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 …
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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, …
Dashboard – Host vCPU to Core Allocation Ratio
With the release of the vRealize Operations Manager 7.0, VMware has changed the capacity planning behavior of the product. The vRealize Operations Manager 7.0 does not anymore make the Host vCPU …