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Tag: vSphere 6.5

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

Posted on March 7, 2018January 17, 2019 By virtualex No Comments on VMware Software Manager: The Good…The Bad…The Alternative!
VMware Software Manager: The Good…The Bad…The Alternative!

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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Install PowerShell and VMware PowerCLI on Ubuntu

Posted on March 4, 2018March 31, 2018 By virtualex No Comments on Install PowerShell and VMware PowerCLI on Ubuntu
Install PowerShell and VMware PowerCLI on Ubuntu

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 posts (here and here), I covered how to install those on to a macOS 10.13.x “High Sierra” system and…

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Install PowerShell and VMware PowerCLI on CentOS

Posted on March 4, 2018March 31, 2018 By virtualex 1 Comment on Install PowerShell and VMware PowerCLI on CentOS
Install PowerShell and VMware PowerCLI on CentOS

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 2 Comments on Install PowerShell and VMware PowerCLI on macOS
Install PowerShell and VMware PowerCLI on macOS

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 No Comments on Deploy A Virtual Appliance Using PowerCLI
Deploy A Virtual Appliance Using PowerCLI

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 No Comments on vSphere…Synology…NFS v4.1
vSphere…Synology…NFS v4.1

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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macOS 10.13 High Sierra on ESXi 6.5

Posted on December 31, 2017March 22, 2019 By virtualex 1 Comment on macOS 10.13 High Sierra on ESXi 6.5
macOS 10.13 High Sierra on ESXi 6.5

**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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Upgrading VMware vSphere Data Protection (VDP)

Posted on March 27, 2017 By virtualex No Comments on Upgrading VMware vSphere Data Protection (VDP)
Upgrading VMware vSphere Data Protection (VDP)

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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Home Lab 2017 – Part 1 (Network and Lab Overhaul)

Posted on February 12, 2017February 13, 2017 By virtualex 2 Comments on Home Lab 2017 – Part 1 (Network and Lab Overhaul)
Home Lab 2017 – Part 1 (Network and Lab Overhaul)

For the last 6+ months, I haven’t had much time to dedicate to my home lab and overall home network.  Between holidays, transitioning to a new employer/role, and everyday life getting in the way, I found that I had to put everything on the back burner for a bit…so I inevitably shutdown by home lab….

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