Management

vSphere without vCenter
Running standalone/free VMware vSphere ESXi Hypervisors without vCenter means you're missing out on some of the features- creating templates, cloning,…
vSphere management cluster on Hyper-VUnfinished
Today i was thinking about a scenario, where i was thinking to put vSphere infra components (Like vCenter server, syslog, AD, DNS, DHCP etc.) above…
Headless AccessUnfinished
For information on external remote access see the Remote Access article.
Managing your lab from a PS4
With the introduction of HTML5-based clients for the ESXi host (and an equivalent vCenter client in the Fling stage) there's no longer the need to…
Managing your lab from an Xbox
With the introduction of HTML5-based clients for the ESXi host (and an equivalent vCenter client in the Fling stage) there's no longer the need to…
AutoLab
== AutoLab Overview == AutoLab is a package of build automation for your nested vSphere lab. Its main aim is to make your lab disposable, so you have no…
Jenkins in the HomelabUnfinished
Jenkins is an open source automation platform, who describe themselves as The leading open source automation server, Jenkins provides hundreds of plugins…
NakivoUnfinished
Nakivo is a cheaper alternative to Veeam, offering VM based backups of VMware, Hyper-V and Amazon EC2.
SpacewalkUnfinished
Spacewalk is a great open source project which delivers a Linux systems management solution. According to the project's wiki page, here's what Spacewalk…
Ticketing Systems
A help desk system is a way to organize different tasks into "tickets". If you're new to IT, you might not know why it's called a ticket. Back in the…