Reading Time: 8 minutesUpdating vCenter Server 6.7 to 7 is an article that explains how Updating vCenter Server 6.7 to 7. About Our Environment In our lab environment, there is a vCenter Server version 6.7.0 build 18485185 with Embedded PSC: We have one ESXi host and both VMs running in this environment: Accessing the ESXi host web console,…
Reading Time: 3 minutesRequesting a Certificate for an Internal CA is an article that explains how to request a Certificate for an Internal CA using a Certificate Signing Request (CSR) file. We have an article that explains how to create an Internal CA with AD CS on Windows Server. Click here to access this article. Also, we have…
Reading Time: 2 minutesCreating a Certificate Request with OpenSSL is an article that explains how to create a request certificate using OpenSSL. In this lab, we are using OpenSSL on Windows. You can download the OpenSSL on the below link: https://slproweb.com/products/Win32OpenSSL.html Creating a text file with your Certificate Details The first step here is creating the text file…
Reading Time: 5 minutesCreating an Internal Certificate Authority is an article that explains how to enable and configure an internal CA (Certificate Authority) with the Microsoft AD CS role. You can use AD CS to enhance security by binding the identity of a person, device, or service to a corresponding private key. AD CS gives you a cost-effective,…
Reading Time: 4 minutesShut Down the vSAN Cluster is an article that explains how to shut down the vSAN Cluster correctly for something scheduled maintenance or something like that. Firstly, if you are running vSAN 7.0 Update 3 or later, there is a wizard that helps in this task. The Wizard calls “Shut Down Cluster Wizard” and it…
Reading Time: 6 minutesAdding Hosts into an existing vSAN Cluster is an article that explains how to add hosts with minimal impact to an existing vSAN Cluster. In our case, we have a vSAN Stretched Cluster and we need to add more ESXi hosts to expand this cluster. So, we will show how to do it in a…