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Appliance (OS) root password is expired – vSphere 6.7

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I had this message on one of my vCenter server appliances when I was going to run an update. I’m running my vCenter server in a linked mode in the lab. The messages says that “Appliance (OS) root password is expired“. In fact, just today I noticed that VMware just released a new update – […]

VMware By vExperts – Spanish VMware Book

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A new community project book (Spanish) might be interesting to download for our Spanish readers. The book has been written by 14 Spanish speaking authors and bloggers. They collaborated together, each for a particular chapter. The book’s name is VMware for vExperts and it’s Spanish VMware Book. VMware by vExperts is an eBook created by […]

How To SlipStream Latest VMware ESXi patches into an Installation ESXi ISO File

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This comes back on a regular basis. Users asking how they can create an installation ISO with the latest VMware patches in it. In this post we’ll walk you through the process, we will learn How To SlipStream Latest VMware ESXi patches into an Installation ESXi ISO File. We have created a guide on this […]

VCP6.7-DCV Objective 4.2 – Create and configure vSphere objects

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This post, VCP6.7-DCV Objective 4.2 – Create and configure vSphere objects, will detail the configuration of vSphere objects (clusters, datacenters….). It is another objective which is a requirement to pass the latest VMware VCP Datacenter Exam called by VMware officially a “VCP-DCV 2019 certification”. As you can see there is a year in the title, […]

USB Network Native Driver for ESXi Released as Fling

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There is a new fling app which will interest many home lab users as this application will be able to add an additional Network adapter via USB port to your ESXi host. USB-based network adapter can also be plugged in and unplugged while ESXi is running (Hot-plug). When you have no free PCI slot in a […]

Top 3 Free Backup Software For VMware and Microsoft and their limitations

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This is a post about today’s popular Free Backup software for VMware and Microsoft. All free products are really free, lifetime, but have their limits, so in this post, we’ll give you an overview for three of them. In the past we have had a post about Top 5 backup software for VMware and the post […]

What is VMware VM Customization Specification and How to use it?

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VMware VM Customization Specification is used for cloning of existing data center VMs or deploying a VM from a template.  Some non-VMware admins might not know this feature if they don’t work a lot with VMware technologies. It’s nobody’s fault, everybody is learning every day in IT. Our blog was created mainly for this purpose […]

How To Create a Stand-Alone Image File device in StarWind VSAN

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Creating Image file device in StarWind VSAN has some options that we’ll discuss today. In this post, you’ll learn How To Create a Stand-Alone Image File device in StarWind VSAN. Image device can be configured with or without cache. The cache is used to speed up the processing of disk requests using a faster intermediate storage […]