Guides

PowerCLI Script To Export vSphere Inventory To CSV

A current vSphere inventory gives infrastructure teams a practical record of virtual machines, ESXi hosts, datastores, clusters, networks, and their…

Configuring VMware Horizon View For Remote Desktop Access

VMware Horizon View provides a controlled way to deliver Windows desktops and applications to employees, contractors, and students without placing complete…

Building a Two-Node vSAN Cluster for High Availability

A two-node vSAN cluster can deliver resilient compute and storage without the cost or rack space of a traditional three-node design. It is well suited to…

Using Ansible to Enforce VM Compliance Standards in vSphere

Virtual machine sprawl makes compliance difficult to manage. A few manually created test VMs can quickly become dozens of production workloads with…

How to Set Up a VMware vCenter Virtual Appliance

A VMware vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) provides the central management plane for an ESXi environment. Once deployed, it lets administrators organise hosts…

Automate NSX Security Policies with Ansible

NSX-T security policy automation turns firewall configuration into a repeatable, reviewable part of infrastructure delivery. Instead of creating distributed…

Fixing vCenter Certificate Expiry Issues Without Losing Your Weekend

VMware vSphere admins know that vCenter certificate expiry is one of those problems that always seems to arrive at the worst possible time. Whether you're…

Optimising VM Storage with vSphere VVols and Storage Policies

Virtual machines are often treated as portable compute objects, but their storage behaviour can determine the real performance and resilience of a VMware…

Deploying a GitLab CI pipeline for infrastructure code testing

Infrastructure as code has reshaped how Australian IT teams manage environments, from small home labs in suburban garages to enterprise estates running out of…

Custom vCenter roles and permissions with PowerCLI for Australian admins

Managing who can do what inside vCenter Server is one of those tasks that often gets pushed to the bottom of the to-do list until an auditor arrives.…