How to install and use VMware's PowerCLI on a M1 Mac

VMware’s PowerCLI tool now supports mac and Linux in version 13. I’ll walk through how to configure and use PowerCLI on a MacBook Pro

January 25, 2023 · 6 min · Jim Angel

VMware homelab [Part 1]: Introduction & Considerations

What to consider when building a VMware homelab like how many hosts, networking, storage, and more! This is the first post of a series that follows the complete process when building a multi-host VMware cluster at home

December 31, 2022 · 15 min · Jim Angel

Running kind clusters in VMware Workstation Pro 16

Play with some of the new container features in VMware Workstation Pro

November 26, 2020 · 4 min · Jim Angel

Automated VCSA 6.7 Install using CLI

Quickly deploy vCenter to an ESXi host

June 26, 2019 · 2 min · Jim Angel

Create a VM Template for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

Walk through creating a Ubuntu template on VMware

April 28, 2019 · 3 min · Jim Angel

Automated ESXi 6.7 U2 Zero Touch Install via USB

How to deploy a self-provisioning ESXi thumb drive

June 10, 2018 · 5 min · Jim Angel

Building a vSphere 6.5 Homelab 2017

Building an enterprise datacenter with a small footprint

October 13, 2017 · 2 min · Jim Angel