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Vladan Seget
Vladan Seget
IT and Virtualization Consultant. Vladan is the founder, and executive editor of the ESX Virtualization Blog at vladan.fr. He is a VMware VCAP-DCA and VCAP-DCD, and has been a vExpert from 2009 to 2023.
Vladan Seget
  • Vladan Seget
  • March 14, 2023

VMware vSphere Alert Center 1.1 Fling – retrieve and get notified about your vCenter server(s) alerts

IT admins receive lots of emails daily, so it is not surprising that occasionally some important vSphere notifications get lost in all the fuss. Fortunately, vSphere Alert Center, a VMware Fling app, provides a simple solution for such issues.
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Vladan Seget
  • Vladan Seget
  • February 28, 2023

How to Identify where VMware ESXi is installed – on USB, SD, HD or PXE

Sometimes, especially in a new environment, you may need to quickly find out where your ESXi hypervisor is installed. Whether it’s on a USB stick, SD card, local disk, or booting over the network via PXY, there are a few methods to identify the location correctly.
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Vladan Seget
  • Vladan Seget
  • January 19, 2023

VMware Imager 2.1 to automate install and deployment VM images

People like to oversimplify the comparison of any two things, but this is not as apparent when it comes to software. VMware Imager Fling and Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) can both automate VM image deployment. However, configuration and requirement differences reveal that they are, in fact, more suitable for different use cases.
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Vladan Seget
  • Vladan Seget
  • December 6, 2022

Why cold migrations of VMs in vSphere 8.0 is over 3 times faster?

VMware introduced a number of enhancements in vSphere 8.0, including updates for vMotion. Most notably, the speed has been improved for both hot and cold migrations. However, VMware claims that cold migration is now x3 times faster than it was before. This is a positive development since previously, migration would take up too many hours.
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Vladan Seget
  • Vladan Seget
  • November 17, 2022

What is new in VMware ESXi 8.0 – Installation, Configuration, User Interface

While VMware has been overhauling and stepping up in all arias of its vSphere environment over the last decade, it’s been sort of looking over its hypervisor. The recent VMware ESXi 8.0 has seen some new introductions here and there. Most notably, improvements are seen in its installation, configuration, and user interface (UI).
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Vladan Seget
  • Vladan Seget
  • November 10, 2022

vSphere 8.0 Tips to Create a VMware Golden Image for Your Windows 11 and Use a PVSCSI Controller

Windows 11 2H22 includes several new elements that make its installation into vSphere 8 and then the creation of a VMware Golden Image much easier. Before that, the OS missed some drivers that required more juggling to make things work. Now, it includes the VMware PVSCSI and VMXNET3 drivers and other stuff to fix previous issues.
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Vladan Seget
  • Vladan Seget
  • November 1, 2022

VMware vSAN 8.0 Express Storage Architecture (ESA) Efficiency and Performance

vSphere 8 introduces VMware vSAN Express Storage Architecture (ESA), focused on efficiency, performance, and less CPU usage. The new configuration has been optimized for NVMe-based TLC flash devices, abandoning cache layers and disk groups. VMware will privilege the deployments of vSAN as ESA, moving forward.
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Vladan Seget
  • Vladan Seget
  • October 20, 2022

How to Test and Run Amazon AWS Applications Locally Without Connecting to a Remote Cloud Provider

LocalStack is a free cloud service emulator that you can deploy locally. It runs in a single container and, emulating Amazon Web Services (AWS), allows you to test applications or play around with workflow without having to commit to paying for actual cloud services. It’s a great solution for cloud-based testing and learning.
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Vladan Seget
  • Vladan Seget
  • October 11, 2022

VMware Virtual Hardware 20 details in vSphere 8

vSphere 8 brings an abundance of cool new features. Among them, VMware Virtual Hardware Version 20 is even more efficient: newer CPU cores support, more VM count, ESXi instance on Smart NICs, higher VM density, up to 8 vGPU devices support, aware migration, NUMA nodes exposed in vSphere Client, and many many more!
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