Server Virtualization Archives - ESX Virtualization

Veeam Backup & Replication Q1 2026 Updates: Deep Dive into v13 Capabilities, Patches, and Emerging AI Governance Features

Vladan SEGET — Tue, 28 Apr 2026 12:39:55 +0000

Veeam Backup & Replication (VBR) continues to set the pace in enterprise data resilience. With v13 having landed in November 2025 as a major architectural shift, Q1 2026 has delivered important post-GA refinements through patches, incremental workload enhancements, and the February 2026 introduction of Agent Commander. These additions build directly on the foundation of the […]

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Commvault at Google Cloud Next 2026: Smarter, Cheaper Data Protection for the AI Era

Vladan SEGET — Thu, 23 Apr 2026 12:26:51 +0000

Google Cloud Storage is scaling faster than most organisations can keep up with. Buckets routinely hold billions of objects and petabytes of data – driven by real-time analytics pipelines, cloud-native applications, and increasingly, the training data and outputs of AI workloads. The infrastructure is maturing fast. The data protection strategies around it, however, have largely […]

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NAKIVO Backup & Replication 11.2: Full Proxmox VE 9.0 Support, VMware vSphere 9 Readiness – And Why It’s Literally Half the Price

Vladan SEGET — Fri, 17 Apr 2026 13:14:31 +0000

If you’ve been reading ESX Virtualization since the VMware 3.x days (yeah, 2008–2024 archive still holds up), you know I’ve always had a soft spot for backup solutions that actually deliver real value instead of just burning your budget. I’ve tested pretty much every major player over the years – Veeam, Commvault, you name it […]

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How-to Update Lab with XCP-NG and Xen Orchestra built from sources

Vladan SEGET — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 08:24:56 +0000

A couple of months ago I installed a lab (a nested virtual lab running under VMware Workstation) with XCP-NG and Xen Orchestra. This virtualization solution should be familiar to you, for those of you who follow my blog sinca a long time. There are many reasons why many home labbers like me or other admins […]

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Alpine Linux – Why I like it?

Vladan SEGET — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 09:17:38 +0000

Hey folks, Vladan here from ESX Virtualization. If you’ve been following my blog since way back in 2008 (yeah, we’re that old-school), you know I love diving into lightweight, no-nonsense tools that actually make life easier in the homelab, especially when everything else feels bloated and over-engineered. Time to optimize my lab! With all the […]

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StarWind HCI Appliances: Storage Virtualization, Synchronous Replication, and Bulletproof Support

Vladan SEGET — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 13:27:00 +0000

If you’re like me and have spent years wrestling with traditional three-tier infrastructure in small-to-medium businesses or remote office/branch office (ROBO) setups, you know the pain. Separate servers for compute, dedicated SAN arrays for storage, complex networking layers, and the constant worry about single points of failure. Add in rising licensing costs from the big […]

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DataCore Puls8 vs OpenEBS: Comparison for Kubernetes Persistent Storage

Vladan SEGET — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 13:37:30 +0000

With DataCore Puls8 officially launched on January 26, 2026 (GA release notes dated January 21, 2026), the obvious question for anyone running OpenEBS is whether the commercial version justifies a subscription. The answer depends entirely on where you sit on the operational complexity spectrum – and how many stateful pods you're managing in production. Quick Background Recap OpenEBS is a […]

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A Community Study Guide VMware vSphere Foundation Administrator (VCP-VVF) – Free Download

Vladan SEGET — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 06:18:07 +0000

Finally, I can announce the availability of our Study Guide as PDF. The VMware Certified Professional – VMware vSphere Foundation (VCP-VVF) Administrator exam (code 2V0-16.25) is the current certification for VVF, replacing the older 2V0-12.24 exam. You can learn and pass your exam with the help of our Community Study Guide – released as PDF at our […]

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ResOps in Action – Commvault’s Big Moves at RSAC 2026: Okta Support, Satori-Powered Risk Analysis, ThreatScan Evolution & Sentinel Automation

Vladan SEGET — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 13:36:51 +0000

If you've been following my blog over the years, you know I write a lot about virtualisation and data protection, and also about recovery, cyber resilience, and especially how these things play out in real enterprise environments – whether it's VMware, Hyper-V, cloud workloads, or now increasingly identity and AI-related systems. Today we’ll talk about […]

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StarWind V2V / P2V Converter Version 9 (build 848) – Multi-VM Conversions, Full CLI Support, Hot Migrations, and Cloud Improvements Make This Free Tool a Datacenter Must-Have

Vladan SEGET — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 15:41:00 +0000

If you’re a datacenter admin or architect still juggling VMware ESXi, Microsoft Hyper-V, Proxmox, oVirt, or even Oracle VirtualBox workloads – or if you’re moving stuff to/from Azure and AWS – you already know how painful VM conversions can be. Manual exports, temporary storage bloat, downtime, and the constant fear of data corruption during format […]

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