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Author: Matt Adam

Home Lab – Deploy vCenter 7 and vSAN on nested ESXi UPDATED

Posted on July 13, 2022 by Matt Adam

https://mattadam.com/2021/07/26/deploy-vcenter-7-and-vsan-on-nested-esxi/

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Home Lab – Configuring a DNS Server

Posted on July 12, 2022September 12, 2022 by Matt Adam

Do you really need a DNS server? I would say probably. I guess technically you could just modify your host file and get to all the fqdns that you need, but a DNS server definitely makes your environment more streamlined. Also, vCenter is pretty picky with DNS and might cause problems down the road. Bottom…

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Home Lab – Configuring Nested ESXi7 on SuperMicro UPDATED

Posted on July 12, 2022September 8, 2022 by Matt Adam

So with the first lab I ran into some DHCP issues, since I wasn’t separating anything with vlans, nor was I separating the traffic via switches. With this new lab, I’ve simplified it even further. I’m not using any routing and switching, outside of NSX-T. So for configuring the Nested ESXis, you can still follow…

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Home Lab – Configure NTP on the ESXi Host

Posted on July 12, 2022September 8, 2022 by Matt Adam

There’s lots of docs on this, but it’s worth adding this as a step, to rule out any future problems of NTP. You will do this for the physical ESXi hosts, and every nested esxi host that you create. Don’t skip this step. kb from vmware Configure NTP

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Home Lab – Build the SuperMicro Server

Posted on July 12, 2022September 8, 2022 by Matt Adam

I wanted to post some pictures and give some insight into building the supermicro. This will not be a step by step guide as most of the other guides I have posted. There is a better guide on this blog. So use that blog in combination with the high res motherboard pictures below. I think…

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Home Lab – Network Diagram – 2022

Posted on July 12, 2022September 8, 2022 by Matt Adam
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Home Lab – SuperMicro Home Lab Components

Posted on June 29, 2022July 12, 2022 by Matt Adam

This components list is for the 2022 version of the Lab. I basically doubled everything on the server side, so I could have 2 servers instead of 1. Component List for Servers I pretty much followed this guide, except for a few small changes since some of the parts were discontinued or changed model number. Quantity Name…

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Tanzu Kubernetes on vCenter 7 – Deploy Avi Controller and Service Engines

Posted on October 12, 2021September 8, 2022 by Matt Adam

In order for tkgs to function, we need the Avi load balancer deployed. This is a very easy step and if you prefer to follow the official documentation it can be found here: https://avinetworks.com/docs/latest/installing-avi-vantage-for-vmware-vcenter/ Download Avi ova from VMware portal. Login to your account at https://my.vmware.com/ and go to Products and Accounts ->Products -> All…

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Home Lab – Overclocking the Supermicro M11SDV-8C+-LN4F (MBD-M11SDV-8C+-LN4F-O Mini ITX Server)

Posted on October 6, 2021September 8, 2022 by Matt Adam

This is not a required step to build your home lab. It’s just an extra step that will give you a slight performance boost if you want it. Obviously you should know that modifying any of these BIOS settings can break your system and I nor Supermicro are responsible for it. I’m providing this as…

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Tanzu Kubernetes on vCenter 7 – Deploy an Application (Blue)

Posted on October 5, 2021September 23, 2022 by Matt Adam

This is really the final step in setting up TKGs, testing the deployment. We will create a simple 2 pod deployment and use the Avi load balancer as the load balancer. Deploy the Blue Application in Tanzu Guest Cluster Login to the guest cluster and enable privileges Run the following commands to login to the…

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About

My name is Matt Adam and I’m a Product Manager at Broadcom (Formerly VMware).

I support the NSX Advanced Load Balancer (Avi Networks) with a focus on containers and Kubernetes. I have a background in load balancing, automation, development, and public cloud.

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