Category: VMware Administration
April 10, 2018
What Is a VMware DRS Cluster?
A cluster is a group of hosts connected to each other with special software that makes them elements of a single system. At least two hosts (also called nodes) must be connected to create a cluster. W ...
by Michael Bose
August 7, 2017
VMware Snapshots in vSphere How To
VMware vSphere virtual machines provide powerful capabilities that allow today’s workloads to have a very agile, versatile, and efficient environment for software. One of the tantalizingly cool feat ...
by Brandon Lee
July 31, 2017
Back Up a vCenter Server Appliance: How-To
One of the downsides with earlier versions of the vCenter server appliance or VCSA was the lack of a native backup mechanism within the appliance to perform backups of your vCenter data. With VMware v ...
by Brandon Lee
May 24, 2017
VMware Backup Best Practices
Backups are a critical part of our VMware virtual infrastructure. These days with mission-critical 24 hour a day, 7 days a week, the always-on infrastructure behind many web-facing businesses, busines ...
by Brandon Lee
April 17, 2017
Basic PowerCLI Scripting for VMware vSphere
Previously, we looked at PowerCLI – what it is, how to install it, and integrating into Windows Powershell ISE. Now, let’s take a look at basic scripting including connecting, PowerCLI commandlets ...
by Brandon Lee
April 10, 2017
Introduction to VMware vSphere Automation with PowerCLI
PowerCLI is one of the most powerful means to automate the installation, VM provisioning, changes, and really any aspect of VMware vSphere. Anytime we can automate tasks that are performed frequently ...
by Brandon Lee
March 20, 2017
How to Configure a vSAN Cluster
In the previous post, we’ve compared shared storage approaches. Now we’ll take a closer look at how to configure vSAN. Host Requirements At least three hosts contributing local disks. Each host mu ...
March 13, 2017
Comparing Shared Storage Approaches for VMware vCenter Cluster
The common technique for increasing redundancy, high availability, and load efficiency for a vSphere environment is to arrange ESXi hosts into vCenter cluster. One of the most important requirements f ...
March 6, 2017
VMware vSphere Roles and Permissions
The assigning of VMware vSphere permissions in vCenter is tied to the role a user is paired to. A role is a predefined set of privileges. There are default roles that are already created within vCente ...
by Brandon Lee
February 27, 2017
VMware vSphere: Active Directory Integration
In the previous post, we looked at Single Sign On (SSO) and its importance in the vSphere architecture. Also, we looked at the fact that SSO can utilize Microsoft’s Active Directory as an identity s ...
by Brandon Lee