Admins willing to get certified with VMware now has a new options to do so. There are two new certifications, that has been added to the VMware certification portal. VCP-VVF and VCP-VCF. You already imagine what those shortcuts are: VCP-VVF (VMware Certified Professional – vSphere Foundation Administrator) and the VCP-VCF (VMware Certified Professional – VMware […]
StarWind VSAN – FREE vs Paid options and some good scenarios for ROBO deployments on alternative hypervisors
Cost-effective solutions, with high availability and performance are likely very popular. StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN) is a software-defined storage solution designed to eliminate the need for physical shared storage by mirroring internal hard disks and flash between hypervisor servers. This technology provides a fault-tolerant, high-performing storage pool tailored for virtualization workloads. Let’s delve into the technology […]
FREE ISO to Download – Veeam Hardened ISO Repository As a Community Preview
Veeam i introducing a second iteration of Veeam Hardened Repository ISO. The first one from June 2023 was here for a while, and I have initially blogged about that release here. The Veeam Hardened ISO Repository (VHR) is meant to facilitate you the job of creating or hardened Linux repository for Veeam Backup and Replication […]
Veeam Backup and Replication for Proxmox Virtual Environment (VE) – Yes Since Veeam 12.2
Proxmox VE are becoming more and more popular due to unpopularity of VMware/Broadcom shifts in Licensing and price increase. That’s the fact. As a result, more and more companies and admins switching to alternative hypervisors such as Proxmox, XCP-ng or Hyper-V. (Yes perhaps even Hyper-V will shine soon too as a new release is expected […]
Patching ESXi Without Reboot – ESXi Live Patch – Yes, since ESXi 8.0 U3
Well, not quite likely, but yes, VMware is developing a system that it called ESXi Live Patching. What is it? Its basically a way to patch the ESXi and install critical fixes and security patches to the ESXi host without having to reboot the host. Remember that vSphere has already offers some other speed-ups when […]
Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 v8: A Comprehensive Technical Overview
Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 v8 is the latest iteration of Veeam’s robust backup solution designed to protect Microsoft 365 data. This version introduces significant architectural changes and new features aimed at enhancing security, scalability, and performance. In this blog post, we will delve into the technical details of these changes and explore what’s new […]
Veeam Backup for Salesforce 3.0 Released – The Details Here
It’s already third release of Veeam Backup for Salesforce for Veeam which continues to cover more and more platforms. Veeam Backup for Salesforce 3.0 has been released. The v3 brings new features but also optimization and speed increase. It has on average 30% increase in backup speed and 45% decrease in API consumption during full […]
Update ESXi Host to the latest ESXi 8.0U3b without vCenter
If you’re like many ESXi users that are running bunch of ESXi hosts without vCenter Server in labs and testing environments, you might wonder how to patch/upgrade to the latest version. It’s not that we have already wrote about this topic many times in the past, but we do still have requests about it. Patching […]
Upgrade your VMware VCSA to the latest VCSA 8 U3b – latest security patches and bug fixes
There is the time for upgrades and patches, again. Yes, again and again. New vulnerabilities that are discovered needs to be patched as soon as possible. Bugs that has been discovered, needs to be resolved. Luckily, since a while, the upgrade/update process of VMware vCenter Server has gone smooth and easy. So all you have […]
Check Out The Upcoming Online VeeamON Data Resilience Summit
Put this online event to your calendar – Upcoming Online VeeamON Data Resilience Summit. Keynotes, sessions, demos (esp. deep-dive demo of Veeam Backup and replication v12.2 ), so a lot of interesting stuff going to happen during the summit. There also will be some real-life examples from cybersecurity and cyberthreads. You’ll learn what to do […]
