Running Nested ESXi 5.5 on VSAN
With vSphere 5.5 now out, it was time to refresh my lab. I have ESXi 5.5 installed on a DL160 G6, with 1 SSD and 3 SATA drives, so I decided to make a single node VSAN instance. (3…
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November 5, 2013
Upgrading vCSA (vCenter Appliance) from 5.1 to 5.5
VMware has made updating the vCSA (vCenter Server Appliance) very easy - and with the popularity of the vCSA growing daily, its a good thing. First thing is first, we want to update our vCSA 5.1 appliance to the…
October 18, 2013
vSphere 101 – Remove Getting Started tabs
In the old client, removing the "Getting Stated" tabs from each windows was easily accessed from the view menu. Thankfully, the option is also easy to access in the vSphere Web Client. The "Getting Started" are the default tab…
June 27, 2013
vSphere 101 – Updating the vCSA (Virtual Center Server Appliance)
This week on vSphere 101, I am going to walk through the process of updating your vCenter Server Appliance (vCSA). The vCSA is a linux based vCenter appliance, that doesn't require a windows license, and has SSO and the…
June 19, 2013
vCloud Lab – Planning
With the release of vSphere 5.1, comes a new version of vCloud as well. I thought this would be a great chance to put up a vCloud lab at home, and to share the steps for others who want…
May 6, 2013
SSH can’t be disabled on ESXi server
This is something I have come across a couple of times, but yet couldn't find a lot on it when I searched - so I thought I would add to the search results. Randomly, I will get an error…
April 4, 2013
Voting open for the 2013 top VMware and Virtualization blogs!
vSphere-land is at it again, and has started the process for the top virtualization blogs for 2013. This is a great way for community members to vote about resources they have found helpful. From vSphere-land's site: "There are over…
February 20, 2013