Virtualization has become prevalent in all areas of our infrastructure, from the datacenter, to our remote offices. Virtualizing the ROBO (a common term used for remote or branch offices) brings additional challenges to organizations, beyond just the initial deployment. One … Read More
Sometimes we are in a hurry when installing a vSphere environment and forget little things like entering license keys, especially the vCenter license key. Remember, the vCenter license that comes with VMware vSphere, the vCenter Server evaluation license, lasts … Read More
I wrote this quick post to talk about how quick and easy it is to upgrade your VMware vCenter Server Appliance to vSphere 6.7 U3. It took longer for me to write and format this post than it did for … Read More
If you have worked with virtual machines, then you are familiar with the VMware icon that lives in your system tray. That little icon represents something called VMware tools. VMware tools can be downloaded from VMware’s website, or they may … Read More
Anyone who has ever been an administrator or operator of an IT environment can agree, it is no fun digging through logs in the middle of an issue. Even though vSphere 6.5 has a great, searchable log browser for ESXi … Read More
When it comes time to update ESXi hosts, VMware vSphere Update Manager often comes to mind first. You may also here it referred to as VMware VUM, or vCenter 6.7 Update Manager. While vSphere Update Manager, does more than upgrade … Read More