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VMware vCenter Server Converter 6.6 Released

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: February 27, 2024

VMware, after a public beta period, has released a new version of conversion tool that every VMware admin knows – VMware vCenter Server Converter 6.6 Released is the title of today’s post. As you know, VMware converter can do P2V or V2V. The software is FREE and can help you to convert from physical or […]

| Filed Under: Free Stuff, Server Virtualization, Tips

Nutanix Community Edition

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

How-to Enhance your company’s security with Role-Based Access Control in Nakivo Backup and Replication

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: February 22, 2024

If you’re thinking of any backup solution, think that while you working in an IT team, you need to separate the tasks and separate the roles the each of your team member have. Some team members needs to see backup jobs, other needs to have full access to backup and replication jobs. In this post […]

| Filed Under: Backup, Cloud, Server Virtualization Tagged With: Role-Based Access Control in Nakivo Backup and Replication

How to install and run Xen Orchestra Lite

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: February 19, 2024

This is exciting. After successfully installed my Xen Orchestra in the lab (nested with VMware Workstation. BTW, you can also use VMware Workstation Player which is FREE), when testing XCP-NG (after some initial problems, now resolved) by reading the forums, I discovered that there is actually a host client! It’s name is XO Lite and […]

| Filed Under: Server Virtualization

Another VMware Alternative – Verge.IO

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: February 19, 2024

Let’s continue our exploration about some viable VMware alternatives when it comes to infrastructure virtualization. As you could read in our introductory article – Best VMware Alternatives – ESXi FREE is DEAD – we will do some digging into some VMware alternatives which might be useful for users willing to step out of their comfort […]

| Filed Under: Server Virtualization

XCP-NG Virtualization Platform with management by Xen Orchestra

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: February 26, 2024

One of the first virtualization platforms out there which is getting its popularity exploding is XCP-NG virtualization platform by vates.tech from France. It all started in 2011-2012 so it’s not a new platform. UPDATE: Make sure to read the update as I have finally managed to find the time and redeploy the Xen Orchestra. It’s […]

| Filed Under: Server Virtualization

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

Microsoft Windows Server 2025 – What’s New recap

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: February 12, 2024

In a datacenter and cloud world that now only has eyes for Linux, few weeks back, Microsoft has announced that Windows Server 2025 will be the next edition of Windows Server. Windows Server 2025 will therefore be the next version of Microsoft’s operating system for servers and data centers. This version, which succeeds Windows Server […]

| Filed Under: Cloud, Server Virtualization, Windows Server 2025 Tagged With: Microsoft Windows Server 2025 - What's New

Windows 11 version 24H2 is next – This Fall

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: February 9, 2024

Microsoft has confirmed the next major update of Windows 11 and its name is Windows 11 version 24H2. This was somehow expected as Windows 12 development, that some of you were wishing to come, has not started yet. Windows 11 version 24H2 will bring many new features for end users (energy saver, scrollable quick settings, […]

| Filed Under: Server Virtualization

Install StarWind VSAN via PowerCLI in VMware vSphere Environment

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: February 8, 2024

There is a nice technical paper at StarWind detailing the Install StarWind VSAN via PowerCLI in VMware vSphere Environment. When done, you’ll find your environment fully configured deployed with StarWind VSAN VMs (Controller virtual machines = CVM).  This can be particularly useful when you have several branch offices to deploy using the same pattern. When […]

| Filed Under: Server Virtualization Tagged With: Install StarWind VSAN via PowerCLI in VMware vSphere Environment, Install StarWind VSAN via PowerCLI in vSphere

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