Category Archives: VMWARE

VMware Configurations

How to upgrade vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) 7.x to 8.0

By | December 23, 2022

I have demonstrated in previous blog posts how to deploy VMware vCenter 6.7 and 7.0 both manually and with automation using Ansible. Now that vSphere 8 is GA, I have upgraded my lab to see new features in action and familiarize myself with the new look! I took screenshots along the way to share how it… Read More »

VMware ESXi Host Configuration with PowerCLI – (Security Hardening)

By | September 1, 2022

VMware Explore 2022, formerly VMworld, is back to in person attendance in San Francisco!! While it’s not as crowded as years past, it was great to be in person and connect with customers and friends. My top two goals were to attend everything automation and security related. While walking out of a ‘Ransomware Prevention’ session,… Read More »

VMware ESXi Host Configuration with Ansible – (Security Hardening)

By | March 8, 2022

Ransomware is on everyone’s mind or at least it should be…  Please be aware this is not a prescription to keep you from being hacked, but rather an improvement of your security posture specific to vSphere. Attackers are constantly looking for weaknesses in your IT environment to exploit for malicious purposes. To help minimize a… Read More »

VMware Deprecating boot from USB and SD card

By | November 11, 2021

Over the years, VMware ESXi has allowed installation on multiple boot device types across various hardware platforms (blade chassis and/or rackmount servers). The boot device types included internal hard drives, and best practice was to have redundant drives in RAID 1 which increased the deployment cost. Another option was to boot from SAN, using either… Read More »

Configure Site Recovery Manager 8.3 Appliance

By | December 29, 2020

In my previous blog post, I demonstrated how to deploy VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM). Today I am continuing with the configuration of the SRM Virtual Appliance. After powering on the VM, using the remote console, validate the appliance has booted and has the appropriate IP address. Next, you will need to open a NEW… Read More »

Deploy VMware Site Recovery Manager 8.3

By | December 28, 2020

In a previous post, I demonstrated how to deploy VMware vSphere Replication. Click here ‘How to Deploy vSphere Replication 8.3‘ While VMware vSphere Replication is a great product and can replicate your VMs to another location, the recovery / restoring of your VMs is a manual process. You can imagine how tedious this could be… Read More »

How to Deploy vSphere Replication 8.3

By | November 15, 2020

If you have been following along with me on my “Home Lab Build”, I have deployed two NetApp ONTAP Select (OTS) instances on a pair of Intel NUCs as this is my storage foundation for the remaining buildout. With Production Storage (OTS400) and Disaster (OTS100). I have deployed two instances of VMware vCenter using different… Read More »