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VMware DRS Entitlement Viewer – Free Tool

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: April 26, 2025

DRS Entitlement Viewer

Today we’ll have a look at a new tool, new “fling” as VMware calls it. It’s called VMware DRS Entitlement Viewer. It’s been just released and it allows you to get a hierarchical view of vCenter DRS cluster inventory with entitled CPU and memory resources for each resource pool and VM in the cluster. It installs […]

| Filed Under: Free Stuff, Server Virtualization Tagged With: VMware DRS Entitlement Viewer

What is VMware Per-VM EVC?

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: April 26, 2025

Everyone knows how VMware EVC works on a vSphere cluster (and VMware calls it now Cluster-level EVC). vCenter Server’s CPU compatibility checks compare the CPU features available on the source host, the subset of features that the virtual machine can access, and the features available on the target host. But vSphere 6.7 has brought Per-VM EVC, […]

| Filed Under: Server Virtualization, Tips Tagged With: What is VMware Per-VM EVC

What Is StarWind SMI-S Provider?

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: May 28, 2018

Today’s heterogeneous storage environment within an enterprise tend to be difficult to manage. Each storage array has different management and different tools. Storage Management Initiative Specification (SMI-S) is a standard which was developed by the Storage Network Industry Association (SNIA), which has done this job to make this management easier. Today’s post will talk about What […]

| Filed Under: Server Virtualization, Windows Server 2016 Tagged With: SMI-S Provider, StarWind SMI-S Provider

How-To Create a Training Class Through Ravello Training Platform

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: May 26, 2018

Today we’ll have a look at How-To Create a Training Class Through Ravello Training Platform. If you’re a regular reader of our blog you already know that Ravello/Oracle Cloud Platform allows you not only to set up a cloud lab but also to run enterprise cloud applications as their recent upgrade allows you to run […]

| Filed Under: How To, Server Virtualization, Tips Tagged With: Ravello Training Platform

Paessler PRTG Monitoring for VMware

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: May 1, 2019

Today we have an interesting post detailing Paessler’s PRTG monitoring capabilities for VMware vSphere and ESXi environments. We’ll look at the specific needs of VMware admins and see the Paessler’s sensors. What they monitor and how they might be making difference when it comes to monitoring virtualized infrastructures. The software does monitor much more than only […]

| Filed Under: Featured, Server Virtualization Tagged With: Paessler PRTG Monitoring for VMware

StarWind Supports SMB3 – Did you Know?

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: May 18, 2018

StarWind is known for their StarWind Virtual SAN software. It’s a cost-effective solution for IT admins and organizations willing to deploy simple storage solution. Today we’ll talk about StarWind which is able to provide lower cost data services like caching, snapshots, QoS, or data optimization. Yes, in fact, StarWind Supports SMB3 – Did you know? StarWind itself […]

| Filed Under: Server Virtualization, Tips, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2016 Tagged With: StarWind Supports SMB3

Veeam Backup and Replication 9.5 Update 4 Announced

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: January 4, 2020

This week is VeeamON 2018 conference in Chicago. Veeam’s new strategy has been unveiled and there is also some news about Veeam Backup and Replication 9.5 Update 4. Update: Latest Veeam Backup and Replication 9.5 U4 ISO is finally available – Download NOW Another half of the news is about Veeam ONE Update 4 which brings some […]

| Filed Under: Server Virtualization

Upgrade ESXi 6.x to 6.7 via CLI – Two methods

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: May 11, 2018

After yesterday’s upgrade ESXi 6.x to 6.7 via ISO, which is the easiest method, today we’ll explore two other ones of upgrade ESXi 6.x to 6.7 via CLI. One of the methods will use directly the Internet so you’ll need an Internet connection on the host you’ll want to upgrade. The second method will use […]

| Filed Under: Free Stuff, How To, Server Virtualization, Tips Tagged With: Upgrade ESXi 6.x to 6.7 via CLI

How To Upgrade ESXi 6.x to 6.7 via ISO

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: May 10, 2018

Today a quick lab post which shows how simple is to upgrade VMware ESXi 6.x to 6.7 via ISO image. There are several ways of upgrading standalone ESXi hosts, and via the ISO image it’s just so simple that I wanted to show this for the newcomers and people who just starting with VMware technology. […]

| Filed Under: Free Stuff, How To, Server Virtualization, Tips, Videos Tagged With: Upgrade ESXi 6.x to 6.7 via ISO

VMware vSphere 6.5 U2 Released

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: May 4, 2018

Few weeks after the announcement and release of vSphere 6.7, VMware has also released vSphere 6.5 U2 however you cannot upgrade from to vSphere 6.7 from 6.5U2. It’s not supported. Part of the release is vCenter Server 6.5 U2 which now supports Enhanced Linked Mode (ELM) when deployed with Embedded Platform Service Controller (PSC). Upgrading to […]

| Filed Under: Server Virtualization Tagged With: vSphere 6.5 U2

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