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Guides, fixes and news from my VMware lab. Covers vSphere, VCF, vSAN, NSX and Aria, plus Broadcom licensing changes and my yearly end-of-life rundowns.

2024

Bookmarks for new VMware pages

Over the past week many of the key VMware webpages have relocated over to Broadcom. With the transition from VMware.com to Broadcom.com well underway, I found it challenging to…

vCommunity1 min

VMware vSAN ESA – Book review

In the ever-evolving landscape of virtualization and storage technologies, VMware's vSAN Express Storage Architecture (ESA) emerges as a revolutionary solution, promising a unique…

VMware vSAN2 min

Official VMware Visio Stencils & Icons – Update

For many years it concerned me that there has been no official Visio Stencils, Draw.io or other Icons for the documentation of VMware solutions. There are some unofficial icon…

vCommunity1 min

Free VPN for your lab?

Recently I was looking for a replacement to my old OpenVPN solution. The problem with a traditional VPN such as OpenVPN is that they require a static IP address or some kind of…

VMware2 min

How to setup Snapshot alarms in vSphere

This is a quick post to demonstrate custom alarms in the vSphere client. As far back as I remember, you have been able to customize alarms in vSphere. In every new vSphere release…

vSphere1 min
2023

Renewing your VCSA web certificate automatically

In this article I've provided a script which can be used to replace the default SSL certificate on your VCSA with a new signed certificate by your enterprise certificate…

Code3 min

VMware Explore – US – Top 5 Session Picks

With VMware Explore (US - Las Vegas) starting August 21st, it is time to save your seats to ensure you get to see the breakout sessions you want to be involved in. Depending on…

vCommunity3 min

How to sign your vCenter Server SSL Certificate

A signed SSL certificate for vCenter server is crucial for maintaining confidentiality, integrity, and trust in the management and operation of virtualized environments. An SSL…

vSphere3 min

How to Deploy & Configure VMware vSphere Replication 8.7

Overview # vSphere Replication is included with vCenter Server Standard. It's a useful virtual machine replication tool to replicate virtual machines from within a source vCenter…

vSphere8 min

Upgrade your VMware vCenter Server to 8.0 Update 1

The easiest way to apply a patch to vCenter Server is via the built-in Update planner. This article will go through using Update Planner which is mostly valuable for the built-in…

vSphere3 min