As far as a TLDR goes, Auto Deploy is a VMware feature that allows taking a bare metal host, PXE booting into ESXi, applying configuration and bringing it, as a working, fully configured host; into
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Performing Scripted ESXi Installation
Interactive installations of ESXi are great in theory but what about when the datacenter scales in size? There are a few options when it comes to automating ESXi installation- one is the scripted installation. Scripted
Read moreUpgrade vCSA from 6.5 to 6.7 with CLI Installer
Or is it “automate all the things”? Here’s a run down of a little bit of both. CLI vCenter Server Appliance upgrades starts at the same place as with a GUI install. Download the vCSA
Read moreDeploy Additional Embedded vCSAs with CLI Installer
I’ve been toying with automated and scripted deployments of vCSAs and ESXi recently so thought I’d do a quick run through deploying an additional embedded vCSA in Enhanced Linked Mode via CLI. This topology is
Read moreRemove Enhanced Link Mode vCenters from Inventory with cmsso-util
Setting up Enhanced Linked Mode is easy and almost mandatory for bigger environments; but what about when things go wrong? Dead vCenter instances in your inventory is, if nothing else, unsightly. Here’s how you can
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