After our successful upgrade of our vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) to vCenter 6.0 and ESXi host to ESXi 6.0, we need to install an VMware vSphere update manager 6.0 (VUM) on a Windows. This is the only Windows Server requirements for VMware vSphere 6. (except surely a Domain controller…). The installer needs a Windows VM (or physical system) and also […]
VMware vCenter Server (VCSA 6.0) Sysprep Files – Enable The “Pi Shell”
Few days back vSphere 6.0 was released. There is many questions on how to do this or that. Today’s answer is on a question how to upload a sysprep files into VMware vCenter Server (VCSA 6.0). In the previous release, VCSA 5.5, there was this option through the WAMI interface (through the port 5480). This no […]
Get Nakivo Backup and Replication 5.5 NFR license
I wanted to quickly shared one of my sponsor’s offer for IT pros. It’s a Nakivo who offers free NFR license of their backup and replication product – Nakivo Backup & Replication 5.5, which you can get for your lab. The offer is for current VMUG members, VMware vExperts, VCIs, VCPs, VTSPs, and VSPs. The product […]
Patch ESXi 5.5 to ESXi 6.0 – Lab Time
There is many ways to upgrade or patch ESXi 5.5 to ESXi 6.0. The standalone version of ESXi or one managed by vCenter server can be patched very easy way via CLI and using SSH client like Putty for example. ESXi 5.5 Free version can obviously be upgraded/patched this way as well. The only problem might be […]
VMware ESXi 6 Installation Guide
There is many ways to install ESXi hypervisor. Homelab enthusiasts runs ESXi from USB stick most of the time. Why you might ask? There are several reasons for that. One of them is because it saves one SATA port (in case your motherboard is limited). Another reason is that you can actually go “disk-less” and have only […]
Top Three Lightweight Linux VMs for VMware vSphere Lab environment
For VMware vSphere Lab testing you need testing VM. I’ve gathered Top Three Lightweight Linux Distros which can be used as testing VMs in a VMware lab environment. A testing VM is a VM which is not a filer or other type of VM that provides core network services for your lab environment (DC, DNS, […]
Supermicro Single CPU Board for ESXi Home lab – X10SRH-CLN4F
It’s time to do another home lab build! This time I want to break the RAM barrier for Homelab white box. In the past when I use to build a white boxes at the end I got always stuck not by CPU performance, but RAM limit. With 24Gb, 32Gb or 64Gb RAM respectively. No matter how […]
ESXi Home Lab – Get a quality and comfortable case
One of the mistakes in the past that I’ve done when building ESXi Home Lab was that I wanted to stay cheap as much as I could on choosing an entry level PC case. Or once I took an option to build a NAS in mini PC case. It’s possible, but I remember that the […]
Building Power Efficient ESXi Server – Start with an Efficient Power Supply
When it comes to build a power friendly ESXi host, one of the first things is to think about power supply. Take in mind that the host will be running 7/7 and so power efficiency is parameter to take into account. After all, next upgrade you might be planning for your lab will be 2-3 years […]
Atlantis USX in my lab – Installation and configuration
The Atlantis USX deployment is dead easy. It’s a simple virtual appliance which gets deployed to your host via vSphere client. File > Deploy OVF template is your friend. You’ll chose the obvious network informations and disk types (thin/thick/zeroeagerthick)… That’s the easy part…. but what’s next is not difficult but needs some planning. You’ll need […]
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