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Upgrade VMware ESXi to 7.0 U3 via command line

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This is a quick VMware ESXi upgrade to ESXi 7.0 U3 via a command-line interface (CLI) that allows you to quickly download and upgrade your ESXi host in case you are NOT using a vCenter server AND your hosts are without internet access. Interesting fact as I was testing other methods, as usual, and one […]

VCP-DCV Explain shares, limits, and reservations (resource management) – Objective 5.1.1

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When you do over-provisioning on ESXi host, on memory, and CPU,  you basically need a tool that makes sure that the VMs get the correct amount of resources. Let’s say we have a VM that needs to get 3500MHZ (Reservation) and make sure that another VM for testing never gets more than 1000MHZ (Limit). The […]

VCP7-DCV – Objective 4.1 – Describe single sign-on (SSO) deployment topology

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VMware vSphere 7 and higher only supports vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) based architecture where a conversion utility is provided for Windows-based vCenter server and also for external Platform Service Controllers (PSC). Starting vCenter server 7 the deployment topology is fairly simpler than in previous releases as external PSCs are no longer supported. The services provided […]

VCP7-DCV Objective 1.6.1 – Describe Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS)

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VMware vSphere has a Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) allowing automatic VM placement and vMotion. The purpose of DRS is to make VMs “happy” so they run smoother. DRS can be set to automatically move VMs based on its algorithms, or be set to manual and give recommendations for manually moving VMs. This post is part […]

How to prevent Brute force attacks on Windows or Linux servers

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When you have servers exposed to the internet with RDP or SSH, it won’t take long before they’ll be flooded with connection requests. The worst-case scenario is of course the complete flooded servers crawling under hundreds and hundreds of connections attempts launched at the same time, to gain access by using brute force dictionary attacks. […]

StarWind V2V Converter and P2V Migrator As a Hypervisor Switch

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A Switch from one hypervisor to another needs special tools to convert virtual disks and layouts. There is a Free Tool from StarWind called V2V Converter / P2V Migrator. It’s kinda 2-in-1 tool which can do the conversion job, and it can also, if you need, convert some physical machine you might have left non-virtualized. […]

5 Tips How to Secure Your Backups

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In this post we’ll try to give you some simple guidelines and tips tips how to secure your backups, your backup infrastructure with your storage repositories, backup servers etc. Those tips can be applied to existing backup infrastructure or on a new deployment of backup software. We’re slightly biased towards Veeam Backup and Replication software, […]

Upgrade from ESXi 6.7 to 7.0 ESXi Free

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I had this question in the comments on one of the posts on the blog and I thought that many users of ESXi Free version might be interested. In fact, yesterday someone asked on Twitter whether the ESXi 7.0 Free version will be available. I checked and it wasn’t. A 404 page at VMware made […]