2025 Lab Overhaul: Expanding, Upgrading, and Optimizing
As part of my ongoing efforts to evolve my home lab, the early 2025 overhaul brings a mix of exciting upgrades, optimizations, and migrations. From enhancing game server performance to…
Ootbi v1.6 Released – Security, Management, and Monitoring Updates
Object First has released Ootbi version 1.6 (1.6.63.10886), introducing security enhancements, improved access control, and enhanced monitoring capabilities. This update further strengthens Ootbi as a secure and high-performance backup storage…
Veeam Proxmox Virtual Environment Plugin v12.1.3.197: Enhancements to Non-Root Permissions, SOSAPI Integration, and More
Veeam has released an important update to its Proxmox Virtual Environment Plugin with newly released version 12.1.3.197, bringing significant improvements in non-root user support, SOSAPI integration, and Proxmox networking compatibility.…
2024 Lab Overhaul Part 3: Transforming the Lab with Proxmox, Home Assistant, and More
In this third installment of my lab overhaul series, I’ll cover some of the most significant upgrades and migrations that I’ve implemented to enhance the performance, reliability, and versatility of…
How to Prevent vCLS VMs from Landing on Temporary NFS Datastores (and Why You Should)
vCenter 7.x introduced the concept of vSphere Cluster Services (vCLS) VMs. These small, lightweight VMs ensure critical cluster services like vSphere DRS and vSphere HA continue to run in the…