Upgrading to vSphere 6.7 Update 2

Hello all, Time to update my lab so I thought, like always, I would share how I do it. I hope it helps someone out there to make it easier for them. Prerequisites Get the release notes - vCenter - https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/6.7/rn/vsphere-vcenter-server-67u2-release-notes.html , ESXi - https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/6.7/rn/vsphere-esxi-67u2-release-notes.html Check the interoperability matrix to make sure my other VMware … Continue reading Upgrading to vSphere 6.7 Update 2 →

Home Lab Information Management

Someone the other day asked on Slack how people manage their home labs. I said I had a system and that I might write about it, or do a VMUG session on it as I quite like it. Then someone said they wanted me to do that, and then I realized today I had an … Continue reading Home Lab Information Management →

vRealize Automation – my first blueprint

So if you are following me along, you have vRA installed, it is configured and connected with vSphere and outstanding we have only - to do our first provision of a VM - which is a blueprint as well and test it out.. So that is what we are going to do here. Install and … Continue reading vRealize Automation – my first blueprint →

vRealize Automation – configuring vSphere endpoint

Hi again, You may have seen my long article on install and configure of vRealize Automation. It was pretty interesting stuff. I am working through this so that I can - eventually - demo how well Veeam Backup & Replication integrates with vRA. But the last article finished with vRA installed, and functional, but now … Continue reading vRealize Automation – configuring vSphere endpoint →

Patches outstanding can slow recovery

I have seen this happen with Veeam Replication, as well as Zerto. Microsoft patches are downloaded, and some of them need to install at boot so that is scheduled. I have seen when Zerto replicated the VM when the patches were not quite finished being configured to install at boot. That impacted the start of … Continue reading Patches outstanding can slow recovery →

Installation and Configuration of vRealize Automation

Background This article will help you get vRA installed, and configured. I am doing this so that I can work with the SovLabs plug-in that connects Veeam Backup & Replication to vRA - I will detail that in another article in the near future. Getting vRA working first is enough work! This article will help … Continue reading Installation and Configuration of vRealize Automation →

Log Insight – AND vs OR

Hi all, Most of you that use Log Insight will already know this, but I forgot, and several people I asked did not know. Including one support guy. So here we go. Whether you are working in central config for agents, or in the Interactive interface this is true. This means AND So for a … Continue reading Log Insight – AND vs OR →