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FreeNAS 11.3 New Release

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: January 30, 2020

Popular storage operating system (OS) that many administrators are using within their IT environment for storage, has released a new update. FreeNAS 11.3 has quite a few new improvements which are worth to look at. The OS uses FreeBSD distro and  ZFS as a file system allowing you to set up snapshots and replication to […]

| Filed Under: Free Stuff, Home Lab, Server Virtualization, Tips Tagged With: FreeNAS 11.3

How to use vSphere Update Manager to update ESXi with the latest VMware Tools?

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: January 21, 2020

When you install ESXi host and keep the settings by default, VMware tools are “sitting” on a local ESXi. The ISO files for Windows and Linux containing the latest drivers are in “vmtools” and “floppies” directories on ESXi hosts. This is ok. But if you want to have always the latest version of VMware Tools […]

| Filed Under: Server Virtualization, Tips

Cheapest way of going virtual with StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN)

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: April 26, 2025

Very small shops and often hesitate to go virtual and stay on physical servers. Usually it’s because they only have and need a single physical server. But when a disaster strikes and the server is down, then there is usually long time before the users can connect and work again. In this post we will […]

| Filed Under: Server Virtualization, Tips Tagged With: StarWind Virtual SAN

Free PowerCLI E-book to download and a possibility to Win $20 Amazon voucher

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: July 21, 2020

If you currently use PowerCLI to automate basic tasks with pre-defined scripts, you’ll already know how powerful automation can be. However, taking the next step and customizing scripts to carry out tasks specifically designed for your needs opens a whole new world of opportunities. This new eBook from Altaro takes you there. Written by VMware […]

| Filed Under: Free Stuff, Server Virtualization, Tips

How to use StarWind VSAN As a Resilient and Highly Available Shared Storage

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: September 23, 2019

StarWind Virtual SAN

Many of today’s infrastructures admins do not like to change their habits and continue to use traditional shared storage only. It they hear Hyper-converged Infrastructure (HCI), they’re scared. They’re not cutting edge on tech, just using “oldfashioned” shared storage where you hook your ESXi hosts via storage switches. This is particularly true in SMB and very […]

| Filed Under: Server Virtualization, Tips Tagged With: StarWind VSAN As a Resilient and Highly Available Shared Storage

What Is VMware Remote Console and its differences with Web-based console

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: August 9, 2019

VMware Remote console Installer

I had this question the other day about What is VMware Remote Console. I thought a quick blog post would do. Yes, many users do use VMware Workstation which when installed on the same PC, replaces VMware Remote console (VRMC). However, you don’t have to use Workstation and continue to use VRMC if you like […]

| Filed Under: Free Stuff, Server Virtualization, Tips Tagged With: VMware Remote Console

PerfOps Data Platform – Introducing FlexBalancer

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: August 6, 2019

FlexBalancer Example from PerfOps

PerfOps is a SaaS platform that offers a complete set of tools to optimize and analyze your internet infrastructure. It is a young startup which provides smart data and monitoring services via an innovative and cost-effective product. In this post, we will introduce PerfOps Data Platform and their new FlexBalancer. They have recently announced a […]

| Filed Under: Cloud, Free Stuff, How To, Tips

What is VMware Horizon Session Recording Tool?

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: July 21, 2019

VMware Horizon Session Recording

VMware Horizon session recording tool is a Free VMware Application allowing system admins to record VMware Horizon session. This allows you to verify what contractors, vendors and remote admins are doing on your servers, but also find out what your employees are doing while logged in remotely. With Session Recording, the admin can choose to […]

| Filed Under: Desktop Virtualization, Free Stuff, Tips

Windows 10 Direct download links

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: July 8, 2019

A cool hack which basically allows you to download Windows 10 ISO without passing through the Microsoft Media Creation tool (the Microsoft’s way). By using that tool, you can’t download the ISO file directly using any 3rd party download manager software so you can’t pause and resume the download. However, there is a workaround for that […]

| Filed Under: Free Stuff, Tips, Windows 10 Tagged With: Windows 10 Direct download

vSphere Mobile Client – Free Tool Download

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: July 2, 2019

VMware Labs published a new free utility called vSphere Mobile Client allowing you to manage vSphere installation from a mobile device. For now, the utility can only be used by Android devices, but future releases should, as you imagine, allow iOS installation as well. You’ll be able to monitor, but also interact with your VMs. […]

| Filed Under: Free Stuff, Tips Tagged With: vSphere Mobile Client

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