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Install PowerShell and VMware PowerCLI on CentOS

Posted on March 4, 2018March 31, 2018 by virtualex

Just a few days ago, PowerShell Core v6.0 was released for Windows, Linux, and macOS systems.  Alongside this release came the release of VMware PowerCLI 10.0.0.78953 which is VMware’s own “PowerShell-like” utility.   In my previous post, I covered how to install those on to a macOS 10.13.x “High Sierra” system.  In this post, I…

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Install PowerShell and VMware PowerCLI on macOS

Posted on March 4, 2018March 31, 2018 by virtualex

Just a few days ago, PowerShell Core v6.0 was released for Windows, Linux, and macOS systems.  Alongside this release came the release of VMware PowerCLI 10.0.0.78953 which is VMware’s own “PowerShell-like” utility.  In this post, I am going to show how to install both on to a macOS system.  Let’s get to it! There are…

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Deploy A Virtual Appliance Using PowerCLI

Posted on February 4, 2018February 10, 2018 by virtualex

Hello all and thank you for visiting my blog!  In today’s post, I am going to cover how to deploy a VMware virtual appliance (.ova) using PowerCLI.  “Why?” you asked?  Well, because scripting and automation via PowerCLI is fun and awesome!  Sure, it’s simple enough to deploy an appliance natively within the vSphere Web Client…

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vSphere…Synology…NFS v4.1

Posted on December 31, 2017February 10, 2018 by virtualex

Welcome, and thanks for visiting my blog! In this post, I am going to cover how to enable NFS v4.1 on a Synology device and then mount and NFS v4.1 datastore in VMware vSphere 6.5.  By default, Synology devices support NFS v4 natively, and although they can also support NFS v4.1, it is not enabled. …

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Homelab Makeover 2.0

Posted on December 31, 2017February 10, 2018 by virtualex

Hello and first off, thank so much for visiting my blog!  If you have followed any part of my “Homelab” series, you will be familiar with the components that make up my home “Datacenter”.  If not, take some time to catch up on those posts! In this post, I am quickly going to cover my lab…

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macOS 10.13 High Sierra on ESXi 6.5

Posted on December 31, 2017March 22, 2019 by virtualex

**NOTE: This is completely for experimental purposes and is unsupported by both Apple and VMware** Hello all!  This is just a quick follow up to my previous guide on running macOS 10.12 Sierra on ESXi 6.x, where I have now successfully updated the VM to macOS 10.13 High Sierra. If you simply try to run…

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Achievement Unlocked! VCP6-DCV!

Posted on December 31, 2017January 1, 2018 by virtualex

This is an extremely long overdue post, but I have had such a busy year that I really haven’t been able to find much time to write and publish material that I have been meaning to get out.  So, as I attempt to get back into the groove, I wanted to publish this quick post…

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Fixing A Corrupt Domain Controller – Stop Code 0x00002e2

Posted on November 12, 2017February 10, 2018 by virtualex

Yesterday morning I discovered that my Synology NAS had an unexpected shutdown in the middle of the night while my homelab VMs/workloads were still running.  This caused both of my Domain Controllers databases to become corrupt resulting in being unable to boot those machines.  When attempting to boot them, they would get stuck in a BSOD…

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Upgrading VMware vSphere Data Protection (VDP)

Posted on March 27, 2017 by virtualex

Having a backup solution is imperative in any IT environment, whether it be Production or a simple Home Lab like I have.  There are many different brands and companies that offer backup solutions, such as Veeam or Nakivo, to name a few.  But I personally like to stick with the VMware product line so that I…

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Deploying OpenVPN on ESXi

Posted on February 12, 2017February 10, 2018 by virtualex

Have you ever wondered to yourself, “What is OpenVPN and what is it used for?”  I know I have!  I currently leverage OpenDNS’s servers in my network, and when I saw that they offer an Open-Source VPN solution, I figured I had to give it a whirl!  While I have used VPN’s before for connecting…

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