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Sync data between several folders, systems and NAS devices with this cool software called Echosync

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: April 12, 2023

Have you been looking for a fast and reliable software that can backup your local folder(s) and files, replicate them to another system, NAS device or another PC across your network, with simplicity and reliability? Don’t look further, we are introducing a software called Echosync that can dync data between several folders, systems and NAS […]

| Filed Under: Backup, Free Stuff, Home Lab Tagged With: Sync data between several folders

VMware vExpert and VMUG Advantage Benefits for your career

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: January 27, 2023

VMware vExpert program gives you an unique opportunity for IT admins to get in touch with this amazing community of people which you can get in touch with, learn more about VMware products, get more recognition in your job, and access to some goodies such as VMware 365 Days NFR licenses for your lab, private […]

| Filed Under: Free Stuff, Home Lab, Tips Tagged With: VMware vExpert and VMUG Advantage Benefits

ESXi 7.x to 8.x upgrade scenarios

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: January 6, 2023

This is the time to upgrade VMware ESXi 7.x to 8.x. No reason to tell you that you should fulfill certain requirements before the actual upgrade. Your environment with your backup/monitoring applications should be fully compatible with VMware ESXi 8.0 and vSphere 8.0. Your hardware should be on VMware HCL etc. You should also do […]

| Filed Under: Featured, Free Stuff, How To, Server Virtualization, Tips Tagged With: ESXi 7.x to 8.x upgrade scenarios

Veeam Bare Metal Recovery Without using USB Stick (TIP)

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: December 21, 2023

This tip comes from Nico Stein, a fellow Veeam Vanguard. I saw his presentation during Veeam Summit 100 in Prague, but I said to myself that I won’t publish it before I test it. And that’s why this post (and a video). In fact, it is good that I tested it by myself because EasyBCD […]

| Filed Under: Free Stuff, How To, Server Virtualization, Tips, Videos, Windows Server 2022 Tagged With: Veeam Bare Metal Recovery Without using USB

A really FREE VPN that doesn’t suck

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: February 23, 2023

You want to surf anonymously on the Internet without spending a dime, but also avoiding seeing your data personal scattered in the nature? There is a solution that comes from Bright VPN.. As you know, there are many free VPN services, most offer advantages that aren’t really good, with rather slow speeds and a number of servers […]

| Filed Under: Cloud, Free Stuff, Home Lab, How To, Tips Tagged With: A really FREE VPN

Problems with Overprovisioning VMs

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: September 20, 2022

When dealing with overprovisioning VMs, we must first understand the meaning, because while we talk about overprovisioning VMs, we might not talk about the same thing while using the same wording. Usually “overprovisioning” means that you configure (provision) more than you have. Over-provisioning does not lead to contention always, but it could lead to contention. […]

| Filed Under: Free Stuff, Tips Tagged With: Problems with Overprovisioning VMs

Patch your ESXi 7.x again

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: April 26, 2025

Another day with another critical VMware ESXi 7.0 U3g patch was released a couple of days ago. This time again you can get the latest ISO here. VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 7.0U3g – Download. The latest release is fixing issues only, but you should patch your ESXi 7.x again. There are no new features included. […]

| Filed Under: Cloud, Free Stuff, Home Lab, How To Tagged With: Patch your ESXi 7.x again

Patch Your vSphere with VMware Tools 12.1 Now – important security released

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: April 26, 2025

VMware is releasing a new version of VMware tools 12.1 that fixes important security flaws. In fact, m malicious actor with local non-administrative access to the guest OS can escalate privileges as a root user in the virtual machine. VMware Tools can be downloaded from the Product Download page. The steps to install VMware Tools vary depending […]

| Filed Under: Free Stuff Tagged With: VMware Tools 12.1.0

Let’s Encrypt for VMware ESXi standalone hosts

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: April 26, 2025

A very cool solution for standalone ESXi hosts used in production or home labs that I want to report today. In fact, I have received a quick email from Horst Fickel, which is one of our readers, letting me know that he and his friends have released a lightweight VIB package for VMware ESXi which […]

| Filed Under: Free Stuff, How To, Server Virtualization, Tips Tagged With: Let's Encrypt for VMware ESXi

Patch Standalone VMware ESXi 7 to 7u3e latest version

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: April 26, 2025

VMware has released recently the latest patch for ESXi 7. A few weeks earlier (in May) we reported about VMware vCenter Server 7.0 U3e released – another maintenance release fixing vSphere with Tanzu. You can either update your ESXi hosts via vSphere Lifecycle Manager, or if you do not use vCenter for managing your environment, […]

| Filed Under: Free Stuff, How To, Server Virtualization, Tips Tagged With: Patch Standalone ESXi 7 to 7u3e latest version, Patch Standalone VMware ESXi 7 to 7u3e latest version

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