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

VMware Free Training for Security – 1h Online, Self-Paced

By | Last Updated:

New free training course from VMware, which is available online. Note that an account at VMware Learning required at VMware Education, but you can register for free there. You’ll be able to learn about VMware Security Suite which is available as a part of the vSphere Essentislas Plus package as a VMware vCloud Networking and Security 5.1.2. […]

Best Freeware utilities and WP plugins in 2012

By | Last Updated:

I wanted to share some best system tools which are freeware utilities and which I discovered in 2012. Also in this post you’ll find some WordPress plugins that I recommends. I’m principally blogging about virtualization, but this post would fit rather into system admin/Wordperss category. Still, can be useful for all system admins or virtualization […]

7 Tips for troubleshooting vSphere 5

By | Last Updated:

Update: This pdf is no longer available. Please check out my Free Technical PDF page where are the latest and the best! This 9 pages PDF called 7 Tips for troubleshooting vSphere 5 – from Global Knowledge will show you simple ways to troubleshoot vSphere 5. You’ll see how to check your storage performance, network […]

Monthly Drawing – Register to win your dream lab

By | Last Updated:

Having a home lab for learning virtualization is a necessity. You can install, break down, re-install, test, rebuild. You can do a lot of testing by having your own homelab. Unfortunately not every one can afford it, so the preferred way is still nested virtualization All in one box. VMware Workstation or ESXi 5.1 free version are […]

Windows 7 Explorer for Windows 8

By | Last Updated:

Windows 7 Explorer for Windows 8 is an excellent free tool which enables you to switch the Windows 8 start menu back to the Windows 7 one very clean way. Few months back you could read about classic menu for Widnows 8, which is a freeware tool too, but it adds it’s own menu at the […]

WordPress 3.5 Released

By | Last Updated:

A new version of the most popular blogging software has been released. It’s called Elvin, in honor to drummer Elvin Jones. The new version of WordPress 3.5 brings streamlined UI which adapts itself to the retina’s high resolution MAC displays. The icons that hasn’t been very sharp and clear on those displays looks now really sharp. The […]

Converged Storage: A Next Gen Virtualized Architecture

By | Last Updated:

[Sponsored] – Converged Storage: A Next Gen Virtualized Architecture. There is new document available in my Free Virtualization Content section, which informs about converged storage for virtualization architecture. This PDF document sponsored by HP and Intel, show you with some real case examples, that traditional storage hits it’s limits. Usually because the traditional storage arrays […]

VMware I/O Analyzer updated – what’s new?

By | Last Updated:

Update: This post needs a refresh. Recently I wrote an article about a similar tool, (or perhaps exactly the same one, but named differently, a few years later). The tool’s name is IOInsight and can measure a performance of VMs. The utility measures IO performance of individual VMDKs (virtual disks) by capturing I/O traces from ESXi and […]

Remote Desktop Protocol 8.0 update for Win 7 SP1 and Server 2008 R2 SP1

By | Last Updated:

Microsoft RDP 8.0 free update for Windows 7 SP1 and Server 2008R2 SP1. With the recent release of Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012, Microsoft has introduced Remote Desktop Protocol 8.0 in those products. If you want to take advantage of using RDP 8.0 on Windows 7SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, you can do […]