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What Is Application-Aware Backup?

February 11, 2025
When it comes to backups, you have a wide range of options to consider for successful and fast data recovery. The options include type of ba...

Enhance IT Monitoring with NAKIVO: Alarms and Reporting Explained

February 11, 2025
Using IT monitoring in an organization’s infrastructure can improve its reliability and help prevent serious issues, failures, and downtimes...

How to Install VMware Tools on Linux, Windows, MacOS, FreeBSD and Solaris

January 13, 2025
If you have ever deployed a VMware VM on VMware ESXi, VMware Workstation, VMware Player, or VMware Fusion, you’ve probably noticed that afte...

Migrate VMs from VMWare ESXi to Proxmox VE

December 10, 2024
VM migration from VMware to Proxmox can be necessary whether an organization is diversifying its infrastructure or completely moving its pro...

NAKIVO at VMware Explore 2024 in Barcelona — Meet Us There!

November 11, 2024
This November, Barcelona will once again become the hub for virtualization, cloud and data protection innovation as VMware Explore 2024 kick...

Enabling Backup Encryption with NAKIVO: A Comprehensive Guide

November 11, 2024
Encryption is widely used for security purposes because it prevents unauthorized third parties from accessing and disseminating private data...

Understanding Backup Encryption Options

November 8, 2024
Data backup is critical to data loss prevention and swift recovery. A part of a secure and resilient data protection strategy is backup encr...

Comprehensive Guide to Installing VIB Files on ESXi

November 6, 2024
ESXi is usually provided with the default configuration that includes a set of standard drivers and software tools for a specific version. T...

How to Migrate VMware VMs to Nutanix

November 6, 2024
Nutanix is a hyper-converged virtualization platform for running virtual machines. It can be used as an additional infrastructure or an alte...

Backup ESXi Host Configuration: 4 Different Methods

October 11, 2024
Virtualization offers several advantages for backup and recovery operations, which are the backbone of data protection, operational continui...

Backing Up Using HPE Storage Snapshots

September 6, 2024
Snapshots are usually used to create image-based VM backups. Storage snapshots are an alternative to the usual VM snapshots used, and they h...

How to use USB devices with a VMware vSphere virtual machine

September 5, 2024
The main function of a hypervisor is to emulate the devices used by virtual machines at the software level. Devices, such as virtual control...

Differences Between VM Snapshots and Backups

September 3, 2024
Backups and snapshots are two popular technologies that enterprises use to mitigate data loss and minimize disruptions. In fact, backups and...

VMware Workstation Pro vs VMware Workstation Player: A Complete Comparison Guide

August 21, 2024
As a virtualization market leader, VMware offers products for a wide range of users. Its enterprise-grade line includes VMware vSphere produ...

VMware Backup Guide: Methods and Best Practices

April 2, 2024
Backup remains the best approach to data protection for physical and virtual machines, even in the face of new threats to data integrity and...

How to Protect Backups from Ransomware with NAKIVO’s Malware Scan

March 26, 2024
Backups have become a primary target for ransomware. Hackers want to ensure that companies pay the ransom by not allowing them to recover th...

How to Clone Virtual Machines on ESXi Hosts: 5 Methods

March 13, 2024
Virtualization allows for more efficient workflows and resource utilization thanks to features like VM templates or VM cloning, which allows...

How to Configure VMware Log Location on ESXi

March 1, 2024
VMware ESXi is a hypervisor that similarly, to other operating systems and software products, writes log files. We have covered the most use...

VMware Log Analysis for Troubleshooting

February 19, 2024
VMware server software products provide log files that record data about events of each software component with timestamps. VMware logs can...

How to Set Up VMware ESXi Lab – A Complete Guide

February 15, 2024
VMware is one of the best virtualization platforms in the world, popular among IT specialists for its ability to provide high-speed operatio...