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home lab
12 Essential Steps I Take on Every New Docker Host
I get excited when I am spinning up a new Docker container host as I think about all the new, cool workloads and projects that can be ran on it. Building up your Docker container…
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Software Defined Storage
Add NAS to VMware ESXi with StarWind SAN & NAS Free
Recently StarWind release a totally free SAN and NAS appliance that allows quickly spinning up a storage appliance based on…
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Windows 10
Install Winget 1.0 Windows 10 and upgrade all software
Have you found yourself spending lots of time trying to keep your software on a management workstation up-to-date? If you…
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home lab
Copy VMware Workstation VM to ESXi: Home Lab
When it comes to building your first home lab, there is nothing wrong with starting out with VMware Workstation. Realistically,…
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VMware Tools
ESXi VMware Tools Update Guide
VMware tools provide a tightly integrated and fluid experience between the guest virtual machines and the VMware ESXi host. With…
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VMware
How to Manage VMware Snapshots: A Guide
They can be one of the best features in a VMware vSphere environment, or perhaps the worst, depending on how…
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Windows 10
OpenSSH Server Windows 10 Install with Public Key authentication
Remote connectivity to your Windows Servers is a prime capability that is required by administrators to be able to control,…
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Software Defined Storage
StarWind VSAN ZFS and Linux VSA
There is no question that software-defined storage (SDS) is the way of the future. Traditional storage is not well-suited for…
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Automation
Find Guest OS Type ID using PowerCLI
Have you needed to find the Guest OS type IDs that are used in Terraform or other automation in provisioning…
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VMware
See which VMs were powered on before ESXi host went down
Have you been in a situation before where you had a standalone host go down, maybe a lab host, and…
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Windows
Backup DNS Windows Server 2016 2019 and 2022
DNS or Domain Naming System is the heart of everything we do, on the LAN, and on the Internet. It…
