ESX Virtualization

VMware ESXi, vSphere, VMware Backup, Hyper-V... how-to, videos....

Nakivo Backup and Replication - #1 Backup solution for Virtual, physical, cloud, NAS and SaaS

Menu
  • Certification
      • VCP-VVF Administrator
          • vcp-vvf-2.
        • Close
      • VCP-DCV vSphere 8
          • vcp2024-125.
        • Close
    • Close
  • VMware
    • Configuration Maximums
    • vSphere
      • VVF 9 and VCF 9
      • vSphere 8.0
      • vSphere 7.0
      • vSphere 6.7
      • vSphere 6.5
      • vSphere 6.0
      • Close
    • VMworld
      • VMware EXPLORE 2024
      • VMware EXPLORE 2023
      • VMware EXPLORE 2022
      • VMworld 2019
      • VMworld 2018
      • VMworld 2017
      • VMworld 2016
      • VMworld 2015
      • VMworld 2014
      • VMworld 2013
      • VMworld 2012
      • VMworld 2011
      • Close
    • Close
  • XCP-NG
    • XCP-NG
    • Close
  • Proxmox
    • Proxmox
    • Close
  • Microsoft
    • Windows Server 2012
    • Windows Server 2016
    • Windows Server 2019
    • Windows Server 2025
    • Close
  • Categories
    • Tips – VMware, Microsoft and General IT tips and definitions, What is this?, How this works?
    • Server Virtualization – VMware ESXi, ESXi Free Hypervizor, VMware vSphere Server Virtualization, VMware Cloud and Datacenter Virtualization
    • Backup – Virtualization Backup Solutions, VMware vSphere Backup and ESXi backup solutions.
    • Desktop Virtualization – Desktop Virtualization, VMware Workstation, VMware Fusion, VMware Horizon View, tips and tutorials
    • How To – ESXi Tutorials, IT and virtualization tutorials, VMware ESXi 4.x, ESXi 5.x and VMware vSphere. VMware Workstation and other IT tutorials.
    • Free – Free virtualization utilities, ESXi Free, Monitoring and free backup utilities for ESXi and Hyper-V. Free IT tools.
    • Videos – VMware Virtualization Videos, VMware ESXi Videos, ESXi 4.x, ESXi 5.x tips and videos.
    • Home Lab
    • Reviews – Virtualization Software and reviews, Disaster and backup recovery software reviews. Virtual infrastructure monitoring software review.
    • Close
  • Partners
    • NAKIVO
    • StarWind
    • Xorux
    • Close
  • This Web
    • News
    • ESXi Lab
    • About
    • Advertise
    • Archives
    • Disclaimer
    • Privacy policy
    • PDFs and Books
    • Close
  • Free

ESXi 5.x – How-to enable SSH pre-login message banner

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: January 7, 2014

As a VMware admin you might be interested in this function. A message that could be used as a warning or informative purposes in your organization when someone tries to log into an ESXi host. When you SSH to ESXi host (in case the admin has enabled SSH) there is no message to the operator by […]

| Filed Under: How To

Light Firefox – stripped down version of Firefox starts faster and uses less memory

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: January 7, 2014

Light Firefox might be your interest in case you’re not using some of the Firefox components that are normally part of full Firefox distribution. Those components are not present in the light version of Firefox called simply Light Firefox so it’s very fast to load and shall use less RAM. But on the other hand, for […]

| Filed Under: Free Stuff Tagged With: Light Firefox

Online Bookmarks for admin pages of your devices, labs or datacenters – Jupmpsquares.net

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: January 4, 2020

Is the number of URLs to manage your devices, virtual labs, vSphere product’s admin pages or datacenter’s starting to explode? Your browser bookmarks aren’t adapted for RDP or SSH sessions? You want a single location to store your admin urls? New utility from Kendrick Coleman might be for you. It’s available free at JumpSquares.net and […]

| Filed Under: Free Stuff Tagged With: Jumpsquares.net, labs or datacenters, Online Bookmarks for admin pages of your devices

How to create custom ESXi 5.x Firewall rule and why you need to

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: June 5, 2020

You might need to create Custom ESXi 5.x firewall rule for different reasons. One of them might be a custom made in-house software application. Services like FTP, SFTP, Telnet or SSH are not enabled by default, and the ports for these services are closed.  In the list of services, there is not a possibility for an […]

| Filed Under: Server Virtualization Tagged With: How to create custom ESXi 5.x Firewall rule

