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By - Andrew Armstrong
Posted on 7 September 20259 September 2025
Posted in Guide, Evergreen, Nutanix, Virtualisation

Installing Nutanix Community Edition (CE): A Step-by-Step Guide

This guide walks you through the installation of Nutanix CE, recreating a cluster, and accessing the Prism interface. It is intended for IT professionals and homelab enthusiasts. System Requirements Minimum Hardware Step 1: Download and Prepare Installation Media Step 2: Boot and Install Nutanix CE 2.1 Boot from USB 2.2 Login to the Installer Once

By - Andrew Armstrong
Posted on 24 March 20259 September 2025
Posted in Guide, Evergreen, Virtualisation, VMWare

Overcoming the “No vmknic tagged for management” Error During ESXi 8.0.3 Installation with a USB NIC

While building a VMware ESXi 8.0.3 host with a USB networking controller, I hit a snag that’s likely familiar to anyone venturing into this setup. The installation process threw up this error: Exception: No vmknic tagged for management was found. This halted my progress, but after some trial and error, I found a reliable fix

By - Andrew Armstrong
Posted on 25 February 20259 September 2025
Posted in Guide, Evergreen, Virtualisation, Windows

Hyper-V on Windows Server 2025: Ultimate Setup Guide

Mastering Hyper-V Virtualization on Windows Server Hyper-V on Windows Server 2022 is your ticket to powerful virtualization—whether you’re running a homelab, hosting VMs for a small business, or prepping for enterprise workloads. This guide walks you through installation, configuration, optimization, and troubleshooting with step-by-step details, PowerShell tricks, and insider tips. From nested VMs to GPU

By - Andrew Armstrong
Posted on 23 September 20249 September 2025
Posted in Guide, Evergreen, Virtualisation
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VMware vSphere Hypervisor 7 License Serial Number Activation

Serial number to activate VMware vSphere Hypervisor 7 License.

By - Andrew Armstrong
Posted on 1 July 20239 September 2025
Posted in Virtualisation, Evergreen, Guide

vSphere Web Client – Export Virtual Machine Information

If you are using VMWare version 6 or above and want a full export list of all your machines on it, then you can quickly and easily export all this information using the web interface. Instructions Login to your VMWare Web Client and then click into Hosts and Clusters: Then click on the VMs tab

By - Andrew Armstrong
Posted on 17 March 20239 September 2025
Posted in Evergreen, Guide, Virtualisation

Convert VMWare Disk from Thick to Thin Provisioned

I’ve had a few Virtual Machines (VMs) which had thick provisioned disks instead of thin, as thick is the default this is quite easy to do. If you have the paid version of vSphere and two or more hosts managed by vCenter you can simply do a storage vMotion and change the destination disk to

By - Andrew Armstrong
Posted on 17 March 20239 September 2025
Posted in Guide, Evergreen, Virtualisation

VMWare ESXi 8.0 Hypervisor Serial Number Activation

Serial number to activate VMWare 6.7.

By - Andrew Armstrong
Posted on 1 March 20239 September 2025
Posted in Evergreen, Guide, Virtualisation

VMWare vSphere HA Failover Error

VMware vSphere HA (High Availability) is a feature that provides automated failover capabilities for virtual machines running on VMware vSphere hosts. When a host failure occurs, HA will detect it and restart the affected virtual machines on another available host in the cluster. If you are experiencing a failover error with VMware vSphere HA, there

By - Andrew Armstrong
Posted on 29 December 20229 September 2025
Posted in Virtualisation, Evergreen, Guide

VirtualBox – Exiting Scale or Full Screen Mode in Windows

When using VirtualBox you may at some point enter Scale or Full Screen Mode and then wonder how the hell you get out of it again and get your menu toolbar back! Well the solution is very simple but not very clear. In the settings you will notice that mentioned a lot is the Host+(something)

By - Andrew Armstrong
Posted on 7 April 20219 September 2025
Posted in Evergreen, Guide, Virtualisation

VMWare ESXi ESXCLI Commands to Update Host DNS Servers

Problem You have a requirement to change the DNS server IP addresses on a VMWare ESXi host. However, because Adobe Flash Player is no longer available and the option is not in the newer HTML5 version, you have to make the changes using an SSH connection to your VMWare host. Resolution Connect to your VMWare

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Category: Virtualisation

Installing Nutanix Community Edition (CE): A Step-by-Step Guide

Overcoming the “No vmknic tagged for management” Error During ESXi 8.0.3 Installation with a USB NIC

Hyper-V on Windows Server 2025: Ultimate Setup Guide

VMware vSphere Hypervisor 7 License Serial Number Activation

vSphere Web Client – Export Virtual Machine Information

Convert VMWare Disk from Thick to Thin Provisioned

VMWare ESXi 8.0 Hypervisor Serial Number Activation

VMWare vSphere HA Failover Error

VirtualBox – Exiting Scale or Full Screen Mode in Windows

VMWare ESXi ESXCLI Commands to Update Host DNS Servers