Upgrade vCenter from 7 to 8 video
Kader This video is a walk through of upgrading vcenter from 7 to 8, ensure your current vcenter is in a health state and you have backups. I have cutout the…
2022
Best VMware blogs and websites
Favourite blog siteshttps://www.martingustafsson.com – VCF relatedhttps://www.lab2prod.com.au – NSX & VCFhttps://vmusketeers.com – A bit of everythinghttps://www.vmwareopsguide.com – vrops masterhttps://williamlam.com – a bit of everything vsphere corehttps://blog.ukotic.net – Mostly Tanzu Kubernetes https://core.vmware.comtechnical…
Create an ESXi host ISO to use in a VCF environment due to a patch being released “high-level guide”
This blog is a high-level guide to creating an ISO for VCF with a new patch release as a example, So lets just say a new patch has been released…
ESXi local accounts on a VCF environment
The below is a description of the accounts created on an ESXi host when deployed with VCF. root – AdministratorSuper user / Administrator lldpVim-user – ESXi UserNSX user inventory discovery…
Remove NSX-T Edges from a VCF 4.5 environment.
The following blog goes through the process of cleaning up your edges in your VCF environment this has been tested on VCF 4.5 The following items will be removed Download…
Create content library, import items and version control in vCenter 7
Content libraries are containers for VMs to use files like an ISO images or a templates. In this blog I will create a content library, put a windows 10 template…
VMware Convertor 6.3 – setup / physical machine to virtual machine conversion /errors
VMware convertor is used to convert physical machines to virtual machines and can be used as a migration tool. It’s a great light tool once you get past the initial…
VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) PowerShell reports
The great thing about these VCF reports it is all publicly available and can provide a good insight into your VCF environment. The below reports are included -VCF Overview Report-VCF…
Setup / Configure / Migrate using HCX 4.5 across two on-prem environments (part 4 of 4)
Part 4 TEST BULK MIGRATION Login to the hcx manager that has the virtual machine you want to move > Click migration under services > click migrate Select the virtual…
Setup / Configure / Migrate using HCX 4.5 across two on-prem environments (part 3 of 4)
Part 3 CONFIGURE COMPUTE AND NETWORK PROFILES ON DESTINATION SITE (USE NON-BACKED VLAN FOR OVERLAY FROM NSX-T) Login to hcx on the destination site Click interconnect, click compute profiles tab…