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How to Assign vSphere 7 Licenses

How to Assign vSphere 7 Licenses

Quick byte today – Here is a tutorial on how to assign VMware vSphere 7 licenses. When you first install ESXi (or vCenter), you will have a 60-day evaluation license to dive into the full set of features. These evaluation features are equivalent to that of a vSphere Enterprise Plus license which includes vSphere vMotion, High Availability (HA), Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS), Virtual Machine Encryption, Distributed Switches, etc. Durng this time, the Licenses tab will indicate you are Evaluation Mode….

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Install or Upgrade VMware ESXi from HPE iLO

Install or Upgrade VMware ESXi from HPE iLO

There are multiple ways to install or upgrade VMware ESXi. In the past, we have discussed how to upgrade ESXi via the HP Onboard Administrator, VMware Update Manager, and ESXCLI. Today, we will walk through the ESXi upgrade process from HPE Integrated Lights-Out (iLO). If you are unfamiliar with iLO, it is HPE’s lights out management flavor to manage servers remotely. Install or Upgrade ESXi from HPE iLO To begin, launch an iLO Remote Console Session. In this instance, the…

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How to Install EMC Navisphere CLI

How to Install EMC Navisphere CLI

Navisphere CLI is a command line interface tool provided by EMC for accessing and managing VNX or Clariion storage arrays. Administrators can issue commands for general array management, including storage provisioning, status, and configuration control. Navisphere CLI can also be leveraged for automating management tasks through scripts or batch files. Navisphere CLI is supported on EMC VNX, CX, CX3, CX4, and AX4-5 storage systems. Starting at VNX OE 5.31, Classic CLI (NaviCLI) is no longer compatible. Secure CLI (NaviSecCLI) commands…

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VMware vSphere 6.5 Top Issues and Troubleshooting

VMware vSphere 6.5 Top Issues and Troubleshooting

This morning, VMware hosted a free webinar on vSphere 6.5 top issues and troubleshooting. If you are already on vSphere 6.5 or looking to make the jump, I would recommend watching the webcast. In it, VMware dove into top issues reported by customers and discussed how to identify and resolve said issues. If a resolution is not available, a workaround was given. If you missed the webinar, here is a recap of the issues and fixes discussed. Most issues have a…

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Upgrade vCenter Server Appliance 6.0 to 6.5

Upgrade vCenter Server Appliance 6.0 to 6.5

With VMware vSphere 6.5 being about 3 months into its release cycle, a lot of you may be gearing up to upgrade your environment. In this byte, we will go through the upgrade process from 6.0 to 6.5 for the vCenter Server Appliance. Like the 6.0 upgrade, this is a side by side upgrade. Meaning upgrading to 6.5 will be performed in two stages. The initial stage will deploy a new appliance. Followed by the second stage where your data…

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