Install Kubernetes in Windows using Tanzu Community Edition
One of the announcements that I was personally excited about coming from VMworld 2021 is the release of Tanzu Community Edition (TCE). You can read my blog post covering Tanzu…
Tag: lab
Windows Server 2019 GA Storage Spaces Direct Non-WSSD Certified Registry Key
For those that are labbing with Windows Server 2019 RTM version Storage Spaces Direct, you may quickly find that if you try to provision a lab version of Storage Spaces…
VMware Hands On Labs Learning Resource
All of us who are virtualization engineers are constantly trying to acquire new skills and polish the skills we already have.ย If you are like me, you are looking for…
Automate Veeam Restores Using PowerShell
One of the powerful things that Veeam offers is the ability to use PowerShell to both backup and restore virtual machines. ย This makes for great ways to automate tasks either…
Create Veeam Isolated Sandbox Virtual Lab
I have written several posts on how to created an Isolated lab environment using the same IP addresses or overlapping subnets. This requires some network trickery to pull off to…
How to flash Avago LSI RAID controller firmware with boot disk
In working on provisioning a new Supermicro lab server that is outfitted with an Avago LSI 9380-4i4e SAS RAID controller, one of the first tasks I wanted to complete was…
Use same domain login for production and lab
Labs are cool right? ย We can use them for many use cases when it comes to testing and proof of concept mock ups. ย If you have been tasked to spin…
Setting up VLANs Cisco SG300-20 Switch
The Cisco SG300-20 Switch is a great home lab switch that features most of the capabilities that ones see and use in the enterprise environment and for a cheap price.…
Setup a Hyper-V Cluster Lab in VMware Workstation
Setting up a Hyper-V cluster lab in VMware Workstation is not too difficult and can easily be accomplished in a couple of hours worth of work to get things configured…
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…