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13
Oct/11

Updating your ESXi host using VMware vSphere 5 Auto deploy (Gabes Virtual World)

by Gabrie van Zanten under Add-EsxSoftwareDepot, Auto Deploy, Deploy, ESXi, Get-EsxImageProfile, New-DeployRule, Scripting, Update Manager, VMware, Virtual Center, Whats New, add-deployrule, auto, autodeploy, deployrule, esxi 5, get-deployrule, get-deployruleset, image, no disk, powershell, software depot, softwaredepot, stateless, vSphere, vSphere 5, vib, vsphere auto deploy, vsphere5
In my previous post on VMware vSphere5 Auto deploy I explained how to setup an auto deploy environment. This is great for initial setup and to deploy your hosts, but what when an update is released by VMware? The easiest thing is to just delete the deploy rules and recreate them which is ok for a small environment but not in a large environment. In this post I will show you how to adjust your ex...
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7
Aug/11

vSphere 5 Auto Deploy PXE booting through Cisco ASA firewall (Gabes Virtual World)

by Gabrie van Zanten under Add-EsxSoftwareDepot, Auto Deploy, Cisco, Deploy, ESX, ESXi, Firewall, Get-EsxImageProfile, New-DeployRule, Scripting, VMware, Virtual Center, add-deployrule, asa, auto, autodeploy, bootp, cisco asa, cisco asa firewall, deployrule, esxi 5, frame size, gPXE, get-deployrule, get-deployruleset, image, no disk, packet size, powershell, software depot, softwaredepot, stateless, vSphere, vSphere 5, vib, vsphere auto deploy, vsphere5
In response to my blog post on “vSphere 5 – How to run ESXi stateless with vSphere Auto Deploy“, I received a comment from Rob Ellison, who ran into issues when PXE booting through a Cisco ASA firewall. In a second comment he explained how he solved the issue. Turned out there was an issue with the frame size of the gPXE client. Below is his solution to this issue. Should you have...
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28
Jul/11

vSphere 5 – How to run ESXi stateless with vSphere Auto Deploy (Gabes Virtual World)

by Gabrie van Zanten under Add-EsxSoftwareDepot, Auto Deploy, Deploy, ESXi, Get-EsxImageProfile, New-DeployRule, Scripting, VMware, Virtual Center, add-deployrule, auto, autodeploy, deployrule, esxi 5, get-deployrule, get-deployruleset, image, no disk, powershell, software depot, softwaredepot, stateless, vSphere, vSphere 5, vib, vsphere auto deploy, vsphere5
A great new feature of vSphere 5 is the possibility to run ESXi stateless. Long, long time ago when ESX 3.0 was hip, we would all install ESX on the local harddisk (or SAN disk). With ESX 3.5, the first ESXi version was released but only few were using it. With 4.x ESXi really got a large install base and more and more people were moving to installing ESXi on USB or SD card. Now with vSphere 5 a...
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