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VMware Software Manager: The Good…The Bad…The Alternative!

Posted on March 7, 2018January 17, 2019 by virtualex

In this post, I am going to discuss a little, “not-so-well-known” utility, called VMware Software Manager.  This little “beast” was first released as v1.0 back on 2015-03-12, and its most current release, v1.5, came out on 2016-08-25.  So as you can see, it’s been quite a while since this tool has seen a new update release. …

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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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Create a Synology VM with XPEnology

Posted on April 30, 2016February 10, 2018 by virtualex

Create a Synology VM with XPEnology   I’m a huge fan of Synology NAS systems, but I must say, they do often put a gaping hole in your wallet.  Well, fortunately the folks over at XPEnology have created an alternative way for us to create your own Synology devices, whether it be deployed on a…

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