VMware
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Upgrade to vRealize Operations 8.3 with vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager (vRLCM)
With the release of all the new vRealize Suite 8.3 products, I have been working through getting the home lab updated with the latest versions of everything. The first solution I started with is vRealize Operations Manager. To get the…
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vRealize Suite 8.3 Changes Features and Download
In parallel with the news of VMware Cloud Foundation 4.2, VMware has also updated its vRealize Suite with v8.3. The new updates include updates to both the portfolio of on-premises and SaaS solutions for the vRealize Suite. The updates are…
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VMware Cloud Foundation 4.2 New Features with S3 Object Storage support
Back in September, VMware released VMware Cloud Foundation 4.1 with excellent new features. Today, VMware is releasing news of VMware Cloud Foundation 4.2 New Features with S3 Object Storage support. With this release, VMware has extended features and capabilities found…
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VMware Horizon 2012 Released with New Features
As many know, VMware has moved to a differet system for naming new VMware Horizon releases with the not so distant VMware Horizon 2006 release. This was essentially Horizon 8, however the new number scheme is the way of the…
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Ansible Provisioning VMware with vmware_guest Example
Automation is certainly where it’s at these days in provisioning infrastructure. Ansible is one of the most popular automation tools across many different verticals and is extremely versatile. It works well with VMware vSphere as well to provision, configure, and…
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VMware Horizon UAG OKTA RADIUS configuration
When standing up a VMware Horizon production environment, you must think about securing the perimeter for end-users. We all know that passwords are one of the weakest links in your overall cybersecurity scheme. Multi-factor authentication with the very common two-factor…
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VMware vCenter Server 7 Update 1 Advanced Cross vCenter vMotion
By far, one of the coolest flings in existence has been the Cross vCenter Workload Migration Utility. This fling has consistently been extremely popular, showing it resonated with VMware customers. What functionality has the fling provided? As the name suggests,…
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VMware ESXi 7 Update 1 Boot Disk is not Found PSOD
Since upgrading my Supermicro home lab to ESXi 7.0 GA and also ESXi 7 Update 1, I have seen a couple of issues that have plagued my lab environment. One was an issue where the vSAN daemon liveness check failed…
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Backup vCenter Server to Windows File Share
Backing up your VMware vCenter Server is of paramount importance in your VMware vSphere environment. This becomes even more important if you are running vSphere Distributed Switches and other highly vCenter-centric vSphere infrastructure. You want to protect your vCenter Server…
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Check VMware Host Uptime in 3 Ways
It is often handy to know how long your VMware ESXi host has been running, either for troubleshooting purposes, to diagnose stability issues, or to maintain a record of maintenance and other information regarding your VMware ESXi hosts making up…
