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Debian for 3CX on MiniPC and How-to prepare an USB key for Installation

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: November 9, 2022

Debian For 3CX

A while back we have reported on a Debian for 3CX in beta. A stripped down version of Debian Linux which runs a PBX software. Today we wanted to report on another news from 3CX which consists of installing the distro on MiniPC. Yes, it can be a low-cost alternative, to run a PBX software […]

| Filed Under: Featured, Free Stuff, How To Tagged With: Debian for 3CX on MiniPC

WSUS Offline Updater Free Utility

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: December 22, 2016

WSUS Offline Update Free Tool

There is a free utility which is cool and this will be today’s blog post  – WSUS Offline Updater Free Utility. The utility allows offline patching of systems, which does not have an internet connection. Also, you can use WSUS Offline Updater Free utility when for example, you want to download Windows patches to your computer […]

| Filed Under: Free Stuff, How To, Server Virtualization, Windows 10, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2016

VMware VCSA 6.5 Active-Passive Setup – Advanced Configuration

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: December 19, 2016

vCenter 6.5 (VCSA) HA advanced configuration how-to

Last week we have done a little lab test where we have tested the new vCenter Server 6.5 (for VCSA only) called vCenter HA. If you don’t know anything about how it works or what it can do I invite you to check our detailed article on that here – VMware vSphere 6.5 – Native vCenter […]

| Filed Under: Home Lab, How To, Server Virtualization Tagged With: VMware VCSA 6.5 Active-Passive Setup With Advanced Configuration

How to upgrade a ESXi 6.0 to ESXi 6.5 via VMware Update Manager

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: January 16, 2017

How to upgrade a ESXi 6.0 to ESXi 6.5 via VMware Update Manager

There are many ways to upgrade VMware ESXi Hypervisor. Depending on whether the host is part of a cluster or not, managed via vCenter server or standalone host. Also, you might consider different scenario if you have 2-3 hosts to upgrade or if you need to upgrade 25 hosts or more. So it depends on use. […]

| Filed Under: How To, Server Virtualization Tagged With: How to upgrade a ESXi 6.0 to ESXi 6.5 via VMware Update Manager

How to create a USB media with ESXi 6.5 Installation

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: November 30, 2016

How to create ESXi 6.5 installation/Upgrade USB stick

A few days back we learned about How to upgrade our ESXi 6.0 host via ISO or CD-ROM. Not every server today has a CD-ROM drive, so as an alternative, USB flash drive is usually used. But you need to prepare this USB media and create an installation USB stick first. Today we’ll show you […]

| Filed Under: Home Lab, How To, Server Virtualization Tagged With: ESXi 6.5 USB Installer, How to create a USB media with ESXi 6.5 Installation

How to Migrate Windows based vCenter Server 6.0 to vCenter 6.5 (In-Place)

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: July 3, 2019

How to migrate vCenter Server 6.0 to 6.5 Windows (In-place migration)

I have already done a post where I was migrating a Windows based vCenter server 6.0 to VMware VCSA 6.5 here (With video). You could see that during the migration the old vCenter has been automatically shut down after everything was copied to the new VCSA 6.5. Today, we will conduct a test migration (just for fun) […]

| Filed Under: Home Lab, How To, Server Virtualization Tagged With: Migrate Windows based vCenter Server 6.0 to vCenter 6.5

How to Migrate Windows Based vCenter to VCSA 6.5 [Lab]

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: December 28, 2016

vCenter Server Migration Assistant - execute it on your Windows based vCenter

And another lab post today. Today we will migrate our Windows based vCenter server 6.0U2 to VCSA 6.5. VMware worked hard on this one so I’m wondering whether I’ll experience problems or not. It is my main lab vCenter server which historically runs on Windows, but in each major version (5.0, 5.5 and 6.0) I […]

| Filed Under: Home Lab, How To, Server Virtualization Tagged With: How to Migrate Windows Based vCenter to VCSA 6.5

Debian for 3CX – New ISO

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: November 23, 2023

Debian for 3CX

This is new from 3CX. A Debian for 3CX (in Beta for now) allows you to use 3CX on Debian Linux based systems. The ISO was adapted, stripped down to carry just a minimum necessary for 3CX Phone system software. The main advantages of using Debian for 3CX over ‘stock’ Debian is that it automatically installs […]

| Filed Under: How To Tagged With: Debian for 3CX

How to set a static MAC address in VMware Environment?

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: July 20, 2016

MAC Address Manually assigned generates an alarm

Quick tip today on a static MAC address assignement, How to set a static MAC address in VMware Environment? Or rather what to look after when having alarms showing VM MAC conflict. MAC address “Spoofing” if you prefer, is well known…. Sometimes you may need to “mess” with MAC address, and assign a static one, when for […]

| Filed Under: How To, Server Virtualization Tagged With: How to set a static MAC address in VMware Environment

vCenter Server Versions Numbers – How to find?

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: July 15, 2016

vCenter Server Build Number

Here is the thing. You need to check your vCenter server version. How do you proceed? There are many ways to do it. You can view this information through vSphere C# client, vSphere web client or through the CLI, PowerCLI….  But there are also tools which can be used to show both at the same […]

| Filed Under: How To, Server Virtualization Tagged With: vCenter Server Versions Numbers - How to find?

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