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How to Configure an ESXi vMotion Network
September 22, 2023
The vMotion feature in VMware vSphere enables the live migration of running virtual machines over the network between ESXi hosts without any...
Configuring ESXi Storage Networks in vSphere
September 22, 2023
ESXi hosts support storage connected via the network, such as NAS and SAN, as well as directly attached storage devices. Network-based stora...
NAKIVO at VMware Explore 2023 US: Recap
September 13, 2023
NAKIVO attended VMware Explore 2023 (known as VMworld until 2021), the IT industry’s biggest event for virtualization and multi-cloud innova...
VMware vCenter Installation Guide and Best Practices
September 4, 2023
VMware vCenter is an important component of the VMware vSphere virtual infrastructure, allowing you to use advanced VMware features. The mos...
Initial VMware ESXi Host Configuration
August 28, 2023
The initial ESXi configuration after installation is an important step in making sure the host is functional, that is ready to serve as a st...
VMware ESXi Networking Concepts
August 28, 2023
For connecting physical servers and computers to a network, you need physical network adapters, switches, and routers. With virtual machines...
v10.10 Beta: Introducing Real-Time ReplicationBETA for VMware
August 21, 2023
The latest NAKIVO Backup & Replication v10.10 Beta is now available for testing. This is a major release introducing Real-Time Replicati...
Hyper-V vs VMware: Which One to Choose?
August 3, 2023
There are two major players that dominate the virtualization market: Microsoft Hyper-V and VMware vSphere. Selecting one of them to run virt...
VMware or VirtualBox: A Complete Overview of Virtualization Products
July 20, 2023
Oracle and VMware are leaders in providing virtualization solutions in the modern IT industry. Oracle’s hypervisor for running virtual machi...
How to Run macOS on VMware ESXi
July 5, 2023
VMware vSphere is a leading hardware virtualization platform that allows you to run virtual machines with various operating systems, includi...
How to Install the NAKIVO Solution as a VMware Virtual Appliance
June 29, 2023
You can choose to deploy the NAKIVO solution on physical Windows and Linux machines, virtual machines as a virtual appliance, NAS devices. T...
VMware Hardware Version Overview: Upgrades and Compatibility
June 7, 2023
The hardware version of a virtual machine (VM) reflects the virtual hardware features and functions that the VM supports, which in turn rela...
The Differences Between VMFS 5 vs VMFS 6 and How to Migrate
June 7, 2023
VMware VMFS is a reliable cluster file system optimized to store virtual machine files. The most recent versions of VMware VMFS – VMFS 5 and...
How to Add a Virtual Floppy Drive to Virtual Machines in VMware vSphere
June 1, 2023
While physical floppy drives have been obsolete for almost two decades, virtual floppy drives are very much alive and have proved to be a us...
Tape Backup vs Disk Backup for VMs
June 1, 2023
In recent years, there has been a significant shift toward disk-based backup in terms of media used as targets by data protection solutions....
How to Speed Up VM Backups and Improve Performance
June 1, 2023
In 2022, it is estimated that more than half of businesses worldwide use virtualization technologies and rely on backups to protect their vi...
File Recovery from VM Backup with NAKIVO
June 1, 2023
When it comes to recovery from backups, one of the core functionalities needed is recovering a file or files that may have been accidentally...
Configuring ESXi VM Networks
June 1, 2023
In the previous posts, we took a look at setting up VMkernel networks, including storage and vMotion. Now, we discuss configuring ESXi netwo...
An Introduction to VMware vCloud Director
June 1, 2023
VMware has always released new great virtualization software for individual users, organizations, and MSPs. VMware’s virtualization products...
How to Migrate VMware VMs to AWS: A Case Study
June 1, 2023
In 2016, our management set a goal to move all the organization’s mission-critical servers to the Amazon Web Services cloud. This was done t...