As you may recall from previous posts and general best practice in VMware environments, it is a good idea to perform a regular backup of both your vCenter and your ESXi host configuration. Having these backups in place can certainly reduce the downtime in the event of an issue, and help to ease the recovery. Other blog posts have taken […]
Following on from my last blog post, I thought that it would be worthwhile taking the very good guide created by Kevin Soltow at VMware Blog (https://www.vmwareblog.org/backup-restore-vmware-vcsa-6-7/) and update this for vSphere 7. Many people may not be aware that image based backups of vCenter servers utilising products such as Veeam are deprecated in vSphere 6.7 Update 3 and are […]
When deploying out a vCenter appliance (VCSA), you have to choose the size of the environment that you will be managing. Some people truly understand their current size and their growth aspirations and can therefore make an informed choice of what size to choose. Others are restricted by resource availability at the time of deployment or their environments grow faster […]