Over the years on this blog, I’ve documented dozens of Veeam upgrades, migrations, and best practices — from early versions ...

If you have been running Windows 11 for any length of time, you already know the story. The OS arrives packed with telemetry, pre-installed apps you will never use, aggressive advertising, and a ...

If you’re a virtualization enthusiast like me, you’ve probably spent the last couple of years watching VMware customers scramble for alternatives after the Broadcom acquisition turned licensing into a ...

Veeam Backup & Replication (VBR) continues to set the pace in enterprise data resilience. With v13 having landed in November 2025 as a major architectural shift, Q1 2026 has delivered important ...

If you’ve been reading ESX Virtualization since the VMware 3.x days (yeah, 2008–2024 archive still holds up), you know I’ve always had a soft spot for backup solutions that actually deliver real value ...

Hey folks, Vladan here from ESX Virtualization. If you’ve been following my blog since way back in 2008 (yeah, we’re that old-school), you know I love diving into lightweight, no-nonsense tools that ...

SysInternals Suite – This is very old (and very popular) utility suite from Mark Russinovich got an update recently where you'll find some new tools and also, you'll be now able to download all tools ...

If you’re a datacenter admin or architect still juggling VMware ESXi, Microsoft Hyper-V, Proxmox, oVirt, or even Oracle VirtualBox workloads – or if you’re moving stuff to/from Azure and AWS – you ...

Broadcom has dropped the latest update for VMware ESXi 8.0, specifically Update 3i with build number 25205845. If you're running vSphere 8 environments, whether standalone hosts or managed clusters ...

The big VMware Exit continues and will continue over the next few years. With the ongoing shifts in the virtualization market following Broadcom’s acquisition of VMware, many organizations are ...

Hello everyone, Vladan here. If you've been following my blog over the years, you know I've spent countless hours breaking down virtualization platforms. I invested a lot of time into VMware because ...