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Finding VMware vSphere Update Manager Build Numbers

January 4, 2018 Jonny Microsoft Windows Server 2012, Update Manager, VMware

With the recent discovery of both Meltdown and Spectre I’ve been dispatched to do some patching. This has led to more than a few compatibility and interoperability checks- fun times indeed. I then realised I’ve

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Fixing vCenter Error: “Another task is already in progress”

October 7, 2017 Jonny vCenter, Veeam, VMware, vSphere

I came across an odd issue for the first time in my lab. A Veeam backup failed to complete with one VM reporting the following- Error: Another task is already in progress

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Upgrade VMware vRealize Log Insight

September 26, 2017 Jonny Monitoring, VMware, vRealize Log Insight, vSphere

All this monitoring my lab business has got out of hand recently. So much so that I finally decided to upgrade my VMware vRealize Log Insight appliance from the suitably vintage v3.0. It’s not a

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Deploy OVAs to vCenter with VMware OVF Tool

September 23, 2017 Jonny Microsoft Windows, vCenter, VMware, vSphere

Try to deploy an OVA in vCenter 6.5 and you’ll likely see the following helpful little number- After some mucking about, I found a supported solution- VMware OVF Tool.

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Monitor Linux with SNMPv3 and PRTG

September 16, 2017 Jonny Debian, Linux, Monitoring, PRTG, Ubuntu

Recently I’ve been focusing on something I’ve overlooked for too long- monitoring. I wanted to share a quick guide on monitoring Debian / Ubuntu with SNMPv3 and PRTG as I couldn’t find any high level,

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Clean Up a Full Ubuntu ‘/boot’ Partition

August 31, 2017 Jonny Debian, Linux, Ubuntu

If the /boot partition fills to 100% you’ll likely find yourself stuck in a loop. In order to remove old Linux kernels and free space you will likely first need to install dependencies, but to

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Add ESXi 6.5 Hosts to an Active Directory Domain

February 13, 2017 Jonny Active Directory, ESXi, VMware

You have everything hooked up to AD, right? There’s no better way to compromise your entire lab than having a SSO password for just about everything. I’m not (entirely) serious of course, but that’s a

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My Home Datacenter

January 25, 2017 Jonny Hardware, Networking, VMware

I’ve posted a few snippets detailing elements of my home lab datacenter previously, but I thought it was time I did a full, in-depth write up, so here goes. First off, let’s deal with the

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Upgrading vSphere from 6.0 to 6.5

December 21, 2016 Jonny Update Manager, vCenter, VMware, vSphere

This is a four step guide on the process of upgrading from vSphere 6.0 to 6.5. I’ve included all steps individually for those who aren’t taking advantage of the full vSphere suite. Part 1- Running

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Running the VMware VCSA Migration Assistant

December 21, 2016 Jonny Update Manager, vCenter, VMware, vSphere

This is part one in a four part series on upgrading to vSphere 6.5 You can find the rest of the series here You will receive the following error if running VMware Update Manager on

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