Category: NET701 Enterprise Infrastructure

Create VM Template Start your vSphere Web Client and go to VMs and Templates from the navigator pane. Expand datacenter and under the Lab VMs folder you will find VM1-1 which is the VM we have previously created. To create a template out of it, the VM has to be turned off first. Right-click on… Continue reading Lab 11 Using Templates and Clones →

Make sure you have prepared a NFS storage in your Windows Server for this lab to work properly. Configure Access to NFS Datastores We will start from opening vSphere Web Client and go to the Storage tab from the left pane. Right-click on your datacenter and find Storage > New Datastore. Figure 1. Create new… Continue reading Lab 10 Accessing NFS Storage →

Add VMKernel Port Group to a Standard Switch Go to your vSphere web client and Hosts and Clusters. Click on the ESXi host form the navigator pane and then select the Configure tab from the middle pane. Select VMKernel Adapters under Networking. Figure 1. VMKernel adapters configuration Click on Add host networking icon. Select VMKernel… Continue reading Lab 8 Accessing iSCSI Storage →

View the Standard Switch Configuration First of all, access your vSphere Web Client and go to Hosts and Clusters tab from the navigation pane and select an ESXi host. On the center pane, choose the Configure tab and select Virtual switches. Click on one of the switch on the list. Figure 1. Virtual switch information… Continue reading Lab 7 Using Standard Switches →

Create a Host and Cluster Folder To start with the task, go in to your vCenter web client. In the Hosts and Clusters page, right-click the datacenter on the left pane and go to New Folder > New Host and Cluster Folder. Figure 1. Create new host and cluster folder A window will appear and… Continue reading Lab 6 Creating Folders in vCenter Server Appliance →

In this post, we will cover the basic introduction of an ESXi machines and the network configuration of it. It is a really simple configuration and we will go through step by step here. As we power on the machine, we will be greeted with a gray and yellow display. Press F2 to enter your… Continue reading Lab 2 Configuring ESXi Host →

Installing an ESXi is mostly done on bare metal which means it does not need an OS installed. However, in this tutorial, I will cover the steps to install ESXi on a virtual machine in vSphere. Preparing the VM We will start by creating a new virtual machine (VM) to meet the requirements for ESXi.… Continue reading Lab 1 Installing ESXi →

Log in to your vSphere Client before starting this Lab. Information about log in interface can be reviewed here. It is required to have ESXi and a Windows Server installed and configured previously for the VMWare vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) to work. What I have done before this lab is creating two ESXi hosts and… Continue reading Lab 4 Working with vCenter Server →

Log in to your vSphere Client before starting this Lab. Information about log in interface can be reviewed here. Create a Virtual Machine Access the VMs and Templates tab from the navigation pane. Expand the folders and find your own folder to put in the virtual machine in. In my case I will use the… Continue reading Lab 3 Deploying and Configuring a Virtual Machine →

vSphere Client We are going to explore the interfaces of vSphere through the vSphere client first. The specific URL address I visited was "nt-vcsa.talos.net.nz" and a page will be shown like this following screenshot. Figure 1. vSphere client options page Click on the Launch vSphere Client (HTML5) button and it will direct you to the… Continue reading Lab 5 Navigating The vSphere Client →