Software

Last time we have performed update of VCSA from 6.5 to 6.7 and now it’s time for our ESXi serves. As you probably know, there are basically three possible approaches so let’s have a look at them. [...]

As you already know, new version of VMware vSphere is generally available. So how the upgrade procedure work? It is the same as it always was. You need to upgrade both crucial components of [...]

Yes, new version of VMware vSphere was recently announced! There are many changes but from my perspective the biggest change is, that HTML5 interface is almost done. According to VMware you [...]

Keeping your infrastructure up-to-date is one of the crucial tasks of day to day operations of every system administrator. Path management and compliance checks of the environment is usually long [...]

If you ever designed larger infrastructure projects, you might already know that cabinet size is not the only limitation for your infrastructure. There are other huge factors as well and probably [...]

My application is running slow, hey IT guy, can you check that and make sure you fixed it! How many times have you heard such complain? I bet that it is quite common. In this series I would like [...]

PowerCLI was around for years. At the beginning VMware used name vSphere PowerCLI but over the years more and more modules ware added to support not only vSphere but other products. So, with this [...]

Sometimes it might happen that default installation image do not contain all necessary software packages you would like to install directly with the ESXi server itself. There are several [...]

Sometimes you need to run your ESXi server in evaluation mode for longer time then standard 60 days. It might be because of extensive testing or your project gets into the delays. Fortunately, [...]

Backups are critical components of your overall infrastructure design and operation. I have seen lot of cases where customer did not run any backup at all and once they suffer data lost their [...]