2020.04.10 – Building a VMware vSphere Virtual Lab with VMware Fusion – Part 5: Create a Ubuntu iSCSI Target and Configure Multipathing – major problem and not finished

I will try to do Part 5 using These idea: I’d recommend using FreeNAS instead of Ubuntu. I’ve just done a test and managed to set up a FreeNAS VM with 2 GB of RAM and managed to create a volume and connect it to ESXi using iSCSI. 

Importanta photos need for understanding are here: https://photos.app.goo.gl/Zd3BCChctkx88MRr7

Before stating I need to get an answer about “What is Ubuntu iSCSI?”

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2020.04.7 – Building a VMware vSphere Virtual Lab with VMware Fusion – Part 3: Deploying vCenter Server Appliance

Note: I have tried to install to ESXi 6.7 minim 4 times but I had an error and I can not install. In this moment I do not know what are the difference benefits between vCerver inside Fusion > ESXi or vCenter inside Fusion but out of ESXi.

This will help me to run the VMware vCenter Server appliance on VMware Fusion so that I can test features like VSAN, VMotion and Storage VMotion on a Mac without server hardware.

For important Photos that help to understand this article, click here: https://photos.app.goo.gl/xs8DvrbCFyPNsofL9

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2020.03.27 – Enterprise- & Service Provider-Style Bridging on a sigle Juniper vMX

Introduction

I am doing the lab from a blog that it was recommended by a person into LinkedIn internal Messaging communication. I do here!

Equipment and installations I used for this project::

  • MacBook Pro  (15-inch, 2016) with macOS Catalina version 10.15.3
  • VMware Fusion PRO Version 11.5.3
  • VMware ESXi 6.7
  • Juniper vMX 18.1R3.3 for ESXi

The starting point that inspire me is here: https://networkingpills.wordpress.com/2017/10/31/enterprise-service-provider-style-bridging-on-juniper-mx/

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2020.03.26 – Building a VMware vSphere Virtual Lab with VMware Fusion – Part 0: Starting a Technical Project

I will public a few pages step-by-step how I work to build a VMware vSphere Virtual Lab with VMware Fusion.

All Photos are here: https://photos.app.goo.gl/8mZmnAGTjN8j3M1p8

Overview

I read a blog and I plan to apply all info and steps. I will publish all I do!

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