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How to Set Up VMware ESXi Lab – A Complete Guide

January 6, 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 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...

Fix VMware Error: Virtual Machine Disks Consolidation Needed

December 19, 2025
The VMware virtual machine disks consolidation is needed error usually appears when snapshots fail to merge correctly with the main virtual...

Free ESXi: Restrictions and Limitations

December 19, 2025
VMware is a market leader in virtualization solutions, and VMware ESXi is a renowned type 1 hypervisor. Increasingly, individual users and o...

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...

VMware ESXi vs vSphere vs vCenter: Complete Comparison

December 11, 2025
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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Backup ESXi Host Configuration: 4 Different Methods

October 11, 2024
Virtualization offers several advantages for backup and recovery operations, which are the backbone of data protection, operational continui...

Backing Up Using HPE Storage Snapshots

September 6, 2024
Snapshots are usually used to create image-based VM backups. Storage snapshots are an alternative to the usual VM snapshots used, and they h...

How to use USB devices with a VMware vSphere virtual machine

September 5, 2024
The main function of a hypervisor is to emulate the devices used by virtual machines at the software level. Devices, such as virtual control...

Differences Between VM Snapshots and Backups

September 3, 2024
Backups and snapshots are two popular technologies that enterprises use to mitigate data loss and minimize disruptions. In fact, backups and...

VMware Workstation Pro vs VMware Workstation Player: A Complete Comparison Guide

August 21, 2024
As a virtualization market leader, VMware offers products for a wide range of users. Its enterprise-grade line includes VMware vSphere produ...

VMware Backup Guide: Methods and Best Practices

April 2, 2024
Backup remains the best approach to data protection for physical and virtual machines, even in the face of new threats to data integrity and...