Virtualization
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Add VMware NSX Identity Source Domain
VMware NSX is a powerful tool to not only abstract your virtual networking from the underlying physical infrastructure, but also secure your environment. As we had shown in the previous post, we can easily create firewall rules to restrict access…
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Secure Home Lab DMZ network with VMware NSX firewall
With the recent announcement from VMUG that Advantage subscribers now have access to VMware NSX, it opens up a lot of possibilities for the VMware home lab environments out there. VMware NSX has a ton of network security benefits that…
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Configure FreeNAS 9.10 NFS VMware ESXi 6 datastore
Many choose to use NFS as opposed to iSCSI in their VMware vSphere environments. NFS has a lot of benefits and use cases particularly when we look at the efficiency of NFS. With NFS there is no encapsulation that needs…
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VMUG Advantage EvalExperience adds VMware NSX
We had written a blurb just a little while ago about the hinting of the addition of VMware NSX to VMUG Advantage EvalExperience. This was an exciting rumbling as it has been a highly requested addition that would simply sweeten…
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VMware Horizon View 7.1 Customization operation timed out
I had mentioned this in the previous post about setting up a dedicated workstation pool for Horizon with Linked clones. I wanted to write up a separate post on this issue just to detail a bit more what the error…
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Create Dedicated Linked Clones with VMware Horizon View 7.1
If we do not want to use or do not have the licenses for using Instant Clones in our VMware Horizon View 7.1 environment, we can opt to use Linked Clones. Or, we may choose Linked Clones instead of instant…
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VMware vSAN 6.6 Configuration and new features
With the recent release of the vSphere 6.5d update, VMware vSAN 6.6 is added as part of the update. VMware vSAN 6.6 includes many enhancements to the technology as each iteration brings maturity to the technology. VMware’s vSAN is one…
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Upgrade VMware vCenter VCSA appliance to 6.0 U3b
Even though many may look at their next update/upgrade of VMware VCSA appliance as going to 6.5, some may still choose to remain on the 6.0 level for now until 6.5 gets a bit more maturity, etc. Let’s take a…
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VMUG Advantage EvalExperience NSX package hinted
I was excited to see that a recent update from VMUG I received a couple of days ago hinted at the possibility of VMware NSX being included in a future “package” of the VMUG EvalExperience membership. This is exciting news…
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Create VMware Horizon View 7.1 Desktop Pool
After creating a Windows 10 master VM for Instant Cloning purposes with VMware Horizon View 7.1, we can now create a desktop pool to serve client connections to our VDI environment. In this post, we will take a look at…
