vRealize Orchestrator 8.1 Highlights
It’s been a while since I published anything about vRealize Orchestrator here. Besides Ansible and PowerCLI, the vRealize Orchestrator is still my first choice for the reliable automation of …
Category: VMware
Script – PowerCLI VM Disk Report
Recently I had to create VMware vSphere VMs with a whole bunch of virtual disks. The application running inside of the virtual machines required a special disk layout and …
Set persistent scratch location with PowerCLI
In common server configurations for VMware ESXi Hosts, the boot device is usually an SD-Card or a USB stick. These devices are cheap, require very low-maintenance and have a …
Veeam and vSphere Tag Integration with Ansible
VMware vSphere Tags are a great tool to build a deep integration with other VMware or third-party products. Veeam already could use vSphere Tags as a backup object in …
vSphere VM Security Configuration with Ansible
Since security is a requirement for the complete infrastructure stack, we will cover the vSphere VM Security Configuration with Ansible in this article. One of my prior posts has …
CA signed vCenter Certificate from XCA
For a small lab or test environment is a full CA setup far too much effort. So, I have decided to create a new root and intermediate CA with …
VMware ESXi Security Configuration with Ansible
If you read the vSphere 6.7 Update 1 Security Configuration Guide you will agree that the security configuration of VMware ESXi hosts is mostly about managing services, advanced options, …