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Migrate folder structure from old to new vSphere vCenter

Sometimes I find it easier to create a new vCenter server then migrate the old one, and it is a…

  • Deployment
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  • vSphere

VMware vCenter VCSA 6.5 Upgrade “Error: queryAaaa ENODATA”

During an upgrade I got the following error: "A problem occurred  while getting data from the source vCenter Server" And…

  • Deployment
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  • vSphere

VMware Auto Deploy not showing in vSphere Web Client

I have had an annoying issue in the vSphere 6.5 Web Client, where Auto Deploy would not show up in…

  • Storage
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  • vSphere

Storage Optimization for VMware vSphere

This is meant as a dynamic article for looking up best practice settings for different storage arrays when adding them to…

  • Tips and Tricks

Cross SSO and vCenter VMotion using PowerCLI

http://cloudmaniac.net/using-powercli-to-vmotion-vm-between-different-sso-domains-vcenters/ Roman Decker wrote an article about how to move virtual machine between vCenters that are not part of the same…

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VMware vCSA 6.5 Scheduled Backup

The new vCenter 6.5 Server Appliance comes with a backup function, but it is not possible to schedule the backup out…

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VMware ESXi Update on IBM Servers fail

I ran into an error the other day, when updating an IBM based vSphere 6.0 environment using Update Manager, and I…

  • Deployment

Upgrade VMware Horizon Mirage to new server

Are you looking to Upgrade Mirage and move it to a new server, or are you just looking to move…

  • Network
  • vSphere

Should you enable Network health check for your Distributed Virtual Switches

Network health check is a very useful feature that was introduced with vSphere 5.1 vDS. What does it do? The…

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Script – Find orphaned files

If you need to search your vSphere Datastores for orphaned VMDK files, Luc Dekens made a script that can help…