VMware NSX Layer 2 Bridge Configuration
I have been playing around a lot with NSX in the home lab lately and decided to revisit the NSX Layer 2 Bridge functionality especially since now much of the…
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Failed to add a vSphere Distributed Switch VMkernel adapter on ESXi Host
In working with a distributed switch configuration applied to a 3-node nested vSAN cluster in the home lab, I had an issue with the initial installation of a particular vSphere…
Create VMware vSphere Distributed Switch VDS for NSX Data Center
In deploying a VMware NSX environment, one of the first things that you will want to do is create vSphere Distributed Switches for the hosts in the environment to use…
Office 2019 vs Office 365 Differences and Installation
There is no doubt that today’s software companies are moving to a “software-as-a-service” model instead of a perpetual licensing model for locally installed software. Microsoft is now delivering their Office…
Connect VMware Horizon 7.7 Connection Server to vCenter Server
As we have already covered, configuring the Horizon Connection Server and the Horizon Composer server (if using Linked Clones) are two of the first essential steps in configuring a VMware…
Upgrading NSX Data Center for vSphere Manager to 6.4.4
Recently, I have been working on the home lab and getting various components upgraded to the latest and greatest. In working on a nested VMware vSphere vSAN 6.7 Update lab…
VMware Horizon 7.7 Composer Server Installation
The VMware Horizon infrastructure is made up of various pieces and moving parts to bring together the Horizon infrastructure. VMware Horizon allows making use of various types of cloning technologies…
VMware Horizon 7.7 Connection Server Installation
Recently, VMware released the latest and greatest in Horizon technology with the release of VMware Horizon 7.7. I decided to get the homelab VDI component of the lab up to…
Create a VMware vSAN 6.7 U1 Nested ESXi Lab
For those who may not be running VMware vSAN in a home lab using physical hosts, or who are running VMware vSAN on physical hosts for “production” but who want…
Radmin Windows 10 Remote Viewing Support and Console Control Utility
There are certainly cases when you need to connect to the console session of a Windows 10 remote workstation. One of which I documented here concerning testing 802.1x authentication. However…