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
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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
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
Working with Veeam Application Consistency!
Hi all, I have been using Veeam Backup & Replication off and on for a long time. One of the things I have not used often, until lately, was the guest application consistency. I really like it, the way it can do a proper application consistent backup of SQL or Exchange and yet manage the … Continue reading Working with Veeam Application Consistency!
