Announcing My Latest Book: ‘VMware vSphere Essentials’ – A Complete Guide to vSphere

After a fulfilling journey in the IT and virtualization field, which has presented numerous opportunities to share my knowledge through writing, I have always chosen to wait for the right moment to write a book. That moment has finally arrived. This book reflects my experiences and is a guide to understanding the intricate world of [...]

By | 2024-05-11T14:15:01+02:00 May 11th, 2024|vCenter, VMware Posts, vSphere|0 Comments

What is VMware Cloud Disaster Recovery(VCDR)

In this What is VMware Cloud Disaster Recovery(VCDR) blog post, we will discuss what VCDR is and how it works. This SaaS solution offers optimized costs, accelerated ransomware recovery, and even allows for a 30-minute RPO (recovery point objective) so that you can get back to business quickly. In this blog post, we'll dive into [...]

By | 2023-07-31T21:51:31+02:00 July 31st, 2023|vCloud Director, VMware Posts, vSphere|0 Comments

vCenter crash: duplicate key value violates unique constraint

The vCenter crash was initiated by a network storage switch failure that affected all the iSCSI LUNs in my home lab. The failure occurred as a result of changes I made to the switch's VLAN capacity, which necessitated a reboot. I approved the reboot request without thinking that I had my VMs running. The Switch [...]

By | 2023-02-06T03:47:13+01:00 February 6th, 2023|vCenter, VMware Posts, vSphere|0 Comments

HCX – How to create Network and Compute Profiles

In this second HCX - How to create Network and Compute Profiles about HCX Series blog post, I will address the Network Profiles. How to create them, and what the best practices and requirements are. In the previous HCX blog post, How to install-pairing HCX Manager and Connector I installed the HCX Cloud Manager and [...]

By | 2022-10-18T01:03:53+02:00 October 18th, 2022|HCX, vCenter, VMware Posts, vSphere|0 Comments

NSX Host Transport Nodes Install Failed

This quick tip about NSX Host Transport Nodes Install Failed, when you get Install Failed, I will explain a simple fix that fixes this problem in most cases. This is a similar problem that I already wrote a blog post about it, but that was during an ESXi host upgrade Upgrade to vSphere 7 NSX-T [...]

By | 2022-09-30T12:30:55+02:00 September 26th, 2022|NSX, VMware Posts, vSphere|0 Comments

How to remove a dead vSphere Replication from vCenter with JXplorer

While updating my homelab, particularly my vSphere Replication Appliance, one vCenter had a registered vSphere Replication that doesn't exist anymore. In this blog post, How to remove a dead vSphere Replication from vCenter with JXplorer, we will understand how to do this. Since early vCenter versions that, we know to remove any vCenter plugin or [...]

By | 2022-09-19T21:09:25+02:00 September 19th, 2022|vCenter, VMware Posts, vSphere|0 Comments

VMware launching a New vCenter Converter Beta

I rarely write about others' blog posts, but in this case, it is a very important tool for me(explained in this blog post). Just read a blog post from William Lam about VMware launching a New vCenter Converter Beta. According to William, It seems that VMware is bringing back the vCenter Converter or just VMware Converter. [...]

By | 2022-09-14T11:27:37+02:00 September 13th, 2022|vCenter, VMware Posts, vSphere|0 Comments

Add disks to your VCF through ESXi vSAN hosts

When your VMware Cloud Foundation(VCF) SDDC Manager Workload Domain is getting full, you need to add disks to your VCF through ESXi vSAN hosts. Most of the changes you need to do in your vCenter should be done through the SDDC Manager. Not the case when you need physically add extra disks to your ESXi [...]

By | 2022-08-30T10:16:59+02:00 March 29th, 2022|vCenter, VCF, VMware Posts, vSAN, vSphere|0 Comments

How to update your vSAN HCL DB without internet

We know that some systems cannot be connected to the internet. In this How to update your vSAN HCL DB without internet, I will show how we can update our vSAN HCL DB without an internet connection. In my case, a VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) doesn't directly connect to the internet, but I still need [...]

By | 2022-03-28T20:33:23+02:00 March 28th, 2022|vCenter, VMware Posts, vSAN, vSphere|0 Comments

How to clone your ESXi SD card for backup

In this How to clone your ESXi SD card for backup, I will explain how to clone your SD card(or USB) from your ESXi for backups purposes. If you don't have a dual SD card controller, this is something handy for a quick restore of your system. In my case, I have an 8Gb SD [...]

By | 2022-03-27T01:28:19+01:00 March 27th, 2022|VMware Posts, vSphere|4 Comments