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vSphere 7
VMware vSphere 7 Update 3c Released New Features
As you guys recall, there was a bit of a snafu with the release of VMware vSphere ESXi 7 Update 3 with some pretty major bugs that turned up in production environments. VMware decided to pull the ESXi 7 Update…
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Cloud
Intune Lab Setup with AutoPilot in VMware vSphere
There is no question that many organizations today are migrating away from the old way of provisioning desktops using image-based deployments to the much more modern approach of using cloud technologies to provision and configure workstations. Also, managing and enforcing…
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Raspberry Pi
Generac Advanced Wireless in-home Remote Generator Monitor
Monitoring your home automation and devices across the home network is a great way to ensure your devices are functioning correctly. Many have invested in a home generator as standby power for their utility power feeding their homes. Also, if…
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Kubernetes
Rancher Desktop v1.0 Features Installation and Configuration
The world of Kubernetes and especially Kubernetes development is a fascinating one with many different solutions and tools available for running Kubernetes locally on your Workstation. I have written several posts covering various solutions like Minikube and VMware Tanzu Community…
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Backup Software
NAKIVO Backup – Synology NAS Installation Configuration and Features
There is no shortage of cybersecurity threats. New risks seem to be uncovered daily/weekly and keep organizations struggling to keep up with patching the security vulnerabilities. Take Log4j for example. Businesses are still struggling to find all vulnerable applications in…
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Proxmox
Proxmox iSCSI target to Synology NAS
Not long ago, I wrote a quick blog post detailing how to install Proxmox inside a VMware virtual machine. However, to really play around with the hypervisor, it is great to have storage to work with. I could’ve added a…
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Tools and Utilities
Rufus Alternative for Linux and Windows installing ISOs – Ventoy
Most of you are familiar with the Rufus utility that is a great way to “burn” an ISO to a USB key for installing various OS’es. It works great, and it serves the purpose very well. However, I want to…
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VMware
iSCSI Synology VMware Configuration step-by-step
One of the lab additions made in the past couple of weeks is a new Synology DS1621xs+ 6-bay NAS device. I have been wanting to add a NAS device for quite some time and decided to pull the trigger. The…
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Raspberry Pi
Pihole Local DNS Records synchronized from Active Directory
If you use Pi-hole in your home network, and you should, the local DNS provided by Pi-hole is a great way to house DNS services for your home network. However, do you have a home lab environment running Microsoft Windows…
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Proxmox
Nested Proxmox VMware installation in ESXi
In working with clients and different environments, you will definitely see many different hypervisors used across the landscape of enterprise organizations. While I recommend VMware vSphere for business-critical enterprise workloads to customers, there are use cases where I see other…
