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Vitalii Feshchenko
  • Vitalii Feshchenko
  • June 17, 2024

VMware brought PMEM support to vSphere. How fast can your vSphere 6.7 VM potentially run on PMEM?

Some time ago, there was a post about new cool features brought to VMware vSphere 6.7 with Update 1. I forgot to mention one thing that appeared in VMware vSphere even before the update – PMEM support for your VMs. Well, I think it won’t be enough to write something like “Wow, it is good to see PMEM support in vSphere… it is very fast”. This innovation needs own article shedding light on what PMEM is and how fast your VMs can actually run on it. Unfortunately, I have no NVDIMM devices in my lab yet… but I still can simulate one using some host RAM!
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Paolo Valsecchi
  • Paolo Valsecchi
  • June 11, 2024

Proxmox import VMware VMs

The latest Proxmox release offers a straightforward way to import VMware virtual machines (VMs). If you’re looking to streamline your IT processes, check out our detailed guide.
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Vladan Seget
  • Vladan Seget
  • June 4, 2024

VMware Unlocks New Horizons: Workstation and Fusion Now Free for Home Users

VMware has just made its flagship desktop virtualization products, WorkstationPro and FusionPro, free for home users. Whether you’re a student, developer, or tech enthusiast, this opens up endless possibilities.
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Volodymyr Perishko
  • Volodymyr Perishko
  • June 3, 2024

PowerCLI: a fast and easy way to set up virtual networks in VMware ESXi 6.5

Recently, I decided to automate some boring routine procedures related to setting up virtual networks in ESXi 6.5. That’s right, I’m talking about PowerCLI. This command-line tools allows automating all aspects of vSphere management, including network, storage, VM and so on and so forth. Sure, I had to dig into the details of orchestrating ESXi with PowerCLI. Yep, it took me some time but at the end of the day, the knowledge and experience I acquired paid back! Apparently, this case is not unique, so I decided to share my experience in today’s scribbling.
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Vitalii Feshchenko
  • Vitalii Feshchenko
  • May 30, 2024

How VMware has covered performance gap between physical and virtual GPUs

Once engineers came up with the way to virtualize graphics processing units (GPUs), the new era started for machine learning, gaming, modeling, and whatever else IOPS-hungry: all these applications can now go cloud! In this article, I’d like to take a closer look at why GPU virtualization is so promising, who pioneers this tech, and how VMware managed to cover the gap between the virtual and bare-metal GPUs.
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Vladan Seget
  • Vladan Seget
  • May 28, 2024

XCP-NG LTS has 10 years of platform support

As VMware ‘s pricing rules evolve, consider XCP-ng’s 10-year long-term support (LTS) for a stable and cost-effective virtualization platform. Discover the latest updates and why it’s a great alternative. 
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Vladan Seget
  • Vladan Seget
  • May 2, 2024

VMware Aria Operations 8.17.1 – A Leap Forward in Cloud Management

What’s new in VMware Aria Operations 8.17.1? Explore enhanced cloud management, seamless upgrade flows, advanced Private AI and GPU monitoring, and lots of other improvements.
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Serge Yankov
  • April 26, 2024

How to ensure maximum data security with VMware VM encryption

Leakage of confidential business information can become a true disaster for any company. Therefore, data security is an issue of prime importance for most of companies. Organizing an IT infrastructure, administrators’ top question is how to warrant a secure storage to keep sensitive business information. In this article, I suggest having a closer look at a relatively recent method of ensuring data security – VMware virtual machines encryption that can become a good remedy against intruders for your organization.
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Alex Samoylenko
  • Alex Samoylenko
  • April 16, 2024

VMware Project Cypress – AI Assistant for Network Vulnerabilities Detection and Resolution

VMware introduces Project Cypress, integrating AI for network vulnerability detection. Learn how it aids in detecting and resolving network vulnerabilities, improving response times, and reducing workload. 
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