Does the server have light-out mgmt? You can upgrade the BIOS via that. That takes care of the host. ESXi updates can be done through a vCenter.

To install Linux Mint on your VMware Workstation, begin by creating a new virtual machine within the software, selecting your ...

Proxmox is perhaps virtualization's best kept secret and the big boys probably want to keep it that way. If you've gone in search of the ultimate hypervisor but keep coming up short, allow me to ...

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Desktop virtualization is hot — ask any IT pundit. But it can also be confusing, because the market contains a variety of server- and client-based technologies for creating virtual desktops. Virtual ...

Today, when people talk about virtualization, more often than not, they are doing so by discussing VMware. But the server virtualization playing field has greatly expanded in the last year, and more ...

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 ...

Says the company could release a client hypervisor better than Citrix's fairly quickly if it wanted to, but customers aren't ready for a bare-metal hypervisor VMware is claiming it doesn’t need to ...