vmware
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vSphere 6
Change vRealize Operations Manager 6.01 appliance IP Address
Recently in upgrading a production vSphere 5.5 environment to 6.0, I have been working through the individual infrastructure pieces left over to upgrade. I spun up a new vRealize Operations Manager Appliance to take the place of the current vCenter…
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vSphere 6
Upgrade ESXi 5.5 Dell Server cluster to ESXi 6 with VUM
In the post today I would like to go through the process to update a Dell ESXi 5.5 cluster to 6.0 using VUM. Updating a Dell Server cluster running ESXi 5.5 to version 6 is really no different that updating…
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Virtualization
Upgrade VMTurbo to version 5.2
VMTurbo is a great free product out there that is designed to help you monitor your virtual environment free! Recently, they have released version 5.2. The process to update is very easy, but I wanted to show you guys the…
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vSphere 6
Lightweight DNS Server for VMware Lab
For those of you who are building and working with your own VMware labs and using either physical home lab hardware or maybe using VMware workstation to setup your nested VMware lab, you most likely will be in need of…
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vSphere 6
How to update an ESXi 6.0 host from commandline
The process of updating an ESXi 6.0 host from commandline is a very painless operation. Especially if you have a standalone host and don’t have access to VUM for updates, this procedure works well for me to get the latest updates, and…
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vSphere 6
Upgrade VMware PowerCLI 5.8 to 6.0
If you are into automating tasks in your VMware environment, there is no better way to do those tasks than with Powershell and the PowerCLI commandlets. With the release now of VMware vSphere 6.0 family of products, there is a…
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Networking
Good VMware Home Lab Switch
Recently, I was looking to snag a really good VMware home lab switch for a couple of hosts and shared storage to replace an aging run of the mill HP switch I had been using for years. I wanted something that…
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VMware
Installing ESXi 6.0 in VMware workstation 11
So with eager excitement all VMware admins out there have been looking to get their hands on ESXi 6.0. I am no exception to that rule. VMware is a product that continually gets better and better with every release. I…
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Virtualization
Create isolated test environment same ips and subnet with VMware
Recently, I had the need to setup a test/development environment that met the requirements of being able to keep the same IPs, subnet, and machine names as the production environment and still be able to get to these test machines…