I've been covering VMware's technology for over a decade now – from the glory days of ESX to the multi-cloud environments ...

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

This post will detail and explains some basic concept about ESXi memory reclamation technique called ballooning. What is VMware Memory Ballooning is the name of today's post. We'll put it again in our ...

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 ...

VMware is releasing patches on regular basis, but those aren't always available within the latest installation ISO file (at least not for “free” customers). The idea is to build a new VMware ESXi ISO ...

New release of popular Veeam VHR ISO v2 made its apparition in the download section recently. Veeam VHR stands for Veeam Hardened Repository and it is basically a stripped down Linux distro which ...

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 ...

The thing is that this message saying that Client Integration Plug-in must be installed to enable OVF functionality is pretty showstopper as it prevents you to deploy OVF file via web browser. This ...

Have you ever wondered why and what all those VMDKs are used within VMware vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) 8? In this post, we'll explore all that. We'll give you the answer on what each of those 17 ...

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 ...

when you want to have the latest VMware tools for larger environments, you don't have other choices then wait for ESXi upgrade which brings the latest version of VMware tools or Configure VMware Tools ...

If you want to save the changes you've made, press Ctrl+O. To exit nano, type Ctrl+X. You see it's very straightforward….