I’m running VSAN in a nested configuration, and I generally shutdown my homelab in the evening each day. I grew tired of doing the manual […]
Making a little nest for your VMs
Nesting VMware ESXi has become easier and easier as the years roll by. In case you don’t know “nesting” is the term used for running […]
CURRENTLY: There is no supported upgrade path from vSphere 6.5 Update 2 to vSphere 6.7
https://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/2018/05/vsphere-6-5-update-2-now-available.html DISCLAIMER: Firstly, and most importantly. This issue likely to effect a tiny proportion of customers. Despite what many think as soon as new version […]
How to Import VMware Fusion VM into VMware vSphere
Executive Summary: There are lot of methods. If at first you don’t succeed give it another go. 2nd Time lucky and all that. I recently […]
VMworld, Booth Babes, Models in the #MeToo Era
Note: Computer Weekly’s article 2010 gave a what is meant to be a tongue-in-check guide to surviving life as booth babe… I’m NOT quite sure […]
What works best Clean Install or Dirty Upgrade?: VMware ESXi Upgrade on HP ML350e Gen8
One of the most common questions I was asked when I was an instructor was “what works best, clean install or an upgrade”. Without fail […]
Flash! Ahhhh! You Killed Everyone Of Us!
One the more pleasing aspects of vSphere 6.7 is the extension of the HTML5 client to cover more functionality. 95% feature parity with the Ye […]
Reading The F****** Manual: Setting Up VMware PowerCLI 10.x
lIf you visit the vmware.com/download website you’d be forgiven for thinking that PowerCLI is now on version 6.5 Release 1 However, you would be wrong […]
New Nested vSphere6.5 and vSphere 6.7 VSAN Cluster OVF
Acknowledgement: I’d like to thank William Lam’s work and his blog VirtualGhetto – to whom this work and blogpost would not have been possible. In […]
Using OVFTool
I’ve been using vSphere 6.5 for a few weeks and noticed a couple of oddness surrounding OVFs and OVAs. For those who maybe unfamiliar OVF/OVA […]