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How-to Upgrade ESXi 6.x to 6.7 via vSphere Update Manager (VUM)

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: April 13, 2023

vSphere Update Manager

We previously posted about upgrading VMware ESXi 6.x to 6.7 via ISO image and many readers liked the simple approach it brings. However, in enterprise scenarios, we have to deal with more than a couple of hosts so it would not be very time effective to do that for dozens or hundreds of hosts. VMware […]

| Filed Under: Server Virtualization, Videos Tagged With: Upgrade ESXi 6.x to 6.7 via vSphere Update Manager

How To do a Dry Run of an esxcli Installation or Upgrade on VMware ESXi

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: January 11, 2024

Perform a Dry Run of an esxcli Installation or Upgrade

The upgrade season is here. VMware has released vSphere 6.7 and soon first backup/monitoring products will be compatible. Time to learn some tricks before Installation or upgrade on VMware ESXi. You know that with VMware ESXi hypervisor you can test an upgrade. I mean run the upgrade without actually upgrading, and see the result. It […]

| Filed Under: Server Virtualization, Tips Tagged With: Installation or Upgrade on VMware ESXi

Top 3 Free Tools To Create ESXi 6.7 Installer USB Flash Drive

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: June 10, 2018

Rufus - tool to create a USB Flash Drive to Boot the ESXi

With every release of VMware ESXi hypervisor, we need to update our USB stick which we’ll use to clean installation or upgrade of ESXi hypervisor. Today we’ll show Top 3 Free Tools To Create ESXi 6.7 Installer USB Flash Drive. (Well, after long search, only two…). I’m sure that there are many others as it […]

| Filed Under: Free Stuff, Server Virtualization Tagged With: Free Tools To Create ESXi 6.7 Installer USB Flash Drive

StarWind and Highly Available NFS

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: June 6, 2018

Compared to traditional NFS architecture configured for high availability, the solution is most often costly as the need for additional dedicated hardware is necessary. But there are other ways to do that and today we’ll show you how StarWind and Highly Available NFS share is configured and what’s the benefits. You’ll see that a configuration […]

| Filed Under: Server Virtualization Tagged With: StarWind and Highly Available NFS

What is ESXi Compatibility Checker?

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: June 5, 2018

VMware has a free tool called ESXi Compatibility Checker which can check your hardware if it’s still supported by VMware. ESXi Compatibility Checker is a Free utility (a Fling) which has been released recently. We might see an integration directly to the vCenter server in future releases of vSphere. That would be nice. But for now, […]

| Filed Under: Free Stuff, Server Virtualization Tagged With: ESXi Compatibility Checker

Why Your Presence at VMworld Will Help You in Your Career

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: June 4, 2018

I know that only a small part of IT and VMware administrators can really get to VMworld every year, but when you look at the opportunities, VMworld is the event not to miss. Whether you’re living in US or Europe, you can choose the one closer to your place. Why Your Presence at VMworld Will Help […]

| Filed Under: Server Virtualization, Tips Tagged With: VMworld, Why Your Presence at VMworld Will Help You in Your Career

What is vCenter Embedded Linked Mode in vSphere 6.7?

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: April 26, 2025

vCenter Embedded Linked Mode

Newly released vSphere 6.7 starts slowly make into the minds of IT admins, but as the whole backup software ecosystem isn’t ready, nobody is really upgrading just yet. It is a good time to do POC or test installations. Today, we’ll talk about What is vCenter Embedded Linked Mode in vSphere 6.7. vCenter Embedded Linked Mode is […]

| Filed Under: Server Virtualization, Tips Tagged With: vCenter Embedded Linked Mode

VMware DRS Entitlement Viewer – Free Tool

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: April 26, 2025

DRS Entitlement Viewer

Today we’ll have a look at a new tool, new “fling” as VMware calls it. It’s called VMware DRS Entitlement Viewer. It’s been just released and it allows you to get a hierarchical view of vCenter DRS cluster inventory with entitled CPU and memory resources for each resource pool and VM in the cluster. It installs […]

| Filed Under: Free Stuff, Server Virtualization Tagged With: VMware DRS Entitlement Viewer

What is VMware Per-VM EVC?

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: April 26, 2025

Everyone knows how VMware EVC works on a vSphere cluster (and VMware calls it now Cluster-level EVC). vCenter Server’s CPU compatibility checks compare the CPU features available on the source host, the subset of features that the virtual machine can access, and the features available on the target host. But vSphere 6.7 has brought Per-VM EVC, […]

| Filed Under: Server Virtualization, Tips Tagged With: What is VMware Per-VM EVC

What Is StarWind SMI-S Provider?

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: May 28, 2018

Today’s heterogeneous storage environment within an enterprise tend to be difficult to manage. Each storage array has different management and different tools. Storage Management Initiative Specification (SMI-S) is a standard which was developed by the Storage Network Industry Association (SNIA), which has done this job to make this management easier. Today’s post will talk about What […]

| Filed Under: Server Virtualization, Windows Server 2016 Tagged With: SMI-S Provider, StarWind SMI-S Provider

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