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 ...

We grade the guide that federal agencies will use to secure their VMware ESX servers. The problems? It treats VMware servers as Unix, eliminates antivirus for the wrong reasons, and leaves gaps that ...

I just took ownership of a new Dell R510, where we intend to install VMWare ESXi 5.0. You may remember me from another thread where I was pulling dead vmdk's off of a failed host, so I'm hoping to set ...

VMware offers several guides to how to harden virtual servers, but the primary ones say little about how to deal with some of the most critical issues. As I’ve discussed in previous blogs on ...

VMware vSphere 4.0 touches on almost every aspect of managing a virtual infrastructure, from ESX host provisioning to virtual network management to backup and recovery of virtual machines. Time will ...

- Windows 10 VM running on ESXi Server (connected to vmnic1, port 6 on TP-Link) - OPNsense Firewall VM running on ESXi Server (connected to vmnic1, port 6 on TP-Link) The OPNsense Firewall VM can do ...