 1.3 – […]

VMware VSAN Health Check Plugin

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: August 18, 2015

I have recently installed an All-Flash version of VSAN in my Home Datacenter (not to say a lab). While the installation went ragher without problems, and also the recently released VMware VSAN Health Check Plugin deployment went rather smoothly except that I have had another web server conflicting with the VSAN plugin….. so I could […]

ESXi 5.5 upgrade to 6.0 – via VMware Online Repository Plus few other CLI commands

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: March 25, 2016

Today we’ll learn some useful ESXi CLI commands plus we’ll see a different way that we can upgrade a ESXi 5.5 upgrade to 6.0 – via online repository. Note you don’t have to be paid customer for this, it works for ESXi Free version as well. It’s necessary to open a firewall port on the […]

VMware Horizon View 6.1.1 Released

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: June 16, 2015

A new update to Horizon View 6 with this release of version 6.1.1. I have detailed the new features in my detailed post here, but today the release of Horizon View 6.1.1 fixing few bugs like for example the disk space reclamation. When this was enabled on Windows 8.1 linked clones, space reclamation operations ran […]

Windows 10 Download – Reserve Your Upgrade Gotchas

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: June 4, 2015

Recent Microsoft patch Tuesday brought a new Microsoft patch which triggers a system message inviting you to reserve your Free Upgrade to Windows 10. Strange behavior you might think. It seems that Microsoft do not have your e-mail in their system just yet as they ask for an E-mail address. Anyway, users of Windows 7 […]

VMware Guest 64 Check – Free Utility To check if CPU can run 64 Bit Workflows

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: June 3, 2015

This article addresses to users willing to use a system with VMware Workstation, Player or Fusion and want to test for a CPU compatibility for 64 bit OSs. A system rather older as new processors all supports 64 bit guest OS. So for those of you who want to use older computer, there is a […]

Free Tool – GParted Live ISO

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: February 19, 2017

I’m sure that everyone know this tool. But still I want to share me recent experience. You know that with the new hosts I got for my lab there is the Supermicro’s iPMI remote management, and I found myself too lazy after all. All you need to do to attach a GParted Live ISO, then […]

Homelab – Airflow Solar System

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: November 9, 2022

As you might already noticed, ESX Virtualization lab is located at Reunion Island – a tropical island with not only beautiful beach resorts, amazing trekking possibilities or a very active volcano, but also with local IT shops, local industry or institutions which need that their IT just works. And that’s our role – consultants, IT […]