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Previously, we looked at PowerCLI – what it is, how to install it, and integrating into Windows Powershell ISE. Now, let’s take a look at basic scripting including connecting, PowerCLI commandlets, as well as looping. NAKIVO for VMware vSphere Backup Complete data protection for VMware vSphere VMs and instant recovery options. Secure backup targets onsite, offsite and in the cloud. Anti-ransomware features. DISCOVER SOLUTION.

Unexpected downtime can disrupt your workflows in an instant. Virtual machines (VMs) power critical workloads, and when one fails, every second counts. The time needed for a full VM recovery depends on multiple factors, such as the size of virtual disks, storage performance, network speed and the recovery method.

When you have more than one ESXi host in your environment, you may need to migrate virtual machines from one host to another. The reason can be rational resource usage or insufficient computing resources on one of the hosts. Learn about the methods available to you to migrate virtual machines in VMware vSphere with and without vCenter.

VMware is a market leader in virtualization solutions, and VMware ESXi is a renowned type 1 hypervisor. Increasingly, individual users and organizations are deploying ESXi servers in their environments to run virtual machines. An ESXi hypervisor is provided as part of VMware vSphere, which, in turn, comes with different licensing options for each edition. Each VMware vSphere edition has its own price, but VMware also provides a free version of ESXi.

Organizations are rapidly adopting cloud platforms to accelerate development, scale operations, and optimize efficiency. VMware’s robust cloud solutions, including VMware Tanzu Platform and VMware vCenter, are among the critical tools that empower teams to build, deploy, and manage workloads with ease. However, this evolution brings new security challenges. Virtual machines, container images, and other cloud assets can become attack vectors if not properly protected.

You can choose to deploy the NAKIVO solution on physical Windows and Linux machines, virtual machines as a virtual appliance, NAS devices. The NAKIVO Backup & Replication preconfigured virtual appliances (VA) are available for both VMware vSphere and Nutanix AHV as well as for Amazon EC2 environments (as an AMI).

The recently disclosed VMware ESXi vulnerabilities pose a serious security risk, enabling attackers to exploit virtualized environments through VM escape, remote code execution (RCE), privilege escalation, and data leakage. With cybercriminals actively targeting these flaws, organizations must act swiftly to secure their infrastructure.

On March 4, 2025, Broadcom, which acquired VMware in 2023, released security updates to fix three actively exploited vulnerabilities in VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion that could result in code execution and information disclosure. CVE-2025-22224 is a critical TOCTOU (Time-of-Check Time-of-Use) race condition vulnerability that leads to an out-of-bounds write, allowing an attacker with administrative privileges on a virtual machine to execute code as the VMX process on the host.