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home lab
Optimize SSD and NVMe Storage for Virtualization in Your Home Lab
When building out your home lab, the storage layer is arguably one of the most important. Choosing the right storage solution is key to having a platform that can run virtual machines and containers effectively.…
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Security
Crypt32.dll Vulnerability Affects Hyper-V and Windows Operating Systems
Update 1.15.2020 – It appears that only Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016/2019 are affected. Also, see my post here…
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Networking
Wireless Bridge for Disaster Recovery DR
One of the cool little home lab projects that I have been working on lately is testing a wireless bridge…
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Skyline
How to Install and Configure VMware Skyline
VMware Skyline is a proactive support solution from VMware that provides machine learning-enabled intelligence to troubleshooting and monitoring your vSphere…
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Skyline
What is VMware Skyline? Is It Free?
We are getting more in the day and age of automated and intent-driven operations and infrastructure. Environments and technology are…
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vSAN
The Stretched Cluster Feature is Not Supported On This Cluster
In the last post covering how to Migrate 2-Node VMware vSAN to 3-node Configuration, I touched on an issue I…
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vSAN
Migrate 2-Node VMware vSAN to 3-node Configuration
One of the upgrades that I have had planned for the home lab environment has been to migrate my 2-node…
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VMware
VMware ESXi Remote Install using SuperMicro IPMI
In working with the home lab recently, I had the need to reload one of my hosts remotely. It was…
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vSphere 6.7
Upgrade vSphere ESXi 6.0 to 6.7 in Three Ways
In the previous post, we took a look at how to Upgrade vSphere 6.0 to 6.7 – vCenter Server VCSA.…
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vSphere 6.7
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…
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vSphere 6
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…
