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Upgrading your vSphere environment can be done with the click of a button, thanks to VMware vSphere Update Manager.  However, just because you can doesn’t mean you should!  Rebecca Fitzhugh and I presented a session entitled Upgrading to vSphere 6.5 the VCDX Way at VMworld 2017. While performing the upgrade itself is easy, it is …

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In VMware vSphere, there are an infinite number of ways to accomplish almost anything. Many architects and administrators tend to do things “their” way, from location they install ESXi to, to the way they access a virtual machine in vCenter.  When it comes to making VMware vSphere networking design choices, the same holds true. VMware …

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I must have to admit.  When it was announced the VMware vSphere 6.5 C# client was about to ride into the sunset, I was a bit upset.  Sure, I had been using the vSphere Web Client for some time for vCenter, but I was used to logging into ESXi hosts directly with the C# client, …

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I have been a Mac user since 1999, which means I have also been a VMware Fusion user for quite a long time.  As much as we all may love our Macs, the fact is that even in this day and age, there is sometimes software we need to use that only runs on Windows. …

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One of the most important aspects to designing a vSphere environment is choosing what licensing level you are going to be using.  VMware lists the licensing information for VMware vSphere editions available on their website side by side to help customers draw a comparison.   There are three versions of VMware vSphere: VMware vSphere Standard …

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The time has come once again to update a expired VMware vSphere license.  Personally, I have a bad habit if never bothering to add licenses in a lab environment until they expire.  If we are talking about a production environment, I always make sure licenses are verified during the testing and validation phase of the …

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