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Upgrades and vCenter HA

darrinSeptember 5, 2024 212 Views

So I had planned on shutting down my ESXi host that lives outside of the cluster, the one that manages…

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Raspberry Pi Cluster

darrinSeptember 2, 2024 191 Views

Since I first heard of ESXi-Fling that allowed running ESXi on ARM processers, specifically the Raspberry Pi 4. Why would…

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vCenter Upgrades

darrinAugust 16, 2024 143 Views

VMware’s new Reduced Downtime Upgrade (RDU) mechanism for vCenter Servers minimizes downtime by deploying a new vCenter instance, then transferring data from the old appliance. The author shares their experience with this upgrade, noting its ease and success. They chose the Automated Switchover, had backups ready, and encountered minimal issues.

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Unexpected Illness

darrinAugust 7, 2024 162 Views

Plans, why do I even attempt to make them? Whenever I plan anything, something happens. My plan to start learning…

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Nutanix… Failure

darrinJuly 6, 2024July 6, 2024 148 Views

So, there will be no Nutanix in my homelab, not for awhile. It was an utter shitshow. Let’s begin. First,…

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Nutanix, the migration.

darrinJune 5, 2024June 6, 2024 152 Views

This is going to be a working document as I begin my journey toward Nutanix. With selling the former esxi05,…

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