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April 27, 2026 | ESX, ESXi, ESXi 7, ESXi 8, Homelab, vCenter 7, vCenter 8, VCF, VMware, vSphere 7, vSphere 8 | No Comments
Greetings, today we are going to be deleting a VSAN Datastore. This might be needed if vCenter crashed and you cant recover it or you’re blowing out your lab and didn’t properly remove VSAN. So to start, login to the ESXi Host Client On the left pane, select Storage Select one of your drives and […]
March 30, 2026 | Homelab, vCenter 8, VMware, vSphere 8 | No Comments
Greetings! This article is specifically for those working in higher-security environments where running the standard executable installer from the vCenter ISO may be restricted by policy. In this scenario, we will deploy the appliance using the OVA file directly. Preparing the Installation Media Begin by navigating to your vCenter ISO. Right-click the file and select Mount. Confirm the […]
March 2, 2026 | Homelab, vCenter 8, VMware, vSphere 8 | No Comments
Greetings! Today we will be deploying vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) 8. This is the first of two articles covering VCSA installation: The UI Installer Method (This Article): Using the standard executable launcher from the ISO. The OVA Method: For environments where security policies prevent running external executables. Phase 1: Mounting the Installation Media To begin, […]
Greetings, today we will be configuring an ESXi 8 host after we installed it. Configuring host from the DCUI This will be done as a nested hypervisor instance but the steps are identical. This will be your starting screen, as you can see, there is no IP or name. Hit F2 to Customize the system […]
Greetings, today we will be installing ESXi 8 to a virtual machine. The steps are the same for the actual installation to hardware. So I have made a Virtual Machine with 8 vCPU’s, 48GB RAM, and a 40GB Hard Drive I have also attached the ESXi 8.03 ISO to the VM for this install. There […]