You can upgrade your ESXi very easily with vCenter but if you don’t have that well then here is how you can do it manually. With VMware the depot files contain the VIBs and image profiles (basically everything you need). You can read more about it here.
Backups are a good thing to have. While it can be super quick and easy to rebuild your ESXi config sometimes that is not always the case. It’s a good idea to have a backup just in case. Here’s how to do it.
My firewall recently blocked Microsoft Azure AD Connect which caused issues with syncing to 365. Turns out the issue was that my IPS (Intrusion Prevention System) flagged it as being “suspected RST injection”. Normally when something like this happens it’s typically the IPS being overly sensitive and I usually can whitelist the specific detection however…
You’ve spent many hours perfecting your GPO (Group Policy Object) and you have it perfect and you want to import it to another location and well you could look at manually comparing all the settings but no one has time for that. There’s an easier way. Open up Group Policy Management on the server that…
There are a few ways to convert a system either P2V (Physical to Virtual) or V2V (Hyper V to VMware). This will show you how to convert a system using VMware vCenter Converter Standalone Client. Before you start you should check a few things to make the whole process streamlined. Check that the system is…
Here is how to update VCSA (vCenter Server Appliance specifically version 7) with the web UI Make sure you have a backup of your VCSA. I like to have a backup and a snapshot to be extra safe. Click on you VCSA server Click on the Update tab In Update Planner select the update you…
Here is how to add a host to VCSA (vCenter Server Appliance specifically version 7) Right click on the location where you want to add the host and click Add Host
Here is how to change the host name in ESXi (specifically ESXi 7) Click on Networking Click on TCP/IP stacks Click on the Default TCP/IP stack
Here is how to set a static IP in ESXi
There have been a lot of critical exploits over the last few months. Really the best way to deal with that is Windows Updates. Now I can hear you complaining that Windows Updates left untamed will just reboot your servers randomly or I don’t want to build WSUS or my RMM doesn’t patch well and…
