Set up email notifications and alarms in VMware vCenter 8

Set up email notifications and alarms in VMware vCenter 8

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In this video, I will show you how to set up email notifications and alarms in VMware vCenter 8. This can be used to get an alert when something happens on your vSphere platform, and can also be used to create an automated support ticket by sending an email to your ticket systems mailbox.

You can read more about the options in this official VMware knowledgebase article.

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Policy Based Routing with pfSense based on destination

Set up Policy Based Routing with pfSense based on destination

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In this video, I will show you how to set up Policy Based Routing with pfSense based on destination. A destination can be a URL, hostname, FQDN, or even complete networks based on IP ranges or ASNs. I will show you how to set this up using aliases I create with the pfBlockerNG package on pfSense. To read more about using aliases on pfSense, click here. I am using pfSense 2.7.2 to do this, but the same idea applies to other versions of pfSense.

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026. Policy Based Routing with pfSense based on client ip

Set up Policy Based Routing with pfSense based on client IP

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In this video, I will show you how to set up Policy Based Routing with pfSense based on client IP. I am using pfSense 2.7.2 to do this, but the same idea applies to other versions of pfSense.

The official documentation from Netgate, which I used as a basis, can be found here.

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Setup automatic configuration backup schedule for VMware vCenter 8

Set up automatic configuration backup schedule for VMware vCenter 8

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In this video, I will show you how to set up an automatic configuration backup schedule for VMware vCenter 8 using the built-in tools from VMware. There is no need for external backup solutions for this.

You can find more information in the official VMware documentation here.

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