VSphere 6.5 on iThinkVirtual™

VMware Software Manager: The Good...The Bad...The Alternative!

Wed, 07 Mar 2018 18:00:51 -0500

In this post, I am going to discuss a little, “not-so-well-known” utility, called VMware Software Manager. This little “beast” was first released as v1.0 back on 2015-03-12, and its most current release, v1.5, came out on 2016-08-25. So as you can see, it’s been quite a while since this tool has seen a new update release. The problem now is that this utility seems to have been forgotten and/or neglected by VMware, but I will get into more of that a little later. Let’s start off with the positive stuff.

Install PowerShell and VMware PowerCLI on Ubuntu

Sun, 04 Mar 2018 20:55:41 -0500

Just a few days ago, PowerShell Core v6.0 was released for Windows, Linux, and macOS systems. Alongside this release came the release of VMware PowerCLI 10.0.0.78953 which is VMware’s own “PowerShell-like” utility.

Install PowerShell and VMware PowerCLI on CentOS

Sun, 04 Mar 2018 18:27:18 -0500

Install PowerShell and VMware PowerCLI on macOS

Sun, 04 Mar 2018 05:57:43 -0500

Deploy A Virtual Appliance Using PowerCLI

Sun, 04 Feb 2018 22:53:08 -0500

Hello all and thank you for visiting my blog! In today’s post, I am going to cover how to deploy a VMware virtual appliance (.ova) using PowerCLI. “Why?” you asked? Well, because scripting and automation via PowerCLI is fun and awesome! Sure, it’s simple enough to deploy an appliance natively within the vSphere Web Client by selecting the .ova that you’d like to import, press a few mouse clicks, enter some info, and off you go! But who wants to do stuff the easy way? It takes the fun away!

vSphere…Synology…NFS v4.1

Mon, 01 Jan 2018 03:39:14 -0500

Welcome, and thanks for visiting my blog!

In this post, I am going to cover how to enable NFS v4.1 on a Synology device and then mount and NFS v4.1 datastore in VMware vSphere 6.5. By default, Synology devices support NFS v4 natively, and although they can also support NFS v4.1, it is not enabled. Well, not to worry because I am going to show you just how to enable the feature on your device.

macOS 10.13 High Sierra on ESXi 6.5

Sun, 31 Dec 2017 21:42:25 -0500

NOTE: This is completely for experimental purposes and is unsupported by both Apple and VMware

Hello all! This is just a quick follow up to my previous guide on running macOS 10.12 Sierra on ESXi 6.x, where I have now successfully updated the VM to macOS 10.13 High Sierra.

Upgrading VMware vSphere Data Protection (VDP)

Mon, 27 Mar 2017 21:20:59 -0400

Having a backup solution is imperative in any IT environment, whether it be Production or a simple Home Lab like I have. There are many different brands and companies that offer backup solutions, such as Veeam or Nakivo, to name a few. But I personally like to stick with the VMware product line so that I can build the necessary skills and knowledge of their software, required to successfully grow and advance my career. My personal choice, and preferred backup solution, is VMware vSphere Data Protection (VDP) since it’s fairly simple to deploy, configure, and manage.

Home Lab 2017 – Part 1 (Network and Lab Overhaul)

Sun, 12 Feb 2017 18:53:49 -0500

For the last 6+ months, I haven’t had much time to dedicate to my home lab and overall home network. Between holidays, transitioning to a new employer/role, and everyday life getting in the way, I found that I had to put everything on the back burner for a bit…so I inevitably shutdown by home lab. Well now I am back and am looking forward to writing up some new material that I have been meaning to do for a while. I will start this by saying this is a continuation of my Home Lab 2016 Series, now being dubbed as “Home Lab 2017“!