Large migrations are not easy and so far, Microsoft did not have an efficient tool to do so. Admins had to use Robocopy at best in order to retain shares, NTFS permissions, and ownership of files and folders. In this post, we will discuss and details How To Migrate Shares and Files with ease by using […]
How To deploy VMware VCSA 6.7 U1 in VMware Workstation
Hello readers. Today we’ll deploy VMware VCSA 6.7 U1 in VMware Workstation. We have done a similar video for vSphere 6.5 and we had a few questions from readers about accessing the appliance after configuration so we decided to do a new video which details the process. Additionally, we do the deployment in a very […]
How To Test Network Connectivity with netcat utility in VMware environments
One of the testing tools for VMware networking is netcat. We have a post which explains the basics of vmkping command here – How To Test Network Connectivity with a vmkping command in VMware environments. Check it out. Today’s post is called How To Test Network Connectivity with netcat utility in VMware environments and we’ll explore some […]
How To Change E1000 into VMXNET3 without changing a MAC address
You might end up in a situation where you have a VM which you want to change vNIC type, but you want to keep the current MAC address. Today’s post will teach us How To Change E1000 into VMXNET3 without changing a MAC address. This is an easy post which I’m sure everyone knows how to […]
How to Patch vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) – [Guide]
Before you start with the update, make sure to create a backup of your VMware vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) Virtual Machine (VM). The backup is usually done by your backup software, and you can also configure a file-level backup introduced in vSphere 6.5 and further enhanced with a scheduler in vSphere 6.7. The protocols supported […]
What is VMware VM Customization Specification and How to use it?
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 Disable Timeout on your ESXi Host Client – The Easy Way [Tip]
I’m sure that everyone knows about this tip anyway, but…. You know, folks working with other hypervisors or the ones which do not manage VMware ESXi and vSphere on daily basis, do not know about it so they need help. In this post, we will learn How To Disable Timeout on your ESXi Host Client – […]
Chocolatey is a cool package manager for Windows
If you don’t know and use chocolatey, you’re probably missing out. Chocolatey is a cool package manager for Windows. It is built on the NuGet infrastructure and it uses PowerShell. It basically delivers packages from online distributions onto your desktops. Chocolatey packages do everything via encapsulation. It does encapsulate everything that is necessary to manage a particular […]
How-To Create a Training Class Through Ravello Training Platform
Today we’ll have a look at How-To Create a Training Class Through Ravello Training Platform. If you’re a regular reader of our blog you already know that Ravello/Oracle Cloud Platform allows you not only to set up a cloud lab but also to run enterprise cloud applications as their recent upgrade allows you to run […]
Upgrade ESXi 6.x to 6.7 via CLI – Two methods
After yesterday’s upgrade ESXi 6.x to 6.7 via ISO, which is the easiest method, today we’ll explore two other ones of upgrade ESXi 6.x to 6.7 via CLI. One of the methods will use directly the Internet so you’ll need an Internet connection on the host you’ll want to upgrade. The second method will use […]