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ESXi Commands List – networking commands [Part 2]

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We have learned some good networking and troubleshooting commands in the first part our post – ESXi Commands List – networking commands. Today, we’ll add some more, and those ones will be especially useful for upgrading and patching ESXi when dealing with firmware version and drivers of your pNICs. In fact, there are two one-liners only…. I […]

How to create a USB media with ESXi 6.5 Installation

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A few days back we learned about How to upgrade our ESXi 6.0 host via ISO or CD-ROM. Not every server today has a CD-ROM drive, so as an alternative, USB flash drive is usually used. But you need to prepare this USB media and create an installation USB stick first. Today we’ll show you […]

How to Upgrade ESXi 6.0 to 6.5 via CLI [On Line]

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This is a follow-up learning post on a post we did recently, where we have upgraded an ESXi host via an ISO image. Today, we’ll learn how to upgrade ESXi 6.0 via Command line interface (CLI). The process of ESXi upgrade has been already documented on this blog, for previous releases (ESXi 5.x > ESXi 6.0), […]

Single Backup Solution for Multiple Backup Requirements – Vembu BDR Suite

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Regular readers of our website did perhaps recently noticed Vembu Backup and DR suite articles. Vembu Technologies is a company which was focusing at the service provider level. They exist since 2004. Vembu has over 60000 clients through 4000 service provider network. I have recently reviewed their  Vembu Backup and DR Suite. Today’s post will […]

How to Migrate Windows based vCenter Server 6.0 to vCenter 6.5 (In-Place)

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I have already done a post where I was migrating a Windows based vCenter server 6.0 to VMware VCSA 6.5 here (With video). You could see that during the migration the old vCenter has been automatically shut down after everything was copied to the new VCSA 6.5. Today, we will conduct a test migration (just for fun) […]

Nakivo Backup Copy – Why would you use it?

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The whole idea of Backup copy jobs is to provide you with an identical copy of backups in case something is wrong with your hardware at your primary site where you store your backups (for fast restore times), or the whole main site is down. So you can have a synced backup at a remote […]

How to Migrate Windows Based vCenter to VCSA 6.5 [Lab]

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And another lab post today. Today we will migrate our Windows based vCenter server 6.0U2 to VCSA 6.5. VMware worked hard on this one so I’m wondering whether I’ll experience problems or not. It is my main lab vCenter server which historically runs on Windows, but in each major version (5.0, 5.5 and 6.0) I […]

How to Install VCSA 6.5 in VMware Workstation [LAB]

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This is lab time -:). Normally you don’t do that on your production deployment. This is a guide on How to install VCSA 6.5 in VMware Workstation and see the different configuration options within the VMware vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) 6.5.  Yes, As you know, we have VMware vSphere 6.5 in GA state (General Availability), […]

Veeam Backup and Replication 9.5 Released – Download Now

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Veeam Backup and replication v 9.5 Released and available for download! Veeam Availability Suite 9.5  is here !!! The 9.5 has been RTM (released to manufacturers) since about 2 weeks, and it means that before the actual release to the general public, service providers have about 2 weeks to upgrade their infrastructures in order to provide Veeam […]