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Homelab: Beginners Guide – Part 2 Installing Virtual Center 6.7

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Part 2 of homelab Basics. Installing vCenter

Homelab: Beginners Guide – Part 1 Homelab Basics and Installing ESXi 6.7

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How to set up a vsphere homelab for beginners step by step.

Site Status – All Pages Updated

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I realised that it's been a while since the last post was added to this blog so I thought I'd write this and summarise what's actually been going on. In in reality I've updated every page on this site with instrcutions, screenshots and "gotchas" for the newer versions of the products. So, the homelab guide … Continue reading Site Status – All Pages Updated

vSphere / Lab For Beginners: Part 4 – Virtual Distributed Switches & Migrating Networking (VSS to vDS)

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Where are We? By this point we should be in the position of having our lab cluster up and running, configured for storage and able to authenticate against a real domain with all the control that gives us. We haven't yet enabled any of the advanced features like vMotion though as this would have required … Continue reading vSphere / Lab For Beginners: Part 4 – Virtual Distributed Switches & Migrating Networking (VSS to vDS)

vSphere / Lab For Beginners: Part 2 – Installing & Configuring Virtual Center

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Where Are We and What's Next? At this point in our lab build we have our ESXi hosts up and connected to some storage but nothing else. We need a tool to manage all our hosts and provide accss to all the cool features that VMware and Virtualisation is known for such as moving VMs … Continue reading vSphere / Lab For Beginners: Part 2 – Installing & Configuring Virtual Center

vSphere / Lab For Beginners: Part 1 – Installing ESXI To USB

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This post is all about how to install the first part of any vSphere / HomeLab setup. the basic ESXi client. It's intended for beginners who haven't used vSphere before or those who know a little but are installing on their own for the first time. Assumptions This guide assumes that you're installing on to … Continue reading vSphere / Lab For Beginners: Part 1 – Installing ESXI To USB

On The Subject of HomeLabs

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So, Were you thinking about building a home based VMware lab? Are you unsure about the best way to go about this? Do you need information on upgrades or the way forward? Or perhaps you'e got a killer lab already and want to share your knowledge with the world. You should probably head on over … Continue reading On The Subject of HomeLabs

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