• Installing vcenter without DNS & NTP I recently had to install an offline install of vCenter, and this could give you some grey hair if you don`t configure this the way vCenter want`s to. After downloading the iso file you…

  • The Aria Suite and the new licensing model from VMware by Broadcom. In the VCF license, you get all the Aria products in Enterprise versions, meaning Aria Suite Enterprise. This includes: In the VVF license there is Aria Suite Standard.…

  • 1 node configuration: During setup of the first pod, i found out that the minimum config is exactly that, minimum. If your Holodeck host is configured 60+ cores, 1,5TB memory, and 12TB SSDdisk, no problem, but if not, what then?…

  • I have lately setup a few windows mgmt jumpserver vm`s, some temporary and some permanent, and when downloading the eval iso from windows, there is a specific process for changing the eval key, and setting a permanent key.This could be…

  • I have another post about setting up the VMware HoloKit, but this post is about the HW needed. The first test was a “lego-build”, a decommisioned Cisco server with memory from a Dell server, CPU`s from a Cisco blade, SSDdisks…

  • Changing VMware esxi machine certificates. I recently needed this, and the vmware documentation is describing a lot more steps than i think is needed. I had some nested esxi servers with the wrong hostname/IP, so i changed it, but i…

  • Creating a VCF lab can be a rewarding endeavor. It involves setting up your own virtualization infrastructure, including configuring and managing VMware Cloud Foundation. This hands-on approach allows you to gain valuable experience with VCF deployment, operations, and troubleshooting.

  • Welcome to bervid.net! This is my blog about virtualization and VMware solutions. Here I add some posts about solutions I run into or has configured, sort of a personal documentation, and in that process find some info that could be…