For anyone who's interested, I've put together a list of blog posts submitted to Altaro's VMware Blog which I grouped, roughly, by category. The links in red will be published in the near future.
Upgrading
- 3 ways to update vCenter Server Appliance 6.5
- 4 ways to downgrade the VM hardware version
- A quick look at upgrading to VCSA 6.5
- How to upgrade datastores to VMFS-6
- Migrating from vCenter Server for Windows 6.0 to vCSA 6.5
- Upgrading to vSphere PSC 6.5 using the Windows installer
- Upgrading vCenter Server Appliance (vCSA) to 6.0 Update 2
- Using the Windows vCenter to vCSA Migration Tool (by Ryan Birk)
Installing
- Deploying vSphere ESXi 6.5
- How to run an unattended vCSA installation
- Installing ESXi on a bare-metal server
- How to install vCenter Server 6.5 for Windows
- Deploying nested ESXi is now easier than ever
- How to set up a nested vSphere 6 environment – Part 1
- How to set up a nested vSphere 6 environment – Part 2
- How to set up a nested vSphere 6 environment – Part 3
- Building a vSphere 6.5 Home Lab (by Ryan Birk)
Monitoring
- How to set up vRealize Log Insight agents on Windows and Linux
- vRealize Log Insight - A first look and how to deploy it
- How vSphere alarms help you monitor your vSphere environment
Management
- 3 proper ways to start, stop and restart vCenter Server services
- A better way to manage your vSphere inventory
- vSphere VM Templates – A Complete Guide – Part 1
- vSphere VM Templates – A Complete Guide – Part 2
- vSphere VM Templates – A Complete Guide – Part 3
- vSphere VM Templates – A Complete Guide – Part 4
- Learn how to deploy VMware Tools to a Linux Virtual Machine
- How to convert a Hyper-V VM to run on vSphere
- How to deal with orphaned virtual machines
- How to resize disks used by vCSA
- How to set up enhanced linked mode and more
- How to terminate unresponsive virtual machines in vSphere
- How to update the VMware Tools package on ESXi
- How to use VMware compatibility tools
- Patching and Upgrading ESXi using ESXCLI commands
- VMware Tools Troubleshooting on Windows (by Ryan Birk)
- How-to navigate the VMware 6.x Host Client (by Ryan Birk)
- Introduction to ESXTOP Part 1 (by Luke Orellana)
- Introduction to ESXTOP Part 2 (by Luke Orellana)
Storage
- Of storage, protocols and datastores - Part 1
- Of storage, protocols and datastores - Part 2
- Configuring Storage DRS in vSphere 6.x (by Ryan Birk)
Networking
- VMware NSX - Abstracting the network layer
- vSphere Networking Basics - Part 1
- vSphere Networking Basics - Part 2
Availability
- Backing up VCSA 6.5 natively using FTPS
- Restoring VCSA 6.5 using the FTPS method
- How to natively backup VCSA using IIS and HTTPS
- Complementing Disaster Recovery with vSphere Replication - Part 1
- Complementing Disaster Recovery with vSphere Replication - Part 2
- How to deploy a vCenter HA cluster – Part 1
- How to deploy a vCenter HA cluster – Part 2
- Backing up and restoring the vCenter Server vPostgres database
- How to join ESXi to Active Directory for improved management and security
- Setting up VMware High Availability on a vSphere cluster
- VMware Fault Tolerance as implemented in vSphere 6.0
Security
- All you need to know about vSphere Update Manager - Part 1
- All you need to know about vSphere Update Manager - Part 2
- How to create persistent firewall rules on ESXi
- How to join a vCenter Server instance to Active Directory
- How to patch ESXi with Update Manager
- How to reset the root password for VCSA 6.x
- Managing the ESXi firewall
- Securing vCenter Server using roles, privileges and permissions
- Testing VM encryption in your home lab using Docker
- vSphere 6.5: What’s new with security (by Ryan Birk)
- How to better secure your vCenter SSO domain accounts
- How to unlock vCenter SSO domain accounts from the command line
Features
- An HTML5 Web Based Client, finally!
- An introduction to VMware Host Profiles
- An Overview of vSphere 6 content libraries
- The VMware Distributed Resource Scheduler
- vMotion, the best feature of them all
- VMware EVC Mode Explained
- How to Set up VMware vApp in vCenter Server in 4 steps
- Working with VMware snapshot
- A first look at vSphere Virtual Integrated Containers and how to deploy them
- How to set up VSAN using a nested environment
- Testing ESXi Auto Deploy in a nested environment
- vSphere 6.5: The scoop on Proactive HA (by Ryan Birk)
Informational
- A quick look at VMware vSphere Editions and Licensing
- Altaro VMBackup 7.1 now supports vSphere 6.5
- An Introduction to ESXi and VM Log Files
- First steps toward learning about VMware
- Hardware Assisted Virtualization and ESXi CPU requirements
- Say hello to vSphere 6.5
- The Anatomy of a VMware Virtual Machine
- vCenter Server for Windows and vCSA compared
- What's new in vSphere 6.0 Update 2
- How to install vCenter Server Appliance v6.0
PowerCLI
- A PowerCLI Primer - Part 1
- A PowerCLI Primer - Part 2
- How to generate a VSAN HTML Report with PowerCLI
- Fixing VM folder naming discrepancies
- How to find orphaned vSphere VMs using PowerCLI
- How to generate a vSphere report using PowerShell
- How to use the Invoke-VMScript PowerCLI cmdlet
- Managing ESXi services using PowerCLI
- Migrating ESXi hosts and distributed switches using PowerCLI
- PowerCLI Script – Deploy VMs and Configure the Guest OS (by Andy Syrewicze)
- 5 PowerCLI Cmdlets that every Administrator should know! (by Ryan Birk)
- VMware PowerCLI: Getting Started Part 1(by Luke Orellana)
- VMware PowerCLI Part 2: Basic Use and Syntax(by Luke Orellana)