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Vladan Seget
Vladan Seget
IT Consultant and VMware expert. Vladan is the Executive Editor of ESX Virtualization, a premier technical blog at vladan.fr. Specializing in vSphere infrastructure and data center automation, Vladan holds both VCAP-DCA and VCAP-DCD certifications. A VMware vExpert since 2009, he provides deep-dive technical insights into virtualization trends, storage, and cloud computing.
Vladan Seget
  • Vladan Seget
  • February 3, 2022

Security Tips for VMware vSphere Environments

In a previous article, we shared how to tighten the security in VMware ESXi at the hypervisor level. While that advice is welcome, ransomware can target various infrastructure levels. Particularly, it can target the shared datastores to which your hosts are connected and encrypt that data, rendering other operations impossible.
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Vladan Seget
  • Vladan Seget
  • January 26, 2022

Securing VMware ESXi Hosts

You can’t be too close to comfort whenever cybersecurity is involved. Despite ESXi being pretty secure even after out-of-the-box installation, its security can be tightened more. Certain common, baseline hardware elements can be added and several tweaks to ESXi security itself will make all the difference you didn’t know they could.
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Vladan Seget
  • Vladan Seget
  • January 11, 2022

How to secure a small VMware environment

When implementing virtualization into your IT environment, you need first to take care of the security of your virtual and physical infrastructure. In the VMware vSphere environment, the vCenter server appliance (VCSA) is a key management element, so should be as secure as possible.
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Vladan Seget
  • Vladan Seget
  • December 14, 2021

PowerToys for Windows 11 gives you new features and settings

PowerToys have been a part of Windows for quite some time now. However, since Windows 11, new features in all areas are also relevant with the new OS release. PowerToys is a set of freeware system utilities created for advanced users and designed by Microsoft for use on the Windows OS. They exist to change or maximize productivity or alter customization.
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Vladan Seget
  • Vladan Seget
  • November 16, 2021

New vSphere Diagnostic Tool utility

vSphere Diagnostic Tool is a free utility which is, essentially, a script built for checking vCenter Server. It’s applicable to vSphere 6.5 and higher and used by engineers to isolate a particular issue in your vSphere environment. It’s an early tool, but it already has an extensive checklist it searches your vCenter Server for and can prove quite handy.
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Vladan Seget
  • Vladan Seget
  • October 14, 2021

How to upgrade VMware environment to vSphere 7 U3

VMware released its Upgrade 3 for vSphere 7 just a couple of days ago. As usual, the update includes a lot of new features, compatibility extensions, etc. Like always, you should approach the upgrade process comprehensively and make all the necessary preparations to conclude the switch as smoothly as possible.
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Vladan Seget
  • Vladan Seget
  • September 28, 2021

VMware vSphere 7 U2 Persistent memory

vSphere Persistent Memory (PMem) was introduced in vSphere 6.7. It has seen many updates since, up until vSphere 7 U2. It’s a great non-volatile memory technology for super low latency applications that need the best-possible storage with low latency. However, there is much to look out for in terms of support, performance, configuration, and cost.
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Vladan Seget
  • Vladan Seget
  • September 2, 2021

VMware vSphere Mobile Client New Update

Contrary to what you might think, vSphere Mobile Client is quite a handy app. It allows you to review and manage your VMs, monitor tasks, view performance charts, and even take snapshots. The app is compatible with vCenter Server 6.x and higher, compliant with the Clarity theme and utilizes the same API as the vSphere HTML5 web client.
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Vladan Seget
  • Vladan Seget
  • July 22, 2021

Quick tips for shares and file migrations with share and NTFS permissions

File servers and hosted shares on Microsoft Windows have shares and permissions not necessarily known to everybody in the environment. With cybersecurity in mind, you’ll sooner or later have to share and/or migrate files, folders, and user profiles. There is no one solution, but you can consider several to keep in mind when it comes to migration.
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