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pfSense is one of the most powerful open-source firewalls and routers available. Running it inside VMware Workstation Pro 17 (the current 2025 version) is an excellent way to build a lab or even protect a small home/office network without dedicating…
Introduction Networking is one of the most critical components of any virtualized environment. In VMware ESXi, virtual machines (VMs) rely on virtual switches to communicate with each other and the external network. One of the most fundamental networking constructs in…
VMware vSphere Replication is a software solution designed for backup and recovery of data in virtualized infrastructures using VMware vSphere. The tool allows users to replicate virtual machines (VMs) from one site to another online, with low latency, automatically, and without…
In VMware environments, using NFS storage is one of the simplest ways to provide shared storage for ESXi hosts. When combined with a VMware Distributed Switch (VDS), it offers better network management, traffic isolation, and scalability across multiple ESXi hosts.…
Virtualization has become the core of modern datacenters, and VMware vSphere remains the industry leader for enterprise-grade virtualization management. One of the most powerful and widely used features in the VMware ecosystem is vMotion—a technology that allows you to migrate…
Configuring NFS (Network File System) storage for VMware ESXi is one of the easiest and most flexible ways to provide shared storage for virtual machines, ISO images, templates, and backups. In this guide, you will learn how to set up…
VMware vCenter 9 (part of vSphere 9.0/VCF 9.0) is a significant update modernizing the platform with features like NVMe memory tiering, enhanced security (Trusted Domains), better container/VM management, unified operations (VCF Operations), and a new licensing model where vCenter licensing shifts…
VMware vCenter Converter 9 is a powerful tool from VMware that enables physical-to-virtual (P2V) and virtual machine conversion between different formats (V2V). This tool allows network administrators and IT professionals to migrate existing physical infrastructure to virtual environments and increase the productivity and…
Mapping VLAN Tags to Virtual Private Cloud Subnets In a typical virtualization environment, a virtual machine (VM) sends untagged traffic out of its virtual network interface card (vNIC). By default, the virtual switch drops any traffic that has an 802.1Q…
VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) is VMware’s flagship hybrid cloud platform that combines compute, storage, networking, and security into a fully integrated Software-Defined Data Center (SDDC). It delivers consistent operations across private and public clouds with automated lifecycle management and simplified…
