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Backing Up Using HPE Storage Snapshots
March 25, 2026
Snapshots are usually used to create image-based VM backups. Storage snapshots are an alternative to the usual VM snapshots used, and they h...
Real-Time Data Replication: All You Need to Know
March 25, 2026
Protecting your most critical services in a datacenter requires more than just regular backups — this demands replication to ensure minimal...
Setting the Number of VMware CPU Cores Per Socket: Best Practices
March 24, 2026
When configuring processor settings for a new virtual machine, there are several key concepts to understand: how to calculate the number of...
VMware vSphere HA and DRS Compared and Explained
March 24, 2026
A VMware hypervisor allows you to run virtual machines on a single server. You can run multiple virtual machines on a standalone ESXi host a...
Comprehensive Guide to Installing VIB Files on ESXi
March 24, 2026
ESXi is usually provided with the default configuration that includes a set of standard drivers and software tools for a specific version. T...
NSX-v vs NSX-T: Comprehensive Comparison
March 23, 2026
Virtualization has made revolutionary changes in the way datacenters are built. The majority of modern datacenters use hardware virtualizati...
How To Upgrade ESXi 6.5 to 6.7 Using VMware Update Manager
March 23, 2026
To patch an ESXI host, you can use the command line interface in ESXCLI. However, using ESXCLI commands to patch a large number of ESXi host...
Basic PowerCLI Scripting for VMware vSphere
March 16, 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...
Backup ESXi Host Configuration: 4 Different Methods
March 13, 2026
Virtualization offers several advantages for backup and recovery operations, which are the backbone of data protection, operational continui...
A Guide to VMware vSphere 7.0 Installation and Setup
March 10, 2026
VMware vSphere 7 introduces a number of new useful features and improved vSphere 6 features. VMware vSphere is a popular virtualization plat...
A Guide to ESXi SNMP Configuration for ESXi Monitoring
March 10, 2026
Infrastructure monitoring is important for organizations because monitoring allows you to detect issues in time and prevent failures. If a f...
A Complete Guide to Instant VM Recovery on VMware vSphere
March 6, 2026
Unexpected downtime can disrupt your workflows in an instant. Virtual machines (VMs) power critical workloads, and when one fails, every sec...
6 Ways to Move a VMware VM from One EXSi Host to Another
March 5, 2026
When you have more than one ESXi host in your environment, you may need to migrate virtual machines from one host to another. The reason can...
“503 Service Unavailable” Error on the vSphere Web Client: What Should You Do?
March 4, 2026
VMware vCenter Server, the centralized management point in vSphere, is used for managing ESXi hosts, clusters, VMs, and other components in...
VMware ESXi vs vSphere vs vCenter: Complete Comparison
January 28, 2026
VMware offers a wide range of products, and understanding their different use cases may be overwhelming. In this blog post, we cover the dif...
How to Migrate VMware VMs to Nutanix
October 16, 2025
Nutanix is a hyper-converged virtualization platform for running virtual machines. It can be used as an additional infrastructure or an alte...
NAKIVO Backup & Replication v11.0.4 Adds Compatibility Support for VMware vSphere 9
September 1, 2025
NAKIVO Backup & Replication v11.0.4 brings compatibility support for vSphere 9, the latest iteration of VMware’s virtualization platform...
Proxmox vs ESXi 2025: VMware’s Role in Home Lab Virtualization
August 19, 2025
VMware ESXi is a type-1 hypervisor in the VMware vSphere ecosystem used for hardware virtualization and running virtual machines. It is a to...
Migrate VMs from VMWare ESXi to Proxmox VE
December 10, 2024
VM migration from VMware to Proxmox can be necessary whether an organization is diversifying its infrastructure or completely moving its pro...
NAKIVO at VMware Explore 2024 in Barcelona — Meet Us There!
November 11, 2024
This November, Barcelona will once again become the hub for virtualization, cloud and data protection innovation as VMware Explore 2024 kick...