ESX Virtualization

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 ...
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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 ...
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SysInternals Suite: Still the #1 Must-Have Toolkit for Every Windows (and Now macOS/Linux) IT Admin in 2026

SysInternals Suite – This is very old (and very popular) utility suite from Mark Russinovich got an update recently where you'll find some new tools and also, you'll be now able to download all tools ...
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VCP-VVF Administrator Study Guide: Objective 4.1 – VVF: Deploy and Configure : Identify the Components of a VVF Deployment – Part 1

Welcome back to our VMware Certified Professional – VMware vSphere Foundation Administrator (2V0-16.25) study guide series! This section is part of the upcoming VCP-VVF Study Guide Page, which will be ...
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VCP-VVF Administrator Study Guide: Objective 4.3 – VVF: Operate, Describe the Cluster Components and Deployment Options of VCF Operations

Welcome back to our VMware Certified Professional – VMware vSphere Foundation Administrator (2V0-16.25) study guide series! This section is part of the upcoming VCP-VVF Study Guide Page, which will be ...
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Objective 4.3 – VVF: Operate, Create and Share Dashboards in VCF Operations for Logs – Part 9

New chapter today, for our VMware Certified Professional – VMware vSphere Foundation Administrator (2V0-16.25) study guide series! We follow the official VMware Blueprint for the exam – VMware vSphere ...
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VCP-VVF Administrator Study Guide: Objective 2.3 – VMware Storage Fundamentals, Part 6: Describe the Purpose of vSAN Space Efficiency

Welcome back to our VMware Certified Professional – VMware vSphere Foundation Administrator (2V0-16.25) study guide series! This section is part of the upcoming VCP-VVF Community Study Guide Page, ...
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Thinware SimpleVM – A Free-Forever Hypervisor Alternative for VMware Admins Tired of Broadcom’s Rising Costs

When I stumbled via Thinware and their upcoming SimpleVM virtualization platform, I thought that it might be just what's needed. A simple virtualization platform with central management (a vCenter ...
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VCP-VVF Administrator Study Guide: Objective 2.3 – VMware Storage Fundamentals, Part 4: Configure vSAN Storage Policies

Welcome back to our VMware Certified Professional – VMware vSphere Foundation Administrator (2V0-16.25) study guide series! This section is part of the upcoming VCP-VVF Study Guide Page, which will be ...
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VCP-VVF Administrator Study Guide: Objective 4.1 – VVF: Deploy and Configure, Configure the Deployment of a VMware vSphere Foundation-Based Environment – Part 2

Welcome back to our VMware Certified Professional – VMware vSphere Foundation Administrator (2V0-16.25) study guide series! This section is part of the upcoming VCP-VVF Study Guide Page, which will be ...
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Objective 2.2 – VMware Compute Fundamentals – Deploy and Configure VVF Compute Components (vCenter and ESXi)

Welcome back to our VMware Certified Professional – VMware vSphere Foundation Administrator (2V0-16.25) study guide series! Today, I'll be detailing this section: Objective 2.2 – VMware Compute ...