Passthrough USB devices from ESXi to VM
Recently I was asked to look into an issue with passing USB devices from an ESXi host to a Guest Virtual Machine running Windows. When the USB device was plugged into a USB port…
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VM Template Versioning in vSphere 7.0!
Last week's release of vSphere 7.0 contained a bunch of new features, many of which will help us manage our SDDCs more efficiently. One of the top features which I wrote about in…
Skyline vSphere Health in vSphere 7.0!
Skyline advisor has been available for vSphere customers with production support agreements for some time. This is an excellent solution and I highly suggest you deploy the…
Upgrading ESXi to 7.0 with ESXCLI
This post runs through the basics for upgrading ESXi 6.5 or 6.7 to ESXi 7.0. Prerequisite steps There are some important considerations to take into account prior to upgrading…
Upgrade ESXi 6.7 to 7.0 via Lifecycle Manager – Formally Update Manager
With ESXi 7.0 being announced, I have run through the upgrade procedure in my lab and documented it here for anyone interested. There are a few ways you can upgrade ESXi. The…
Upgrade vCenter Server from 6.7 to 7.0
Before you can upgrade your ESXi hosts to ESXi version 7.0, you need you have upgraded you vCenter Server first. There are many other things you will need to check before…
Installing VMware vCenter Server (VCSA) 7.0 !
This post is part of my vSphere 7.0 installation guides. As with ESXi 7.0, there is virtually no difference between installing VCSA 6.7 and 7.0. However, since I was going through…
8 Key Changes to vSphere 7.0 – Know before you upgrade
Today, VMware released vSphere 7.0! When reading through the release notes this morning, I noticed that a few things had changed between earlier releases and version 7. We might…
VMware vSphere – Space Reduction Techniques
It doesn't matter if we run vSphere in a home lab, for an SMB or a large enterprise, costs are always a factor into any data center solution. One of the biggest costs for us is…
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