Yes, with vSphere 6.5 there are new VMware vSphere 6.5 Configuration Maximums. While it is not really important to have even bigger-than-monster VMs, it is still good to know what’s the biggest file size, what’s the biggest number of VMs that can be managed by single vCenter VMs etc. My post will not list everything […]
VMware VCSA 6.5 Backup and Restore How-To
The new vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) 6.5 has a backup feature. Today’s post is about VMware VCSA 6.5 Backup and Restore How-to. Note that it is an “out-of-the-box” feature which does a file level backup. It’s “built-in” within the appliance itself, and it allows users to backup not only the vCenter Server but also Platform […]
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. […]
What’s new in VMware vSphere 6.5 – Technical PDF
There is a new whitepaper from VMware. It is a technical PDF called What’s new in VMware vSphere 6.5, which covers all new features within vSphere 6.5. The paper has 34 pages. If you follow this website closely you might notice that we have released quite a lot of information about vSphere 6.5 already, but we […]
How to deploy VMware VCSA 6.5 (VMware vCenter Server Appliance)
VMware has done a great job with this new VCSA 6.5 appliance. You have already seen my lab deployment of VCSA 6.5 by using VMware Workstation – just to test the workflow, but today we’ll do another lab post. You’ll watch and learn How to deploy VMware VCSA 6.5 (VMware vCenter Server Appliance). I have also […]
VMware vSphere 6.5 Storage – VMFS 6 with automatic UNMAP to reclaim dead blocks
VMware vSphere 6.5 has also new updated file system VMFS-6. We haven’t talked about it just yet, as there is so much to cover. We have covered so far the vCenter upgrades, ESXi upgrades (via ISO/CD-ROM, but also via VMware Online Depot or Via “Offline Bundle”. Note that you can find all posts about vSphere […]
How to upgrade ESXi 6.0 to ESXi 6.5 via Offline Bundle
During today’s lab post we will do an upgrade from ESXi 6.0 to ESXi 6.5 via CLI and we will be using a zip file called VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) Offline Bundle. At the end of the post, you’ll see a video of the process. If you follow this blog on regular basis you can […]
ESXi Commands List – networking commands [Part 2]
We have learned some good networking and troubleshooting commands in the first part our post – ESXi Commands List – networking commands. Today, we’ll add some more, and those ones will be especially useful for upgrading and patching ESXi when dealing with firmware version and drivers of your pNICs. In fact, there are two one-liners only…. I […]
How to create a USB media with ESXi 6.5 Installation
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 […]
How to Upgrade ESXi 6.0 to 6.5 via CLI [On Line]
This is a follow-up learning post on a post we did recently, where we have upgraded an ESXi host via an ISO image. Today, we’ll learn how to upgrade ESXi 6.0 via Command line interface (CLI). The process of ESXi upgrade has been already documented on this blog, for previous releases (ESXi 5.x > ESXi 6.0), […]
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