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Tiny 11 – a lightweight Windows 11 needing only 12Gb disk and running on 4Gb of RAM

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: January 5, 2024

If you ever wanted a smaller version of Windows 11 that only takes up 12Gb of storage and runs on less than 4GB of RAM, Tiny11 is your must-have choice. Tiny 11 was developed by a student whose computer broke all the time so during the pandemic he told himself that he could do something, […]

| Filed Under: Featured, Free Stuff, Server Virtualization, Tips Tagged With: Tiny 11

Find orphaned VMDK files with this FREE tool

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: August 4, 2023

I’m sure you’re aware of the problem. You have a host with a lots of VMs running and you’re seeking to free some space. So you want to check whether there are not any duplicate or orphaned VMDKs laying around. You definitely want to find orphaned VMDKs within your environment, because they’re simply useless and […]

| Filed Under: Free Stuff, Tips Tagged With: find orphaned VMDKs

PXY System Installers Boot Tools – Let’s start with this one called iVentoy

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: July 25, 2023

iVentoy is a tool that helps you PXY boot a system installers from your ISOs over the network or locally from USB stick. It supports multiple ISO files within its directory structure so you can have single USB stick and use it for different installations. iVentoy has Free Edition and Pro Edition so if you […]

| Filed Under: Free Stuff, Tips Tagged With: PXY System Installers Boot Tools

Nakivo Backup and Replication 10.9 GA Adds Ransomware Scan as well as Bare Metal Recovery

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: July 6, 2023

In the ever-evolving landscape of data protection, Nakivo Backup and Replication has established itself as a reliable and feature-rich solution. New version of Nakivo Backup and Replication 10.9 has been released. We have reported on the 10.9 beta already, but here are the latest news as the software vendor keeps adding new features that customers asking […]

| Filed Under: Backup, Cloud, Server Virtualization, Tips Tagged With: Nakivo Backup and Replication 10.9

StarWind V2V Converter (PV2 Migrator) FREE utility

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: May 16, 2023

Many of our readers already know this FREE tool called StarWind V2V Converter (P2V Migrator), however not well known for all its capabilities. StarWind V2V Converter is a free-to-download tool that allows conversion and cloning of VMs and virtual disks from one format to another and can be used when migration or hypervisor switch is […]

| Filed Under: Cloud, Free Stuff, Server Virtualization, Tips Tagged With: StarWind V2V Converter (PV2 Migrator)

What If the way for fighting ransomware was to backup directly to Object storage with immutability On-Prem?

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: February 2, 2023

If you’re an IT administrator and your infrastructure and its data has value for you and your company, then you need to secure those data and your backups. The best way to secure backups is to make them immutable, which means that they cannot be deleted or modified in any way for certain period of […]

| Filed Under: Backup, Server Virtualization, Tips Tagged With: backup directly to Object storage with immutability On-Prem

VMware vExpert and VMUG Advantage Benefits for your career

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: January 27, 2023

VMware vExpert program gives you an unique opportunity for IT admins to get in touch with this amazing community of people which you can get in touch with, learn more about VMware products, get more recognition in your job, and access to some goodies such as VMware 365 Days NFR licenses for your lab, private […]

| Filed Under: Free Stuff, Home Lab, Tips Tagged With: VMware vExpert and VMUG Advantage Benefits

Critical factors for effective disaster recovery plan implementation

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: January 17, 2023

How to implement Disaster Recovery Properly in SME IT Infrastructure

You might be interested in this DR topic. DR is essential part of IT. What factors that are critical for the effective disaster recovery plan implementation? There might still be, however, enterprises or SMBs without proper strategy, without a DR plan. If anything goes wrong, they pay the price of not having a DR. Whether […]

| Filed Under: Backup, Cloud, Tips

Reduce Carbon FootPrint with the help of CO2 Scope software from EasyVirt

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: January 14, 2023

CO2 Scope from EasyVirt

CO2 Scope is a software developed by Easyvirt that helps companies reduce the carbon footprint of their IT services. With the increasing concern about climate change and the need to reduce carbon emissions, it is important for businesses to take action and do their part in reducing their environmental impact. CO2 Scope is an innovative […]

| Filed Under: Cloud, Featured, Tips

ESXi 7.x to 8.x upgrade scenarios

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: January 6, 2023

This is the time to upgrade VMware ESXi 7.x to 8.x. No reason to tell you that you should fulfill certain requirements before the actual upgrade. Your environment with your backup/monitoring applications should be fully compatible with VMware ESXi 8.0 and vSphere 8.0. Your hardware should be on VMware HCL etc. You should also do […]

| Filed Under: Featured, Free Stuff, How To, Server Virtualization, Tips Tagged With: ESXi 7.x to 8.x upgrade scenarios

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