vSphere Diagnostic Tool is a new VMware Fling that helps bring together useful troubleshooting information and diagnostics in a single place. It comprises a set of Python and Bash scripts that runs diagnostic commands and queries data from vCenter Server. It can also speed up the process for VMware Support to perform a root cause analysis.

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Many organizations run Microsoft Hyper-V as a highly available role in Windows Server Failover Clusters (WSFC). Hyper-V clusters allow you to scale out easily by simply adding another Hyper-V host to the cluster. Let's see if we can accomplish this using Windows Admin Center.

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Many IT professionals and others run VMware lab environments for learning, certification prep, evaluation, and other use cases. They often use commodity hardware not found on the VMware hardware compatibility list. This leads to driver issues, especially with network adapters. Community Networking Driver for ESXi provides drivers for otherwise unsupported NICs.

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In my last article, we created a new VM for Kali Linux, mounted the ISO file to its virtual DVD drive, and changed the boot order so that the VM could boot from the virtual DVD drive. Here, I will show how to start and stop a Hyper-V with PowerShell. You'll also learn how to disable secure boot with PowerShell.

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In this new post of my Hyper-V management series, I will explain how create a Hyper-VM with PowerShell.

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In this second post in my series about Hyper-V management with PowerShell I will explain how to create a Hyper-V virtual switch with PowerShell. In my previous post I explained how to install Hyper-V with PowerShell.

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In this first post of my series about managing Hyper-V with PowerShell I will outline how to install Hyper-V Server and the Hyper-V role with PowerShell.

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