Virtualization
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ESXTOP commands: The Ultimate Guide
When your virtual machines or ESXi hosts hit performance snags, it’s key to know how to identify and fix these issues. A really useful tool you can use is ESXTOP. It’s a command line tool that gives live info about…
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vSphere Update Manager: Switch to vSphere Lifecycle Manager
As we transition from vSphere Update Manager to this new model of the vSphere Lifecycle Manager, we need to be up on understanding the capabilities of each is vital. Let’s consider vSphere Update Manager vs vSphere Lifecycle Manager and better…
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XCP-ng Management: Download Xen Orchestra VM
XCP-ng has gained traction as a robust and user-friendly alternative to commercial solutions like VMware ESXi and the Citrix Hypervisor, in both production and the home lab. Teamed up with the Xen Orchestra VM (XOA), it provides a complete VM…
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VMware ESXi installation and setup – First 15 things I do
Setting up a VMware ESXi server is a process that requires a good understanding of the technologies and best practices. I have put together a list of installation and setup steps that I run through when setting up new ESXi…
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KVM Cheat Sheet of virsh commands
Let’s look at a KVM cheat sheet of virsh commands to manage KVM from the command line as a management tool as this is often the best way for automation, etc. Table of contentsInstalling KVMCreating New Virtual MachinesManaging Guest Virtual…
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Change vCenter IP Address – Step-by-step
You may have a need to cdhange your VMware vCenter Server IP address. Maybe you walked into an environment that wasn’t properly segmented and you need to move the VMware environment over. Let’s see how to change the vCenter Server…
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VMware vSphere 8 Update 1 Announced – New Features including OKTA
Not long now after the release of VMware vSphere 8 and great features like the VMware Cloud console, VMware has announced VMware vSphere 8 Update 1 with great new features that span security, automation, storage, and many others. In this…
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VMware Resource Pool vs Cluster Comparison
There are many different constructs as part of the VMware vSphere environment with vCenter Server and ESXi. VMware vSphere provides many excellent capabilities and tools as part of the vSphere cluster resources for critical workloads. Two components in vSphere provide…
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HCIBench – Speedtest for VMware vSAN storage
If you work with VMware vSAN and are looking for a benchmarking tool for your vSAN datastore, the HCIbench tool is the de facto standard for testing out your vSAN storage performance. It uses test VMs to generate load on…
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VMware Multi-cloud Briefing – VMware Aria Graph and Hub
As you may already be aware, VMware is providing quarterly VMware Multi-Cloud briefings that help to bring organizations up to speed with the latest technologies and strategies for taking advantage of all the cloud has to offer. Multi-cloud is the…
