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Synology DSM Virtual Machine
Introduction Synology have made a name for themselves over the past few years as one of the preferred home lab NAS solutions. In particular, they were one of the first consumer vendors to support VAAI...
View ArticleAutoLab Version 2.0 Released
It has been a while, but the day has arrived. AutoLab version 2.0 is available for download. This version doesn’t support a new vSphere release since VMware hasn’t shipped one. AutoLab 2.0 is more of a...
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Upgrading vCenter 5.5 -> 6
Earlier this year I recorded a video for the VMUG 2015 Virtual Event. As is often the case with online webinar platforms, the quality of the recording wasn’t as good as we’ve come to expect with the...
View ArticleWhat’s New vSphere 6 vBrownBag
I presented a What’s New in vSphere 6 presentation on last week’s US vBrownBag podcast. Below is a copy of the recording and deck for those interested. The post What’s New vSphere 6 vBrownBag appeared...
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Home Lab Build
Today I want to introduce a series that I’ve been wanting to do for a while, a step-by-step video based home lab build. This will be the first in a series where I’ll take you through this new home lab...
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Home Lab Build – ESXi 6 /w VSAN
As part of documenting my home lab (re)build, today I’m going to build an ESXi 6 server and then bootstrap VSAN using a single hosts’s local disks. If you’re following along my Home Lab Re-Build...
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Home Lab Build – Active Directory
In this part of the Home Lab Build series, we’ll step through the creation of a Windows 2012 R2 Domain Controller. While one of the more basic installs, it can carry some fairly important tasks within...
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AutoLab with vSphere 6, now with extra Cloud
I’m delighted to release AutoLab version 2.6, the biggest new feature is support for vSphere 6.0. You can download the new deployment guide and packages from the AutoLab page. With vSphere 6 VMware...
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Uploading to AutoLab on Ravello
Many AutoLab deployments are inside your firewall on a trusted network, without direct inbound access from the Internet. When AutoLab is deployed on Ravello it is outside your firewall and accessible...
View ArticleAutoLab 2.6 on Ravello Video
I have just uploaded a video of deploying AutoLab 2.6 on the Ravello platform. The process is similar to deployment using your own hardware, but has a couple of differences. Make sure you have the...
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