Category: VMware

Blog NSX ALB VMware
24. March 2023

Introduction to NSX Advanced Load Balancer and Deployment without NSX-T

We find plenty of tutorials on how to deploy and configure the NSX Advanced Load Balancer in conjunction with NSX-T. I am one of the few who do not have NSX-T in their HomeLab, so in this tutorial I would like to briefly show you the NSX ALB deployment without NSX-T. But first let us talk about the NSX Advanced Load Balancer (formaly known as […]

Blog ESXi VMware
16. March 2023

VMware Baseline Updates & HCL Check – Missing dependencies VIBs Error Part 2

As you guys know from my previous Upgrade post, I showed the Upgrade/Update path from ESXi 6.7 to 7.0 via the out-of-band management platform on the servers. (iDRAC; iLO; CIMC and so on) This time, however, I want to show you the update/upgrade way via Baseline updates, i.e. you update your ESXi servers with Baselines over your vCenter. For vSphere 8 environments this way is no […]

News VMware
2. March 2023

EINLADUNG ZUM 35. VMWARE TECHUPDATE

Ladies and Gentleman, Let’s get ready to Virtualize – again! Es ist wieder Zeit für das legendäre VMware TechUpdate #35. An 6 Standorten werden wir euch wie gewohnt, die geballte Ladung an Neuigkeiten aus dem VMware Kosmos vorstellen. Zwei besondere Highlights: Dell Edge Computing mit der XR/VD (VxRail) Serie und eine Session über das Zusammenspiel von Cisco ACI und VMware NSX-T. Also nicht entgehen lassen […]

Blog VMware vSphere
1. March 2023

The default partition ‘/’ has only 3.8 GB of available space. Enter a new export directory on the source machine below – vCenter Upgrade

Since there are still numerous VMware vSphere 6.7 appliances and they are no longer supported since October 15, 2022, upgrade projects with our customers are increasing. During the upgrade process we encountered a warning in Stage 2, which prevented the process from continuing. When the OVA deployment finishes, you are redirected to Stage 2 of the upgrade process to transfer the data from the old […]

Home Lab Stage VII VMware
9. February 2023

irgNET – LAB 7.0 U3 – VMware SD-WAN

New month; new HomeLab update! This update is about changing my WAN architecture and I will use from now on the SD-WAN solution of VMware. But – What is behind Software-Defined WAN (SD-WAN)? We are not talking about a hardware addition or a software application in vSphere, but about a fundamental modification (improvement) of the WAN. Before we take a look at the GUI of […]

News VMware vSAN
3. February 2023

Intel Optane NVMe Drives – Sample Hardware from VMware vExpert program and Intel

As you Guys know – I am a VMware vExpert for the first time since last year. I heard about the vExpert Program through my mentors Marc Huppert VCDX181 & Daniel Simelka back then. This is a special circle of VMware enthusiasts who love and live this great technology. And especially as an ambitious HomeLab’er you should not miss this community! No sooner said than […]

Blog VMware vSAN
20. January 2023

VMware vSAN 8 OSA Witness Deployment – IP / Login Issues

Not only the vSphere 8 update is currently pending for many, but also the vSAN must be updated accordingly. Especially with regard to vSAN Streched or ROBO clusters with a Witness Appliance. The vSAN 8 itself comes with the vSphere 8 update, furthermore the disk format version as well as vDS version have to be upgraded. As far as the vSAN Witness Appliance is concerned, […]

Advanced Tutorials Blog Rocky Linux VMware vSphere
31. December 2022

NFS-Server with CentOS 8 / Red Hat 8 for VMware vCenter Backups

In various community meetings, we often talk about backups for VMware vCenter. As you know, image based backups are only conditionally “supported”. It can go well, but in most cases the VMware vCenter will not be fully restored and you will be forced to re-deploy the appliance. Community and customers are ambivalent, one backs up his VMware vCenter via Veeam etc., the other via the […]

Dell Dell PowerEdge Home Lab Stage VII VMware vSAN
7. December 2022

irgNET – LAB 7.0 U1

As I mentioned in the last HomeLab Update, I will post all upgrades in my infrastructre monthly from now on. This time we will talk about the expansion of my VMware vSAN OSA ROBO 2-Node Cluster. My personal VMware vSAN journey started about 1 year ago: Back that time I had a usable capacity of about 3 TB, over time I have converted my single […]