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By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: February 27, 2024

I feel this is the right timing for this. By VMware ending ESXi FREE Hypervisor, people running their home labs have no choice – switch to another FREE Hypervisor. We have detailed the announce – Best VMware Alternatives – ESXi FREE is DEAD – and we were not particularly happy with that, but hey, the […]

| Filed Under: Cloud, Free Stuff, Home Lab, Server Virtualization, Tips

Best VMware Alternatives – ESXi FREE is DEAD

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: March 16, 2024

In this series of posts that we’ll be creating over the next couple of weeks, we’ll try to list the best VMware Alternatives for virtualization of servers. Many alternative vendors does not do VDI so we won’t include those in our series. VMware does VDI pretty well and their Horizon/One products got pretty good over […]

| Filed Under: Cloud, Home Lab, Server Virtualization

How PrivaZer FREE Edition Protects Your Privacy on Your Windows PC

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: February 9, 2024

If you care about your privacy and security, you know how important it is to clean your Windows PC from traces of your past activities. These traces can reveal your personal information, your browsing habits, your software usage, and more. They can also slow down your PC performance and compromise your security. That’s why you […]

| Filed Under: Free Stuff, Home Lab, Tips Tagged With: PrivaZer FREE Edition

What is Veeam VHR and how to quickly install and create hardened repository?

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: June 6, 2023

During VeeamON 2023 in Miami Beach, a Veeam’s annual data protection conference, there was one session which I think it is worth my effort and blog about it, yes, for sure. There are many more great session to watch, and I think that most likely they’ll be up on online very soon. We had a […]

| Filed Under: Backup, Cloud, Featured, Free Stuff, Home Lab, How To Tagged With: What is Veeam VHR

vExpert Homelab with Intel Optane

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: April 25, 2023

Being part of a vExpert program has been an awesome journey for me since the beginning. Since when I started blogging, the VMware vExpert award was something that makes me proud, pushes me forward in my career and also brings some goodies. As a vExpert I can express my thanks to @Intel and @vExpert program for the […]

| Filed Under: Home Lab, Server Virtualization Tagged With: vExpert Homelab with Intel Optane

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

NXJ6412 Maxtang EHL30 TPM Alert in vCenter Server 8.0 BIOS Config

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: January 23, 2023

This is a quick post about the Intel NUC NXJ6412 Maxtang EHL30 that VMware vExperts were given during VMworld VMware EXPLORE Barcelona 2022 and that I have already covered in my detailed post here. The NUC runs silent, which is great because it’s just next to me when I’m working. It runs a bit hot […]

| Filed Under: Home Lab Tagged With: NXJ6412 Maxtang EHL30 TPM Alert

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

vSphere 8 Lab with Cohesity and VMware vExpert gift – Maxtang’s NX 6412 NUC

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: April 26, 2025

As you could read in my previous article, during VMworld VMEXPLORE Barcelona 2022, I’ve been given a gift as a vExpert. The nice fan-less unit is now installed with ESXi 8 in my lab, and in this post I’ll share my installation experience and how I found a workaround on not recognized built-in NICs. There […]

| Filed Under: Featured, Home Lab Tagged With: vSphere 8 Lab

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