Virtualization
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Use vSphere Lifecycle Manager (vLCM) for ESXi 7.0 Update 2a Upgrade
VMware vSphere 7 Update 2 contains many great enhancements that I have written about here. Since Update 2 was pulled initially due to an error with the upgrade, VMware has released vSphere 7.0 Update 2a that resolves the upgrade error.…
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VMware ESXi 7.0 Update 2a Released for Download
Well, we have been waiting for a few weeks now for the updated release of ESXi 7.0 Update 2 to drop since the first release of ESXi 7.0 Update 2 was pulled due to an issue with an upgrade that…
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Restart Management Agents ESXi Impact
Many of us have certainly been there in times past. You have a host that is not responding correctly or some other issue that is weirdly affecting a specific ESXi host. You may hit a VMware KB that points you…
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VMware announces VMware Anywhere Workspace
There is no question that work from home initiatives are here to stay in at least some capacity or another for most organizations. Since the beginning of the global pandemic last year, most businesses have pivoted to work from home…
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VMware vSphere 7.0 Update 2 Native Key Provider Configuration
To take advantage of the data encryption features of vSphere, you need to have what is referred to as a key management server (KMS). Before the release of VMware vSphere 7 Update 2, you had to use a third-party solution,…
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RVtools: Free VMware best practices and health analyzer
As your VMware virtual environment grows and expands in terms of hosts, vSphere clusters, and virtual machines just to name a few, the health of your environment can deteriorate if left unchecked for best practices and other health metrics. As…
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Log Disk Exhaustion on VCSA 7 Fix
Keeping a “happy” vCenter Server in your vSphere environment is crucial to having a vSphere environment that operates correctly and smoothly. Space issues are definitely an issue that can cause problems. I wanted to shed light on a problem I…
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New VMware Cloud Universal Announced with Cloud Console and Navigator
Most organizations today are now making use of cloud environments to power their business-critical processes, services, and data. VMware today has announced new cloud offerings that will help to accelerate app modernization through modular multi-cloud services across the board. Today,…
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Force Delete vSAN Datastore from ESXi Host
VMware vSAN provides an incredible technology that allows combining local storage from multiple ESXi hosts to form logical storage for both virtual machines and modern technologies such as containers. With VMware vSAN 7.0 Update 2, VMware has continued to push…
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Find Which VMDK your Windows Server Disk matches
Have you ever been in the situation of needed to extend a Windows Server hard disk in a VMware vSphere VM and was unsure which disk to extend? This is especially the case if you have multiple disks that are…
