As part of the continual (re)deployment and evolution of my home lab I have created a custom ESXi image to include a VIB for my Synology SAN. Whilst I will concentrate on the steps required to complete this specifically for the Synology, the principle applies to any home lab or indeed any Production environment that needs a... Continue Reading →
Book Review: VMware vSphere PowerCLI Reference: Automating vSphere Administration – 2nd Edition
Power CLI 2nd Edition - A “must have” book for anyone who is working with VMware products and wants to add value and save time. The book has been helpful to me for three reasons: it has taught me how to automate those mundane tasks that everybody hates to, it has enabled me to remove... Continue Reading →
Part 4 – Enabling the new Certificate Templates
This is Part 4 of a series of posts on how to configure VMware vSphere 6.x to use Certificates from Microsoft Windows Server Certificate Services. The following assumes you have completed the steps within the series Part 1 – Installing Microsoft Windows 2012 R2 Certificate Services Part 2 – Configuring an Enterprise Root Certificate Authority... Continue Reading →
Part 3B – Creating the Microsoft CA Template for Subordinate CA certificates in vSphere 6.0
This is Part 3B of a series of posts on how to configure VMware vSphere 6.x to use Certificates from Microsoft Windows Server Certificate Services, covering the creation of a Subordinate CA certificate for use with the VMware Certificate Authority (VMCA). For some insightful information on VMCA Design Decisions post by @AtherBeg The following assumes you have completed... Continue Reading →
VMware vRealize Automation 6.x Deployment Sequence
I thought I would share one of the many Visio Diagrams I have created recently on a project to deploy VMware vRealize Automation 6.2.x. I also have a configuration sequence which I will upload once its finalised.
Part 3A – Creating the Microsoft CA Template for SSL certificates in vSphere 6.0
This is Part 3A of a series of posts on how to configure VMware vSphere 6.x to use Certificates from Microsoft Windows Server Certificate Services. The following assumes you have completed the steps within Part 1 – Installing Microsoft Windows 2012 R2 Certificate Services and Part 2 – Configuring an Enterprise Root Certificate Authority. The... Continue Reading →
Part 2 – Configuring an Enterprise Root Certificate Authority
This is Part 2 of a series of posts on how to configure VMware vSphere 6.x to use Certificates from Microsoft Windows Server Certificate Services. The following assumes you have completed the steps within Part 1 – Installing Microsoft Windows 2012 R2 Certificate Services. Click Configure Active Directory Certificate Services to run the AD CS... Continue Reading →
Part 1 – Installing Microsoft Windows 2012 R2 Certificate Services
This is Part 1 of a series of posts on how to configure VMware vSphere 6.0 to use Certificates from Microsoft Windows Server Certificate Services. I have heavily invested into my Home Lab over the last few months and as part of building my new VMware vSphere 6.0 Home Lab. I have decided that creating... Continue Reading →
VCAP5-DCD – Attempt 1 – #fail
So on the 26/02 (afternoon), I failed at my first attempt to gain my VCAP5-DCD with a score of 279. Beforehand I did say that i would rather have failed hard than nearly get there with a close to passing score. Put simply, I ran out of time. Like most exams i take i go in with a... Continue Reading →
Group Policy Objects
I have recently been completing some study for the Microsoft 70-417 exam (upgrading to MCSA Windows 2012) and whilst I have not had a lot to do with implementing Group Policy Objects (GPOs) in the recent past, I still find it is important to know how and when they get applied. The following is some... Continue Reading →