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How to upgrade a ESXi 6.0 to ESXi 6.5 via VMware Update Manager

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There are many ways to upgrade VMware ESXi Hypervisor. Depending on whether the host is part of a cluster or not, managed via vCenter server or standalone host. Also, you might consider different scenario if you have 2-3 hosts to upgrade or if you need to upgrade 25 hosts or more. So it depends on use. […]

How to create a USB media with ESXi 6.5 Installation

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A few days back we learned about How to upgrade our ESXi 6.0 host via ISO or CD-ROM. Not every server today has a CD-ROM drive, so as an alternative, USB flash drive is usually used. But you need to prepare this USB media and create an installation USB stick first. Today we’ll show you […]

How to Migrate Windows based vCenter Server 6.0 to vCenter 6.5 (In-Place)

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I have already done a post where I was migrating a Windows based vCenter server 6.0 to VMware VCSA 6.5 here (With video). You could see that during the migration the old vCenter has been automatically shut down after everything was copied to the new VCSA 6.5. Today, we will conduct a test migration (just for fun) […]

How to Migrate Windows Based vCenter to VCSA 6.5 [Lab]

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And another lab post today. Today we will migrate our Windows based vCenter server 6.0U2 to VCSA 6.5. VMware worked hard on this one so I’m wondering whether I’ll experience problems or not. It is my main lab vCenter server which historically runs on Windows, but in each major version (5.0, 5.5 and 6.0) I […]

Debian for 3CX – New ISO

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This is new from 3CX. A Debian for 3CX (in Beta for now) allows you to use 3CX on Debian Linux based systems. The ISO was adapted, stripped down to carry just a minimum necessary for 3CX Phone system software. The main advantages of using Debian for 3CX over ‘stock’ Debian is that it automatically installs […]

How to set a static MAC address in VMware Environment?

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Quick tip today on a static MAC address assignement, How to set a static MAC address in VMware Environment? Or rather what to look after when having alarms showing VM MAC conflict. MAC address “Spoofing” if you prefer, is well known…. Sometimes you may need to “mess” with MAC address, and assign a static one, when for […]

vCenter Server Versions Numbers – How to find?

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Here is the thing. You need to check your vCenter server version. How do you proceed? There are many ways to do it. You can view this information through vSphere C# client, vSphere web client or through the CLI, PowerCLI….  But there are also tools which can be used to show both at the same […]

How-to Create vCenter Alarm for VMs running on Snapshots?

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Today we’ll show a built-in tool which can inform you about any VMs that runs on snapshots within your VMware vSphere environment. The built-in tool is simply vCenter Alarms. I know that there are many third-party tools that can inform you about snapshots. One of them is for example Snapwatcher which I reviewed a way […]

VMware ESXi Command List – Maintenance

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Today another post of the series ESXi Command List. The title says it all. We’ll have a look at different options to reboot ESXi from a command line and we’ll talk a bit about maintenance mode. You should always put hosts into maintenance mode when you do reboots, firmware updates, apply ESXi updates (most patches require the […]

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