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Best Desktop Performance Optimization Utility – VMware OS Optimization Tool

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: June 14, 2022

VMware has productized one of their best Flings – VMware OS Optimization Tool (OSOT). If you have been around a long time enough you certainly remember this tool as a Fling, but no more. VMware has officially made it available within the Customer Connect portal. I think this tool is one of the Best Desktop […]

| Filed Under: Desktop Virtualization, Free Stuff, How To, Server Virtualization, Tips, Windows 10, Windows Server 2019, Windows Server 2022 Tagged With: Best Desktop Performance Optimization Utility

OSBoxes has tons of FREE preinstalled Linux VM Images in VMware or Virtual Box format for download

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: June 4, 2022

I just wanted to quickly share my find and at the same time give heads up to the project from OSBoxes.org where you can find many FREE preinstalled Linux VM images for download. In fact, I have counted roughly 55 different preinstalled Linux distributions. The VM images are either in VMware or Virtual Box formats. […]

| Filed Under: Free Stuff, Server Virtualization

Tiny Linux OVF Download – SSH, NANO, NGINX and Open VM Tools Preinstalled

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: May 28, 2022

Tiny Linux VM OVA – this is just a note for me, but I thought it might be useful for other users. When working in a homelab and testing, you often need small VMs with a low amount of RAM configured. This one has only 48 Mb and runs SSH, NANO, NGINX, and also has […]

| Filed Under: Cloud, Free Stuff Tagged With: Tiny Linux OVF

Microsoft 365 Security Checklist Free E-Book to Download

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: May 5, 2022

One of our partners has a new Free E-book to download. It’s called Microsoft 365 Security checklist and it’s written by Paul Shnackenburg (Linked IN) who is a Microsoft Certified Trainer and consultant. Here is an overview of what you can find in the book. A few minutes and a credit card and you can […]

| Filed Under: Cloud, Free Stuff, Server Virtualization, Tips Tagged With: Microsoft 365

Free Recovery software for SD Cards, SSDs or HDDs called WinfrGUI

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: April 26, 2022

There is free software I want to highlight today. It’s called WinfrGUI and it is a Free recovery software for SD Cards, SSDs or HDDs. The software is able to recover files that are no longer in Recycle bin in Windows. When a file is permanently deleted from the Recycle Bin, it is invisible to […]

| Filed Under: Free Stuff, How To, Server Virtualization Tagged With: recover files from SD Cards

Virtual Infrastructure Free Database Performance Testing Tool

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: February 25, 2022

There is a utility to test database workloads when running either on physical or virtual infrastructure. It is an open-source and freely available utility called DVD Store at https://github.com/dvdstore/ds3/. In this post we’ll go through some details about the latest version, v. 3.5 of the utility. Basically, the solution works like this: You create a […]

| Filed Under: Free Stuff, Server Virtualization Tagged With: Virtual Infrastructure Free Database Performance

Free V2V and P2V Converter from StarWind is a multi conversion utility

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: February 17, 2022

Readers of our blog know about StarWind software and particularly about their free solutions for virtualization. One of the free tools StarWind is maintaining is StarWind V2V Converter which is a multi-conversion utility allowing you to convert between public and private clouds and between hypervisors platforms. After VMware’s decision to discontinue VMware vCenter Server Converter […]

| Filed Under: Cloud, Featured, Free Stuff, Server Virtualization, Tips Tagged With: P2V conversion, StarWind V2V

Interesting Cyber Threat Report shows which procedures hackers use the most

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: March 5, 2022

Cyberthreats are on the rise. The trend won’t stop because hackers are able to make money by using ransomware, by threatening to damage brand reputations, by scamming individuals with “sextortion” or by stealing cryptocurrency from online exchanges or personal wallets. The techniques to get to those sensitive data are different but the tactics or the […]

| Filed Under: Featured, Free Stuff, Server Virtualization Tagged With: cyber threat

Protect 10 VMs for Free with Zerto

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: February 8, 2023

Today I’d like to talk about a Zerto which brings free protection for 10 VMs during a whole year. This is very good news for IT admins, enthusiasts, and VMware folks willing to protect their data. This not only allows you to do thorough testing within a POC environment but also gets a hand and learns this […]

| Filed Under: Backup, Free Stuff, Server Virtualization Tagged With: Zerto Free

VMware vCenter Converter Discontinued – what’s your options?

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: April 26, 2025

VMware Converter Setup

VMware has made unavailable vCenter Converter. Rest in peace, my friend. We spent a lot of time together, P2V ing some great physical servers…… Luckily, you can still download it left and right through file hosting and download services. What are the options of replacement for VMware Converter? So the options you have when willing […]

| Filed Under: Backup, Featured, Free Stuff Tagged With: VmWare Converter

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