After upgrading the vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) to version 6.7 Update 2, I tried to log in using the vSphere Client. After entering the credentials an endless blue running circle appears. In the VAMI interface (https://vcsa-fqdn:5480) of the VCSA, the health statistics of all the components are …
Continue ReadingI started exploring Home Assistant Hass.io on a Raspberry Pi. After several SD card crashes I decided to installed Hass.io as Virtual Machine (VM) on VMware ESXi. There is a VMDK version available (link ) that can attached (this involves manual steps) but I prefer a clean installation. VMware ESXi …
Continue ReadingOne of the new enhancements of ControlUp 7.3 is vSAN monitoring support. ControlUp will detect the vSAN cluster(s), objects and displays real-time vSAN specific metrics and metadata. In this blog post I highlight the features of the new vSAN integration in ControlUp 7.3. Installation The vSAN …
Continue ReadingThe VMware Unified Access Gateway (UAG) acts as reverse proxy and tunnels sessions (PCoIP and Blast) to desktops and remote apps. Besides Horizon support, new features are added for AirWatch and Identity Manager. With version 3.4, the VMware Unified Access Gateway is offered in three editions based …
Continue ReadingFor my home lab I needed a new host that replaces my Intel NUC (link ) that act as management host. The hardware resources (CPU and memory) on the NUC were limiting my lab activities. I had the following requirements for the new home lab host: Ability to run the latest VMware ESXi 6.7 U1 version …
Continue ReadingThere a multiple ways to install Home Assistant Hass.io on different platforms. The instructions for deploying Hass.io as Virtual Machine (VM) are not very clear when using VMware Workstation or VMware ESXi. In this blog post I highlight the steps needed to deploy Hass.io as VM using VMware …
Continue ReadingWhen trying to update a VMware ESXi 6.7 build 9484548 host to the latest ESXi 6.7 Update 1 build I’ve got the following error: [DependencyError] VIB VMware_bootbank_esx-base_6.7.0-1.28.10302608 requires esx-update « 6.7.0-1.29, but the requirement cannot be satisfied within the ImageProfile. …
Continue ReadingIn my lab environment I use evaluation versions of Windows Server 2012, 2016 and 2019 (if available). The evaluation versions of Windows Server are valid for 180 days by default and can be extended. In this example below, the Windows Server 2016 evaluation has only 10 days remaining . To extend the …
Continue ReadingWhen using VMware Workstation 15 Pro with on Windows 10 with the Hyper-V role enabled I’ve got the following error when trying to install or start Windows 10 in VMware Workstation: VMware Workstation and Device/Credential Guard are not compatible. VMware Workstation can be run after disabling …
Continue ReadingBegin November Apple released there new Apple Mini 2018 models. The last Mac Mini was from 2014. My first question: Is it possible to use the new Mac Mini 2018 as VMware ESXi host? So I’ve borrowed a Mac Mini 2018 model with the following specifications: Mac Mini 2018, CPU: Intel Core i3 3.6 GHz …
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