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With a new Windows Server 2025 template for vmware, the customization of the operating system with a "VM Customization Specifications" did not work. Brief explanation: With vmware vSphere, VMs can be created from a template. The template is a template with the operating system installed and all relevant basic settings. New VMs can be cloned very quickly from this template. ... Read more
I recently fell into this trap, because with time-critical VMs, such as domain controllers, which are operated on VMware vSphere, you have to pay attention to a small peculiarity. Since an incorrect time can have far-reaching consequences, here is a short article on the subject. The following problem has occurred. An NTP server ... Read more
Microsoft introduced the Nano Server with Windows Server 2016. Nano Servers have no GUI and are even more reduced than Server Core installations. Nano servers are only managed remotely and corresponding images must first be created. It is quite simple for Hyper-V, as VHD files can be created directly here. However, it also works ... Read more
I'm in the process of reinstalling my VMs and while I'm at it, I naturally want to get the best possible performance out of the VMs. This starts with the choice of SCSI controller for the VMs. By default, VMware vSphere offers the LSI Logic SAS Controller for Windows Server 2012 ... Read more
VMware has published a document on best practices for Exchange 2016 on VMware vSphere: http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/vmware-microsoft-exchange-server-2016-on-vsphere-best-practices-guide.pdf Most Exchange servers will probably be installed as VMs, so I think the document is well worth reading. I find the part about Exchange 2016 on all-flash storage quite interesting, but you can read that for yourself... HP has also ... Read more
