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VMware
vSphere Update Manager: Switch to vSphere Lifecycle Manager
Keeping your ESXi hosts and virtual machines updated and in sync is essential for a healthy and secure VMware virtual environment. Traditionally, this task has been handled by the vSphere Update Manager (VUM), a powerful tool that has served us…
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vSphere 7
Use vSphere Lifecycle Manager (vLCM) for ESXi 7.0 Update 2a Upgrade
VMware vSphere 7 Update 2 contains many great enhancements that I have written about here. Since Update 2 was pulled initially due to an error with the upgrade, VMware has released vSphere 7.0 Update 2a that resolves the upgrade error.…
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vSphere 7
VMware vCenter Server 7.0 Update 2 New Features
Today was big news on the VMware front. VMware today released VMware vSphere 7.0 Update 2 to the masses. This new release has improvements across the core VMware vSphere stack, including vCenter Server, ESXi, and VMware vSAN. For this blog…
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vSphere 7
Upgrade to ESXi 7 Update 1 using vSphere Lifecycle Manager VLCM
One of the great new features that was included starting in vSphere 7 is the new vSphere Lifecycle Manager (VLCM) tool. The new tool provides a declarative approach to upgrades and updates in your ESXi environment. With the release of…
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vSphere 7
What is vCenter Server Update Planner in vSphere 7?
VMware vCenter Server 7 includes great new features and functionality that allows vSphere administrators to more effectively do their jobs in managing the vSphere environment. Lifecycle management with vCenter Server is typically a task that has previously been labor intensive…
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vSphere 7
Host cannot download files from VMware vSphere Lifecycle Manager patch store
Well, I had a bit of a mishap in the home lab that, unfortunately, led to the need to restore some data 🙂 I actually had to reload a couple of hosts in the vSAN cluster. I ran into a…
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vSphere 7
Apply New ESXi 7.0 updates with vSphere Lifecycle Manager vLCM
If you are like me you have been waiting for updates to be released for ESXi 7 so you could try out the vSphere Lifecycle Manager vLCM tool to apply those updates to your ESXi 7 vSphere cluster. The new…
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vSphere 7
What is vSphere Lifecycle Manager vLCM?
You may have noticed that one of the major new features with the VMware vSphere 7 release was the vSphere Lifecycle Manager (vLCM). It is a great new tool that provides a new declarative model in keeping your hosts in…
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vSphere 7
Upgrade to ESXi 7 with Commandline using Offline Bundle
For those with a standalone ESXi host such as in a home lab or other scenario, you may not have the liberty of having access to the vSphere Lifecycle Manager in the new vCenter Server VCSA 7 appliance. Additionally, the…
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vSphere 7
Upgrade to ESXi 7 with vSphere Lifecycle Manager
After getting your vCenter Server VCSA appliance upgraded to vSphere 7, you will now be in a position to upgrade your ESXi hosts to ESXi 7. One of the big new changes that is introduced with the VCSA 7 appliance…
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