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Three Ways to Downgrade Virtual Machine Hardware Version

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: March 17, 2015

Create New VM with desired virtual hardware and attach existing virtual disk

If you need to downgrade virtual hardware version of your VM there are several choices. I have previously wrote about this possibility and why one would want to do it here and here (for Wkst local VMs only). Basically VMware supports three ways to downgrade virtual machine hardware version. But first let’s go back in time […]

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How to Install VMware VCSA 6.0

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: April 26, 2025

How to deploy VCSA 6.0

VMware VCSA (vCenter Server appliance) is more robust and more scalable. Details in my post which has the details of vCenter server 6.0 (Windows and Linux versions). While deployment of Windows based vCenter server is probbably more usuall in the enterprise, the VCSA isn’t that popular just yet. The reason is certainly the previous limitations […]

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vSphere Client In Different Language [How-to]

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: March 17, 2015

vSphere client in different language

It’s possible to execute the vSphere client in different language. vSphere Windows client (C#) and also vSphere Web client. Without re-installing of course. The steps are fairly simple but I wanted to document for myself, and thought that it might also be usefull for others. The use case for this? I can’t tell for languages […]

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How To Disable Lock Screen in Windows

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: March 17, 2015

You might be working towards your VCP or VCAP exam in your lab and often in the Windows VMs the lock screen is in the middle asking you to CTRL + Del + Enter AND the also to type the domain admin password. In Windows based OSs like Windows Server 2012 or Windows 8 It’s […]

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How to Understand VMware Acceptance Levels for Hosts and VIBs

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: October 8, 2017

VMware Acceptance Levels are two sorts. Acceptance levels for VIBs and acceptance levels for hosts. The VIB acceptance levels can’t be changed but the host’s acceptance levels can. As an example for installing custom VIB in you homelab environment you need to change the host acceptance level otherwise the VIB won’t installs. How to understand VMware […]

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[How-to] Failure Configuring Windows Updates Reverting Changes Windows 8, 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 issue

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: May 2, 2019

Failure configuring windows updates reverting changes Windows 8, 8.1 and Windows Server 2012

You might encounter this error when there is a power loss during the update process. You’ll see this message “Failure configuring windows updates reverting changes” which basically tells you that Windows is undoing the changes (uninstalling patches.. perhaps). Sometimes manual intervention is necessary as the updates fail to install (even after several reboots). The problem […]

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Set Session Timeout to Never Expire in vROPS 6.0

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: March 17, 2015

In the latest version of vROPS ( vRealize Operations Manager) it’s very easy to setup the session timeout to never expire. This wasn’t the case always in vCOPS where you had to manually hack the web.xml file in the UI VM of the vCOPS and change the value there. The vROPS 6.0 you can set […]

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How-to setup Bginfo on Startup for All users and other Bginfo tips

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: March 17, 2015

Bginfo can show different information about the system you’re logged in. Those informations shows on the desktop/server you’re logged in. People usually asks how to setup Bginfo on startup for all users and I’ll show you how. If you’re admin or IT professional or enthusiast you probably know already this free software which is not […]

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Install Free Starwind SAN on Free Hyper-V – Part 2

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: March 17, 2015

In the first part we have done quite a lot, but there is still more steps to come. We basically have those two Hyper-V nodes installed with Starwind Virtual SAN and we created some volumes on each of the node, which will be mirrored by Starwind. Now I’ll show you how to go further, setup the synchronous […]

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How-to update vCenter Operations Manager to the latest release

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: March 17, 2015

VMware has made the upgrade of their products based on Linux VMs, most of the time called Virtual Appliances, very easy. Today I’ll show you How-to update vCenter Operations Manager to the latest release. In fact there is a single file to download with extension PAK. This file is then loaded through the admin UI and […]

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