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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...

Virtual machines offer a wide range of benefits—they allow you to experiment with new operating systems, test software, or run legacy applications. Among the most popular virtualization tools are VMware and VirtualBox, each with its own strengths and limitations. The best part is that you can seamlessly move virtual machines...

When a new version of Horizon is released by VMware, to upgrade the VDI infrastructure it is necessary to follow a specific upgrade sequence to avoid service disruption. VMware is releasing new versions about every three months for the VDI platform Horizon and it is suggested to keep the infrastructure up-to-date to take...

This new version part of the VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9.0 update, delivers on this with several powerful new features. VMware vSAN 9.0 has been redesigned to be more flexible and powerful for your most important work, and it's also cheaper. It includes a new feature that reduces how much storage you need, which...

The VMware Certified Professional – Network Virtualization (VCP-NV) certification validates a person’s knowledge and skills in setting up, implementing, and supporting VMware NSX environments, which virtualize networking and security services. Regardless of the underlying physical architecture, the VCP-NV certification validates proficiency in deploying, running, and managing VMware NSX-T virtual networking...

VMware vSphere ESXi iSCSI multipathing is a critical storage connectivity feature that provides redundancy, load balancing, and improved performance for virtual machine storage. In this comprehensive guide, we’ll cover the fundamentals, prerequisites, configuration steps, best practices, and troubleshooting methods for successfully implementing iSCSI multipathing in ESXi environments. What is iSCSI...

On July 15, 2025, VMware officially released the security advisory VMSA-2025-0013, VMSA-2025-0013: VMware ESXi, Workstation, Fusion, and Tools updates address multiple vulnerabilities (CVE-2025-41236, CVE-2025-41237, CVE-2025-41238, CVE-2025-41239) Vulnerability Overview 1. CVE-2025-41236: VMXNET3 integer overflow vulnerability. Vulnerability description: There is an integer overflow vulnerability in the VMXNET3 virtual network adapter in VMware...

vCenter Server is a software application designed to help you manage your vSphere infrastructure from a single, centralized interface. It serves as the main control center for managing ESXi hosts and their virtual machines. You can install vCenter Server on a compatible version of Windows or opt for the Linux-based...

The vCenter Server backup is a crucial operation in a vSphere infrastructure since the vCenter Server provides core features such as HA, DRS, vDS, vSAN, and it must be protected accordingly. To guarantee the recovery of the vSphere infrastructure functionality in case of a failure, the vCenter Server backup operation must be...

vSphere Supervisor allows you to implement a consistent declarative API within vSphere, supporting the development of modern cloud experiences through VCF Automation. Once enabled on vSphere clusters, it enables workloads to be operated declaratively, this includes provisioning and managing upstream Kubernetes clusters, virtual machines, and vSphere Pods. Workload execution is...