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VMware to Vates – Migration tool for XCP-NG and Xen Orchestra

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: December 22, 2025

Lately, the VMware landscape has felt like a rollercoaster – first the Broadcom acquisition shakes things up, then licensing costs skyrocket, and suddenly, everyone’s asking: “Is it time to jump ship?” If you’re nodding along, pull up a chair. Today, we’re talking about migrating from VMware to XCP-NG, the robust, community-driven Xen-based hypervisor that’s been […]

| Filed Under: Server Virtualization, XCP-NG Tagged With: Migration tool for XCP-NG and Xen Orchestra 2 Comments

Veeam and XCP-NG Closed Beta Started

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: December 22, 2025

This is an expected news (by me at least), and it is quite cool tbh. Veeam started a closed beta for integration another hypervisor platform – XCP-NG! The news came out from Vates.tech blog (Vates.tech is the XCP-NG creator/editor) by Olivier Lambert. Veeam after recently adding Proxmox hypervisor as supported platform, the next one on […]

| Filed Under: Cloud, Featured, Server Virtualization, XCP-NG Tagged With: Veeam and XCP-NG Closed Beta Started Leave a Comment

Agentless Backup Solutions for XCP-ng Hypervisor: External Vendor Options

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: December 22, 2025

If you’re small business, or someone who think that VMware is not for you any more, and thinking of leaving VMware, Read on. You might be testing several virtualization platforms as prove of concept (POC). You might also be testing and running XCP-ng as your hypervisor of choice. We have tested (and liked a lot) […]

| Filed Under: Backup, Cloud, Server Virtualization, XCP-NG Tagged With: Agentless Backup Solutions for XCP-ng Hypervisor Leave a Comment

XCP-NG FREE Hypervisor and XO Lite to deploy XOA

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: December 22, 2025

What are all those shortcuts Vladan? Hey everyone and welcome to my new blog post about alternative virtualization platforms. Yes, Free VMware has come to an end and millions of ESXi FREE users are looking for alternative solutions for their home labs, small business or even enterprises. So yes, the time has come to move […]

| Filed Under: Home Lab, Server Virtualization, XCP-NG Tagged With: XCP-NG FREE hypervisor Leave a Comment

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