Remove Orphaned VM in VMware vCenter Web Client
Recently, I ran into an issue where I had a VM that was showing as orphaned in vCenter 6.5 web client. The VM was not showing on the host itself…
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VMware ESXi 6.5 Can’t Add Existing iSCSI LUN
In playing around with adding an existing iSCSI LUN to a new VMware ESXi 6.5 host in a lab environment, I ran into a peculiar issue adding the storage to…
VMware ESXi 6.5 4k Drive Support
One of the new features and functionality that is probably getting overlooked with the other great functionality that is out in vSphere 6.5, is VMware ESXi 6.5 4k 512e drive support.…
VMware vSphere 6.5 new features
VMware vSphere 6.5 has been released now and we are beginning to get our heads around the new functionality and features that are contained in this release. There is no…
VMware VCSA 6.5 Appliance Restore
In the last post, we covered the process to backup the new VCSA 6.5 appliance. Let’s now take a look at the VMware VCSA 6.5 appliance restore process from the…
New VMware VCSA 6.5 Appliance Backup
With the new VCSA 6.5 appliance, there is new functionality to backup the VCSA appliance builtin to the VAMI interface. You will notice there is a new “Backup” button over…
Snapshot The features supported by the processors in this machine are different
Recently, I ran into a catch 22 of sorts with a VM that was running a snapshot in a development environment. The VM had a snapshot created for a quick…
Upgrading VMware ESXi 6.0 to 6.5
With the release of vSphere 6.5, most will be thinking about upgrading hosts and vSphere infrastructure to 6.5. Let’s take a look at the process of upgrading VMware ESXi 6.0…
Vembu BDR Suite 3.6 Hands On Review
Recently, Vembu announced the release of version 3.6 of their BDR product. For those not familiar with Vembu BDR Suite, it is an all-in-one universal solution for backing up your VMware…
VMware PowerCLI Instant Clone Lab
Most of you have probably already heard quite some time ago about VMware project Fargo which has now matured into VMware Instant Fork technology that allows rapid deployment via rapid…