NSX-T Edge Node 3.2 Upgrade Issue - Hugepage Support

I recently did the first NSX upgrade in my Homelab! My Lab is running older hardware, HPE DL380 Gen8’s to be exact and this lead to an upgrade issue when attempting to …

Posted by Stephan McTighe on 21 Jun 2022

Configuring vSphere 7 Auto Deploy

Whilst continuing to prepare for my VMware Certified Advanced Professional Deploy Exam, I have been configuring vSphere Auto Deploy. As with my blog post on vCenter Profiles, I am …

Posted by Stephan McTighe on 26 Apr 2022

Client SMTP Email Submission & Graph API - Azure

I recently began playing with Azure DevOps Pipelines as a way to automate various aspects of my lab. As part of this I wanted to send email notifications that I could customize the …

Posted by Stephan McTighe on 15 Mar 2022

Different Tools; Same Result – vSphere Tags

Following the last blog post on create vSphere Port Groups, let’s take a look at creating Tags and Tag Categories. Let’s first look at the process via the GUI, in this …

Posted by Stephan McTighe on 15 Feb 2022

vCenter Server Profiles

Whilst beginning preparations to take the VMware Certificated Advanced Professional Deploy exam, I have started to look into the features and topics that I’m not overly …

Posted by Stephan McTighe on 1 Feb 2022

Auto Connecting Devices to a VMware Workstation VM

As part of my latest homelab setup, I run my vCenter Server VM and Domain Controller VM on VMware Workstation Pro 16 and not on an ESXi host. This is mainly so I don’t have …

Posted by Stephan McTighe on 11 Jan 2022

Failed to Deploy OVF Package - vSphere Content Libraries

I recently came across an issue with creating subscribed VMware Content Libraries, and deploying templates from a Content Library. An error similar to the one below, would be …

Posted by Stephan McTighe on 4 Jan 2022

Different Tools; Same Result - vSphere Distributed Port Groups

As technology moves forward, more and more ways to achieve your goal become available. Many people still rely on the good old trusty GUI to achieve their goal, I know I do at …

Posted by Stephan McTighe on 9 Nov 2021

NSX-T Manager Certificate Replacement

I decided it was time to add VMware NSX-T to my HomeLab. I had been putting it off for a while but I couldn’t avoid it any longer! Once I had fired up my NSX Manager Nodes …

Posted by Stephan McTighe on 12 Oct 2021

FEATURED TAGS
Active-Directory API Aria Aria Ops Auto-Deploy Azure Certification Credentials Dashboards DevOps ESXCLI Fusion Homelab KMS NSX Packer PowerCLI PowerShell SMTP SRM Templates Terraform VCF VCF Ops VMTools VMUG VMware VMworld VRealize VRLI VROps VSAN VSphere
ABOUT ME

I am an Infrastructure focused IT professional working in the UK, specialising in VMware technologies.

If you would like to help fuel my blogging with caffeine…

Buy Me A Coffee
Disclaimer

All content provided on this blog is for informational purposes only. I make no representations as to the accuracy or completeness of any information on this site or found by following any link on this site. I will not be liable for any errors or omissions in this information nor for the availability of this information. I will not be liable for any losses, injuries, or damages from the display or use of this information. The opinions expressed here are my personal opinions. Content published here is not read or approved in advance by any company mentioned and does not necessarily reflect the views and opinions of those companies nor does it constitute any official communication therein. Always check official documentation hosted by either company for support or verified technical information.