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

My friend Xavier Genestos has just published a new book about Windows Server 2025! Great my friend. Let me check his blog ...

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 ...

There is the time for upgrades and patches, again. Yes, again and again. New vulnerabilities that are discovered needs to be patched as soon as possible. Bugs that has been discovered, needs to be ...

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 ...

How to maintain a the same MAC address all the time within your vSphere 4 installation. In VMware vSphere 4 environement, when you move your VM to another host or the VM has different path on the same ...

ESXi host client is bundled with VMware Free ESXi Hypervisor. While we still have the possibility to manage single host via traditional vSphere Client (Windows based), it becomes clear that sooner or ...

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 ...

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 ...

Mount VMFS Datastore manually is sometimes necessary when working with DR plans. A volume that isn't automatically mounted on the other side has to be mounted manually. Normaly SRM takes care of it.

How to mount your VMDK hard disks easily? Vmware is using VMDK format for virtual disks. You might do not know that you can mount virtual disks (.VMDK) file directly to your windows explorer interface ...