Happy New Year 2014

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: December 31, 2013

New Year’s Eve means fun. I stumbled through this ASCII art pic, so hey, why not to post it for fun….. -:) The past year has brought many new experiences to me. I tried to post tutorials, news and videos to help out new folks starting in virtualization and also for my own bookmarking needs. […]

| Filed Under: Free Stuff Tagged With: Happy New Year 2014

5 Free Alternatives to Microsoft SQL Management Studio

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: November 23, 2023

In my recent article I’ve reported about a nice free alternative to manage SQL databases, which, from the same UI can manage also MySQL databases. I thought that it might be a good idea to actually check out around the web to see if there are other, preferably free tools. And yes there are! In this […]

| Filed Under: Server Virtualization

My VSAN Journey – Part 1 – The homebrew “node”

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: February 17, 2017

VMware VSAN product is nice piece of software which allows using local DAS storage as well as local SSD(s) in each host to configure a pooled datastore. The product shall be released in 2014 and you can find all the necessary info and guides through VMware VSAN community page, where you can currently download public […]

| Filed Under: Server Virtualization Tagged With: Homebrew VSAN, VMware vSAN

Is your SSD in a good shape? Get Notified before problems strikes with HD Sentinel

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: February 17, 2017

HD Sentinel is a multi OS monitoring and testing utility – Windows, Linux or DOS – for SSDs and HDDs. It’s a tool which monitors and detect problems, and if there are some problems, it has a capability to launch a repair actions or trigger an external backup software to start backing up a faulty […]

| Filed Under: Desktop Virtualization Tagged With: HDD Sentinel

VMware Network Virtualization Fundamentals – Free Interactive Learning Course

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: June 3, 2016

There is a very interesting interactive learning course from VMware, and it’s free. It’s about networking. If you want to learn about VDS, vCNS and VXLAN or even NSX – the training is for you. The training has 3 modules where the 3rd module discusses some advanced VMware network virtualization solutions like vCNS, VXLAN and NSX…. […]

| Filed Under: Free Stuff Tagged With: VMware Network Virtualization Fundamentals

VMware vCenter Server 5.5b released

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: August 24, 2014

VMware has released vCenter Server 5.5b. This release comes not longer after the 5.5a release (31 of October) and fixes some bugs which were present. Bugs which were affecting installation, upgrade or work with vSphere Web client. VMware vCenter Server 5.5.0b, so the Build 1476387 is the latest vCenter server release. Update: VMware has released vCenter […]

| Filed Under: Server Virtualization Tagged With: vCenter Server 5.5b

  • « Previous Page
  • 1
  • …
  • 199
  • 200
  • 201
  • 202
  • 203
  • …
  • 320
  • Next Page »

Private Sponsors

 

Featured

  • Thinking about HCI? G2, an independent tech solutions peer review platform, has published its Winter 2023 Reports on Hyperconverged Infrastructure (HCI) Solutions.
Click to Become a Sponsor

Most Recent

  • Winhance: The Free Windows 11 Enhancement Utility That Actually Delivers Control Back to Users
  • ProxCenter: The vCenter Alternative Proxmox Has Been Missing? – Interview with the Founder
  • StarWind Virtual Tape Library (VTL): Building Ransomware-Proof Backup Architectures Without Physical Tape Libraries
  • Microsoft Windows 11 Point-in-Time Restore Feature
  • Winslopr: The No-Nonsense Windows Slop Remover for Windows 11 Home Users and IT Admins Alike
  • XorMon v2.2 Is Out – What’s New and Why You Should Upgrade
  • Veeam Backup & Replication Q1 2026 Updates: Deep Dive into v13 Capabilities, Patches, and Emerging AI Governance Features
  • Commvault at Google Cloud Next 2026: Smarter, Cheaper Data Protection for the AI Era
  • NAKIVO Backup & Replication 11.2: Full Proxmox VE 9.0 Support, VMware vSphere 9 Readiness – And Why It’s Literally Half the Price
  • How-to Update Lab with XCP-NG and Xen Orchestra built from sources

Veeam Vanguard x12

Get new posts by email:

 

 

 

 

Deals

Support us on Ko-Fi

 

 

Buy Me a Coffee at ko-fi.com

Friendly Websites and Blogs

  • vBlog.io
  • VMware Engineer Jobs
 

YouTube

…

Find us on Facebook

ESX Virtualization

…

Copyright © 2026 ·Dynamik-Gen · Genesis Framework · Hosted with HostColor.com