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14 guides on management tools, covering backup strategy, recovery planning, and data protection for production and homelab infrastructure.

XCP-ng VM Backup and Disaster Recovery (Xen Orchestra)

The supported way to back up XCP-ng virtual machines is Xen Orchestra, the management tool from the same vendor, Vates. Its backup jobs...

Create a XenServer VM Directly or From a Snapshot

There are two main ways to create a virtual machine in XenServer: build a new VM from scratch, or generate one from an existing snapshot....

Managing XenServer and XCP-ng With Xen Orchestra

Xen Orchestra is a web-based management platform for XenServer and XCP-ng environments. Rather than working from the command line or a...

What Is XenCenter and How to Use It to Manage Citrix Hypervisor

XenCenter is the graphical management console for Citrix Hypervisor environments. The hypervisor runs directly on physical hosts, while...

What is SCVMM and how is it used to manage Hyper-V?

System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) is a central management platform for large Hyper-V environments. It is part of Microsoft...

What Is vSphere Lifecycle Manager and How Does It Upgrade ESXi Hosts?

vSphere Lifecycle Manager (vLCM) is a lifecycle management service built into vCenter Server that simplifies patching, upgrading and...

What a VMware vSwitch is and how it works in vSphere networking

A VMware vSwitch is a virtual switch that runs in software inside an ESXi host. It lets virtual machines talk to each other and connects...

What Is the VMX File in VMware and How Is It Used?

The VMX file is the main configuration file of a virtual machine in VMware environments. It sits in the VM's folder on the datastore and...

How to Grow a VMware VM Disk and Extend Its Partition

Increasing a VMware virtual machine's disk size takes two steps: expanding the virtual disk at the hypervisor level, then extending the...

How to Set Up Automatic Failover with VMware High Availability

Automatic failover in VMware environments is usually done with vSphere High Availability (HA). HA monitors the hosts and virtual machines...

Proxmox vs VMware ESXi: Main Differences and How to Choose

Proxmox Virtual Environment and VMware ESXi are both capable virtualization platforms, but they differ considerably in architecture,...

Managing vCenter Snapshots Without Hurting VM Performance

A snapshot in vCenter captures the complete state of a virtual machine at a point in time, including disk, memory, and configuration...

How Enterprises Can Integrate Cloud-Native Backup with Data Platforms

Enterprises can integrate cloud-native backup with enterprise data platforms by pairing application-aware backup tools with scalable data...

So sichern Sie VMware Virtual Machines: 3 Methoden und Best Practices

Beim Sichern von VMware Virtual Machines legen Sie Kopien der VMs an einem sicheren Ort ab, damit Daten und geschäftskritische Anwendungen...