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  • ESXi Install and Configure

    calendar Aug 29, 2018 · 3 min read · Configure ESXi Homelab Install VMware VMware  ·
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    ESXi Install and Configure

    This guide will cover the ESXi installation and configuration process. If installing ESXi onto a bare-metal server from a USB, follow my guide here on how to create a bootable USB installer. Once you have your installation media ready, either a USB installer or the downloaded ISO, insert / attach the media and power on …


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  • Homelab Setup Part 2 - vSAN Configuration

    calendar Aug 28, 2018 · 3 min read · Homelab Intel NUC Storage vCenter VMware vSAN vSphere  ·
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    Homelab Setup Part 2 - vSAN Configuration

    To setup the NUC and install ESXi, follow part one of this guide. The following is the process to bootstrap loading the vCenter Server Appliance onto a vSAN datastore. This process was replaced in vCenter 6.7 which provides this capability natively through the installer. If you are deploying vCenter 6.7+, skip through …


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  • Create a Bootable USB ESXi Installer

    calendar Aug 24, 2018 · 1 min read · ESXi ISO Rufus USB VMware VMware  ·
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    Create a Bootable USB ESXi Installer

    To install ESXi onto a bare metal server without a CD/DVD drive or a KVM console, the simplest way is to create a bootable USB drive with the ESXi installer. To do this, we will use a tool called Rufus. Download the latest portable release of Rufus Download the ESXi ISO image (.iso file type) ESXi 6.7 ESXi 6.5 …


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  • Homelab Setup Part 1 - Intel NUC

    calendar Aug 24, 2018 · 4 min read · ESXi Homelab Intel NUC VMware VMware  ·
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    Homelab Setup Part 1 - Intel NUC

    I have recently decided to purchase a homelab for myself to assist with getting my certifications up to date and after much research and procrastinating I have gone with the setup below. Overall I have been very happy with the performance and compatibility of everything and I have tried to link to all of the useful …


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  • Get memory allocated based on OS

    calendar Nov 23, 2017 · 1 min read · vCenter VMware VMware vSphere  ·
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    Get 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. 1# Variable settings 2$clusterName = "insert cluster name" 34$winVMs = Get-Cluster $clusterName | Get-VM | ? {$_.Guest.OSFullName -like 'Microsoft …


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  • Managing Snapshots with PowerCLI

    calendar Mar 3, 2017 · 1 min read · PowerCLI Powershell Snapshot vCenter VMware vSphere  ·
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    Managing 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 …


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GaryFlynn.com started out in 2016 as a way for me to share my experiences working in IT across the UK and Australia with others. Consider this my brain dumping ground for anything I think could be useful. Find out more about the site here.

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