Virtualization
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PowerCLI change network label for all VMs in a folder
Just a quick blurb and a useful one liner used to change all the Network labels for all virtual machines that existed in a vCenter folder. I had a situation in a lab where I imported numerous server VMs from…
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Altaro VM Backup Install and configuration
Lately, I have been doing a lot of testing with backup software and other POC’s related to DR plans, backups, replications, etc. With that said, I stumbled onto and pulled down a copy of the Altaro VM Backup software to…
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Virtual Extreme EXOS install and configuration
In today’s world of virtual servers and appliances, our network labs and simulations have easily become virtualized as well – case in point GNS3 and Cisco VIRL. Many vendors are supplying virtual appliances to be able to play around and…
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Zerto basic setup and configuration
Zerto is a great product that allows for a DR solution that has extremely low RPO times and ease of not only failover but ALSO failback, which is a sore point in many other DR solutions – how do you…
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Rapid Recovery no longer detects Exchange
I had an issue recently with Rapid Recovery I wanted to detail for you guys in case you run into the same issue. I noticed that Exchange logs were not getting truncated appropriately on the Exchange server. Upon checking Rapid…
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Upgrade firmware Equallogic multiple member group
I put together just a few notes after going through a recent project of an upgrade firmware Equallogic multiple member group. Essentially the process is the same as upgrading a single member, except that you need to pay a bit…
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Install KVM Ubuntu Server VMware Workstation
If you want to play around with KVM virtualization inside of VMware Workstation, this is quick and easy to do with a few steps. Let’s take a look at how to install KVM Ubuntu Server VMware Workstation. The VM used…
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Overlapping Subnets Lab Environment
A while back I wrote up a post about creating an isolated test environment using the same ips and subnets with VMware. This post was written from a layer 2 perspective with users who needed access gaining access to that…
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New HTML5 vSphere Web Client
With the new host UI that is present with vSphere ESXi 6 update 2, it gives us a taste of what the HTML5 web client might look like. But alas, we don’t have to wait! With the new fling available…
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Storage Admin Weekly Checklist
If part of your system administration tasks involve managing storage especially for virtualization host targets, there are several things that you should probably be doing on a weekly basis to make sure the environment is healthly. The steps I outline…
