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Upgrade VSAN 6.6 to 6.7 Update 1

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Steps to upgrade VSAN 6.6 to 6.7 Update 1 Upgrade vCenter 6.5 to 6.7 Update 1 Upgrade 3 x ESXi 6.5 U2 Hosts to 6.7 U1 with Update Manager Upgrade VSAN Disks from version 5 to version 7 Upgrade VSAN Disks from version 5 to version 7 Download the latest ESXi 6.7 Update 1 ISO … Read more

Nested VMware VSAN in vSphere 6.5

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Steps to prepare a Nested VMware VSAN in vSphere 6.5 Host in my lab Prepare the following components in a single ESXi 6.7 host with full SSD HDD installed 1 x vCenter Appliance 6.5 3 x vSphere ESXi 6.5 U2 Hosts with 2 x vCPU (Expose hardware assisted virtualization to the guest OS) 6GB RAM … Read more

Deploy VCSA 6.5 with CLI

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Steps to deploy VCSA 6.5 with CLI Download the vCenter Appliance 6.5 ISO file and extract it All the template to install, upgrade & migrate are in D:\vcsa-cli-installer\templates\ and we are going to modify the D:\vcsa-cli-installer\templates\install\embedded_vCSA_on_ESXi.json file to install the VCSA 6.5 in a single ESXi 6.5 host in this lab Modify the parameters according … Read more

Migrate VMware vSphere 5.5 / 6.0 to 6.5U2 with CLI

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Steps to migrate VMware vSphere 5.5 / 6.0 to 6.5U2 with CLI A. Upgrade the vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) 6.0 to 6.6U2d It will provision a new VCSA 6.5 which is now running on PhotonOS during the migration and export / import all data from existing VCSA 6.0 to 6.5 automatically Prepare a VcsaUpgrade.json file … Read more

Install PowerShell Core with PowerCLI on ubuntu 18.04

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Steps to install PowerShell Core with PowerCLI on ubuntu 18.04 Switch to root and install PowerShell Core #Switch to root su – # Download the Microsoft repository GPG keys wget -q https://packages.microsoft.com/config/ubuntu/18.04/packages-microsoft-prod.deb # Register the Microsoft repository GPG keys sudo dpkg -i packages-microsoft-prod.deb # Update the list of products sudo apt-get update # Install PowerShell … Read more

Sample Preventive Maintenance Reports with PowerCLI

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Refer to the list of Sample Preventive Maintenance Reports with PowerCLI Connect to vCenter with PowerCLI #Import VMware Module Import-Module VMware.VimAutomation.Core $vCenter = “10.253.24.16” $User = “[email protected]” $Password = “[email protected]” Connect-VIServer -Server $vCenter -User $User -Password $Password -WarningAction SilentlyContinue To get hardware inventory for all VMware ESXi host $VMHosts = Get-VMHost Foreach ($VMHost in $VMHosts) … Read more

Space Reclaim for Local HDD in vSphere 6

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I noticed that my new 240GB SSD Drive is getting full very fast even with only few VMs running on vSphere 6 Server and I had decided to spend sometime to understand further instead of purchasing a large capacity SSD Drive for my home lab. Please refer to the following on my finding VMFS file … Read more