If you’ve ever deployed a VM in vSphere and caught yourself thinking, “There must be a faster way to do this,” you’re definitely not alone. After clicking through the same wizard more times than I’d like to admit, I decided it was time to build something cleaner, smarter, and fully automated. In this series, I’ll […]
When managing virtual machines in VMware vSphere, it’s common to run out of disk space over time. Fortunately, expanding a virtual disk is straightforward, but it involves both changes in vSphere and inside the guest operating system. In this guide, I’ll walk you through the steps to increase the disk size of an Ubuntu Linux
How to Increase Disk Size of an Ubuntu Linux VM in vSphere Read Post »
Upgrading your VMware ESXi host can be an exciting time for your organization, especially when you are upgrading from version 7.0.3 to the latest version 8.0. With new features, bug fixes, and performance improvements, the process can bring significant benefits to your virtual environment. However, the upgrade process can also bring unforeseen issues. In this
Upgrade VMware ESXi from 7.0.3 to 8.0 – Incompatible Read Post »
VMWare Workstation just popped-up this message to you when trying to start a VM? Then read further to find the fix. According to Microsoft – Many third-party virtualization applications don’t work together with Hyper-V. Affected applications include VMware Workstation and VirtualBox. These applications might not start virtual machines, or they may fall back to a
VMWare Workstation does not support nested virtualization on this host Read Post »
This morning I had to do an ESXi software upgrade within 1h service window. The ESXi Host was configured in a Cluster (3 Hosts) with vMotion active, but no DRS. I was able to move all the VMs running on the host to other hosts, except one. This VM was having an USB Dongle connected
Fix Migration option for a VM is greyed out Read Post »
Today I’ve decided to upgrade my VMWare LAB from version 6.7 to version 8. Even it is a straightforward process, I would like to share it, maybe it can help someone in some way. If you are having only a customer account at VMWare, you have to register first to be able to evaluate vSphere8.
Upgrade VMWare vSphere from version 6.7 to 8 Read Post »
I had to upgrade vCenter from 6.0 to 6.5. It’s not the first one, I made a few recently cause we have a client with many sites that should be upgraded. Everything was good prepared or at least I was thinking so and I was ready to start. In the evening, after the working hours
VMWare: vCenter 6.5 Upgrade Fails with VIX error Read Post »
After upgarding VCSA to version 6.5 at one of my clients, I’ve tried to upgrade also the ESXi Hosts. I’ve made the Baselines in VUM and attached them to the hosts. So far everything went smooth. After that I’ve scanned the hosts for updates and this is the moment when the error came up: “Host
Why I need to do this?! Because I’ve made a backup of a RPi’s SD Card to a Linux VM and now I would like to restore the created image file back to the SD Card. For the moment I’m doing this only to see how should be made, my RPi still works very good,
Add a SD Card in VMWorkstation Read Post »