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VCP-VVF Administrator Study Guide: Objective 2.1 – Virtualization Fundamentals

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: August 24, 2025

Yes, I start the work again on a VCP Study Guide! I do hope our study guides for vSphere 7 and vSphere 8 has had help you in your studies or your carreer in the past! The idea is the same this time: Create a comprehensive study guide which helps you to pass VMware/Broadcom certification. […]

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5 New VMware Certifications for VVF and VCF

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: September 14, 2025

Last year I have reported on two new VMware certificatons: VMware Certified Professional Certifications for VMware administrators: VCP-VVF and VCP-VCF. Those certifications are maintained, and other certifications were added to this recently and we’ll talk about it in this post. There is now 5 main VMware VCP certifications – VCP-VVF Support, VCP-VCF Administrator, VCP-VVF Support, VCP-VCF […]

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VCP-VVF Administrator Study Guide: Objective 2.2 – VMware Compute Fundamentals, Part 3: Deploy and Configure Virtual Machines

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: August 24, 2025

Welcome back to our VMware Certified Professional – VMware vSphere Foundation Administrator (2V0-16.25) study guide series! This section is part of the upcoming VCP-VVF Study Guide Page, which will be released as a PDF when completed. Today, we’re diving into Objective 2.2 – VMware Compute Fundamentals, focusing on Given a scenario, deploy and configure virtual […]

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Exploring Zerto Virtual Replication: Understanding Protection Groups and Snapshot-Free Technology

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: August 20, 2025

If you you are reading our blog for the first time or you are a regular reader, you’ve likely heard of Zerto Virtual Replication, which is now part of the HPE portfolio following its acquisition. Zerto has long been a game-changer in the world of data protection and recovery, offering a hypervisor-based replication solution that […]

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Initial Deployment of Veeam Backup and Replication v13 (BETA 2) as a VM from ISO

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: August 12, 2025

In this post, I’ll show you how to deploy Veeam Backup and Replication v13 (BETA 2) as a VM within your ESXi/vSphere Environment. This beta 2 is not public, but is accessible to the v100 members (Vanguards, Legends, MVPs) so we can play with it and report annomalies). It has much less “TBD” labels than […]

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StarWind VTL: Fortifying Your Backup Infrastructure Against Ransomware

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: August 1, 2025

If you’re thinking that your backup infrastructure is the best and unpenetrable, the truth is that you are actually never protected enough. It is only by adding an immutable repository, Virtual Tape Library (VTL) or both. Solution from StarWind can integrate into an existing backup infrastructure improving simply its resilience. Ransomware is the modern-day digital […]

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VMware Alternative – OpenNebula: Powering Edge Clouds and GPU-Based AI Workloads with Firecracker and KVM

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: August 1, 2025

If you’re on the hunt for a robust, open-source virtualization platform that can handle everything from edge cloud deployments to GPU-accelerated AI workloads, OpenNebula is making some serious noise. With its latest updates, including support for Firecracker microVMs, KVM, and NVIDIA vGPU compatibility, OpenNebula is positioning itself as a compelling alternative to VMware, especially for […]

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VMware EXPLORE Las Vegas and VMware Explore on Tour

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: July 23, 2025

As you might already noticed, this year there is no VMware EXPLORE Europe, but only VMware Explore on Tour. The US Version of VMware EXPLORE (August 25 – 28, 2025) is maintained and you can register here (the Full Event price is $1,995, plus hotel nights and fly tickets…. so yes, unless your company can afford […]

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Microsoft MVP, VMUG Advantage, VMware vExpert, Nutanix NTC, and Veeam Vanguard – FREE NFR Starter Pack from Devolutions!

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: July 22, 2025

Yes, this is a very good news for all my Microsoft MVP, VMUG Advantage, VMware vExpert, Nutanix NTC, and Veeam Vanguard collegues and peers. A FREE NFR license of a bundle from Devolutions which allows you to use those those in your lab for FREE. The bundle, called Starter Pack, covers Four products and it is […]

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VMware Broadcom License Cost Estimator Site

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: July 21, 2025

By Googling I found this site where you can find an estimator for VMware licensing cost. As you already noticed, VMware licensing has changed and many of the previous products which were accessible to buy online or via re-sellers, are now part of bundles. As a result, you no longer have the access to the […]

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