To get started with HashiCorp Terraform, this post will walk you through how to create your first Terraform configuration which will deploy a vSphere virtual machine from an existing vSphere template.
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vRealize Automation 8.x – Setup vSphere Cloud Account
vRealize Automation 8.x can integrate with several cloud providers and this article will cover the steps required to integrate with VMware vSphere, along with setting up the basics of your tagging strategy.
Read morevRealize Suite Announcement – March 2020
Today is a significant day for VMware with the announcements coming out primarily around vSphere 7 and the implementation of Project Tanzu. But what about the vRealize Suite announcements? That’s what we are really interested in!
Read moreHomelab Setup Part 3 – vCenter Install & Configure
With the Intel NUCs set up (and a vSAN datastore created if running pre 6.7 vCenter), it is time to install the vCenter Server Appliance (vCSA). As you probably know, the Windows vCenter Server is deprecated, so the vCSA will be deployed.
Read moreHomelab Setup Part 2 – vSAN Configuration
To install vCenter you need the datastore in place, which for my environment is vSAN. However to configure vSAN, this is done through vCenter. A classic chicken and egg scenario which thankfully VMware have the solution for.
Read moreGet memory allocated based on OS
The following Power-CLI command will evaluate a specific cluster and return the ratio of memory utilisation between Windows and Red Hat Linux virtual machines.
Read moreManaging Snapshots with PowerCLI
With access to vCenter or vRealize Automation comes great responsibility. Clients often require a quick and easy way to take a short term snapshot of a server so that they can quick and easily rollback application changes. VMware provides a robust snapshot function, however when things go well these snapshots are often left behind or…
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