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vCenter SSO LDAP integration failing with Server 2025

5 November 2024 chris Leave a comment

I recently upgraded my Domain Controller to the Server 2025. Not long after the upgrade, I noticed I could no…

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Posted in: Homelab, Microsoft, VMware Filed under: 2025, ad, homelab, identity sources, ldap, microsoft, server 2025, sso, vcenter, vexpert, vmware, vsphere, vsphere sso

HCX Activation with VCF Licensing

25 September 2024 chris Leave a comment

I see quite a bit of confusion about this internally and with customers, so I figured I would write a…

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Posted in: HCX, Homelab, VCF, VMware Filed under: hcx, homelab, vcf, vexpert, vmware

HCX 4.10 – encryption-less tunnels performance testing

26 July 2024 chris 1 Comment

HC 4.10 has just been released and with it come a whole host of excellent new features. You can read…

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Posted in: Certification, HCX, Homelab, Networking, VCF, VMC on AWS, vSAN Filed under: gro, hcx, hcx 4.10, migrations, unencrypted, vexpert, vmware, vmware hcx

Upgrading HCX post 4.9 release

28 May 2024 chris Leave a comment

HCX 4.9 brought some licensing changes as well as offline/dark site support. Whilst it is still possible to upgrade using…

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Posted in: HCX, Homelab, VCF, VMware Filed under: dark site, hcx, hcx 4.9, hcx 4.9.1, hcx upgrade, homelab, offline bundle, upgrade, vcf, vexpert

Import a Parallels VM into VMware Fusion Pro

15 May 2024 chris 7 Comments

With the recent announcement that VMware Fusion (and Workstation Pro) are now free for personal use, many might be looking…

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Posted in: Fusion, Homelab, VMware Filed under: broadcom, fusion, parallels, vmware, windows

Automating the configuration supporting Scale Enhancements for Bulk and Replication Assisted vMotion (RAV) Migrations

22 April 2024 chris Leave a comment

UPDATE 30th August 2024 – HCX 4.10 incorporates the upscaling scripts, please refer to this kb: https://knowledge.broadcom.com/external/article/373010 I’ll remove the…

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Posted in: HCX, Homelab, VMware

Fix for Plex transcoding issues with iGPU pass through on ESXi

19 December 2023 chris Leave a comment

I run a Debian VM with Plex on, and I pass through the iGPU which can be used by Plex…

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Posted in: Homelab, VMware Filed under: debian, gpu passthru, hardware transcoding, igpu, plex, quicksync

What’s new in HCX 4.8? Selectable Service Mesh!

21 November 2023 chris 1 Comment

With the release of HCX 4.8 comes in my opinion one of the biggest new features released since Network Extension…

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Posted in: HCX, Homelab, Networking, VMware Filed under: hcx, hcx 4.8, hcx service mesh, hcx update, vmware, vsphere

How to change HCX Manager IP Address

3 November 2023 chris 1 Comment

I’ve seen a few cases in the field where a HCX Manager has been deployed onto the same network which…

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Posted in: HCX, Homelab, Networking, NSX, UniFi, VMware Filed under: change hcx ip, hcx, homelab

A quick look at HCX+ part 2 – configuring Site Pairing and deploying a Service Mesh

31 October 2023 chris Leave a comment

Following on from my previous post on HCX+, I’ll now cover the next stage in the process. Apologies for the…

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Posted in: AWS, HCX, Homelab, NSX, VMC on AWS, VMware Filed under: hcx, homelab, nsx, vmc on aws, vmware

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