A couple of months ago I installed a lab (a nested virtual lab running under VMware Workstation) with XCP-NG and Xen Orchestra. This virtualization solution should be familiar to you, for those of you who follow my blog sinca a long time. There are many reasons why many home labbers like me or other admins […]
Alpine Linux – Why I like it?
Hey folks, Vladan here from ESX Virtualization. If you’ve been following my blog since way back in 2008 (yeah, we’re that old-school), you know I love diving into lightweight, no-nonsense tools that actually make life easier in the homelab, especially when everything else feels bloated and over-engineered. Time to optimize my lab! With all the […]
StarWind HCI Appliances: Storage Virtualization, Synchronous Replication, and Bulletproof Support
If you’re like me and have spent years wrestling with traditional three-tier infrastructure in small-to-medium businesses or remote office/branch office (ROBO) setups, you know the pain. Separate servers for compute, dedicated SAN arrays for storage, complex networking layers, and the constant worry about single points of failure. Add in rising licensing costs from the big […]
DataCore Puls8 vs OpenEBS: Comparison for Kubernetes Persistent Storage
With DataCore Puls8 officially launched on January 26, 2026 (GA release notes dated January 21, 2026), the obvious question for anyone running OpenEBS is whether the commercial version justifies a subscription. The answer depends entirely on where you sit on the operational complexity spectrum – and how many stateful pods you’re managing in production. Quick Background Recap OpenEBS is a […]
A Community Study Guide VMware vSphere Foundation Administrator (VCP-VVF) – Free Download
Finally, I can announce the availability of our Study Guide as PDF. The VMware Certified Professional – VMware vSphere Foundation (VCP-VVF) Administrator exam (code 2V0-16.25) is the current certification for VVF, replacing the older 2V0-12.24 exam. You can learn and pass your exam with the help of our Community Study Guide – released as PDF at our […]
ResOps in Action – Commvault’s Big Moves at RSAC 2026: Okta Support, Satori-Powered Risk Analysis, ThreatScan Evolution & Sentinel Automation
If you’ve been following my blog over the years, you know I write a lot about virtualisation and data protection, and also about recovery, cyber resilience, and especially how these things play out in real enterprise environments – whether it’s VMware, Hyper-V, cloud workloads, or now increasingly identity and AI-related systems. Today we’ll talk about […]
StarWind V2V / P2V Converter Version 9 (build 848) – Multi-VM Conversions, Full CLI Support, Hot Migrations, and Cloud Improvements Make This Free Tool a Datacenter Must-Have
If you’re a datacenter admin or architect still juggling VMware ESXi, Microsoft Hyper-V, Proxmox, oVirt, or even Oracle VirtualBox workloads – or if you’re moving stuff to/from Azure and AWS – you already know how painful VM conversions can be. Manual exports, temporary storage bloat, downtime, and the constant fear of data corruption during format […]
Nakivo 11.2 With Proxmox 9.1 and VMware vSphere 9 Support Released
Hey folks, Vladan here. If you’ve followed my blog for any length of time, you know I’m always keeping an eye on backup and recovery solutions that make life easier for virtualization admins — especially those managing VMware vSphere, mixed environments, or even emerging hypervisors like Proxmox VE. NAKIVO Backup & Replication has been a […]
Ready for Voyage? Try Voyager Linux Distro – A Slick, Hybrid Distro That Just Works
I’ve been poking around Linux distros for years, and every now and then one pops up that feels refreshingly different without trying too hard. Voyager Live is exactly that. It’s not chasing the bleeding edge for the sake of it, nor is it some minimalist toy. It’s a proper, polished, user-friendly system built on solid […]
StarWind VSAN for Hyper-V: Synchronous Replication for High-Availability Shared Storage
The big VMware Exit continues and will continue over the next few years. With the ongoing shifts in the virtualization market following Broadcom’s acquisition of VMware, many organizations are reevaluating their infrastructure strategies. Two-plus years after the acquisition, the licensing isn’t just “changed”; it’s become a straight-up extortion racket. Minimum 72-core purchases even for tiny servers, […]
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