I have a Windows 2008 server which has just died. It hosted some low-usage IIS sites (some with supporting SQL Server databases), and a few media and file server applications (e.g Logitech Media ...

In a previous article, I showed you how to set up and use Ubuntu as a Network File System (NFS) server and use it to store virtual machines (VMs) from a vSphere environment. In this article, I'll go a ...

I have a Windows Server 2003 Enterprise OEM license on a DELL 2850 server, and I need to install ESXi (4.1 is the latest version supported). My goal is to be able to use the 4 permitted installations ...

Ever since I stepped into the home lab landscape with Proxmox, I’ve tinkered with multiple server-oriented distros, including the Xen-based XCP-ng, enterprise-grade Harvester, and even Unix-powered ...

Security recommendations change depending on whether they deal with a server or an appliance. How does that mesh with a virtual infrastructure in which both ESX and ESXi play almost identical roles ...

In a tersely worded blog post, Iain Mulholland, director of VMware's Security Response Center, said the posted ESX code and associated commentary was created between 2003 and 2004. Mulholland did not ...

I have written two articles on running ESXi 8 on a Pi 5: an overview of ESXi 8 on a Raspberry Pi 5 and one on installing ESXi on a Pi 5. In this article, I will configure ESXi to use an NTP server for ...