vSphere Replication Part2 – vSphere Replication…

vSphere Replication Part2 – vSphere Replication System and Ports Requirements

vSphere Replication Part2 – vSphere Replication…

vSphere Replication can either be deployed with IPv4 or IPv6 address. Note: Mixing IP addresses, for example having single appliance with both IPv4 and IPv6 address, is not supported. To register p…Read More


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vSphere Replication Part1 – What are the…

vSphere Replication Part1 – What are the vSphere Replication components

vSphere Replication Part1 – What are the…

Now what are all components of vSphere Replication: Fundamentally, vSphere Replication is a handful of virtual appliances that allow the vSphere kernel to identify and replicate changed blocks from…Read More


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VMware VVol Part 6: The mythical Protocol Endpoint

VMware VVol Part 6: The mythical Protocol Endpoint

VMware VVol Part 6: The mythical Protocol Endpoint

Last time we looked at Storage Containers, Capability Profilesand storage policy-based data placement (based on matching of rules). This time I want to delve deeper into the Protocol Endpoint (PE), a mystical object that lots of peoplehavetrouble understanding…… This post is focused on Block storagerather than NFS. To read more about NFS deployment of VVol (It’s been supported since Day 1 release of VVol),read this great post by my Read More … The post VMware VVol Part 6: The mythical…Read More


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vSphere HA deepdive 6.x available for free!

vSphere HA deepdive 6.x available for free!

vSphere HA deepdive 6.x available for free!

Advertise here with BSA I’ve been discussing this over the last 12 months with Frank, and to be honest we are still not sure what is the right thing to do but we decided to take this step anyway. Over the past couple of years we released various updates of the vSphere Clustering Deepdive. Updating the book sometimes was […] ” vSphere HA deepdive 6.x available for free! ” originally appeared on Yellow-Bricks.com . Follow me on twitter – @DuncanYB.


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HTML5 Embedded Host Client, this looks promising

HTML5 Embedded Host Client, this looks promising

HTML5 Embedded Host Client, this looks promising

It’s no secret many people have really disliked the vSphere web client, it’s very sluggish, clunky, and based on flash (flash comes with it’s own security issues). It was rumored and highly hoped that vSphere 6 might be re-written in HTML5, but sadly this didn’t and hasn’t happened yet. While vSphere 6 did improve a […]]> https://miketabor.com/html5-embedded-host-client/feed/ 0 How to upgrade Synology DS1815+ to 16GB RAM https://miketabor.com/how-to-upgrade-synology-ds1815-16gb-ram/…Read More


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Monitoring changes to VMware vSphere Template

Monitoring changes to VMware vSphere Template

Monitoring changes to VMware vSphere Template

Template is a common features used by many VMware Administrators. There are articles such as this on how to manage the version. So I will cover something that I could not find in google, which is how you prove to auditor that your templates have not been modified by unauthorised person. If a template has […] The post Monitoring changes to VMware vSphere Template appeared first on virtual red dot.


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Setting Static MAC addresses on VMs #VMware…

Setting Static MAC addresses on VMs #VMware #vSphere #Networking

Setting Static MAC addresses on VMs #VMware…

We had a couple of VMs that were in a test cluster, that needed static MAC addresses for licensing purposes. Now this can be done in 3 ways. 1. Edit VMX file 2 .Use Thick Client 3. Use Web Client All valid and all work. I tried options 2 and 3. Option 2: Option 3: … Read More →


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Export vcenter roles (privileges) – Powercli.

Export vcenter roles (privileges) – Powercli.

Export vcenter roles (privileges) – Powercli.

