Monitoring of heterogeneous environments has always been difficult – or at least it was before tools like XorMon came along.

Another VMware alternative dropped into the open-source world in August 2026, and this one is worth a serious look. In fact, ...

Hey folks, Vladan here from ESX Virtualization. If you’ve been reading the blog for a while you already know I’m always on ...

If you have been following the evolution of Veeam Backup & Replication over the last couple of years, you already know that version 13 marked a major architectural shift. The introduction of the Veeam ...

How to mount your VMDK hard disks easily? Vmware is using VMDK format for virtual disks. You might do not know that you can mount virtual disks (.VMDK) file directly to your windows explorer interface ...

For those enthousiasts which are still running ESXi in their labs, or for SMBs which needs to upgrade their VMware vSphere Infrastructure, this is this quick guide which allows you to upgrade couple ...

The latest update of our favorite desktop virtualization software can now be installed without even entering any serial number. That's what the latest release news of VMware Workstation says. After ...

If you’ve been following my blog for a while (yes, we’re talking back to the early ESXi days), you know I love practical, cost-effective solutions that actually work in the real world — especially for ...

Lost important files from a virtual machine and are not sure how to get them back? Virtual disk recovery may seem complicated, but it doesn’t have to be. With this virtual machine data recovery guide, ...

I got this question several times already and realized that I don't have a blog post which outlines that situation. You may wonder what happens after 60 days VMware vSphere evaluation period? Do all ...

It has been a while since I haven't deployed a StarWind VSAN appliance in the lab. The latest version has new UI which is much easier to configure the solution. The dashboard of the individual ...