virtualization
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Virtualization
VMware ESXi on Intel Core Ultra CPUs: Interesting Observations
Recently, I was able to play around with the Beelink SEi14 mini PC that has some really good specs AND an Intel processor that makes this VMware ESXi friendly. However, I noticed a couple of oddities and interesting things about…
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VMware
New Scheduled Task to Delete Snapshots in vSphere 8.0 Update 3
In case you have not seen as of yet, one of the new features that is a welcomed addition to vSphere 8.0 Update 3 is a new built-in scheduled task feature that gets rid of snapshots on virtual machines. This…
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VMware
Upgrade VMware ESXi 8.0 to Update 3 with vSphere Lifecycle Manager
Following my post on how to upgrade vCenter Server to 8.0 Update 3, I want to show how you can easily upgrade your ESXi hosts to 8.0 Update 3 with vSphere Lifecycle Manager using the image-based approach for updates. This…
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VMware
Upgrade vCenter Server to 8.0 Update 3
I wanted to share with you guys the process to upgrade vCenter Server from 8.0 Update 2 to the newly released Update 3. The process is super easy and can be completed in just a few minutes. Let’s look at…
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VMware
VMware vSAN 8.0 Update 3 New Features and Download
VMware vSAN 8.0 Update 3 is a brand new release found in VMware Cloud Foundation 5.2. It provides many new features as part of the solution. The new features span data protection, flexible architecture and topologies, and management. In this…
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VMware
VMware vSphere 8 Update 3 Released New Features and Download
Today, VMware is announcing the release of VMware vSphere 8.0 Update 3, which will be available today as well. This is a massive release that contains many new features and capabilities in the platform, including embedded vsphere cluster service, reduced…
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Mini PC & Server
Geekom AE7 Mini PC Review as Home Server
Recently, Geekom reached out and wanted to send over a Geekom AE7 with the Ryzen 9 7940HS processor. I have had this one on the bench for a while now and want to give you guys my thoughts and review…
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Mini PC & Server
Does the Minisforum MS-01 support bifurcation with the PCI-e slot?
Unfortunately, it doesn’t look like it does in the BIOS. There is no option to set bifurcation on the slot. It seems there is only the option to enable or disable the slot. Let’s take a look at what was…
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VMware
VMware Monitoring for Free with Telegraf InfluxDB and Grafana
There are a lot of expensive VMware vSphere monitoring tools out there from enterprise vendors that work really well and have a lot of bells and whistles to monitor VMware ESXi hosts, virtual machines, vCenter Server, and vSphere monitoring in…
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Virtualization
oVirt Install with GlusterFS Hyperconverged Single Node – Sort of
I haven’t really given oVirt a shot in the home lab environment to play around with another free and open-source hypervisor. So, I finally got around to installing it in a nested virtual machine installation running in VMware vSphere. I…
