vSphere 6

Brandon LeeFebruary 18, 2016
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How to tweak performance ESXi 6.0

We might not think about tweaking of the ESXi hosts themselves for performance. While there are other major areas of performance consideration in a vSphere cluster such as your storage IOPs, memory, and CPU resources, there are a few little…
Brandon LeeFebruary 11, 2016
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Create Linked Clone using PowerCLI ESXi 6

Guys, just wanted to write up a quick post on how to spin up a linked clone in ESXi 6.0 using only PowerCLI, this may come in handy if you are testing in a lab environment or have the need…
Brandon LeeAugust 3, 2015
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vRealize Operations Manager Reset Admin password can’t login

Recently, in working with vRealize Operations Manager, I was prompted to change the admin password while logging into the console. Using the prompts at the console of the vApp, I was able to successfully set the password. However, after that point, access…
Brandon LeeAugust 3, 2015
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Connecting to Virtual Center server is not supported by this client

Lately, I have been trying to get my Windows 10 VM up and running with a lot of the management tools that I use on a daily basis. After loaded the vSphere client from one of my ESXi hosts, I…
Brandon LeeMay 20, 2015
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Change vRealize Operations Manager 6.01 appliance IP Address

Recently in upgrading a production vSphere 5.5 environment to 6.0, I have been working through the individual infrastructure pieces left over to upgrade. I spun up a new vRealize Operations Manager Appliance to take the place of the current vCenter…
Brandon LeeMay 18, 2015
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Install Dell OMSA 8.1 in ESXi 6.0 and add to OME

Recently, after upgrading a Dell Cluster to vSphere 6.0, one of the tasks that I wanted to accomplish was to install the new Open Manage Server Administrator or OMSA in my newly upgraded Dell R620’s and then add those servers…
Brandon LeeMay 15, 2015
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Upgrade ESXi 5.5 Dell Server cluster to ESXi 6 with VUM

In the post today I would like to go through the process to update a Dell ESXi 5.5 cluster to 6.0 using VUM. Updating a Dell Server cluster running ESXi 5.5 to version 6 is really no different that updating…
Brandon LeeMay 9, 2015
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Upgrading Windows vCenter Server and Update Manager 5.5 to 6.0

The upgrade process to get from the Windows version of vCenter Server 5.5 and Update Manager 5.5 to 6.0 is very straightforward. The installer in my case worked flawlessly and had no issues running the install wizard and getting the…
Brandon LeeApril 29, 2015
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Lab Deploy VCSA with Embedded Platform Services Controller

In building my most recent VMware lab inside of VMware workstation, I wanted to deploy the VCSA 6.0 with Embedded Platform Services Controller and step you guys through the process along with a few issues and gotchas along the way.…
Brandon LeeApril 29, 2015
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Lightweight DNS Server for VMware Lab

For those of you who are building and working with your own VMware labs and using either physical home lab hardware or maybe using VMware workstation to setup your nested VMware lab, you most likely will be in need of…