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Fixing missing NIC drivers for ESXi hosts

You may recognize this. You’ve updated your ESXi hosts via vSphere Lifecycle Manager (vLCM) or similar method, the host rebooted during remediation and… that’s it. Your host is not reachable anymore. That happened to my lab server last week, while Read more…

By Daniël Zuthof, 1 monthApril 17, 2023 ago
VMware NSX
Homelab

Deploy NSX 4.x Edge nodes on unsupported vSphere

NSX 4.0 onwards only supports vSphere 7 and later. In my homelab I’m still running ESXi 6.7 which is joined to a vCenter 8 instance. It’s because the RAID controller in my host is unsupported in ESXi 7+ and no Read more…

By Daniël Zuthof, 5 monthsJanuary 11, 2023 ago
Homelab

Update VMware Tools package on ESXi

In most cases VMware Tools are available as part of ESXi installation. When updating an ESXi host, the VMware Tools could be updated, but most of the time not to the latest version. In this post I’ll show you how Read more…

By Daniël Zuthof, 5 monthsJanuary 2, 2023 ago
Homelab

Manually updating ESXi Hosts

How to manual update you ESXi host with the latest VMware patches.

By Daniël Zuthof, 5 monthsJanuary 2, 2023 ago
Homelab

ESXi 8 on the Maxtang NUC

My latest homelab addition is the Maxtang NX6412 NUC which was given by VMware, together with Cohesity (many thanks both!) at VMware Explore to all vExperts who registered for the gift. After adding RAM and a SATA SSD, it was Read more…

By Daniël Zuthof, 6 monthsDecember 12, 2022 ago
Homelab

Create ESXi 8 Customized ISO Installer

Once and a while ESXi needs to be installed on a device of which the drivers (NIC / Storage) are not built into the ISO installer (yet). In my case it’s needed for the vExpert homelab Maxtang NUC device. This Read more…

By Daniël Zuthof, 6 monthsDecember 7, 2022 ago
Certification

VMware Advanced Design vSphere 7.x study links

Although vSphere 8 is released (GA) at VMware Explore Europe 2022 and modified exams can be expected, the vSphere 7 ones are still current. Also at Explore I took the Advanced Design VMware vSphere 7.x exam and passed it to Read more…

By Daniël Zuthof, 6 monthsDecember 4, 2022 ago
PowerCLI

PowerCLI 13 update and installation hurdles on Windows

Since PowerCLI 13 is released last week (November the 22nd, 2022), I started the update process on my Windows and MacOS device. I needed the latest version to be able to create a customized ESXi 8 ISO installer for the Read more…

By Daniël Zuthof, 6 monthsNovember 30, 2022 ago
Kubernetes CKA
Certification

CKA Preparation: Part 2 – Vim cheat sheet

To prepare for the Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) exam, basic Linux skills are a necessity. Being able to move the cursor around quickly in the Bash shell and Vim, create aliases and handy environment variables helps saving precious time during Read more…

By Daniël Zuthof, 8 monthsSeptember 26, 2022 ago
Kubernetes CKA
Certification

CKA Preparation: Part 1 – Bash cheat sheet

To prepare for the Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) exam, basic Linux skills are a necessity. Being able to move the cursor around quickly in the Bash shell and Vim, create aliases and handy environment variables helps saving precious time during Read more…

By Daniël Zuthof, 8 monthsSeptember 26, 2022 ago

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