ESX Virtualization https://www.vladan.fr/ VMware ESXi, vSphere, VMware Backup, Hyper-V... how-to, videos.... Tue, 05 May 2026 07:35:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Winslopr: The No-Nonsense Windows Slop Remover for Windows 11 Home Users and IT Admins Alike https://www.vladan.fr/winslopr-the-no-nonsense-windows-slop-remover-for-windows-11-home-users-and-it-admins-alike/ https://www.vladan.fr/winslopr-the-no-nonsense-windows-slop-remover-for-windows-11-home-users-and-it-admins-alike/#respond Tue, 05 May 2026 07:35:16 +0000 https://www.vladan.fr/?p=235604 If you've been running Windows 11 for a while, you know the feeling. The OS itself is solid under the hood—great performance, modern UI elements, solid security foundations—but Microsoft keeps layering on stuff you didn't ask for. Telemetry, aggressive suggestions, Copilot (whether you want it or not), ads in the Start menu, OneDrive nagging, background […]

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]]> https://www.vladan.fr/winslopr-the-no-nonsense-windows-slop-remover-for-windows-11-home-users-and-it-admins-alike/feed/ 0 XorMon v2.2 Is Out – What’s New and Why You Should Upgrade https://www.vladan.fr/xormon-v2-2-is-out-whats-new-and-why-you-should-upgrade/ https://www.vladan.fr/xormon-v2-2-is-out-whats-new-and-why-you-should-upgrade/#respond Mon, 04 May 2026 12:00:23 +0000 https://www.vladan.fr/?p=235601 If you're managing a mixed IT environment – and let's be honest, who isn't these days – you know the pain of juggling five different monitoring tools at once. One for VMware, one for storage, one for backup, one for databases… it gets messy fast. That's exactly why I keep coming back to XorMon. It's […]

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]]> https://www.vladan.fr/xormon-v2-2-is-out-whats-new-and-why-you-should-upgrade/feed/ 0 Veeam Backup & Replication Q1 2026 Updates: Deep Dive into v13 Capabilities, Patches, and Emerging AI Governance Features https://www.vladan.fr/veeam-backup-replication-q1-2026-updates-deep-dive-into-v13-capabilities-patches-and-emerging-ai-governance-features/ https://www.vladan.fr/veeam-backup-replication-q1-2026-updates-deep-dive-into-v13-capabilities-patches-and-emerging-ai-governance-features/#respond Tue, 28 Apr 2026 12:39:55 +0000 https://www.vladan.fr/?p=235590 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 post-GA refinements through patches, incremental workload enhancements, and the February 2026 introduction of Agent Commander. These additions build directly on the foundation of the […]

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]]> https://www.vladan.fr/veeam-backup-replication-q1-2026-updates-deep-dive-into-v13-capabilities-patches-and-emerging-ai-governance-features/feed/ 0 Commvault at Google Cloud Next 2026: Smarter, Cheaper Data Protection for the AI Era https://www.vladan.fr/commvault-at-google-cloud-next-2026-smarter-cheaper-data-protection-for-the-ai-era/ https://www.vladan.fr/commvault-at-google-cloud-next-2026-smarter-cheaper-data-protection-for-the-ai-era/#respond Thu, 23 Apr 2026 12:26:51 +0000 https://www.vladan.fr/?p=235580 Google Cloud Storage is scaling faster than most organisations can keep up with. Buckets routinely hold billions of objects and petabytes of data – driven by real-time analytics pipelines, cloud-native applications, and increasingly, the training data and outputs of AI workloads. The infrastructure is maturing fast. The data protection strategies around it, however, have largely […]

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]]> https://www.vladan.fr/commvault-at-google-cloud-next-2026-smarter-cheaper-data-protection-for-the-ai-era/feed/ 0 NAKIVO Backup & Replication 11.2: Full Proxmox VE 9.0 Support, VMware vSphere 9 Readiness – And Why It’s Literally Half the Price https://www.vladan.fr/nakivo-backup-replication-11-2-full-proxmox-ve-9-0-support-vmware-vsphere-9-readiness-and-why-its-literally-half-the-price/ https://www.vladan.fr/nakivo-backup-replication-11-2-full-proxmox-ve-9-0-support-vmware-vsphere-9-readiness-and-why-its-literally-half-the-price/#respond Fri, 17 Apr 2026 13:14:31 +0000 https://www.vladan.fr/?p=235573 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 instead of just burning your budget. I’ve tested pretty much every major player over the years – Veeam, Commvault, you name it […]

