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VCP-DCV Explain shares, limits, and reservations (resource management) – Objective 5.1.1

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: October 11, 2021

When you do over-provisioning on ESXi host, on memory, and CPU,  you basically need a tool that makes sure that the VMs get the correct amount of resources. Let’s say we have a VM that needs to get 3500MHZ (Reservation) and make sure that another VM for testing never gets more than 1000MHZ (Limit). The […]

| Filed Under: Free Stuff, How To, Server Virtualization, Tips

VCP7-DCV Objective 2.1 – Describe the role of vSphere in the software-defined data center (SDDC)

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: October 11, 2021

Describe the role of vSphere in the software-defined data center (SDDC) is a large topic. In this post, we’ll describe some bases and talk about SDDC in general, not technical. This post is a part of a free Study Guide when preparing to pass the VMware VCP-DCV certification exam. In our free guide, we cover […]

| Filed Under: Free Stuff, Server Virtualization Tagged With: vSphere in the software-defined data center

StarWind VSAN with ZFS Details

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: April 29, 2021

StarWind Virtual SAN uses Linux OS for the underlying VSA for several releases. Part of each VSA is also ZFS. In this post, we’ll have a look at some advantages of ZFS if you’re not aware of them, when you’re looking for a storage solution. Most likely you’ll already know what ZFS is and that […]

| Filed Under: Free Stuff, Server Virtualization Tagged With: StarWind ZFS

FREE VMware VCTA Study Guide

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: April 14, 2021

Some of our readers perhaps noticed that I have put on a VCTA study guide. It’s been a couple of month and today I have received a great document from Valerio Passeri called VCTA Study Guide (direct link to my Dropbox folder shared for ALL where you’ll find the guide and also other PDFs useful […]

| Filed Under: Free Stuff, Server Virtualization Tagged With: VCTA study guide

StarWind SAN & NAS Free For VMware vSphere Released

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: May 28, 2021

A new very nice solution from StarWind I want to share the news with you today. In fact, StarWind software just released a free version based on their flagship product, StarWind VSAN, but with some additions and a completely new UI and wizard that makes the setup really much easier. This version is free and […]

| Filed Under: Free Stuff, Server Virtualization Tagged With: StarWind Free NAS & SAN For VMware vSphere

VCP-DCV Objective 1.5.1 – Describe VMkernel networking

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: April 26, 2025

VMware vSphere 7 and virtual networking is a large topic. In this post, we’ll describe some bases and talk about VMkernel networking. This post is a part of a free Study Guide when preparing to pass the VMware VCP-DCV certification exam. VMware just released a new certification exam (2V0-21. 23) which it’s focusing on the […]

| Filed Under: Free Stuff, Server Virtualization Tagged With: Describe VMkernel networking

How to Install and Configure Veeam Backup and Replication Community Edition

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: December 21, 2023

In this post, we will install and configure Veeam Backup and Replication 10 Community Edition, which is free and allow you to protect up to 10 VMs or up to 10 Workstations/laptops. This can be a good option for your home/small business. You’ll need a physical computer or server running Windows OS for the installation. […]

| Filed Under: Backup, Featured, Free Stuff, Server Virtualization, Tips, Videos Tagged With: How to Install and Configure Veeam Backup and Replication 10

VMware ESXi FREE and incremental backups

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: November 9, 2022

In today’s post we’ll talk about a solution for VMware ESXi Free version incremental backups. Fairly often those people are facing problems to be able to back up their VMs on regular basis by using incremental backups. There is a Free backup solution called VMCom backup that can be used for the job. ESXi free […]

| Filed Under: Backup, Free Stuff, Home Lab, Server Virtualization, Tips Tagged With: ESXi free backup, VMcom Backup

How to prevent Brute force attacks on Windows or Linux servers

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: October 20, 2020

Installation of IPban on Windows Server via PowerShell

When you have servers exposed to the internet with RDP or SSH, it won’t take long before they’ll be flooded with connection requests. The worst-case scenario is of course the complete flooded servers crawling under hundreds and hundreds of connections attempts launched at the same time, to gain access by using brute force dictionary attacks. […]

| Filed Under: Featured, Free Stuff, How To Tagged With: How to prevent Brute force attacks

Best Technical VMworld 2020 sessions which could boost your career

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: September 16, 2020

VMworld 2020

In this post, we’ll try to find some sessions which could boost your admin’s career. No matter which branch you’re in, whether you’re Developer, Datacenter Admin or VDI expert, there is something for everyone. This year’s VMworld 2020 Digital Event is Free, but there is a Premium option too. The Premium (paid) pass is interesting […]

| Filed Under: Cloud, Free Stuff, Server Virtualization Tagged With: VMworld 2020

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