I have been worked on Unix and then move to Linux, then virtualized Linux Environment using VMware vSphere and now overseeing the journey to cloud-native. Technology just keeps changing and we need to adopt new technologies, make it more efficient and more profitable to the customer. Service-based IT firms and vendors are forced to evolving and innovating to stay […]
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Configure ISCSI Adapter in ESXi hosts – VMware vSphere 6.5 – Web-client
Configure iSCSI Adapter in ESXi hosts – VMware vSphere 6.5 using Web client. To get access to the iSCSI storage server, ESXi hosts must have the iSCSI initiator adapters must be configured to access the iSCSI target server. This article will quickly walk through that how to add the iSCSI initiators, how to add the […]
Create & Configure vSphere Standard switch – VMware vSphere 6.5
Create a new vsphere standard switch and configure to provide the network access to VM and ESXi hosts. The standard vsphere switch can bridge traffic internally between virtual machines in the same VLAN and link to external networks via uplinks. vSphere Standard Switch is very similar to a physical Ethernet switch. Virtual machine network adapters […]
VMware vSphere 6.5 – Benefits of Distributed vswitch (vDS )
In VMware vSphere 6.5, vSphere standard switch (vSS) almost the same as what the physical switch offers in the real world. Then what’s the real need of vSphere distributed switch (vDS)? vSphere Distributed switch feature is not coming with vSphere standard license too. You need to buy the vSphere enterprise plus license to get this […]
How to create a port group on vSphere Standard switch
How to create a port group for vSphere standard switch ? Why do we need port groups ? Port group is responsible to make the network connectivity between Virtual Machine and vSwitch. It also allows to segregate the network by creating multiple port groups based on the VM environment (Ex: PROD , QUT , TEST). […]
Cloud ends Data-center Virtualization ? VMware’s Future ?
Does Cloud end the Data-center virtualization journey? We could see the buzz around cloud technologies from the past few years and Cloud service providers also keep posting great revenues. Amazon AWS and Microsoft Azure are leading cloud service providers in IaaS. Forrester predicts that along with Google cloud platform, these three companies will hold 76% […]
Creating Datastore – VMware vSphere 6.5 – Web-client
Create datastore on VMware vSphere 6.5 using the HTML based Web client. To store the virtual machines, you must have the storage repositories to configured. You can set up datastores on any SCSI-based storage devices that the host discovers, including Fibre Channel, iSCSI, and local storage devices. In this demonstration, we will choose one of the […]
VMware Products – Upgrade and Licensing Requirements
VMware Products – Upgrade and Licensing Requirements. You must keep upgrading to the new version of the existing VMware products that is used in your environment . Otherwise , VMware software might became absolute and upgrade may not be possible at one stage. Here , we will discuss more about VMware vSphere and other infrastructure […]
Create SSO Users using ssh – dir-cli – VCSA 6.5
Create SSO users using SSH session on VCSA 6.5 with help of dir-cli utility. I had faced the strange issue after VCSA 6.5 deployment on My LAB that SSO account was not created. Could be my mistake and haven’t followed the best practice for the VCSA 6.5 deployment. But I have figured out the way […]
Deploying Altaro VM Backup – Protect VMware & Hyper-V
Altaro VM Backup is affordable and easy to use backup solution for VMware vSphere and Hyper-V virtualization environments. Altaro VM Backup execute quickly and easily and it gives complete control over backup/restore jobs which is crucial. Altaro VM Backup provides you with quick access to all hosts in your environment. It supports multiple technologies like SQL, Exchange, consistent […]