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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.

Enable SSH by right clicking on the host and selecting Services > Enable Secure Shell

Enter the following commands

vim-cmd hostsvc/firmware/sync_config
vim-cmd hostsvc/firmware/backup_config

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GPO Export and Import

December 4, 2020

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 has the GPO you want to export

Right click on your GPO and select Back Up

Give it a location to put the backup

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Convert a system with VMware Converter

November 28, 2020

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 fully up to date (you might get stuck in an update trap if you don’t)
Check that you have remote access to the system (so that if needed you can at least get back into the system easily)
Make a note of the IP configurations (you will likely need to re add them)
If the system a domain member make sure that you know the local admin username and password (this is so that if it fails to talk to the domain you at least have a way back into the system)

Install VMware vCenter Converter Standalone Client on the system you will be converting.

Run VMware vCenter Converter Standalone Client as Admin

Click on Convert machine

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Install VCSA Updates

November 28, 2020

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 want to install and click on Generate Report and select Interoperability. (this will check and make sure everything is compatible in your VCSA setup)