Automate the deployment & initial configuration… I love writing automation, especially for deploying a consistent and repeatable environment for testing or learning purposes. I recently deployed the latest…
Attention #vSphere8 customers in the U.S…. Take a look at the @VMware #vSphere 8 STIG Readiness Guide to get pertinent information about technical, standards-based hardening guidance: VMware Social…
My vSphere Metrics book is out! Download now! Thanks for all the feedback, the #vSphere Metrics book, 3rd edition, is finally released. The book remains free, and no,…
certificate-manager in vCenter has no unattended mode. How to script the same steps with certool, vecs-cli and dir-cli, and when vCert is the better tool.
Creating a custom VIB for ESXi 8.x Back in 2012, a VMware Fling was released called VIB Author, which allowed users to create their own custom vSphere Infrastructure…
Preserving VM snapshot hierarchy across vCenter… On occasion, you might find yourself needing to take multi-level VM snapshots for various testing or development purposes, not an uncommon task…
How to Protect Your ESXi and vCenter from… VMware vCenter Server and VMware ESXi are attractive targets for ransomware attacks. In this session, we show you how to…
Get notified when VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF)… While updating and testing my Automated Lab Deployment Script for VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF), I often found myself checking whether the…
SDDC.Lab v6 Released Slow but steady. That’s how I would describe the pace and progress around making SDDC.Lab version 6 the new default and recommended version of the…
CKA Notes – Upgrade a Kubernetes Cluster – 2024… Continuing with my Certified Kubernetes Administrator exam preparations we’re now going to take a look at upgrading a Kubernetes…