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VMware Certified Advanced Professional – Cloud Infrastructure Design (VCAP-CID) released

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: September 12, 2019

This advanced cert exam has been released by VMware today. After passing this exam and you’re already VCAP5-DCA, VCAP5-DCD or VCDX5, you’ll earn automatically VCP-Cloud certification. The exam has 115 questions with multiple choices, drag-and-drop or design items. Passing score 300 out of maximum 500 remains the same as on the other VMware exams. The […]

| Filed Under: Server Virtualization Tagged With: vcap-cid

Windows Server 2012 licensing in virtual environments – simulation for smaller shops

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: February 17, 2017

This article applies to all virtualization technologies used to run Windows Server 2012 VMs. In fact, I would like to clear out some misunderstanding and do small simulation of price for small shops (2 physical hosts), when it comes to a number of VMs which needs to run, and also the number of physical hosts that are […]

| Filed Under: Server Virtualization, Windows Server 2012

VMware Mirage Cool Video

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: May 25, 2020

VMware Mirage -how it works

VMware Mirage is one of my products I’m interested in since a couple of months. Since the acquisition of Vanova by VMware, the product has been updated and improved by VMware. I’ve assisted to a live Demo of the product during VMworld Barcelona. I did an interview with Tom Nikl – Mirage product manager. If you have […]

| Filed Under: Server Virtualization Tagged With: VMware Mirage

Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 Administration Training Released

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: March 17, 2013

Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 Administration

New Training – Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 Administration – has been released by TrainSignal. You’ll learn the best practices to Install and configure Microsoft Exchange 2013. The course has 22 lessons where you’ll be able to learn not only how to install but also what’s the best way to migrate from previous versions of Exchange. Exchange […]

| Filed Under: Server Virtualization Tagged With: Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 Administration

How-to Create a Free VMware Branded Linux Virtual Appliance with Suse Studio

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: April 4, 2018

Suse Studio enables you to create a Free VMware Branded Linux Virtual Appliance. You’re able to choose from different versions, desktop or server types, add different packages etc. One thing that is cool that you can create your own virtual appliance with VMware branded login screens etc, free of charge. The Virtual Appliance which will […]

| Filed Under: Server Virtualization Tagged With: How-to Create a VMware Branded Virtual Appliance

PowerShell Audit and Patch Installation – Free GUI Utility

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: November 9, 2022

PowerShell Audit and Patch Installation

Thist free utility called PoshPAIG (PowerShell Audit Installation GUI) is developed and maintained by Boe Prox at learn-powershell.net. The tool allows you to Audit installed patches, Install patches remotely. The possibility to export the results to CSV files is also included. This very interesting feature for doing PowerShell Audit and Patch Installation on windows server systems, […]

| Filed Under: Free Stuff Tagged With: PowerShell Audit and Patch Installation

RSS Feed Reader for Google Chrome – cool extension

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: January 1, 2016

RSS Feed Reader for Google Chrome

RSS Feed Reader for Google Chrome enables you to follow your favorite sites within Chrome browser. It installs from the Google Store as a one click. You can get instantly notified when a website present in your list updates its content. The notification can be easily turned On or Off, because it can be disturbing to […]

| Filed Under: How To

Veeam Backup Free Edition does some good compression – video

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: November 23, 2015

Veeam backup Free edition offers great compression ratio. The free version of Veeam product in fact takes only the blocs that are used for the creation of the compressed .vbk file. The whole VM is actually encapsulated (VMDK disks + VMX configuration file) into single .vbk file. The swap file isn’t backed up either. Veeam […]

| Filed Under: Backup Tagged With: Veeam Backup Free Edition

vCenter Support Assistant 5.1 – free plugin for vCenter

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: January 27, 2013

vCenter support assistant 5.1 is available as a free download from VMware website. Not only you can use this product to create and fill support requests, but also to generate and collect logs with direct upload capability. vCenter support assistant 5.1 is available is virtual appliance, which gets deployed from OVF file. This product is […]

| Filed Under: Free Stuff Tagged With: vCenter support assistant, vCenter Support Assistant 5.1

What is VMware CTK file format?

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: April 26, 2025

A file with extension CTK can be found by using the VMware datastore browser, in the same folder as other VMDK file, where the VM stores all its files (VMDK, VMX, VMSD, NVRAM….). What is VMware CTK file for? The CTK file is used by Changed Block Tracking (CBT). It lists the block changes made since last backup. […]

| Filed Under: Backup Tagged With: VMware CTK file

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