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]]> https://www.vladan.fr/nakivo-backup-replication-11-2-full-proxmox-ve-9-0-support-vmware-vsphere-9-readiness-and-why-its-literally-half-the-price/feed/ 0 How-to Update Lab with XCP-NG and Xen Orchestra built from sources https://www.vladan.fr/how-to-update-lab-with-xcp-ng-and-xen-orchestra-built-from-sources/ https://www.vladan.fr/how-to-update-lab-with-xcp-ng-and-xen-orchestra-built-from-sources/#respond Mon, 13 Apr 2026 08:24:56 +0000 https://www.vladan.fr/?p=235566 A couple of months ago I installed a lab (a nested virtual lab running under VMware Workstation) with XCP-NG and Xen Orchestra. This virtualization solution should be familiar to you, for those of you who follow my blog sinca a long time. There are many reasons why many home labbers like me or other admins […]

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]]> https://www.vladan.fr/how-to-update-lab-with-xcp-ng-and-xen-orchestra-built-from-sources/feed/ 0 Alpine Linux – Why I like it? https://www.vladan.fr/alpine-linux-why-i-like-it/ https://www.vladan.fr/alpine-linux-why-i-like-it/#respond Thu, 09 Apr 2026 09:17:38 +0000 https://www.vladan.fr/?p=235556 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 actually make life easier in the homelab, especially when everything else feels bloated and over-engineered. Time to optimize my lab! With all the […]

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]]> https://www.vladan.fr/alpine-linux-why-i-like-it/feed/ 0 StarWind HCI Appliances: Storage Virtualization, Synchronous Replication, and Bulletproof Support https://www.vladan.fr/starwind-hci-appliances-storage-virtualization-synchronous-replication-and-bulletproof-support/ https://www.vladan.fr/starwind-hci-appliances-storage-virtualization-synchronous-replication-and-bulletproof-support/#respond Tue, 07 Apr 2026 13:27:00 +0000 https://www.vladan.fr/?p=235549 If you’re like me and have spent years wrestling with traditional three-tier infrastructure in small-to-medium businesses or remote office/branch office (ROBO) setups, you know the pain. Separate servers for compute, dedicated SAN arrays for storage, complex networking layers, and the constant worry about single points of failure. Add in rising licensing costs from the big […]

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]]> https://www.vladan.fr/starwind-hci-appliances-storage-virtualization-synchronous-replication-and-bulletproof-support/feed/ 0 DataCore Puls8 vs OpenEBS: Comparison for Kubernetes Persistent Storage https://www.vladan.fr/datacore-puls8-vs-openebs-comparison-for-kubernetes-persistent-storage/ https://www.vladan.fr/datacore-puls8-vs-openebs-comparison-for-kubernetes-persistent-storage/#respond Thu, 02 Apr 2026 13:37:30 +0000 https://www.vladan.fr/?p=235545 With DataCore Puls8 officially launched on January 26, 2026 (GA release notes dated January 21, 2026), the obvious question for anyone running OpenEBS is whether the commercial version justifies a subscription. The answer depends entirely on where you sit on the operational complexity spectrum – and how many stateful pods you're managing in production. Quick Background Recap OpenEBS is a […]

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]]> https://www.vladan.fr/datacore-puls8-vs-openebs-comparison-for-kubernetes-persistent-storage/feed/ 0 A Community Study Guide VMware vSphere Foundation Administrator (VCP-VVF) – Free Download https://www.vladan.fr/a-community-study-guide-vmware-vsphere-foundation-administrator-vcp-vvf-free-download/ https://www.vladan.fr/a-community-study-guide-vmware-vsphere-foundation-administrator-vcp-vvf-free-download/#comments Tue, 31 Mar 2026 06:18:07 +0000 https://www.vladan.fr/?p=235494 Finally, I can announce the availability of our Study Guide as PDF. The VMware Certified Professional – VMware vSphere Foundation (VCP-VVF) Administrator exam (code 2V0-16.25) is the current certification for VVF, replacing the older 2V0-12.24 exam.  You can learn and pass your exam with the help of our Community Study Guide – released as PDF at our […]

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