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Installing Cloudbase-Init on Windows for vRA Customisation

Installing Cloudbase-Init on Windows for vRA Customisation

A brief guide to installing Cloudbase-Init in a VMware vSphere VM template to use with vRealize Automation 8

Cloud-Init with vRealize Automation and vSphere - No CD Drive!

Cloud-Init with vRealize Automation and vSphere - No CD Drive!

This article explains how to use Cloud-Init with vRealize Automation and vSphere without requiring a CD drive in every VM.

TIL (#2): vSphere Tagging Best Practices Study

TIL (#2): vSphere Tagging Best Practices Study

Today I Learned (TIL) #2: That there is a performance study paper available around vSphere tagging.

Creating unique passwords in Vault for new vRA workloads

Creating unique passwords in Vault for new vRA workloads

Generate and secure unique complex passwords in HashiCorp Vault for new workloads provisioned by VMware vRealize Automation

Integrating VMware Code Stream and Packer

Integrating VMware Code Stream and Packer

Not content to build vSphere templates periodically, this introduction shows how VMware Code Stream and Packer can be combined to trigger builds from Git updates.

Creating vSphere VM templates with Packer (part 7) - Further plans

Creating vSphere VM templates with Packer (part 7) - Further plans

The final (short) post in this series. Now that vSphere templates can be built repeatably, it's time to think about the next steps to take things further.

Creating vSphere VM templates with Packer (part 6) - CentOS

Creating vSphere VM templates with Packer (part 6) - CentOS

Having created a Windows template, in Part 6 of this series it's now time to make one for Linux using my go-to distro, CentOS 8.

Creating vSphere VM templates with Packer (part 5) - Windows templates

Armed with some vSphere variables, it's now time to create a Windows template. In post 5 of this series that process is described.

Creating vSphere VM templates with Packer (part 4) - vSphere variables

In part 4 of this series it's finally time to introduce some JSON. The variables that I re-use in every template for telling Packer where to provision machines.

Creating vSphere VM templates with Packer (part 3) - Variables, builders and provisioners

In part 3 of this series I cover some of the configuration and terminology required to get going with builds and that will be used in the rest of the series.

Creating vSphere VM templates with Packer (part 2) - Preparation

Now Packer is introduced, it's time to prepare for using it to create some vSphere templates. This is part 2 of a series.

Creating vSphere VM templates with Packer (part 1) - Introduction

Bored of hand-rolling vSphere templates? I was! This is part 1 of a series that documents creating vSphere templates using Packer.

vSphere web client support statement for Adobe Flash

Adobe Flash is EoL in December 2020, what does this mean for people on vSphere 6.5?

Homelab vSphere 6.7u3 experience

About 18 months ago I wrote a post on my experience upgrading my homelab from vSphere 6.5 to vSphere 6.7 [https://michaelpoore.com/2018/07/my-vsphere-6-7-homelab-upgrade-experience/]. Since that time it has had a few rebuilds and reconfigurations, been off for several months, been idle, been busy and generally

My vSphere 6.7 homelab upgrade experience

vSphere 6.7 was released several months ago, and I've been meaning to upgrade my homelab for a while now. vSphere 6.5 has been pretty rock-solid, but it's time for me to keep up with the Joneses. This post covers my upgrade process and experiences.

Automated NIC names in Linux on VMware vSphere

A colleague of mine was working with a customer recently on some changes to their automated VM provisioning process (they're not vRA customers… yet). He got stuck trying to get around a particular challenge with the automatic naming of network interfaces in certain Linux distributions. The customer in

vCenter's Number - Is It Up?

(This is all based on information that's in the public domain at the time of writing and is all my own opinion. I may very well be wrong!) ESXi first saw the light of day as version 3.5 in 2007 / 2008. Rumours were rife after ESXi 4.

New Book - VMware vSphere Design (2nd Edition)

Forbes Guthrie and Scott Lowe have been busy. I very much enjoyed the first edition of the VMware vSphere Design book and now the second edition is up on Amazon [http://www.amazon.co.uk/VMware-VSphere-Design-Forbes-Guthrie/dp/1118407911/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1363726653&sr=8-1]

Adding disks to 2008 R2 Server Core VMs

In a lab environment, sometimes anything can go. Solutions aren’t always standards compliant or don’t always follow best / sensible practices. One that I can’t shake off though is using separate drives in my VMs for operating systems and data. It’s too ingrained. Given my new found

Review: Trainsignal VMware vSphere 5 Training

[http://www.shareasale.com/r.cfm?b=362823&u=458178&m=19486&urllink=&afftrack=] I've been a big fan of Trainsignal's courses for some time now. You never forget your first one and for me that was “VMware vSphere Pro Series Training

vRAMbo: VMware Change Their Licensing Model

[http://tux.crystalxp.net/en.id.2036-rambo-tux.html](Image by Santang) The rumours were about last week of a change to VMware's controversial licensing model for vSphere 5 and last night those rumours turned out to be true. The furore that erupted from some quarters was never going

Bye, bye Service Console

This isn’t just another article about vSphere 5. It’s not my aim simply to rattle off a list of new and improved features. There are probably a plethora of those posts out there already, some better than others – use Google to find them. I was inspired to write