Virtualization
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VMware Tools Vulnerability VMSA-2025-0005: What You Need to Know
In case you didn’t know, VMware released a new VMware security advisory noted in the VMSA-2025-0005 bulletin and notes the flaw: CVE-2025-22230. This allows a user with limited privileges on a guest VM to perform privileged operations which means it…
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Broadcom Locking VMware Updates to Require Download Token for Site ID
Well, more tightening with VMware by Broadcom. Broadcom has announced major changes to the way VIAdmins are getting updates in their environments. Let’s take a look at how Broadcom locking VMware updates and what those changes are and what you…
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VMSA-2025-0004 Critical VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion Vulnerability Patch Now!
In case you haven’t heard as of yet, there is a new critical VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion vulnerability that has been discovered and noted in the VMSA-2025-0004 security bulletin. These are tracked as CVE-2025-22224, CVE-2025-22225, CVE-2025-22226. Let’s look at…
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Platform9 Community Edition Free Download and Install: Migrate from VMware
In case you haven’t heard about Platform9 it is a real contender in the enterprise virtualization space. There have been some pretty large VMware customers that have transitioned over to Platform9 as of recently. Let’s take a look at Platform9…
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Best Hypervisor in 2025: It depends on your pain tolerance
Wow there have been so many changes with virtualization from 2024 into 2025, when looking back at the ground we have covered so far in 2024 and now moving into 2025. When it comes to hypervisors there are so many…
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NVMe Memory Tiering Configuration in VMware: 4x Your RAM!
There have been a lot of new features added recently in the VMware vSphere world, and especially with VMware vSphere 8.0 Update 3. Just when you think that you might find a vSphere alternative or think there is another solution…
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VMware Workstation Pro Now Free for All Users Even Businesses
VMware certainly made news yesterday with the announcement that VMware Workstation Pro is now free for all users even businesses and organizations. If you remember, in May of this year, they made the announcement that VMware Workstation Pro would be…
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Broadcom Bringing back VMware vSphere Standard and Enterprise Plus!
Wow, it has been a wild ride with VMware by Broadcom over the 2024 year with so many sweeping changes in portfolio simplification and licensing changes. However, I don’t have to write about how this has not been taken well…
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VMware vCenter Server VMSA-2024-0019 Critical Vulnerability Patch Released
Well, it seems like the vulnerabilities for vCenter Server and other vSphere components never end. There is a new security advisory that actually helps to continue to close off a vulnerability showcased at a Chinese hacking contest. While VMware released…
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Critical VMware vCenter Server Patch VMSA-2024-0019 – Upgrade Now!
In case you haven’t seen as of yet today, VMware has released a critical patch for VMware vCenter Server, noted in VMSA-2024-0019 for vulnerabilities: CVE-2024-38812, CVE-2024-38813. Let’s look at the vulnerabilities, the severity, any workarounds, and the process to get…
