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My Automated Lab project: #5 Deploy a Linux vSphere VM with Terraform and custom disks

Luca Dell'Oca, October 17, 2023October 17, 2023

After deploying a Windows VM in the previous article, this time I will deploy a Linux VM to be used as a Veeam Hardened Repository. Since I need some more space for storing the backup, I will use this opportunity to create the VM with a additional disks.

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My Automated Lab project: #4 Deploy the VMs from templates using Terraform

Luca Dell'Oca, October 10, 2023October 6, 2023

After I have created my templates with Packer in the previous posts, I can now use them every time as a quick source for creating my own virtual machines. Thanks to Terraform, I’ll be able to deploy each new vm in a matter of minutes, and also to customize each of them as I need.

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My Automated Lab project: #3 Create a Windows Server 2019 template in VMware vSphere with Packer

Luca Dell'Oca, October 3, 2023September 26, 2023

In my previous post I’ve created a Ubuntu template into VMware vSphere using Packer. Time to build now a Microsoft Windows template.

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My Automated Lab project: #2 Create a Ubuntu template in VMware vSphere with Packer

Luca Dell'Oca, September 26, 2023September 23, 2023

In my previous post I explained the tools I use in my lab automation. Today, we’ll talk about creating Ubuntu templates into VMware vSphere. For this, I will use Packer.

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Building my own virtual lab in vCloud Director with Terraform

Luca Dell'Oca, July 9, 2019July 5, 2019

In a previous blog post I started to study Terraform, and how to connect it to vCloud Director. This time, I will build my entire lab using the same automation tool.

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Storage vMotion di un template

Luca Dell'Oca, January 13, 2012December 4, 2016

Se provate a effettuare questa operazione su un template, vi accorgerete che non รจ possibile dalla GUI. Avete a questo punto due alternative: – “quick and dirty”: convertite il template in una VM, utilizzare Storage vMotion, riconvertite la VM in un template – “SysAdmin style”, utile oltretutto se avete numerosi…

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Le dimensioni dei template OVF

Luca Dell'Oca, February 16, 2009December 4, 2016

Robert Goto ha realizzato un’interessante ricerca sui possibili benefici nell’uso di templates sfruttando il cloning delle macchine, piuttosto che salvando le vm nel formato OVF. Prendendo una sua VM con un disco rigido da 2 2GB, ha creato prima un compact template e lo ha quindi esportato nel formato OVF…

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