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

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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 […]

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

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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 […]

StarWind VTL: Fortifying Your Backup Infrastructure Against Ransomware

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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 […]

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

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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 […]

VMware EXPLORE Las Vegas and VMware Explore on Tour

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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 […]

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

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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 […]

And Another Hypervisor Platform that will be supported by Veeam – HPE VM Essentials!

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I’m a bit late on this news as it was announced during HP Discover Las Vegas, June 24th 2025, but hey, this is quite exciting. As you might know, HP has its own virtualization platform called HPE Morpheus VM Essentials software, and this platform is based on KVM hypervisor. Veeam had already supported their agents […]

Another VMware Alternative Called Harvester – How does it compare to VMware?

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Today we’ll have a look at another VMware alternative called Harvester, which is an open-source hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) solution built by SUSE, designed for modern cloud-native environments. It uses KVM and KubeVirt to manage VMs alongside containers in a Kubernetes-based framework, with a modern web-based GUI for administration. Key Features: A sleek, web-based interface for […]