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How to Build an Ubuntu 24.04 Template using Packer and vCenter Server Customization Specifications
I’ve heard from several people who have highly recommended Packer (https://packer.io) to create standardized images, and with the recent release of Ubuntu 24.04 I decided now would be a good time to build a new template to try it out. … Continue reading
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Updating VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) from 5.1.0 to 5.1.1
I recently upgraded a nested lab from VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 5.1.0 to 5.1.1. A few lessons were learned along the way, and I’m going to document those below. Step 0 – Validate the environment My VCF lab had been … Continue reading
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Fine-Tuning Updates: Targeted Host Remediation with vSphere Lifecycle Manager
In vSphere 7.0 functionality was introduced to be able to manage a cluster of ESXi hosts with a single image. In addition to being a bit easier to configure than the prior Update Manager Baselines, this feature also integrates with … Continue reading
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Video Card Power Consumption & Savings
The primary system in my homelab is a Dell Precision 7920 Tower. I recently had the case opened and looking inside I saw the video card. This is a physically large Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080ti GPU, but for my purposes … Continue reading
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Upgrade Issues using Aria Suite Lifecycle 8.16
I recently upgraded to Aria Suite Lifecycle 8.16.0 in a lab and ran into issues upgrading various products it managed. Aria Operations for Logs (formerly vRealize Log Insight) was being upgraded 8.14.0 to 8.16.0, but failed with error LCMVRLICONFIG40004 Aria … Continue reading
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