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VMware
ESXi Auto Deploy add Driver to ESXi ISO Custom Image
One of the things you may find the need for from time to time is customizing an ESXi ISO image to add drivers for detecting storage, network adapters, and other components. This is especially true if you are running a…
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Automation
Packer Build Ubuntu 22.04 for VMware vSphere
Yesterday, Ubuntu released the latest in the line of LTS versions of Ubuntu Server and Workstation. Ubuntu 22.04 is a great release featuring many new features and enhancements to the Ubuntu family of operating systems. If you are like me,…
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System Center
System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2022 VMware ESXi management
Recently, Microsoft released the latest version of System Center, System Center 2022. With the new System Center release, System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2022 (SCVMM) has been released with new features that support the latest version of vSphere. Let’s look…
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Networking
Deploy pfSense VMware step-by-step
One of the things I like to play around with in the home lab is firewalls and various firewall configurations that I work with in production environments. Arguably the most popular open-source firewall solution deployed today is pfSense. The pfSense…
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VMware Cloud Foundation
VMware Cloud Foundation VCF 4.4 Released with New Features
VMware Cloud Foundation provides an all-in-one solution for a complete SDDC stack that can be delivered on-premises and in the cloud. Recently VMware announced the news that VMware Cloud Foundation VCF 4.4 was released with new features. Let’s take a…
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vSphere 7
New vCenter Server 7 Update 3c Pre-Update Check Problematic hosts
The vSphere 7 Update 3c update dropped just a few days ago and undoubtedly you guys have started updating your home lab environments and possibly even your production environments. With the vCenter Server 7 Update 3c release, VMware has introduced…
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Kubernetes
Create Kubernetes Cluster with Rancher and VMware vSphere
How is your Kubernetes journey kicking off in 2022? While Kubernetes is already wildly popular it is feeling more like 2022 and beyond is going to be the year that modernized applications are going to really take off in the…
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home lab
Add a TPM card to VMware vSAN Host
Security is an extremely important part of server technology these days. With the sophistication of malicious attacks, supply chain hacks, and other risks to business-critical data, security contains several layers of protection. Security not only must be applied to software…
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Tanzu
Shut down vSphere with Tanzu
As with all VMware environments with various solutions layered on top of the core vSphere infrastructure, there is an order of operations. This order of operations also applies to shutdown procedure for the SDDC when you are using vSphere with…
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VMware
Best Practices to backup VMware vSphere Virtual Machines
While containers and containerized workloads are certainly gaining momentum with organizations redesigning business-critical applications for the future, the truth is, virtual machines are here to stay for the foreseeable future. Containers and VMs work well together for most critical IT…
