If the message was not clear enough, it is time to move away from the full install of ESX (aka ESX classic). VMware's ESXi hypervisor -- also called the vSphere Hypervisor -- is here to stay. The ...

Organizations using older versions of VMWare ESXi hypervisors are learning a hard lesson about staying up-to-date with vulnerability patching, as a global ransomware attack on what VMware has deemed ...

With the ESXi stick inserted, boot virtualization host. Make sure BIOS can boot from the USB device. This is the screen that will appear with a successful boot. Press <F2> to enter management screens.

Originally unveiled just prior to the start of VMworld 2009 back in August, VMware’s Web-based ESXi 4.0 management tool, VMware Go, has finally been released. Users can now sign up for the service at ...

After a decade of expanding the various capacities of its server virtualization hypervisor, ESXi, and the virtual machines that run on it, you might think that VMware was pretty much done with ...

The best way to learn about virtualization is with your own lab. When most people think of a lab, they picture a closet housing a group of servers that cost several thousand dollars. While there are ...

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 ...

This excerpt is from the book, Practical Virtualization Solutions: Virtualization from the Trenches published by Prentice Hall Professional, Oct. 2009, ISBN ...

The Hive ransomware operation has converted their VMware ESXi Linux encryptor to the Rust programming language and added new features to make it harder for security researchers to snoop on victim's ...