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StarWind Virtual Backup Appliance Free – Stay Protected With Immutable Backups

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: September 3, 2025

Today, we’ll have a look at a StarWind Virtual Backup Appliance (VBA) Free, a great tool from StarWind that brings enterprise-grade backup storage capabilities with immutability, to your home lab, small business, or proof-of-concept (PoC) environment. In this post, we’ll explore its deployment options across various platforms, zoom in on its immutable backup capabilities, and […]

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5 New VMware Certifications for VVF and VCF

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: August 19, 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 […]

| Filed Under: Cloud, Server Virtualization, Tips 2 Comments

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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ESXi 8.0/9.0 updates for standalone and vCenter managed hosts

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: July 19, 2025

VMware has released recently their latest security patches for ESXi hypervisor. So ESXi 8.0 and ESXi 9.0 (don’t know why they call it ESX now) needs to be patched. Whether you’re using vSphere 8 with vCenter, you’ll probably use vSphere Update Manager (Lifecycle manager). If you’re using VCF 9, then as well. However, if you’re […]

| Filed Under: Cloud, Home Lab, How To, Tips Tagged With: ESXi 8.0/9.0 updates 2 Comments

VMware vSphere Foundation (VVF 9) and VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF 9) Has been Released

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: July 2, 2025

I’m a bit late on this but hey, needed to gather some info first. VMware quietly released VMware vSphere Foundation (VVF 9) and VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9 with all products that are bundled in in version 9. So we have ESXi 9.0, vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) 9.0, NSX 9.0 etc….  Both bundles shares the […]

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FREE version of StarWind VSAN vs Trial of Full version

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: May 27, 2025

StarWind software has a free version of their product VSAN. This is not new. However, many people ignore that the free version is not the same as the trial version (30 days trial). In this post we’ll point out some of the differences between the Trial version of StarWind VSAN and the Lifetime FREE version. […]

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Tails – Your Private OS on USB Stick

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: March 24, 2025

I just stumbled through Tails and I thoughts that I’d share with you, my readers. Sorry about not much recent updates on the blog but I was sick with a flu and this was around for a while, so. But it’s over now and I’m back. So what is Tails all about? It is a […]

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Veeam Data Platform – Upgrade to the latest 12.3 now

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: December 4, 2024

Veeam has just released their latest version of their flagship product – Veeam Data Platform 12.3. It is a big upgrade with many new features that had been added and improved, so In order to stay up-to-date with your IT environment, it’s necessary to upgrade your Veeam environment. Version 12.3 of Veeam Backup and Replication […]

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Veeam Clickable Demos: Revolutionizing Technical Learning and Client Engagement

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: November 28, 2024

When you need to show a feature or particular screen of Veeam product to potential new client and don’t have the product installed on your laptop, and the VPN to your lab is not operational? What to do? I met someone during Veeam100 Summit in Berlin and that person has solved this problem! In fact, […]

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XorMon SAN Topology and Cool Interactive New Graph Features

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: November 21, 2024

We have already talked about XorMon NG software, which is a consolidated 3-in-1 tool previously called STOR2RRD, that had during long period of time 3 different tools inside: XorMon Original, LPAR2RRD, and STOR2RRD. So the XorMon NG (Note: NG stands for New Generation) is useful to monitor your infrastructure. XorMon NG is a free, open-source […]

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