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Upgrading ESXi to 7.0 with ESXCLI

Graham
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 ESXi, those are (but not limited to): Check your backup and monitoring support for the target version of ESXi Ensure your...
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Upgrade vCenter Server from 6.7 to 7.0

Graham
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 upgrading your vCenter Server: Pre-upgrade considerations VMware Interoperability Matrix Ensure all your other VMware solutions support the target vCenter...
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Installing VMware vCenter Server (VCSA) 7.0 !

Graham
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 it anyway in my lab, I thought I'd take the screenshots and put them into a quick post. (Afterall,...
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8 Key Changes to vSphere 7.0 – Know before you upgrade

Graham
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 rely on some of these things so I've put together this post to highlight the main things which have been removed...
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COVID-19: Free tools to help

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With COVID-19 affecting our personal and professional lives, many businesses are helping out where they can. Recently there have been a lot of organisations extending trials or offering their software for free in an effort to help us work from home and to keep businesses running. Here are a few...
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vSphere Replication & SRM 8.3 – Major Enhancements!

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vSphere Replication is a great tool to replicate VMs from one vCenter server to another. Furthermore, it's a cost-effective solution for Small and Medium Businesses since it's included in all editions with the exception of the basic Essentials kit bundle. However, vSphere Replication has not been without its time-consuming management...
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Major vMotion Improvements in vSphere 7.0

Graham
vMotion is arguably still one of the most innovative and advanced compute features in the datacenter. For me, vMotion was the reason I pursued a career in infrastructure solutions from an early age - Witnessing a server move from one physical system to another with zero interruption to the VM...
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