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v10.10 Beta: Introducing Real-Time ReplicationBETA for VMware
April 28, 2026
The latest NAKIVO Backup & Replication v10.10 Beta is now available for testing. This is a major release introducing Real-Time Replicati...
NAKIVO at VMware Explore 2023 US: Recap
April 28, 2026
NAKIVO attended VMware Explore 2023 (known as VMworld until 2021), the IT industry’s biggest event for virtualization and multi-cloud innova...
How to Convert VHD to VMDK: A Step-By-Step Guide
April 28, 2026
VMware vSphere and Microsoft Hyper-V are two of the most popular virtualization platforms. Each solution uses different virtual disk file fo...
The Differences Between iSCSI, SAS and FC Protocols
April 28, 2026
There are three main storage networking technologies used in enterprises each with its advantages and disadvantages. In this post we’ll comp...
How to Back Up vCenter Appliance
April 28, 2026
Starting with vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) 6.5, a VMware native backup ability was added in the appliance VAMI interface to create backup...
VMware Replication using NAKIVO Backup & Replication
April 28, 2026
VMware replication is primarily used to protect virtual machine (VM) data and restore workloads with minimal downtime after an unplanned inc...
VMware vSphere Replication Best Practices
April 28, 2026
Virtual machine replication, or VM replication, remains one of the best data protection techniques for short recovery times and system avail...
Free ESXi: Restrictions and Limitations
April 28, 2026
VMware is a market leader in virtualization solutions, and VMware ESXi is a renowned type 1 hypervisor. Increasingly, individual users and o...
Basic PowerCLI Scripting for VMware vSphere
April 28, 2026
Previously, we looked at PowerCLI – what it is, how to install it, and integrating into Windows Powershell ISE. Now, let’s take a look at ba...
The Differences Between VMFS 5 vs VMFS 6 and How to Migrate
April 28, 2026
VMware VMFS is a reliable cluster file system optimized to store virtual machine files. The most recent versions of VMware VMFS – VMFS 5 and...
How to Mount VMFS in Windows, Linux, and ESXi
April 28, 2026
Sometimes you may need to mount a VMFS datastore in Linux, Windows, or another ESXi host. VMFS is a file system created by VMware that doesn...
What’s New in VMware vSphere 8.0?
April 28, 2026
On August 30, 2022, VMware announced a new version of VMware vSphere. The VMware vSphere 8 release date for the public has not been announce...
VMware vSphere Editions and Licensing: Which One Do You Need?
April 28, 2026
With a wide range of products to offer, VMware has become one of the dominant players in the market. VMware vSphere is considered one of the...
VMware VXLAN Explained: Advantages and Implementation
April 28, 2026
Networking requirements continue to grow every year. Modern networks are expected to deliver high speed, low latency, and high scalability....
Using VM Performance Monitoring to Boost VM Performance
April 28, 2026
Virtualization is widely used nowadays due to the advantages for business IT infrastructures, such as scalability, cost-efficiency, and conv...
The VMware vs KVM Hypervisors Comparison
April 28, 2026
Virtualization is widely used nowadays for the advantages it delivers: effective resource usage, scalability, and convenience. Hypervisors a...
VMware vSphere Resources: HotAdd/HotPlug Explained
April 28, 2026
In a VMware vSphere environment, provisioned resources may not be enough for the required performance level when you have a powerful applica...
What is Quiescing for VMware vSphere VMs?
April 28, 2026
When creating a snapshot in a VMware vSphere environment, there are two different methods you can follow: taking a memory state snapshot or...
The Most Effective Ways to Transfer Files from a VM to a Host
April 28, 2026
Virtual machines provide many advantages, such as flexibility, rational use of resources and running in isolated environments. A common task...
How to Add a Virtual Floppy Drive to Virtual Machines in VMware vSphere
April 28, 2026
While physical floppy drives have been obsolete for almost two decades, virtual floppy drives are very much alive and have proved to be a us...