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How-to enable PvSCSI and when

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: December 17, 2020

VMware Paravirtualized SCSI (PVSCSI driver) Introduced with vSphere 4 this driver can speed up and offload CPU.  VMware Paravirtual SCSI (PVSCSI) adapter is able to achieve 12% more throughput with 18% less CPU cost compared to the LSI virtual adapter. vSphere ships with this new high-performance virtual storage adapter. Bus logic and LSI logic were […]

| Filed Under: How To, Server Virtualization Tagged With: Install PVSCSI, pvSCSI, vSphere PVSCSI setup

Wish list of features for VMware Data Recovery

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: February 15, 2017

VMware DATA Recovery (VDR) is great product with relatively simple usage. You could follow through my posts the Installation and configuration, Backup, Recovery and File Level Restore. There are also a step-by-step videos in those posts. But as a user I saw that other users are having little difficulties to use the FLR restore utility […]

| Filed Under: Server Virtualization Tagged With: backup vmware, FLR, VDR, VMware Data Recovery

Use gravatar – It’s free…

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: January 4, 2020

Many blogs runs under WordPress, best blogging platform today. The gravatar support is native in WordPress. Just create your profile at Gravatar and add a Image. It makes the comment section just more sexy !! I’m writing about this because Eric Gray from vCritical has pointed this out. For me it’s obvious but for the […]

| Filed Under: Free Stuff Tagged With: Free Avatar, Gravatar, Wordpress

Great tip how-to boot from USB stick inside of VMware Workstation

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: February 23, 2017

A tip pointed by Ivo Beerens. By using my RSS Reader to stay updated on blogs in the Virtualization Sphere I checked this post from Ivo. It’s a great tip. What’s about? Basically when you want to test ESXi 4 installation to the USB Stick  you’ll want to follow my post, which I’ve done in […]

| Filed Under: Desktop Virtualization Tagged With: Boot Manager, Boot USB VMware workstation, Desktop Virtualization, PLOP

Starwind 5.0 iSCSI SAN preview video

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: November 1, 2014

Starwind iSCSI SAN software is innovating with another new feature  – Synchronous Data Mirroring with Active-Active Automated Failover and Failback. My recent blogpost about Starwind Entreprise iSCSI SAN software with a connection to the ESX 4 host was just a preview of some other news from Starwind Software. In fact, Starwind Software is preparing Starwind […]

| Filed Under: Videos Tagged With: Cheap iSCSI SAN, iSCSI SAN, SAN software, Starwind 5

Starwind iSCSI SAN – configuration RAID 1 Mirror and connection to ESX 4

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: September 12, 2019

Configuration RAID 1 Mirror and connection to VMware ESX 4. I wanted to test Starwind Entreprise Server – powerful iSCSI SAN software installing on your existing W2000/2003 Servers, which provides you with the possibility to create RAID1 Mirror. So whether you want to test this software this guide might help with the setup. You might also […]

| Filed Under: Server Virtualization, Videos Tagged With: Starwind, Starwind iSCSI SAN

New Virtual Network Editor in VMware Workstation 7

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: April 8, 2012

Brand new Virtual network Editor inside of VMware Workstation 7 New release of VMware Workstation 7 incorporates also new Virtual Network Editor. This easy to use tool is present in current beta and I gave it a try. To enter to virtual network editor just go to menu Edit > Virtual Network Editor The editor […]

| Filed Under: Desktop Virtualization Tagged With: Virtual network editor, VMware Workstation 7, Workstation 7

VMware Data Recovery – a tool for Easy backups of your Virtual Infrastructure

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: January 21, 2017

Well, this is my little participation to the VMware Blogging contest announced by John Troyer and Mike Adams. I think it’s a great way to be motivated. I hope my participation will be helpful to people wanting to discover VDR. VMware Data Recovery is a subject of today’s post. Please note that the product has […]

| Filed Under: Backup Tagged With: Backup Recovery VMware, VDR, VMware Data Recovery

Second Shot to became VCP 4 or when upgrading from VCP 3

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: December 22, 2009

Good news for people looking to earn their VCP 4 certification exam. If you planning to pass VCP 4 (like myself… -:) , then you will be happy and more confident with the news like this one. It applies to a people wanting to pass VCP 4 and also to people wanting to upgrade from […]

| Filed Under: Server Virtualization Tagged With: Certification VMware, VCP 4, VMware Certified Professional VCP4

Veeam Backup and replication 4 for faster backups and easy recovery

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: February 17, 2018

Veeam Backup 4 and it’s new features: Veeam Backup has been here for some time. All those great free products like Veeam Fast SCP, Veeam Monitor or the recently added  Veeam Bussiness View, we all know and appreciate. The upcoming Veeam Backup and replication 4 will be introducing some new cool features which will helps […]

| Filed Under: Backup Tagged With: Veeam 4, Veeam Backup 4, Veeam Backup and Replication 4

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