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How To Migrate Shares and Files with ease by using Microsoft Storage Migration Service – Part 2

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: February 18, 2019

today we’ll go and see the steps which need to be done in order to migrate file shares from our old server to a new one. This post will teach you How To Migrate Shares and Files with ease by using Microsoft Storage Migration Service. This is part 2. Please read the Introduction post – How To […]

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How To Migrate Shares and Files with ease by using Microsoft Storage Migration Service

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: February 18, 2019

Large migrations are not easy and so far, Microsoft did not have an efficient tool to do so. Admins had to use Robocopy at best in order to retain shares, NTFS permissions, and ownership of files and folders. In this post, we will discuss and details How To Migrate Shares and Files with ease by using […]

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How To deploy VMware VCSA 6.7 U1 in VMware Workstation

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: January 31, 2019

Hello readers. Today we’ll deploy VMware VCSA 6.7 U1 in VMware Workstation. We have done a similar video for vSphere 6.5 and we had a few questions from readers about accessing the appliance after configuration so we decided to do a new video which details the process. Additionally, we do the deployment in a very […]

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How To Test Network Connectivity with netcat utility in VMware environments

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: April 26, 2025

One of the testing tools for VMware networking is netcat. We have a post which explains the basics of vmkping command here – How To Test Network Connectivity with a vmkping command in VMware environments. Check it out. Today’s post is called How To Test Network Connectivity with netcat utility in VMware environments and we’ll explore some […]

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How To Change E1000 into VMXNET3 without changing a MAC address

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: January 10, 2019

You might end up in a situation where you have a VM which you want to change vNIC type, but you want to keep the current MAC address. Today’s post will teach us How To Change E1000 into VMXNET3 without changing a MAC address. This is an easy post which I’m sure everyone knows how to […]

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How to Patch vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) – [Guide]

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: December 23, 2018

Before you start with the update, make sure to create a backup of your VMware vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) Virtual Machine (VM). The backup is usually done by your backup software, and you can also configure a file-level backup introduced in vSphere 6.5 and further enhanced with a scheduler in vSphere 6.7. The protocols supported […]

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What is VMware VM Customization Specification and How to use it?

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: May 30, 2019

VMware VM Customization Specification is used for cloning of existing data center VMs or deploying a VM from a template.  Some non-VMware admins might not know this feature if they don’t work a lot with VMware technologies. It’s nobody’s fault, everybody is learning every day in IT. Our blog was created mainly for this purpose […]

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How To Disable Timeout on your ESXi Host Client – The Easy Way [Tip]

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: April 26, 2025

I’m sure that everyone knows about this tip anyway, but…. You know, folks working with other hypervisors or the ones which do not manage VMware ESXi and vSphere on daily basis, do not know about it so they need help. In this post, we will learn How To Disable Timeout on your ESXi Host Client – […]

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Chocolatey is a cool package manager for Windows

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: December 6, 2018

If you don’t know and use chocolatey, you’re probably missing out. Chocolatey is a cool package manager for Windows. It is built on the NuGet infrastructure and it uses PowerShell. It basically delivers packages from online distributions onto your desktops. Chocolatey packages do everything via encapsulation. It does encapsulate everything that is necessary to manage a particular […]

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How-To Create a Training Class Through Ravello Training Platform

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: May 26, 2018

Today we’ll have a look at How-To Create a Training Class Through Ravello Training Platform. If you’re a regular reader of our blog you already know that Ravello/Oracle Cloud Platform allows you not only to set up a cloud lab but also to run enterprise cloud applications as their recent upgrade allows you to run […]

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