Virtualization

In today's rapidly evolving IT landscape, organizations are increasingly seeking cost-effective alternatives to traditional virtualization platforms. The migration from VMware to Proxmox has emerged as a popular choice for businesses looking to reduce licensing costs while maintaining robust virtualization capabilities. However, this transition requires careful planning and expertise to ensure...

When it comes to open-source monitoring solutions, InfluxDB and Grafana are two of the most commonly used tools for building monitoring stacks. These tools are especially popular for monitoring Kubernetes environments (including storage, scaling, and performance), cloud infrastructures, application metrics, and other critical aspects of your environment. While there are...

Proxmox VE 9 is now officially available, marking the latest release in the Proxmox VE Server series. Many users are considering upgrading from Proxmox VE 8.x to the new version. While Proxmox VE 9 comes with a range of new features and capabilities, it’s essential to ensure your server is...

Anyone who is active in the networking field must have heard of the American company Citrix. This company has several excellent products, all of which are the best in their field. One of the oldest products of this company is Netscalar, which has been renamed several times and is recently...

Starting with version 7.0, the U2 update, the way some ESXi configuration files are saved has changed. One of these files was the ESXi user password. VMware (and more recently Broadcom) officially states that it is not possible to reset the ESXi software password and if the administrator forgets the...

Exciting news for IT professionals! VMware by Broadcom has launched five brand-new certification exams based on Version 9 of the VMware Cloud Foundation platform. But this isn't just a routine update—it marks a clear shift in VMware's strategy under Broadcom’s leadership, emphasizing a stronger focus on cloud innovation, advanced virtualization,...

Tired of juggling multiple physical networks? Ready for a more efficient, cost-effective way to manage your network infrastructure? Network virtualization software is the answer. In this blog post, we’re spotlighting the 7 best network virtualization tools of 2024—designed to enhance scalability, boost security, and simplify network management. Whether you’re an...

VirtualBox 7.2.0 is a major stable release of Oracle’s open‑source virtualization software, introduced on August 14, 2025 Oracle DocumentationCyber Security News. It builds upon its predecessors with several important enhancements especially in UI design, ARM architecture support, performance, and compatibility. VirtualBox is a hosted hypervisor a virtualization tool allowing you...

If you’ve been managing VMware ESXi environments for even a short period, you’ve no doubt run across some seemingly complicated and esoteric features. These features are often difficult to learn when they’re presented as a whole in the context of learning advanced VMware ESXi administration. If you’re a vSphere admin, an advanced level...

ESXi Host CPU Contention in Aria Operations (formerly vRealize Operations) refers to situations where multiple virtual machines (VMs) on an ESXi host are competing for CPU resources, and the demand exceeds what the host can provide. Aria Operations helps you monitor, identify, and resolve such contention issues to ensure optimal...