VMware
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Upgrade vSphere 6.0 to 6.7 – vCenter Server VCSA
We just covered the topic of VMware 6.0 End of Life coming in March 12, 2020. If you are still running VMware vSphere 6 in your environment, now is the time to start thinking about your upgrade to vSphere 6.7.…
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VMware 6.0 End of Life Coming March 12, 2020
It seems like 2020 will be starting out as the year of “end of life” for many software solutions out in the field. Microsoft is cutting ties with Windows Server 2008 and 2008 R2 as well as SQL 2008 with…
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Rebuild Failed vSAN ESXi Host
Just within the last couple of days, I had the USB device that one of my home lab ESXi servers was booting from become corrupt. I had noticed an issue the last time I had attempted to run VMware updates…
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NSX-T vs NSX-V Differences and Similarities
When it comes to network virtualization in the enterprise datacenter, there is no better solution on the market currently than VMware’s NSX network virtualization platform. VMware NSX has certainly changed over the past few years. One of the changes that…
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ESXi vs vSphere vs vCenter
For this post, we are getting back to the basics of VMware and comparing the core essential terms that are associated with a VMware environment. These are ESXi vs vSphere vs vCenter. How do these terms relate? How do each…
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VMware ESXi Free Download Configuration and License
We are certainly in the age of virtualization and the hypervisor is at the core of what makes virtualization possible. Both VMware and Microsoft have hypervisors they allow you to download for free. This allows anyone to get their hands…
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VMware vSphere 7 Release Date
Update – New information below New Post here. It has been officially announced! See the post for the official release date – VMware vSphere 7 Announced New Features and Benefits There is no shortage of rumblings from the community and…
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How to Install VMware vSAN
VMware vSAN is arguably the most popular software-defined storage solution available in the enterprise datacenter today. While Microsoft has made great strides with Storage Spaces Direct, it is still a bit rough around the edges, especially from a management perspective. …
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ESXi 6.7 Free Limitations and Features
One of the great options provide by VMware with the ESXi hypervisor today is the ability to download a free version of ESXi. There are many great things this allows you to do as a customer, an individual, a business,…
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Upgrade to VMware vRealize Operations Manager vROPs 8.0
One of the tasks I have been wanting to get done in the home lab as a test bed for other projects is upgrade to VMware vRealize Operations Manager vROPs 8.0. The vROPs 8.0 release represents the latest and greatest…
