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VCP-DCV on vSphere 8.x – Identify the pre-requisites and components for a vSphere implementation

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: August 15, 2023

This is an introductory post that starts the work on our new VCP-DCV Study Guide based on vSphere 8. The main page of the guide is here – VCP8-DCV Study Guide, and you’ll find there ALL the chapters based on the latest VMware exam guide blueprint. Most of the work will be done here on […]

| Filed Under: Server Virtualization

VMware VCP-DCV 2023 Exam based on vSphere 8.x

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: February 20, 2023

VMware has released a new PDF Blueprint for people interested to take a new VCP-DCV 2023 certification exam based on vSphere 8.x. So far, you can still (until Jan 31, 2024) pass the VCP-DCV 2023 based on vSphere 7.x and  (2V0-21.20), which leads to the VMware Certified Professional – Data Center Virtualization 2023. However, a […]

| Filed Under: Cloud, Featured, Server Virtualization Tagged With: VMware VCP-DCV 2023

VMware ESXi 8.0b and vCenter Server 8.0b released with resolved issues

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: February 17, 2023

vCenter Server 8.0b Update

VMware has deployed latest releases of their virtualization platform with ESXi 8.0b and vCenter server 8.0b. That’s one of the first reasons to never deploy the v8.0 in production, rather wait for U1 or U2…. This is the first wave of fixes that resolves different issues with any areas of the virtualization layer, such as […]

| Filed Under: Server Virtualization Tagged With: VMware ESXi 8.0b

Veeam v12 direct backup to Wasabi – New UI

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: December 21, 2023

Veeam Backup to Wasabi

Veeam Backup and Replication v12 that is now at RTM stage and the official launch went out yesterday, brings so many new features and enhancements that we’ll have many days to come a content for you that you’ll enjoy. The new release of Veeam’s flagship product reached RTM state just a few weeks ago, before […]

| Filed Under: Backup, Cloud, Server Virtualization

What If the way for fighting ransomware was to backup directly to Object storage with immutability On-Prem?

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: February 2, 2023

If you’re an IT administrator and your infrastructure and its data has value for you and your company, then you need to secure those data and your backups. The best way to secure backups is to make them immutable, which means that they cannot be deleted or modified in any way for certain period of […]

| Filed Under: Backup, Server Virtualization, Tips Tagged With: backup directly to Object storage with immutability On-Prem

Zerto Platform 9.7 U1 supports vSphere 8.0

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: April 26, 2025

Azure to azure replication in Zerto 6.0

There has been a new update from Zerto that released their latest flagship software for DR and backup – Zerto Platform 9.7 Update 1. This latest release supports vSphere 8 that many vSphere admins will be installing in the near future and upgrading their virtual infrastructures. We have asked Zerto during VMware EXPLORE Barcelona last […]

| Filed Under: Backup, Cloud, Server Virtualization Tagged With: Zerto Platform 9.7 U1

StarWind VSAN Latest update allows faster synchronization with storing synchronization journals on separate storage

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: January 25, 2023

New release of popular storage software from StarWind allows Hyper-V users to store synchronization journals on separate storage and dramatically decrease the time of synchronization in case one node goes down due a hardware failure. This StarWind VSAN Latest update can be found here. As you know, StarWind VSAN is a storage solution that can […]

| Filed Under: Server Virtualization Tagged With: StarWind VSAN Latest update

Nakivo Backup and Replication 10.8 With vSphere 8 Support and more

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: January 23, 2023

Nakivo Backup and Replication 10.8 is out and as I announced couple weeks earlier, the software now supports vSphere 8.0, but also adds some interesting new features that we’ll talk about today. We’ll talk about this in today’s post. Nakivo has a lightweight and fast web-based UI that does not get slow like many web-based […]

| Filed Under: Backup, Server Virtualization Tagged With: Nakivo Backup and Replication, Nakivo Backup and Replication 10.8

ESXi 7.x to 8.x upgrade scenarios

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: January 6, 2023

This is the time to upgrade VMware ESXi 7.x to 8.x. No reason to tell you that you should fulfill certain requirements before the actual upgrade. Your environment with your backup/monitoring applications should be fully compatible with VMware ESXi 8.0 and vSphere 8.0. Your hardware should be on VMware HCL etc. You should also do […]

| Filed Under: Featured, Free Stuff, How To, Server Virtualization, Tips Tagged With: ESXi 7.x to 8.x upgrade scenarios

Veeam Bare Metal Recovery Without using USB Stick (TIP)

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: December 21, 2023

This tip comes from Nico Stein, a fellow Veeam Vanguard. I saw his presentation during Veeam Summit 100 in Prague, but I said to myself that I won’t publish it before I test it. And that’s why this post (and a video). In fact, it is good that I tested it by myself because EasyBCD […]

| Filed Under: Free Stuff, How To, Server Virtualization, Tips, Videos, Windows Server 2022 Tagged With: Veeam Bare Metal Recovery Without using USB

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