Virtualization

Let’s look at how to shut down or reboot a frozen virtual machine on a Proxmox host if it doesn’t respond to the Reboot, Stop or Reset commands in the web interface.

By default, Proxmox doesn’t automatically start virtual machines when the server boots. An administrator must manually run all the required virtual machines. However, you can configure the VM to power…

With the release of Proxmox VE 8.4, users gained the ability to create host-level shared directories, allowing direct access host files from virtual machines (similar to shared folders in VMware…

This article explains how to create and configure a Windows virtual machine on a Proxmox VE hypervisor. We will examine the key recommendations and best practices for configuring optimal virtual…

After installing VMware Workstation on a desktop computer running Windows 11/10, you might experience extremely slow performance and unstable operation of the Windows guest operating system in virtual machines. Interestingly,…

In addition to the Windows Server platform, the Hyper-V virtualization platform is also available in the desktop Windows editions. Users can create and run virtual machines using the built-in Hyper-V…

The recently released Proxmox VE 8.2 hypervisor has a built-in wizard for importing virtual machines directly from VMware ESXi hosts. This post explains several scenarios of migrating VMs from VMware…

The RemoteFX vGPU feature can be used in previous versions of Hyper-V (starting with Windows 7/Windows Server 2008 R2) to passthrough a host discrete GPU graphics card to a virtual…

You can configure SSH key-based authentication to log in to VMware ESXi hosts instead of using a username and password pair. This can be useful if you need to remotely…

Let’s look at how to add a standalone host with an ESXi hypervisor to the VMware vCenter Server (vCSA) for centralized management and use in clustered configurations.