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Embracing UEFI Booting and Secure Boot in ESXi Environments

Transitioning from BIOS to UEFI booting in ESXi environments is a pivotal step toward enhancing system security and performance. UEFI, with its advanced features like…

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Embrace the Power of PowerCLI 13.1: Innovative Modules, Enhanced vSAN Capabilities, and Beyond

This version ushers in a long-awaited PowerCLI feature – a PowerCLI module for vSphere Replication, utilizing the same foundation as our auto-generated modules for NSX…

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Crear y asignar un atributo personalizado para máquinas virtuales en vCenter usando PowerShell

Introducción: Administrar un gran número de máquinas virtuales en vCenter puede ser un desafío, especialmente cuando se necesita realizar un seguimiento de información específica para…

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Create and Assign a Custom Attribute for Virtual Machines in vCenter Using PowerShell

Introduction: Managing a large number of virtual machines in vCenter can be challenging, especially when you need to keep track of specific information for each…

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Exploring PowerShell: Understanding a Script to Move VMware Virtual Machines to a specific folder.

PowerShell is a powerful automation tool used to manage and automate Windows-based systems. With its rich set of commands, it can help administrators perform various…

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Let’s talk about snapshots! Snapshots Explained!

A VMware snapshot is a point-in-time copy of the virtual machine’s state, including its virtual disk files and configuration. Snapshots are used to capture the…

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PowerShell to bulk remove VIBs from multiple ESXi hosts (putting hosts in MM mode beforehand)

During my last upgrade from vSphere 6.7 to vSphere 7.0 on one of my clusters, I come across the issue with VIBs. Of course, the…

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PowerCLI and PowerShell cheat sheet

Here are commands, every vSphere admin should know: List of available interfaces and physical network cards (vmkernel + vmnic): Adding another interface (vmkernel to vMotion)…

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A general system error occurred: Exceeded the maximum number of permitted snapshots” error when creating a virtual machine snapshot

Before upgrading my NSX-T nodes I wanted to take a snapshot. To my surprise, I was not able to do so, as I received an…

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PowerShell to ensure TLS1.2 is enabled

Today I will show you how to ensure that TLS1.2 is enabled. I will write a short script to perform a check and remediate if…

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