If you've been following my ramblings on Linux distros, you know I'm no stranger to hunting for that sweet spot between power ...

My friend Xavier Genestos has just published a new book about Windows Server 2025! Great my friend. Let me check his blog ...

Today, we'll have a look at a StarWind Virtual Backup Appliance (VBA) Free, a great tool from StarWind that brings enterprise-grade backup storage capabilities with immutability, to your home lab, ...

Several folks asked me recently What is VMware Platform Service Controller. I've published few guides on VMware vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA), the migration of vCenter to VCSA or in-place migration ...

Exchange database may dismount after reboot if the logs were not committed to the database, low storage, corrupt logs or database, etc. In such a case, the database ...

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 ...

Monitoring of heterogenous environments has always been difficult, or at least before XorMon. Check XorMon, which is a cutting-edge tool designed to provide comprehensive monitoring solutions for ...

VMware vFlash Read Cache was introduced in vSphere 5.5 and continue to be present in vSphere 6.x. It allows to leverage local SSD in each host as a cache. Note that no extra VIBs need to be installed ...

As you know ESXTOP is an utility bundled with ESXi allowing to monitor/troubleshoot performance of network, CPU or storage. This post is about storage performance troubleshooting with ESXTOP. Se will ...

In case you were not aware, there is a completely FREE version of Virtual Backup Appliance from StarWind. The license to the software is perpetual and NOT time-bombed. The product can be used as a ...

ESXi host client is bundled with VMware Free ESXi Hypervisor. While we still have the possibility to manage single host via traditional vSphere Client (Windows based), it becomes clear that sooner or ...

Usually it can hapend after restore operation. You restore an older VM and the Windows VM can't authenticate with the domain because the Trust Relationship between ...