Tag Archives: Virtualization

Is VMware ESXi 8 back for free?

Posted on 2025-04-18 by guenni

[German]A small addendum to the never-ending topic of VMWare by Broadcom, which is constantly unsettling users with changes to their product licenses. A few days ago there was an announcement that VMware ESXi 8 is once again free to download.

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VirtualBox 7.1.8

Posted on 2025-04-17 by guenni

[German]Oracle's developers have released Virtualbox version 7.1.8 on April 15, 2025. This version is a maintenance update for bug fixes.

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VMWare by Broadcom: 72 core licensing claim withdrawn

Posted on 2025-04-11 by guenni

[German]In my view, there is currently some confusion regarding the announcement by VMWare by Broadcom that products such as VMware vSphere Enterprise Plus, VMware vSphere Standard (VVS), VMware vSphere Foundation (VVF) and VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) will in future require … Continue reading →

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Next VMWare by Broadcom license hammer: At least 72 cores required

Posted on 2025-03-30 by guenni

[German]New change for users of VMWare by Broadcom who use products such as VMware vSphere Enterprise Plus, VMware vSphere Standard (VVS), VMware vSphere Foundation (VVF) and VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF). In two weeks, licenses for at least "72 cores per … Continue reading →

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VMware sues Siemens for lack of licenses

Posted on 2025-03-29 by guenni

[German]A dispute between VMware by Broadcom and Siemens AG. The two parties are at loggerheads over licensing. VMware has now sued Siemens for unlicensed products.

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VMware vCenter: Update tokens required as of April 23, 2025

Posted on 2025-03-26 by guenni

[German]Brief information for users and administrators of VMware by Broadcom vCenter installations. It looks like Broadcom is going to throw the next chicane into the ring for VMware vCenter customers. From April 23, 2025, vCenter administrators will probably only be … Continue reading →

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Does the download of Windows VMs for testing still work for you?

Posted on 2025-03-02 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has been offering virtual machines with Windows for developers to test for years. These VMs contain a version of Windows that can run for 90 days. I have now received a note from a reader that the content is … Continue reading →

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Windows 11 24H2: VMware Workstation Pro 17.x extremely slow

Posted on 2025-02-25 by guenni

[German]I have received a user message about problems with virtualization using VMware Workstation Pro 17.x on Windows 11 24H2 clients. One user complains that the guest operating systems run extremely slowly. When VMware Workstation is started as a special administrator, … Continue reading →

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Windows 11 24H2/Server 2025 with huge Hyper-V bug?

Posted on 2025-01-28 by guenni

[German]An administrator recently pointed out a very unpleasant finding to me. The Hyper-V virtualization solution promoted by Microsoft can hardly be used in certain scenarios (on AMD and Intel CPUs) to run multiple virtual machines under Windows 11 24H2 or … Continue reading →

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Proxmox Datacenter Manager alpha version released

Posted on 2024-12-24 by guenni

[German]The Proxmox developers have released an alpha version of the Proxmox Datacenter Manager. The project has been developed entirely in the Rust programming language, from the backend API server to the CLI tools and a completely new front end.

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