Author: Danilo

Configure Time Sync by NTP for the vCenter it is a simple article to configure the vCenter Server to acquire date and time settings by an NTP server. For all systems and network administrators, a very important task is to maintain all devices with the date and time configurations correct. For some vCenter services to work fine, the date and time need to be OK, in other cases, we can problems with that. Additionally, the log creation can be affected if the date and time are incorrect. So, definitely, is a very important task to maintain the date and time…

Managing the vCenter Server Services is a very important task for all vSphere Administrators. In this article, we will show how to see the status of all services and, if necessary, how to stop and start these services. Access the vCenter Server by SSH The first step for Managing the vCenter Server Services is to access the vCenter Server by SSH. You can use your first SSH client, but, in this lab, we are using Putty to access the vCenter Server. To download Putty, click HERE. Before, access the VAMI interface and check if SSH service is enabled. On the…

Creating a Backup of vCenter Data is a way to create regular backups of the vCenter Data and, of course, create a possibility to recover the vCenter if necessary. I rarely see this resource configured, but, it is an excellent way to get regular backups of the vCenter. This backup is like a “File-Based Backup” and, to restore, you need to deploy the vCenter Server. On STAGE 2, select the restore option and select this backup bundle. We will create an NFS share and we will use this share to store all vCenter Server backups. In this lab, TrueNAS will…

Creating a vSphere 7 Cluster is an article to show how to create a vSphere Cluster, step-by-step, using a lab environment for that. We split this article into 3 parts, where is the first part called “Creating a vSphere 7 Cluster – Part 3”. Also, If you want to read Part 1 and Part 2, click on the buttons below: Install and configure the vCenter Server Before creating a cluster, the first step here is to install the vCenter Server. We have an article that explains the installation process for the vCenter Server. Click on the button below to check…

Creating a vSphere 7 Cluster is an article to show how to create a vSphere Cluster, step-by-step, using a lab environment for that. We split this article into 3 parts, where is the first part called “Creating a vSphere 7 Cluster – Part 2”. This is Part 2 of the Creating a vSphere 7 Cluster. But, If you want to read Part 1, click on the button below: As detailed in Part 1, we will use TrueNAS with our Storage for this lab. TrueNAS is network storage where is possible to create different types of network shares, such as NFS,…

Creating a vSphere 7 Cluster is an article to show how to create a vSphere Cluster, step-by-step, using a lab environment for that. We split this article into 3 parts, where is the first part called “Creating a vSphere 7 Cluster – Part 1”. I’m using VMware® Workstation 16 Pro version 16.1.2 build-17966106 installed on Windows 10 Machine. Below is possible to see the lab topology that can we use in this post. We will use 3 ESXi hosts + vCenter Server to create the vSphere layer. Also, we will use the DNS and external Storage to provide LUNs for our cluster. The DNS…