Backing up your VMware ESXi host configuration is critical for disaster recovery. If hardware fails or settings are accidentally changed, a backup allows you to quickly restore the host to its ...

I just took ownership of a new Dell R510, where we intend to install VMWare ESXi 5.0. You may remember me from another thread where I was pulling dead vmdk's off of a failed host, so I'm hoping to set ...

VMware offers several guides to how to harden virtual servers, but the primary ones say little about how to deal with some of the most critical issues. As I’ve discussed in previous blogs on ...

VMware vSphere 4.0 touches on almost every aspect of managing a virtual infrastructure, from ESX host provisioning to virtual network management to backup and recovery of virtual machines. Time will ...

Security recommendations change depending on whether they deal with a server or an appliance. How does that mesh with a virtual infrastructure in which both ESX and ESXi play almost identical roles ...

- Windows 10 VM running on ESXi Server (connected to vmnic1, port 6 on TP-Link) - OPNsense Firewall VM running on ESXi Server (connected to vmnic1, port 6 on TP-Link) The OPNsense Firewall VM can do ...

The VMware vSphere ecosystem has spawned a lot of interesting tools, some being very expensive, and others being free. In this article I look at how to access and use one of the free -- and more ...