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…
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…
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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Here’s a quick pointer to remember when you create virtual switches in a VMware environment that is clustered with multiple hosts. Make sure that the Network Label for each vSwitch…
I want my data back! I recently encountered an unpleasant surprise when attempting to migrate a couple of Amazon Linux AMI instances from AWS. My goal was to download a…
Split brain in ESXi occurs when a member of an ESXi HA cluster is unable to determine their HA Master/Slave role. Basically, the HA Master election process fails. The most…
After deploying a vSphere Replication Appliance it will attempt to obtain a DHCP address. If there’s no DHCP server available to facilitate the request, the following error is displayed: NO…
What are the Technology Mega Trends: There’s a paradigm shift in how technology is used, information is consumed, and how business gets done. We’re at the beginning of a monumental…
At PEI, we work with all sorts of technologies, from IP phones to virtualized infrastructures. Sometimes, during an onsite visit, clients ask us if we can help out on something…
