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Veeam 100 Summit Lisbon 2026 – A New Location, Same Great Energy

Vladan SEGET — Tue, 27 Oct 2026 14:42:41 +0000

Here we are again – this time in beautiful Lisbon for the Veeam 100 Summit 2026. After years of Prague (with that special Czech connection for me) and one edition in Berlin, Veeam chose a brand-new location on the Atlantic coast. Michael Cade already tweeted about it being a first for him, and I completely […]

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ZSvirt.io – Open-Source KVM Virtualization That Actually Feels Enterprise (and Deploys in Minutes)

Vladan SEGET — Thu, 15 Oct 2026 08:41:01 +0000

Another VMware alternative dropped into the open-source world in August 2026, and this one is worth a serious look. In fact, ZSvirt (zsvirt.io / GitHub: ZSvirt/zsvirt) is the community edition of ZStack’s production-hardened ZSphere engine, released under GPL-3.0 with no limits on hosts, VMs, or features for production use. It manages KVM-based infrastructure through a […]

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Tiny11 Builder WinUI 0.1.1 is out – and it finally has a proper modern UI

Vladan SEGET — Tue, 13 Oct 2026 12:01:26 +0000

Hey folks, Vladan here from ESX Virtualization. If you’ve been reading the blog for a while you already know I’m always on the lookout for ways to keep Windows VMs small, in the lab. Back in November 2023 I wrote about the original Tiny11 project and how useful a stripped-down Windows 11 can be when […]

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StarWind Under DataCore: How the Acquisition Strengthens HCI for Edge, ROBO, and Existing Users

Vladan SEGET — Thu, 01 Oct 2026 09:49:29 +0000

DataCore acquired StarWind Software in May 2025. For many of us who have followed StarWind Virtual SAN, their HCI appliances, Virtual Tape Library (VTL), and related tools over the years, the natural questions were immediate: What happens to the products we rely on? How do they fit into DataCore’s broader portfolio? And does this change […]

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ScanPST Gave Up Again: Stellar repair for outlook (Desktop) vs. Online PST Repair Put to the Test

Vladan SEGET — Thu, 24 Sep 2026 12:13:41 +0000

Outlook PST files still cause plenty of headaches for admins and end users alike. Large files, sudden corruption after a crash, network sharing issues, or just the usual “Outlook can’t open this file” errors pop up regularly. The principal outlook data file, the PST, is a crucial piece for Outlook to function. Microsoft’s built-in ScanPST.exe […]

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Application Backup Repository in Veeam Backup & Replication 13.1 – The Smart NFS Target Many Overlook

Vladan SEGET — Wed, 23 Sep 2026 16:46:05 +0000

In my earlier post covering the general availability of Veeam Backup & Replication 13.1, I focused on the big picture: expanded hypervisor support, refinements to the Veeam Software Appliance, security posture improvements, and upgrade considerations. Today I want to zoom in on one of the more specialized (and still relatively under-discussed) capabilities introduced or matured […]

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How to Recover Deleted Files from Virtual Machine

Guest Blogger — Fri, 04 Sep 2026 15:06:27 +0000

Lost important files from a virtual machine and are not sure how to get them back? Virtual disk recovery may seem complicated, but it doesn’t have to be. With this virtual machine data recovery guide, you can easily understand what to do and which steps to follow to successfully get your files back. What Affects […]

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StarWind Virtual HCI Appliance Free: Turn Your Servers into a Full HCI Cluster Without Spending a Cent

Vladan SEGET — Mon, 24 Aug 2026 12:36:25 +0000

If you’ve been following my blog for a while (yes, we’re talking back to the early ESXi days), you know I love practical, cost-effective solutions that actually work in the real world — especially for SMBs, ROBO sites, edge locations, or anyone tired of expensive proprietary HCI stacks. Today we’re diving into something that fits […]

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Veeam Backup & Replication 13.1: The Features That Actually Matter (and Why You Should Move Now)

Vladan SEGET — Thu, 20 Aug 2026 14:38:50 +0000

Hey folks, Vladan here. I’ve been writing about Veeam since version 3.0 back in the day — when it was still a relatively young VMware-centric tool and most of us were still figuring out CBT and Instant VM Recovery. Fast-forward to 2026 and we’re on Veeam Backup & Replication 13.1 (part of the Veeam Data […]

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How to update your ESXi 7.x or 8.x to the latest ESXi 8.0U3k via command line

Vladan SEGET — Tue, 04 Aug 2026 09:42:16 +0000

For those enthousiasts which are still running ESXi in their labs, or for SMBs which needs to upgrade their VMware vSphere Infrastructure, this is this quick guide which allows you to upgrade couple of ESXi hosts easily enough via a “depot.zip” file. The VMware-ESXi-8.0U3k-25595708-depot.zip is the latest file which has all cumulative patches inside, is […]

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