Hi all…. If you have not already done so, go check out VMworld 2013 Barcelona Keynotes! See the impressive technologies VMware is bringing to market! To view the keynotes click here! Key highlights: vCAC 6.0 – vCenter Cloud Automation Center – Cloud Self-service and Provisioning at its best! NSX – The NEW Virtual Overlay network… Continue reading VMworld 2013 – Barcelona
Hi all….. Remember vSphere 5.5 will go GA today. I have been working at installing vSphere 5.5 in homeLAB….ran into some issue with regard to ESXi 5.5 and Realtek NIC drivers. A quick solution is to install ESXi 5.1, then just do an upgrade to ESXi 5.5. This will preserve your Realtek drivers and all… Continue reading vSphere 5.5 going GA today
Hi everyone…. I am in the process of getting ready for VMware VSAN! So in order to re-build homeLAB I needed to spend some hard earned cash on some SSD’s. So to satisfy the VSAN requirements for homeLAB I bought two additional Sandisk SSD’s (256GB) I also decided to add two oldies I have into… Continue reading Getting ready for VMware VSAN
Hi everyone….
As summer approaches here in sunny South Africa, things tend to heat up. This goes for homeLAB as well. So to keep things cool, working and without any alarms harassing me, I am adding some much needed cooling upgrades to homeLAB.
New thermally controlled fans for each unit by Artic.
Hi everyone…. Quick goto: http://labs.hol.vmware.com/ And get the all new VMware Hands-on-Labs that is available….Learn all the new things that was launched at VMworld 2013! Personal favorites: • HOL-SDC-1302 � vSphere Distributed Switch from A to Z – Enroll in HOL-SDC-1302 • HOL-SDC-1304 � vSphere Performance Optimization – Enroll in HOL-SDC-1304 • HOL-SDC-1305 � Business… Continue reading VMware new Hand-On-Labs available for VMworld 2013
Hi everyone I thought I would share my newly build homeLAB setup with you. I use this environment for testing various VMware software and other tidbits. Let look at the hardware configuration for now: 3x HP ML110 G5 Servers ea: HP Motherboard 8GB Ram Intel E7500 @ 2.93GHz CPU No Hdd’s An Additional 1GB NIC… Continue reading homeLAB
Have Flash? Have VMware? You can get PernixData to accelerate your Block based storage! Now, I have been looking at various technologies trying to find ways to improve the storage performance in my homeLAB! PernixData offers a possible solution that is easy to install, manage and works with Block storage or any storage for that… Continue reading PernixData – Flash based Storage Accelerating
Storage and performance of storage in my lab is always an issue…Thus I have reading and researching technologies which will fix the issue I have. Infinio is such a start-up company offering a downloadable (Software ONLY) solution to accelerate your storage! It works with VMware only currently and NFS storage only…but the technology does seem… Continue reading Infinio – Accelrate your storage
Please find below a link to the Step by Step: vCenter Update Manager installation document. Step_by_Step_VUM
Please find below a link to the Step by Step: vCenter SysLog Server installation document. Step_by_Step_vCenter_Syslog
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