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Microsoft MVP, VMUG Advantage, VMware vExpert, Nutanix NTC, and Veeam Vanguard – FREE NFR Starter Pack from Devolutions!

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: July 22, 2025

Yes, this is a very good news for all my Microsoft MVP, VMUG Advantage, VMware vExpert, Nutanix NTC, and Veeam Vanguard collegues and peers. A FREE NFR license of a bundle from Devolutions which allows you to use those those in your lab for FREE. The bundle, called Starter Pack, covers Four products and it is […]

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Another VMware Alternative Called Harvester – How does it compare to VMware?

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: July 7, 2025

Today we’ll have a look at another VMware alternative called Harvester, which is an open-source hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) solution built by SUSE, designed for modern cloud-native environments. It uses KVM and KubeVirt to manage VMs alongside containers in a Kubernetes-based framework, with a modern web-based GUI for administration. Key Features: A sleek, web-based interface for […]

| Filed Under: Cloud, Free Stuff, Server Virtualization Tagged With: VMware Alternative Called HarvesterHCI 1 Comment

Vulnerability in your VMs – VMware Tools Update

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: May 19, 2025

Recent news about vulnerabilities siting quietly inside our VMware VMs is rather worrying. What if, attacker was going to hack our infrastructure from inside of our VMs? And what if not only Windows VMs, but also Linux VMs were affected? VMware Tools Update is important as your ESXi patch update. This vulnerability is labeled as […]

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Tails – Your Private OS on USB Stick

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: March 24, 2025

I just stumbled through Tails and I thoughts that I’d share with you, my readers. Sorry about not much recent updates on the blog but I was sick with a flu and this was around for a while, so. But it’s over now and I’m back. So what is Tails all about? It is a […]

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StarWind V2V Converter Now has CLI

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: March 14, 2025

Latest release of StarWind’s V2V Converter can now use CLI to convert VMs Hyper-V, ESXi or Proxmox. This is the latest Version 9 (build 623) that has been released end of Jan 2025. The software is completely free and unlike other products, the V2V converter can also skip copy creation during the process. So Let’s […]

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Veeam VHR ISO v2 – 2025 Download and Install

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: February 12, 2025

New release of popular Veeam VHR ISO v2 made its apparition in the download section recently. Veeam VHR stands for Veeam Hardened Repository and it is basically a stripped down Linux distro which allows you to install and configure ransomware-proof repository that you can use to secure your backups as those are protected by immutability […]

| Filed Under: Backup, Free Stuff, Server Virtualization Tagged With: Veeam VHR ISO v2

Veeam Clickable Demos: Revolutionizing Technical Learning and Client Engagement

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: November 28, 2024

When you need to show a feature or particular screen of Veeam product to potential new client and don’t have the product installed on your laptop, and the VPN to your lab is not operational? What to do? I met someone during Veeam100 Summit in Berlin and that person has solved this problem! In fact, […]

| Filed Under: Backup, Cloud, Free Stuff, Tips Tagged With: Veeam Clickable Demos

XorMon SAN Topology and Cool Interactive New Graph Features

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: November 21, 2024

We have already talked about XorMon NG software, which is a consolidated 3-in-1 tool previously called STOR2RRD, that had during long period of time 3 different tools inside: XorMon Original, LPAR2RRD, and STOR2RRD. So the XorMon NG (Note: NG stands for New Generation) is useful to monitor your infrastructure. XorMon NG is a free, open-source […]

| Filed Under: Desktop Virtualization, Free Stuff, Server Virtualization, Tips Tagged With: XorMon SAN Topology

Harden Your Key Infrastructure Components and Use Veeam Best Practices from EMEA Veeam Solutions Architects

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: October 22, 2024

If you’re IT administrator and using Veeam within your infrastructure, you might be interested in this website that gives you only the essentials you need to successfully manage your Veeam backup infrastructure. There is many useful tools and Veeam Best Practices you can use created by EMEA Veeam Solutions Architects. Tools such as Magic Ports, […]

| Filed Under: Backup, Cloud, Free Stuff, Tips Tagged With: Veeam Best Practices

Update ESXi Host to the latest ESXi 8.0U3b without vCenter

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: September 24, 2024

If you’re like many ESXi users that are running bunch of ESXi hosts without vCenter Server in labs and testing environments, you might wonder how to patch/upgrade to the latest version. It’s not that we have already wrote about this topic many times in the past, but we do still have requests about it. Patching […]

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