Inject and install VMware Tools During Install by modifying Microsoft Windows IS… Inject and install VMware Tools During Install… I wrote this article as a first part of a Configuring and creating VMWare virtual machine template using HashiCorp Packer.exe. While automating and installing unattended Microsoft Windows VM template on VMWare vCenter Server using packer I was facing few challenges such as it was getting […] […]

Ansible Playbook: ESXi Maintenance Mode and Reboot Ansible Playbook: ESXi Maintenance Mode and Reboot In Ansible, you can run multiple tasks by grouping them under a single play. A play is a collection of tasks that target a specific set of hosts and are executed in order. In this article I would like to share couple of my Ansible Playbooks for ESXi Maintenance and Reboot. […]

What is Ansible Inventory and How to Add ESXi What is Ansible Inventory and How to Add ESXi Ansible Inventory is a hosts file which contains every server that is managed by Ansible. Inventory file is located in /etc/ansible/hosts on your Ansible VM. Once you add server in hosts file, you need also to establish an SSH connection using SSH key. In this article I […]

Leveraging NFS Storage in VMware Cloud on AWS – Part 2 (Flex Storage) Leveraging NFS Storage in VMware Cloud on AWS -… In my latest post, I have covered how to supplement a VMware Cloud on AWS SDDC deployment with Amazon FSxTM for NetApp ONTAP. In this blog post, I am going to present the similar option delivered by VMware called Cloud Flex Storage. #nfs […]

How to Deploy Ansible to Manage VMware Infrastructure How to Deploy Ansible to Manage VMware… Managing a virtual infrastructure can be a challenging task, especially when you have a large number of virtual machines or ESXi hosts to manage. In order to manage these virtual machines, you need a tool that can automate the process and provide you with a single interface to manage all […]

Google Coral USB Edge TPU Accelerator on ESXi Google Coral USB Edge TPU Accelerator on ESXi Several weeks back, I came across a really strange post on the VMTN communities asking how to change the Device ID (DID) and Vendor ID (VID) for a USB Device that has been passthrough to a VM from ESXi? The device in question is the Google Coral USB Edge […]

How to Configure Shared Storage for ESXi Hosts in Home Lab #Community #Homelab #vExpert How to Configure Shared Storage for ESXi Hosts… If you’re using vCenter with multiple ESXi hosts in your home lab, it’s a good idea to set up shared storage. This allows you to test many features such as vMotion, vSphere HA or DRS. Shared storage is desirable in almost every vSphere […]

NSX VIB’s cheat sheet NSX VIB’s cheat sheet After the installation process, you will discover the following VIBs (VMware Installation Bundles) installed on the ESXi host: nsx-aggservice: This service operates on management plane nodes and retrieves the runtime state of NSX-T components. […] VMware Social Media Advocacy

CMTY Podcast #643 – VMware vSphere’s 22nd… Catch the latest VMware Community Podcast as hosts Eric Nielsen and Corey Romero discuss automating 2200 VMs deployment in 22 hours! Guest Mohamed Jamal-Eddine talks about this unique 22nd birthday gift to VMware vSphere! VMware Social Media Advocacy

Update to my TAP installation scripts: TAP 1.5 supported + TLS + Scanning + Test… Update to my TAP installation scripts: TAP 1.5… I am maintaining a set of scripts that I use to deploy Tanzu Application Platform to (test) environment. With the recent release of TAP 1.5, it’s time again to update and re-evaluate my scripts: […] VMware Social Media Advocacy