Synology uses a linux environment but its not the same as adding one for Linux. I have a 418+ and only has one enet connection but I wanted to have an additional IP for my lab and the other for general access. The one big difference is normally I would create a virtual IP but … Continue reading Synology: How to add an additional IP for VLAN?
Month: December 2020
Updated: vSphere 7 as a Nested Cluster within Centos 8 and KVM
In the earlier post last week I had a section on configuring the network from Cockpit. Since I am using a VLAN I made some changes later on that weren't in this section. It turns out you don't need to setup the virtual networks ahead of time and you can just configure at the VM … Continue reading Updated: vSphere 7 as a Nested Cluster within Centos 8 and KVM
vSphere 7 as a Nested Cluster within Centos 8 and KVM
What is a Nested VM? Nested virtualization refers to virtualization that runs inside an already virtualized environment. In other words, it's the ability to run a hypervisor inside of a virtual machine (VM), which itself runs on a hypervisor. Why do this? As for me I have an R440 single CPU 10 core 20 threads with 64G of memory. I have … Continue reading vSphere 7 as a Nested Cluster within Centos 8 and KVM
VMware 6.5 to 6.7 Upgrade Workaround for Older CPUs
I have three Dell T110s and wanted to upgrade them from vSphere 6.5 to 6.7. The issue I had was incompatible hardware. Although for what I use it for it should be fine there has been updates on what CPU is currently supported. With newer CPUs there is advanced features that older ones just don't … Continue reading VMware 6.5 to 6.7 Upgrade Workaround for Older CPUs