To take advantage of new and updated features in vSphere 6.5, I recently needed to update one of my lab systems from ESXi 6.0 to ESXi 6.5. As the system was co-located, I decided to update it from the ...

Backing up your VMware ESXi host configuration is critical for disaster recovery. If hardware fails or settings are accidentally changed, a backup allows you to quickly restore the host to its ...

In my last article I discussed running VMware's ESXi 8 hypervisors and how I planned to install it on a Raspberry Pi 5-based system, specifically the Pi 500, which is basically a Pi 5 housed inside of ...

First, let us talk about VMware Workstation Pro. It has the AutoStart feature that allows the machine to start when the Windows host machine starts. Now, you need to open the VMware Workstation, then ...

I have a Windows 2008 server which has just died. It hosted some low-usage IIS sites (some with supporting SQL Server databases), and a few media and file server applications (e.g Logitech Media ...

I think ESXi belongs in this forum, because it's a Linux-based hypervisor. I'm trying to figure out the best free (as in beer AND speech) way to view/control a guest OS from another computer ...

Massive ransomware operation targets VMware ESXi: How to protect from this security threat Your email has been sent How does this ransomware attack operate? France and U.S. are the biggest targets How ...

The “ESXiArgs” ransomware campaign, which targets servers running unpatched versions of the VMware ESXi hypervisor, has now struck thousands of servers across the U.S., Canada and Europe since reports ...