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Realtek 8169 NIC in ESXi 5.5 not detected by default – install a VIB

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: April 18, 2016

I was upgrading my White boxes this weekend. I had them populated with some Intel NICs (no problem with those) and some Realtek NICs. The unsupported Realtek NIC was not recognized after a clean install, but could be installed with community-supported drivers. Read on if you have the same problem and your Realtek 8169 NIC […]

| Filed Under: How To Tagged With: Realtek 8169 NIC in ESXi 5.5

Zentyal Linux 3.2 released

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: February 17, 2017

I’ve reported about Zentyal Linux few months back and showed two types of installs (prepackaged and on the top of Ubuntu server). I found that this Linux distro is interesting enough for small, or very small businesses. Its Ubuntu Server based distribution which uses an GUI front-end for easy administration. This is interesting for people […]

| Filed Under: Free Stuff Tagged With: Zentyal Linux

Installing and upgrading to ESXi 5.5 – Best practices and tips

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: November 1, 2014

ESXi 5.1 standalone or ESXi 5.1 managed by vCenter can be upgraded to ESXi 5.5 after the last week’s GA release of vSphere 5.5. While for ESXi managed by vCenter, the upgrade process is quite straight forward by using VUM (VMware Update Manager). The VUM can also be used with Linux based (VCSA), where the […]

| Filed Under: How To Tagged With: Installing and upgrading to ESXi 5.5

vCenter Server 5.5 Installation Best Practices

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: September 27, 2013

There is a new KB and new video discussing the vCenter Server 5.5 installation best practices. As the vCenter server is one of the pieces which needs to be setup best way possible,  the KB Installing vCenter Server 5.5 best practices is a must. I can highly recommend to bookmark.  For environments where linked mode is not […]

| Filed Under: Videos Tagged With: vCenter Server 5.5 Installation Best Practices

Few tips when working with vSphere 5.5 web client – video

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: October 8, 2017

There is a couple of new videos which has been added at VMware YouTube TechPubs channel. I really like those videos as they’re done professional way and shows really cool details. The one I wanted to point to is the video showing the HTML 5 web based console and using the web based client and […]

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Performance best practices for vSphere 5.5 – technical PDF

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: February 17, 2017

VMware vSphere 5.5 is officially GA since few days. The whole vCloud suite starts to leverage Flash features (vFlash read cache) and upcoming VSAN. VSAN really is something that’s transforming the classic shared storage market and shared storage approach in design.  VSAN is discussed briefly in the pdf Performance best practices for vSphere 5.5. I’m planning […]

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Windows 8.1 upgrade options

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: September 23, 2013

New pricing options for Windows 8.1 has been unveiled by Microsoft last week. Retail version Windows 8.1 will be available in standalone, full versions of the software. Microsoft has previously announced that only upgrades from previous versions of Windows might be available. Users willing to upgrade from Windows 7 can upgrade to W8.1. There is several […]

| Filed Under: Desktop Virtualization

VMware vCloud Suite 5.5, vSphere 5.5 and ESXi 5.5 available for Download!

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: April 26, 2025

Yesterday VMware has finally released the final release of VMware vSphere 5.5 which is GA and available for download. The whole vCloud suite and vSphere products including ESXi 5.5 are available at VMware. After Friday’s aler through Twitter and VMware KB not to let the automatic update let upgrade the vSphere replication to 5.5 pre-release […]

| Filed Under: Server Virtualization Tagged With: ESXi 5.5 download, vcloud Suite 5.5 download, vSphere 5.5 download

VMware VSAN Beta Community opens the doors

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: February 17, 2017

A publicly available VMware VSAN beta community has been unveiled last week. You may have missed the news, so that’s why this post. VSAN beta community provides the latest news and informations about upcoming VMware VSAN. There are some PDF technical documents available there like VSAN datasheet or VSAN technical whitepaper. There is also an […]

| Filed Under: Server Virtualization Tagged With: VMware VSAN Beta Community

Nlite alternative for Windows 8 and Windows 7 – WinReducer 8

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: August 22, 2022

Everyone knows Nlite, right? Nlite is tool for reducing the size of original Windows ISOs, but the software hasn’t been updated yet for Windows 7 or Widnows 8. Good news, the developer is working on it. With such a tools you can basically strip some options directly from the ISO and install more lightweight system. […]

| Filed Under: Free Stuff Tagged With: Nlite alternative, WinReducer 8

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