Category Archives: Lab Infrastructure

Managing snapshots in vSphere environments is a task that folks have dealt with for years. I remember one of my first PowerCLI scripts was one that sent email notifications for snapshots over a week old to review and manually clean … Continue reading →

I recently set out to configure the open-source Telegraf agent on a physical system in my lab, with the goal of sending telemetry data to Aria Operations. The process for setting this up is documented here: https://techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/vmware-cis/aria/aria-operations/8-18/vmware-aria-operations-configuration-guide-8-18/connect-to-data-sources/monitoring-applications-and-os-using-open-source-telegraf/monitoring-applications-using-open-source-telegraf/monitoring-applications-using-open-source-telegraf-on-a-linux-platform-saas-onprem.html. Since most of … Continue reading →

I recently came across a KB article (https://knowledge.broadcom.com/external/article/368812/how-to-change-the-vmxnet3-link-speed-of.html) that describes how to set the link speed of a vmxnet3 network adapter higher than the default 10 Gbps speed. In my lab I have several nested ESXi hosts and wanted to … Continue reading →

I have an older Intel NUC in my lab, and although its aging, it still serves a purpose, and I plan to hang on to it for a little while longer. This post will outline some issues I encountered while … Continue reading →

I recently upgraded a vCenter Server instance in a lab from version 7 to 8. In this post I’ll walk through some issues encountered and lessons learned during the process. Pre-Checks with Skyline Health Diagnostics In Skyline Health Diagnostics, there … Continue reading →