VMware
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New vCenter Server 7 Update 3c Pre-Update Check Problematic hosts
The vSphere 7 Update 3c update dropped just a few days ago and undoubtedly you guys have started updating your home lab environments and possibly even your production environments. With the vCenter Server 7 Update 3c release, VMware has introduced…
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VMware vSphere 7 Update 3c Released New Features
As you guys recall, there was a bit of a snafu with the release of VMware vSphere ESXi 7 Update 3 with some pretty major bugs that turned up in production environments. VMware decided to pull the ESXi 7 Update…
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iSCSI Synology VMware Configuration step-by-step
One of the lab additions made in the past couple of weeks is a new Synology DS1621xs+ 6-bay NAS device. I have been wanting to add a NAS device for quite some time and decided to pull the trigger. The…
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VMware NSX-T 3.2 Released New Features
There is arguably not another software-defined networking solution that has had the impact of VMware NSX. It has revolutionized the way organizations can carry out network operations in their environments. NSX-t of course is the way forward from NSX-V since…
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Change IP ESXi for vSAN host with VDS
I am doing a bit of network redesign in the home lab (a new post to come on that soon), for better manageability and security practices. With that being said, I had the need to move ESXi management IPs to…
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Upgrade VMware Horizon 7.x Connection Servers to Horizon 8 2111
VMware Horizon 8 2111 is hot off the press from VMware and no doubt organizations are looking at a maintenance window to upgrade their existing Horizon infrastructure to the latest and greatest version. VMware Horizon 8 2111 offers great new…
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VMware Horizon 8 2111 Released New Features
VMware has just introduced VMware Horizon 8 2111. This release is full of new features, capabilities, and functionality between the platform, REST APIs, Horizon Console, Agents, remote experience, Blast protocol updates, Microsoft Teams enhancements, and Horizon Clients. Let’s take a…
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VMware Automation with vROPs Automation Central
There are many basic tasks that most vSphere administrators want to automate to keep a tidy and lean vSphere environment. Automating housekeeping tasks in vSphere or any other infrastructure environment helps ensure these are carried out frequently, consistently, and on…
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vSAN Stretched Cluster Enhancements in vSAN 7.0 Update 3 – Simulating Failure!
One of the really nice enhancements of the newest version of vSAN, found in vSphere 7.0 Update 3, has to do with vSAN stretched clusters. VMware vSAN stretched clusters are a configuration that I have blogged about in previous posts.…
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NUMA Affinity VMware Fling
When it comes down to the nitty-gritty performance details of CPU and memory with a modern hypervisor like VMware vSphere, you no doubt have heard a lot about NUMA, Non-Uniform Memory Access. NUMA is extremely important when you are working…
