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Its been a long while since I have sat an exam (Last one was Feb 2020, before lockdown). But I have finally scheduled some (remote) exams. Had a lot of project work and not found a lot of time to study, but a project where we are utilizing NSX-T has given me the kick to […]

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Stumbled across this whilst researching some port requirements for vRA. Excellent utility to run to find out what ports you need opening up between solutions:- https://ports.vmware.com/

VMware Horizon 2111 Upgrade December 23, 2021
Decided to uplift the lab environment from Horizon 2106 (8.3) upto Horizon 2111 (8.4) Before beginning this, ensure servers are backed up, or snapshots taken in case of issues. Make sure you read: – https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Horizon/8%202111/rn/vmware-horizon-8-2111-release-notes/index.html prior to any upgrades. Click Next > Click on I accept the terms in the license agreement […]
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VMworld 2021! November 23, 2021
What a great VMworld we had again this year, also a load of new swag which I won for attending!! The post VMworld 2021! first appeared on Michael Sweeney Blog.
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Setting up a Horizon Event Database with MSSQL August 23, 2021
Pre-Req’s for SQL. As Horizon Event DB only supports SQL Authentication Mode, ensure your SQL server supports this. This can be found in your SQL server properties from SQL Management Studio. Create a SQL User within Security->Logins-> New User Create an empty database Databases -> New Database Fill in relevant details […] The post Setting […]
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vRealize Operations 8.5 August 4, 2021
Finally got to deploy vROps 8.5 (Blog post to follow about 8.4 to 8.5 upgrade to follow). In the meantime check out the release notes:- https://docs.vmware.com/en/vRealize-Operations-Manager/8.5/rn/vRealize-Operations-Manager-85.html The post vRealize Operations 8.5 first appeared on Michael Sweeney Blog.
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Installing Horizon Agent on Windows 10 March 5, 2021
During this series I have created a Windows 10 Virtual Machine, installed a few applications that will be used in my general use VM Farm Now we are going to install the agent. Here is the 2012 (8.1) agent. Click Next Accept terms and click Next IPv4 for my environment click Next […]
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Upgrading ESXi 6.7 to 7.0 using SSH/ ESXCLI February 6, 2021
Had some downtime to the nested lab, as adding more RAM, so thought perfect time to upgrade my baremetal “master” ESXi host. Run up a putty window and type the following esxcli software sources profile list -d https://hostupdate.vmware.com/software/VUM/PRODUCTION/main/vmw-depot-index.xml | grep ESXi-7.0.1 My plan is to move to ESXi 7.0 U1D. So run this command. esxcli […]
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VSAN HCL Update (Offline) February 2, 2021
Had a job to update the HCL, as our vCenter doesn’t have internet access we had to do an offline update. Go onto a machine that has access and download the JSON file from below. https://partnerweb.vmware.com/service/vsan/all.json (Right click, Save as, on the above link) Click on Update From File After a minute […]
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Installing Horizon 8.1 Connection Server on Windows 2019. January 14, 2021
This is the first part in a series of blog posts to install Horizon 2012 (Aka 8.1) – These are basic install steps on how to get up and running with Horizon 2012. I really like the Horizon product and what it brings, EUC has always been important but more so in the last year, […]
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VMware vSphere 7.0 U1 C Released January 11, 2021
Just before Xmas this update landed https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/7.0/rn/vsphere-vcenter-server-70u1c-release-notes.html Looking forward to testing out this new feature that’s appeared after the upgrade! Just need to deploy another vCenter! The post VMware vSphere 7.0 U1 C Released first appeared on Michael Sweeney Blog.
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SRM 8.3.1.1 Released January 11, 2021
SRM 8.3.1.1 was released in December. https://docs.vmware.com/en/Site-Recovery-Manager/8.3/rn/srm-releasenotes-8-3-1-1.html Planning a walk through of an upgrade from 8.2 to 8.3.1.1 (With Pure Storage). Look out for this walkthrough coming soon ! The post SRM 8.3.1.1 Released first appeared on Michael Sweeney Blog.
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