One year ago, Broadcom killed the Free vSphere Hypervisor, but on April, wi...
VMware ESXi 8 has dropped the compatibility with a lot of old CPU models, a...
Note: on March 2025 the RVTools web site has been hacked! Verify when you d...
One year ago, Broadcom killed the Free vSphere Hypervisor, but now, with th...
According to the VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0 Product Support Notes there ar...
The new VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0 comes with a long list of deprecated fe...
Debian like distributions have a nice option to manage distribution upgrade...
In VMware Workstation 17.6.1, when I create a Rocky Linux VM, there is no w...
Veeam Backup & Replication 13, the next next major release, will be pro...
The Veeam Hardened Repository ISO (VHRISO) is a Managed Hardened Repository...
Reading Time: 2 minutesOne year ago, Broadcom killed the Free vSphere Hypervisor, but now, with the last VMware ESXi 8.0 Update 3e, the free (and limited) version is back again! Broadcom makes again available the VMware vSphere Hypervisor (the entry-level and free hypervisor). To download the free ESXi, you still need to login in the Broadcom Support Portal, but now you don’t need anymore any license entitlement.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAs usual, there have been several retirement announcements made for VMware exam and certification retiring because they are becoming outdated. The following exams and certifications are retiring June 30, 2025. No new exam registrations will be available after March 30, 2025.
Reading Time: 3 minutesVeeam Backup & Replication has different components/toles and not necessary each of them has direct access to the Internet. From a security point of view it could be a good idea segregates all Veeam components as much as possible. For this reason you may need to configure a HTTP/HTTPS Proxy, but the funny part is that you cannot found any related option from the Veeam Console. And if you expect that the browser proxy settings are used, you are wrong.
Reading Time: 2 minutesDuring those years post Broadcom acquisition of VMware, the VMware vSphere product has become more and more unfriendly for the SMB market. The product editions and pricing have totally changed: no more the Free vSphere Hypervisor, no more Essential and Essential+ bundles, no more perpetual licenses… Note that, in April 2025, Broadcom has reintroduced again an edition of ESXi free! Also download the products will become more “complicated”.
Reading Time: 2 minutesSome days ago, the official site for RVTools has been hacked and the installer for the popular VMware environment reporting utility has been compromised to deliver Bumblebee Malware. The official web sites, Robware.net and RVTools.com, are currently offline to avoid any additional distribution of this malware.
Reading Time: 5 minutesVeeam has just released a new build for Veeam Backup & Replication 12.3.1.1139. You can check the installed build number in the Veeam Backup & Replication Console’s Main Menu (≡) under Help > About. The first reason of this release if to fix the CVE-2025-23120 issue: a vulnerability allowing remote code execution (RCE) by authenticated domain users. This issue is critical and has a CVSS v3.1 Score of 9.9!
Reading Time: 4 minutesThe Veeam Hardened Repository ISO (VHRISO) is a Managed Hardened Repository delivered as bootable ISO with a Rocky Linux distribution preconfigured by Veeam. The idea is to dramatically simplify the provisioning experience while eliminating (or at least reducing) the need for any Linux expertise. But also have an OS pre-hardened out of the box with all advanced security settings already applied. This because immutability may be not enough if you configure your repository in a wrong way! Recommendations are based on Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs) created and maintained by the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) for Rocky Linux. […]
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