Licensing: vSAN is licensed separately from ESXi and vCenter. You must obtain a separate license and decide which tier you need. More info here. For the most part, all you...
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Everyone knows how to move, clone or copy a virtual machine using the vSphere wizard. In this quick example, I am going over a feature that is extremely useful and…
Windows Server 2008 (SP2) & 2008 R2 (SP1) will reach End of Extended Support on 1/14/2020 Microsoft has announced the end of extended support date for Windows Server 2008 (service...
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What is Hyperconvergence? Hyperconvergence combines the hypervisor, storage, and networking into a single appliance that provides high availability for running virtual machines. This architecture brings simplicity, high availability and scalability…
If you, like me, have quickly built a new server or VM using the Evaluation download from Microsoft, you will find that when you get your license key and try…
Starting with vCenter 6.5, there are a couple of new steps required for deployment; here is a brief summary. For this deployment we are using the latest 6.5 VCSA, which…
Working on internal patching, I ran into an issue when attempting to upgrade vCenter 6.0 to 6.5. In the past, migrating from Windows-based vCenter to Linux-based Virtual Center Server Appliance…
Have you reinstalled an ESXi host after carefully documenting its network configuration only to find that your storage, management, and network ports are all mixed up? Here is how to...
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Cannot Complete Login Error Just this week I ran into an interesting issue with a brand new ESXi server deployment. After installing 6.0 on a new host and setting up…
Can you find your way back if you take a wrong turn on the road to disaster? If disaster strikes, recovering from it could cost you thousands of dollars, plus…
