SD Card and USB boot no longer supported in ESXi easy migration to SSD
Recently there have been a few blogs and KB that have caught my attention. VMware has now deprecated SD Card and USB device support as a standalone boot device. The…
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Move a vSphere vSAN ESXi VM to VMware Workstation
So, in the home lab environment, I had a use case come up for moving one of my DevOps VMs from my VMware vSphere vSAN environment to VMware Workstation for…
Upgrade vSphere 6.0 to 6.7 – vCenter Server VCSA
We just covered the topic of VMware 6.0 End of Life coming in March 12, 2020. If you are still running VMware vSphere 6 in your environment, now is the…
VMware 6.0 End of Life Coming March 12, 2020
It seems like 2020 will be starting out as the year of “end of life” for many software solutions out in the field. Microsoft is cutting ties with Windows Server…
Windows Server 2008 R2 End of Life Near
If you run Windows Server 2008 R2 in your environment as well Server 2008 flat, you are in the “5 minutes til midnight” hour of getting a plan together to…
Choosing the Right Office 365 Authentication Option Pros and Cons
One of the very first critical decisions that must be made when deciding to migrate to Office 365, considering which authentication model you want to lead off with is very…
Move VMware vSAN 6.7 Stretched Cluster to Different vCenter Server
In my home lab I have had several projects going on that have been slowly taking place over the past few weeks. One of those projects was getting my “prodution”…
Reinstall VMware Tools in VMware VCSA Appliance
Recently, in working with an upgrade from VCSA 6 appliance to VCSA 6.5, I ran into a particular issue having to do with the VCSA 6 appliance not running VMware…
Managing Disabling Deleting VMware vCenter Server Plugins
In troubleshooting various problems with the vCenter Server appliance or perhaps in upgrading your VCSA 6.0 appliance to 6.5, you may run into issues with plugins installed in vCenter Server.…
Export Nakivo Backup and Replication configuration to another appliance
In looking at backup technologies available for virtual infrastructures today, Nakivo Backup and Replication is a leader and definitely one to watch in 2017 – tons of options and features! One of…