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VMware ESXi is a type-1 hypervisor in the VMware vSphere ecosystem used for hardware virtualization and running virtual machines. It is a top-grade virtualization solution widely used by organizations and in-home labs. After Broadcom acquired VMware, users started migrating from VMware ESXi/vSphere to Proxmox VE, an open-source and free virtualization solution. This post covers the Proxmox vs ESXi comparison to help you determine which virtualization solution better meets your needs.

Amazon Web Services (AWS) provides two native options that can be used to back up AWS EC2 instances – AWS EBS Snapshots and Amazon Machine Images (AMIs). This blog post explains the differences between these two approaches to backup and explains when each method is optimal. NAKIVO for AWS EC2 Backup Backup of Amazon EC2 instances to EC2, AWS S3 and onsite. Anti-ransomware options. Fast recovery of instances and application objects. DISCOVER SOLUTION.

Backing up data stored in AWS, such as EC2 instances, is essential to mitigate the risks of data loss events that can occur even in cloud environments. AWS cost optimization is a set of measures to save costs paid for AWS services related to data backup. These measures include preventing unnecessary data storage, optimizing storage and other practices. This blog post explains the nature of AWS pricing when backing up data.

You can choose to deploy the NAKIVO solution on physical Windows and Linux machines, virtual machines as a virtual appliance, NAS devices. The NAKIVO Backup & Replication preconfigured virtual appliances (VA) are available for both VMware vSphere and Nutanix AHV as well as for Amazon EC2 environments (as an AMI).

Virtualization offers several advantages for backup and recovery operations, which are the backbone of data protection, operational continuity, and availability. Most importantly, virtualization makes agentless and image-based, host-level backups possible. These types of backups can capture the full VM, including VM configuration as well as VM data. However, it’s important to protect hosts too, as healthy ESXi hosts are important for VMs to run properly.

You may need to convert a VMware VM into a Hyper-V VM for different reasons. For example, you may have a multi-hypervisor environment, you may need to perform VMware to Hyper-V migration for testing, you want a more rational licensing model for certain software, etc. However, these two virtualization platforms have some key differences despite some similarities. Understanding the VMware to Hyper-V VM conversion process is important for a smooth and successful migration.

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 backup, frequency, source, destination, and many others. Nowadays, it’s no longer enough for backup solutions to simply capture files on a disk given that most organizations use servers to run applications. “Inconsistent” file backups are not adequate for optimal recovery time objectives and recovery point objectives.

If you have ever deployed a VMware VM on VMware ESXi, VMware Workstation, VMware Player, or VMware Fusion, you’ve probably noticed that after installing a guest operating system (OS), you are asked to install VMware Tools. In this blog post, we cover what VMWare Tools is and the VMware Tools installation process on different operating systems including Linux, Windows, macOS, FreeBSD, and Solaris.

Using IT monitoring in an organization’s infrastructure can improve its reliability and help prevent serious issues, failures, and downtimes. There are different approaches to implementing IT monitoring, by either using dedicated tools or native functionality. With either approach, you can view the monitoring data when needed or configure automatic alerts and reports to be notified of important events. This blog post explains how to enhance the IT monitoring strategy by using alarms and reports.