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vSphere 6
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 2008 and 2008 R2 as well as SQL 2008 with…
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Windows Server 2019
Windows Server 2019 vs 2016 – Which to Choose?
With the introduction of Windows Server 2016 and now 2019, many businesses are looking at upgrading their infrastructure to use the latest versions of Windows Server operating systems. If you are running a legacy version of Microsoft Windows Server like…
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vRealize Suite
Upgrade to VMware vRealize Operations Manager vROPs 8.0
One of the tasks I have been wanting to get done in the home lab as a test bed for other projects is upgrade to VMware vRealize Operations Manager vROPs 8.0. The vROPs 8.0 release represents the latest and greatest…
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Windows 10
Windows 10 1909 Download Released New Features
Well, apparently the wait is over for Windows 10 version 1909 aka 19H2 as it appears it has been released and starting to roll out for those looking to upgrade to the latest and greatest on the slow ring. In…
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vSphere 6.7
vCenter Update Failed Fix and Reset Banner Error
I wanted to post a quick post regarding an error received in the lab environment when updating a vCenter Server appliance that I hadn’t logged into in quite a while. There are already a few posts when ones who have…
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vSphere 6.7
Upgrade to VMware vSphere ESXi 6.7 Update 2 with Command Line
One of the great things about ESXi from a lifecycle management and update perspective is you have multiple ways to do things. As administrators, we want to have options for various scenarios. As posted in the previous post covering the…
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home lab
New Server Network Rack for Home Virtualization Lab Environment
One of the side projects that I have been working on in the past few days has been migrating away from my old style “bread rack” for the home lab over to a proper server/network rack that consolidates everything, is…
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Windows Server 2019
Upgrade Windows Server 2019 Evaluation to Full Version Standard to Datacenter
Recently, I ran into an issue playing around with Storage Spaces Direct where I had inadvertently cloned over a Windows Server 2019 Standard Edition template. Storage Spaces Direct is feature that requires running Windows Server 2019 Datacenter. I had invested…
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vSphere 6.7
VMware vSphere VCSA 6.5 to VCSA 6.7 Postgres Upgrade Error Fix
A couple of days ago in a production environment, I ran into an issue upgrading an existing VCSA 6.5 appliance to a VCSA 6.7 appliance. Stage 1 of the upgrade process with the appliance deployment was going fine, however, with…
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vSphere 6.7
Upgrade Stretched VMware vSAN Cluster to vSphere 6.7 Update 1
In the home lab I am running a Two-Node Streched vSAN cluster using two physical nodes and the ESXi witness node appliance running on a third ESXi host outside of the cluster for differing fault domains for home lab learning,…