Disclaimer: All the steps and scripts shown in my posts are tested on my HomeLab first. Monday, February 15, 2016 Export vcenter roles (privileges) – Powercli. This post I am continuing from another posts, Migration from one vcenter to another. In this post I will be showing how to export roles. and can be imported to another vCenter. This is completely dedicated to exporting roles only, they are exported to specified folder with .role extension. As you can see I have multiple roles created,…Read More


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Disabling vSphere vDS Network Rollback

Disabling vSphere vDS Network Rollback (via vWud.net)

Disabling vSphere vDS Network Rollback

There are certain situations when temporarily disabling network rollback might be a good idea, notice the use of the word temporarily as it’s not something you would want to leave disabled. Let’s say you need to change the VLAN configuration on a network port which is used for vSphere management traffic from an access port…Read More


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Don’t forget the logs

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Don’t forget the logs

A design consideration when using ESXi hosts which do not have local storage or a SD/USB device under 5.2GB is where should I place my scratch location? You may be aware that if you do use Autodeploy, a SD or USB device to boot your hosts then the scratch partition runs on the…Read More


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ESXi host disconnected from vCenter Server &…

ESXi host disconnected from vCenter Server & the ESXi localcli command

ESXi host disconnected from vCenter Server &…

Today i experienced an ESXi host, version 6.0 U1a, being disconnected from vCenterServer. I did try to connect direct to the ESXI host using the ESXi host embedded client, the vSphere Client and SSH without any success. The last attempt was to use the IPMI connection and that screen showed me the following: That is … Continue reading »


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EMC and VMware introduce VxRail, a new…

EMC and VMware introduce VxRail, a new hyper-converged appliance

EMC and VMware introduce VxRail, a new…

Advertise here with BSA As most of you know I’ve been involved in Virtual SAN in some shape or form since the very first release. Reason I was very excited about Virtual SAN is because I felt it would provide anyone the ability to develop a hyper-converged offering. Many VMware partners have already done this, and with the VSAN […] ” EMC and VMware introduce VxRail, a new hyper-converged appliance ” originally appeared on Yellow-Bricks.com . Follow me on twitter – @DuncanYB.


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New vRealize and NSX Training Courses

New vRealize and NSX Training Courses

New vRealize and NSX Training Courses

Last month VMware Education Services released three new courses covering VMware vRealize® Operations Managerâ„¢, VMware vRealize® Automation, and VMware NSX®. VMware vRealize Operations Manager for Operators [V6.0] – Teaches you how to use vRealize Operations Manager as a forensic and predictive tool in the day-to-day operation of a VMware vSphere® environment. VMware vRealize Automation: Install, […] The post New vRealize and NSX Training Courses appeared first on VMware Education and…Read More


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VMware removes the Enterprise edition of vSphere

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VMware removes the Enterprise edition of vSphere

Yesterday (10th February 2016) VMware announced on its blog that it is simplifying its line up by removing the Enterprise edition. Existing Enterprise users can either stay on the Enterprise edition and be supported until official End of Support or they can upgrade to the Enterprise Plus edition at a special promotional 50% off upgrade price….Read More


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VMware vSphere Licensing Simplified

VMware vSphere Licensing Simplified

VMware vSphere Licensing Simplified

VMware vSphere Licensing got simpler after the yesterday’s announces about new VMware VSAN 6.2, VMware Horizon 7 and VMware Workspace One. In case you missed the online announces, you can still read my posts which details pretty much everthing that has been said. In this post we will dive into details about the new VMware […] Read the full post VMware vSphere Licensing Simplified at ESX Virtualization.


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How to limit the number physical CPU sockets in…

How to limit the number physical CPU sockets in ESXi?

How to limit the number physical CPU sockets in…

Last week I received a very strange customer inquiry in which they would like to limit the number of physical CPU sockets seen by ESXi. As you can imagine, my interest was peaked as this is usually not the type of request you hear from customers looking to actively reduce the overall computing power of their underlying hardware, especially if they have […]


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VMware VVol Part 5: Containers & Capability…

VMware VVol Part 5: Containers & Capability Profiles

VMware VVol Part 5: Containers & Capability…

It’s beenwaaaaaaayyyyyyyyy too long since my last VVol post – it was September 2015 ! Much has happened since then inthe world of VVol DISCLAIMER AND GUIDANCE: Just a reminder that thisseries is nota Koolaid exercise about HDSVVol implementation. I try todescribe to you(in some cases) how HDSimplements something and where itmight be different (and maybe good), but in general this is about sharing knowledge for you the reader, to Read More … The post VMware VVol Part 5: Containers &…Read More


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