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Automation
Install GitLab Ubuntu 18.04 and UTF-8 Error
One of the projects that I have been wanting to accomplish in the home lab was getting my own local Git server in the environment. I have wanted for some time to get a GitLab server stood up in the…
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vRealize Suite
vRealize Automation 8 Install and Configuration
VMware is doing great work to consolidate many of the new cloud-centric technologies and solutions with the on-premises versions and bringing these features and interfaces to a unified stance. The new vRealize Automation 8 is a great example of this…
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VMware PowerCLI
VMware vSphere PowerCLI 11.0 Released with New Features and Updating
Automation in the VMware vSphere environment is certainly one of the most exciting aspects of VMware vSphere administration and is required to operate environments at scale. Those that are interested or using automation in VMware vSphere environments are no doubt…
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vSphere 6.7
Upgrading to VMware vCenter Server VCSA 6.7
We have covered looking at new aspects of vSAN 6.7 as well as vSphere 6.7 and the process of installing vCenter Server as well as Installing and Upgrading ESXi server. Let’s now take a look at the process to upgrade…
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vSphere 6.7
VMware vSphere ESXi 6.7 New Features Installing and Upgrading
Yesterday held very exciting news for the VMware community with vSphere 6.7 being released as GA. VMware has certainly kept everyone “wanting more” with every release of products and they have certainly been on a roll with captivating their customer…
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vSAN
Install and Configure VMware vSAN Witness Appliance in VMware Workstation
Update 1.30.2018 – Password issues with the vSAN Witness Appliance on legacy VMware Workstation versions One of the really great features starting in VMware vSAN 6.1 was the introduction of the the new 2-node and stretched cluster implementations of vSAN. …
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vSphere 6.5
Install VMware VCSA vCenter Appliance Photon OS Security Patches
As we have detailed on previous posts, VMware is committed to using Photon OS in just about all the appliances that are being deployed with various products now. The new vCenter Server appliance is a case in point to that. …
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vSphere Integrated Containers
Installing VMware vSphere Integrated Containers Part 1
For those used to working with VMware vSphere virtual machines in the enterprise datacenter, VMware makes the same tooling and interface experience available working with Docker containers in vSphere Integrated Containers or VIC. The really cool thing is that vSphere…
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VMware
Update Avago LSI SMIS Provider VMware ESXi
If you are running an Avago/LSI RAID controller card in a VMware host, Avago has an SMIS provider that can be installed on the host that allows you to connect a remote Storage Manager utility to the server and interact…
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Software Defined Storage
Install ScaleIO 2.0 in VMware vSphere 6
In talking about software defined storage, most are familiar with VMware vSAN. However, there is another extremely powerful SDS solution available for free from EMC called StorageIO. StorageIO is free in the context of a lab or development environment. Otherwise…
