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How to upgrade to VMware vCenter Server VCSA 7.0 Update 2

GrahamMarch 11, 2021March 16, 2021

You may have heard the recent news that VMware has just released vCenter Server (VCSA) 7.0 Update 2, you can read about all the new features here. Easily upgrading your vCenter Server to 7.0 Update 2 The good news is that if you're running vCenter Server 7.0 or 7.0 Update...

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VMware vSphere 7 Update 2 – What’s new? (Hint: Lots!)

GrahamMarch 9, 2021March 11, 2021

vSphere 7.0 was released in 2020, less than a year later we have had vSphere 7 Update 1, and now vSphere 7 Update 2 is coming soon! Get your beverage of choice and snacks ready because this is a big update! So what's in vSphere 7 Update 2? vSphere 7...

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CentOS 8 Stream & VMware vSphere

GrahamJanuary 23, 2021January 23, 2021

Recently. you may have heard about the new CentOS operating system, Centos Stream. There is quite a bit of confusion about this online so I have put this post together to clear up a few things. The history of CentOS CentOS has typically been a very reliable, open-source operating system....

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VCAP-DCV Deploy 2020 – Exam Simulator – FREE

GrahamNovember 11, 2020January 24, 2021

For those taking exam 3V0-21.20 (also known as Advanced Deploy VMware vSphere 6.7) then you'll know that the exam is a real lab that you need to fix issues in or change configuration based on given scenarios. This post runs through how to use version 2 of my VCAP Deploy...

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How To Install ESXi on Raspberry Pi

GrahamOctober 15, 2020

As I discussed in a recent post, VMware has released an "unofficial" fling for ESXi on ARM. Ths good news is that this works on the Raspberry Pi! There are several considerations to take into account when using the Raspberry Pi for ESXi, for a thorough and complete setup guide,...

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ESXi on Raspberry Pi is Finally Here!

GrahamOctober 6, 2020

Last year at VMworld I wrote about ESXi on Arm and Raspberry Pi At the time, it felt like something official was in the works, but no one was giving anything away. While today's release isn't technically officially supported, VMware now has an official Twitter handle and logo for all...

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VMware vSphere 7.0 Update 1 – What’s coming soon?

GrahamSeptember 15, 2020October 6, 2020

VMware vSphere with Tanzu Back in April 2020 and alongside vSphere 7.0, VMware released the Tanzu (Kubernetes) solution suite but it was only available with VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF). The reason for this, I heard was that Tanzu required a consistent Storage, Network and Compute platform to operate successfully. Fortunately,...

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The new vCenter Server 7.0 Update Planner

GrahamAugust 16, 2020August 16, 2020

Before upgrading your vCenter Server or VCSA, it's always time-consuming to work out if other solutions need upgrading prior to the VCSA. Yes, VMware has an excellent Interoperability Matrix but it still takes time to work out which versions of everything are in place and then to load all of...

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Getting Started with SRM 8.3 and vSphere 7.0

GrahamMay 3, 2020May 3, 2020

Site Recovery Manager has come a long way in the last few years. VMware introduced the appliance version in 8.2 to meet the demands of their customer who needed an easy to install, self-contained solution with an easy patching process. Naturally, this also removed another unnecessary Windows Server from each...

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Passthrough USB devices from ESXi to VM

GrahamApril 23, 2020April 28, 2020

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 on a vSphere 6.5 host, the device was available in the vSphere client to add to...

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