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  • esxtop output is not displaying as it should

    calendar Dec 4, 2020 · 2 min read · esxi esxtop linux vmware  ·
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    esxtop output is not displaying as it should

    esxtop output launched from a terminal emulator displays incorrectly. We will update the environment variable value so esxtop information displays correctly.


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  • Use iPerf to test NIC speed between two ESXi hosts

    calendar Oct 26, 2020 · 2 min read · esxi vmware vsphere  ·
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    Sometimes you want/need use iPerf to test the nic speed between two ESXi hosts. I did because I was seeing a NIC with low throughput in my lab. How can we test raw speeds between the two hosts? iPerf comes to the rescue. I was looking on how to do this on an ESXi host. I doesn’t come as a surprise that I found the …


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  • Cross vCenter vMotion Utility

    calendar Oct 31, 2019 · 4 min read · homelab vmware  ·
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    Whilst upgrading the home lab I also decided to rebuild from scratch. There were some challenges to overcome because I have running VMs I don’t want to shut while migrating. My current home lab setup and the go to setup is documented here (work in progress). Basically it comes down to: Original setup: three hosts …


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  • Why you should register for one of the last seats available at #vmugbe

    calendar Jun 3, 2019 · 4 min read · vmug vmugbe vmware  ·
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    What does the VMware User Group means to me? Well it is already more than a decade ago since I visited my first VMUGBE. I have seen the event grow from 15 visitors to more than 200. The last couple of years it is hosted in the LAMOT event center in Mechelen which is a superb venue. Ever since the first time I only …


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  • Horizon Client Installer Failed

    calendar Feb 7, 2019 · 1 min read · horizon linux vmware  ·
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    The Horizon Client installer generates the following errors for Multimedia Redirection: Adding the following symlinks made the failure message go away. I’m wondering though if the packages get updated in the repositories whether this will break the Multimedia Redirection (MMR). I guess I’ll notice some day. View this …


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  • Unsupported upgrade of VCSA 6.5 U2 to 6.7

    calendar Jun 28, 2018 · 2 min read · upgrade vcsa vmware  ·
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    I decided to upgrade the vCenter Server Appliance from 6.5 U2 to 6.7 though it is not supported, see VMware KB. As this is not supported you will NOT want go ahead with this in a production environment. Maybe I will have regrets later on too … but this is my lab environment so the alternative is to redeploy a new …


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  • Setting up the lab in Ravello – Part 1 : the jumphost

    calendar Apr 13, 2018 · 5 min read · lab linux ravello vmware  ·
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    In these series we will create a lab with multiple components, a jumphost, vcsa, esxi, a vsan enabled cluster, nsx and maybe more. The aim of the series is to learn about deploying all components onto the Ravello cloud. Part 1: Creating the Jumphost Part one of the series will be about creating the jumphost. I’m …


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  • Storage vMotions based on CSV file

    calendar Apr 22, 2016 · 5 min read · microsoft powershell powercli vmware vsphere  ·
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    Execute storage vMotions based on information from an CSV file


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Harold is currently a Solution Architect at vConsultants
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