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Hyper-V vs VMware: Which One to Choose?
February 16, 2026
There are two major players that dominate the virtualization market: Microsoft Hyper-V and VMware vSphere. Selecting one of them to run virt...
Fix VMware Error: Virtual Machine Disks Consolidation Needed
February 10, 2026
The VMware virtual machine disks consolidation is needed error usually appears when snapshots fail to merge correctly with the main virtual...
Understanding I/O Filters in VMware vSphere Environments
February 10, 2026
VMware vSphere offers a wide range of storage-related features for virtual machines. In addition to VMware vSAN and Virtual Volumes, VMware...
Understanding Journal Mode in Real-Time Replication
February 6, 2026
In VMware environments, replication can be implemented using one of two modes for handling I/O changes: snapshots or journaling. Each approa...
How to Run Linux on Hyper-V?
January 28, 2026
Running Linux on Hyper-V allows you to combine the stability of Microsoft’s virtualization platform with the versatility of open-sourc...
How to Convert VHD to VMDK: A Step-By-Step Guide
January 27, 2026
VMware vSphere and Microsoft Hyper-V are two of the most popular virtualization platforms. Each solution uses different virtual disk file fo...
Free ESXi: Restrictions and Limitations
January 13, 2026
VMware is a market leader in virtualization solutions, and VMware ESXi is a renowned type 1 hypervisor. Increasingly, individual users and o...
VMware ESXi vs vSphere vs vCenter: Complete Comparison
January 12, 2026
VMware offers a wide range of products, and understanding their different use cases may be overwhelming. In this blog post, we cover the dif...
How to Set Up VMware ESXi Lab – A Complete Guide
January 8, 2026
Virtualization has become a core skill for IT professionals, and building a small, flexible home environment is one of the most effective wa...
How to Configure a VMware ESXi Cluster
January 7, 2026
Modern virtual environments demand both resilience and scalability, especially as workloads continue to become increasingly complex. A prope...
How to Set CPU Cores per Socket in VMware vSphere: Best Practices
January 5, 2026
When configuring processor settings for a new virtual machine, it’s important to understand several core concepts. These include how to calc...
How to Convert Hyper-V to VMware: Complete Guide
December 16, 2025
Virtualization platforms like Hyper-V and VMware are essential for running flexible and scalable IT environments. As organizations evolve, t...
How to Install VMware Tools on Linux, Windows, MacOS, FreeBSD and Solaris
January 13, 2025
If you have ever deployed a VMware VM on VMware ESXi, VMware Workstation, VMware Player, or VMware Fusion, you’ve probably noticed that afte...
Enhance IT Monitoring with NAKIVO: Alarms and Reporting Explained
January 8, 2025
Using IT monitoring in an organization’s infrastructure can improve its reliability and help prevent serious issues, failures, and downtimes...
Migrate VMs from VMWare ESXi to Proxmox VE
December 10, 2024
VM migration from VMware to Proxmox can be necessary whether an organization is diversifying its infrastructure or completely moving its pro...
Enabling Backup Encryption with NAKIVO: A Comprehensive Guide
November 11, 2024
Encryption is widely used for security purposes because it prevents unauthorized third parties from accessing and disseminating private data...
NAKIVO at VMware Explore 2024 in Barcelona — Meet Us There!
November 11, 2024
This November, Barcelona will once again become the hub for virtualization, cloud and data protection innovation as VMware Explore 2024 kick...
Understanding Backup Encryption Options
November 8, 2024
Data backup is critical to data loss prevention and swift recovery. A part of a secure and resilient data protection strategy is backup encr...
How to Migrate VMware VMs to Nutanix
November 6, 2024
Nutanix is a hyper-converged virtualization platform for running virtual machines. It can be used as an additional infrastructure or an alte...
Comprehensive Guide to Installing VIB Files on ESXi
November 6, 2024
ESXi is usually provided with the default configuration that includes a set of standard drivers and software tools for a specific version. T...