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Boost Your VMware Environment with the Latest Skyline Collector 3.3 and Skyline Advisor 6.7

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VMware recently announced the General Availability of VMware Skyline Collector 3.3 and VMware Skyline Advisor 6.7. The updates bring new features and enhancements that further improve the visibility, proactive support, and troubleshooting capabilities of VMware environments. VMware Skyline is a proactive support technology that provides predictive analytics, actionable intelligence, and best practices to help customers […]

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GitHub repositories for VMware Admins

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Github is a treasure trove for developers and administrators who work with VMware. It offers a wide variety of resources, including libraries, tools, and scripts that can help you automate tasks, manage virtual environments, and more. Here are some of the best Github repositories for VMware developers and administrators: vSphere Automation SDKs – This repository […]

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VMware Horizon 8: Ready for it?

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VMware Horizon 8 is a virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) solution that allows customers to easily deploy and manage virtual desktops and applications. Horizon 8 includes several new features and capabilities that can provide customers with significant improvements in performance, security, and manageability for their VDI environment. One of the key new features in Horizon 8 […]

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Upgrade vRealize Operations to version 8.10.1

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As per VMware Advisory VMSA-2022-0034, there are multiple vRealize Operations (vROps) vulnerabilities reported to VMware.For vulnerable VMware products, patches and updates are readily available. The new release 10.8.1 resolves a few important security and functionality issues identified in the product and an added features: Resolves CVE-2022-31707 & CVE-2022-31708. A malicious actor with admin privileges in […]

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vSphere8 – vcenter server upgrade 6.7 to 8.0

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In this post we will cover upgrading a vCenter Server from version 6.7 to version 8 in our labs. To get all details about upgrading vCenter Server check the documentation here The first thing to do is check my running version of vCenter Server 6.7 can be upgraded to version 8 using Product Interoperability Matrix […]

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Upgrading to ESXi 8 using the command line ESXCLI

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Exciting times again 🎆 with the vSphere 8 release published for download in October 2022. Scan the QR code below and download the ISO file or offline bundle for your selected upgrade method. This link will take you to the download page As always, we recommend checking the documentation for details on performing your upgrade […]

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Create a vCenter Content Library using OCI Object Storage

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William Lam’s blog inspired this article, the idea is to walk you through setting up a vSphere Content library, adding items to the library, and removing a library item when it’s no longer required using Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Object Storage. Before jumping into the steps let’s cover What is a Content Library and some […]

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Backup vCenter Server Appliance using OCI File System Service

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VMware continues supporting multi-cloud strategy and partnering with major cloud service providers, including Oracle VMware Cloud Solution (OCVS).This article will cover one of the many cases of integrating a cloud-native service and the VMware solution: “Backup the vCenter Server Appliance running on OCVS using the OCI File System Service“. Let’s begin! Prerequisites To add an […]

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