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  • Deploy vSphere VMs with Ansible!

    calendar Feb 4, 2023 · 3 min read · VMWare Home Lab vSphere FOSS/Linux Ansible Network Automation  ·
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    In a previous post, we covered how to create a virtual machine from a VM template in vSphere using Python and the REST API as an example of service-agnostic methods to invoke infrastructure resources. VMware's PowerCLI is a fantastic tool, but it's not for me. Tweaking or porting functionality from PowerCLI to other …


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  • Security patches are available for VMware vCenter 8.0 - Let's try the new vCenter Lifecycle Manager!

    calendar Dec 17, 2022 · 2 min read · VMWare Home Lab Information Security vSphere  ·
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    Let's take a look at the new lifecycle management process for vCenter. The old process via the VAMI was easy to execute - the industry is upping the ante with automated pre- and post-testing. Cisco's NX-OS installer is another example - complex procedures (in Cisco's case, sequential PGA or microcode updates) invite …


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  • Using cloud-init with vSphere and openSUSE 15.4

    calendar Sep 23, 2022 · 7 min read · Linux VMWare Home Lab vSphere FOSS/Linux Cloud  ·
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    Rapidly deploying Linux servers to meet a whim represents the essence of home lab activities, but we spend a great deal of time spinning/configuring machines to meet our specs. Worse, we lose a great deal of time keeping them properly configured and up to date, and none have the privilege of unlimited lab time. Let's …


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  • VyOS and other Linux builds unable to use vmxnet3 or "VMware Paravirtual SCSI" adapter on vSphere

    calendar Dec 4, 2021 · 4 min read · Linux VMWare vSphere NFV Design Patterns  ·
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    Have you seen this selector when building machines on vSphere? This causes some fairly common issues in NOS VMs, as most don't really know what distribution the NOS is based on. "Guest OS Version" doesn't just categorize your workload, though. Selecting "Other Linux" instructs vSphere to maximize …


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