Everything-Virtual
Everything Virtual
Menu Close
  • Home
  • VMware Study Guides
    • VCAP5–DCA (VDCA550) Study Guide
      • Determine use cases for and configure VMware DirectPath I/O
      • Configure and manage vSphere Flash Read Cache
    • VCP5-DCV (VCP550) Study Guide
    • VCP-NV Study Guide
    • VCP6-Cloud (VCPC610) Study Guide
  • Exam Blueprint Doc Bundles
    • VCAP5-DCA (VDCA550) Downloadable Documents Bundle
    • VCP5-DCV (VCP550) Exam Blueprint Downloadable Documents Bundle
    • VCP-NV Exam Blueprint Downloadable Documents Bundle
    • VCP6-DCV Exam Blueprint Downloadable Documents Bundle
  • Home Lab Environment
  • Installing the Home Lab
    • Installing ESXi to a USB key using VMware Workstation 11 – Updated
    • Creating vCenter and VUM databases
    • Installing vCenter 5.5 on Windows 2012R2
    • Installing an Enterprise Root CA on Windows 2012R2
    • Creating the VMware SSL Cert Template
    • Configuring Synology iSCSI Storage
    • Configuring Datacenters and Hosts
    • Creating and Configuring an iSCSI Distributed Switch for VMware Multipathing
  • Videos
    • Installing SQL 2012 for SCCM 2012 R2
  • About me

Virtualisation

9

Creating a CentOS 7.2 VMware Gold Template

Posted on 6th May 2016 by Simon

In a post from last year I documented how to create a CentOS 7 VMware Gold Template for all the non-Linux admins out there. There were questions at the time on me not leaving this in a fully cleaned state… Continue Reading →

Blogging, CentOS 7, Template, Virtualisation
0

Condusiv Technologies V-locity 5 Testing

Posted on 23rd July 2015 by Simon

I have been running the Condusiv Technologies V-locity 5 software on a couple of test machines in my home lab over the last couple of days, alongside those VMs I also ran a couple of VM’s with the older V-locity… Continue Reading →

Blogging, Home Labs, Performance, Synology, Uncategorised, V-locity, Virtualisation, vSphere, Windows 2012 R2
0

V-locity 5 Install and Configuration

Posted on 17th July 2015 by Simon

So I was recently offered the chance to test drive V-locity 5 to see how it compared against the previous V-locity VM product that I tested nearly two years ago, one of the big differences between the two products is… Continue Reading →

Blogging, Condusiv, Home Labs, Performance, Storage, Uncategorised, V-locity, VDI, Virtualisation, VMware, vSphere, Windows 2012, Windows 7
0

Condusiv V-locity 5 Testing

Posted on 2nd July 2015 by Simon

Nearly two years ago I was given the opportunity to take out the Condusiv Technologies V-locity VM version 4 product for a spin in my home lab, the results were pretty positive and certainly something I would suggest to anyone… Continue Reading →

Blogging, Home Labs, Performance, Storage, Uncategorised, V-locity, VDI, Virtualisation, vSphere, Windows 2012 R2
9

Creating a CentOS 7 VMware Gold Template – Updated for Deployment Fix

Posted on 23rd February 2015 by Simon

I have created a new post here that details the most up to date information for CentOS 7.x Templates.   I have documented how to create a CentOS 7 VMware Gold Template for all the non-Linux admins out there. Following the… Continue Reading →

CentOS 7, Home Labs, Linux, Template, Uncategorised, vCenter, Virtualisation, VMware
0

vRealize Operations Manager 6 – One or more ports are experiencing network contention

Posted on 24th January 2015 by Simon

Having installed vRealize Operations Manager a couple of times recently in my home lab I came across an error that initially caused me to rip out the lab and build it again changing the way my networking was being done.… Continue Reading →

Bug, Home Labs, Networking, Uncategorised, Virtualisation, VMware, vRealize Operations Manager, vROPS 6, Web Client
0

Installing ESXi to a USB key using VMware Workstation 11

Posted on 24th January 2015 by Simon

This is an updated post covering VMware Workstation 11 instead of Workstation 9, it’s been updated to cover installing using the formatwithmbr switch during the initial boot process as well as highlighting an issue with creating multiple USB keys from… Continue Reading →

ESXi, formatwithmbr, GPT, Home Labs, runweasel, Uncategorised, USB, Virtualisation, VMware Workstation, vSphere
0

VMware Workstation Multiple USB ESXi Build Issue

Posted on 24th January 2015 by Simon

During a rebuild of my home lab recently I stumbled on to problem which means I need to update the VMware Workstation \ Fusion ESXi build instructions I have previously issued. Due to me having to rebuild the hosts one… Continue Reading →

Home Labs, Uncategorised, USB, Virtualisation, VMware Fusion, VMware Player, VMware Workstation
3

vRealize Operations Manager 6 – Initial vCenter Configuration

Posted on 24th December 2014 by Simon

In previous posts I have demonstrated the installation and initial configuration for the vRealize Operations Manager 6 installation. At the end of the last post we were left at the log on screen to continue the configuration. Log in with… Continue Reading →

Home Labs, Uncategorised, vCenter, vCSA, Virtualisation, VMware, vRealize Operations Manager, vROPS 6, vSphere
0

My NSX: Install, Configure, Manage [v6.0] Experiences

Posted on 19th December 2014 by Simon

This past week I was fortunate enough to have attended the VMware NSX 6.0 Install Configure, Manage (ICM) course run by VMware at the Global Knowledge offices in London. The instructor for the course was the great Paul McSharry, author… Continue Reading →

Certification, Hands-On-Labs, Networking, NSX, Uncategorised, Virtualisation, VMware

Post navigation

Older Articles

Recent Posts

  • VCAP 5.5 DCA Exam Passed And Study Hints and Tips
  • Bulk Windows / Linux VM Deployments via PowerCLI and CSV file
  • Creating a CentOS 7.2 VMware Gold Template
  • VMware Academy Training Experience – vSphere 6 ICM Course with 360GSP
  • VCP-NV (VCPN610) Exam Passed

Meta

  • Log in
  • Entries feed
  • Comments feed
  • WordPress.org
© 2023 Everything-Virtual. All rights reserved.
Hiero by aThemes