--- title: "Lab Update – Desired Workloads" description: "My lab is always undergoing change. Partially as I want to try new things or new ways of doing things." date: 2022-01-06T19:23:11+00:00 modified: 2026-06-01T19:02:36+00:00 author: James Kilby categories: - Homelab - Veeam - VMware - TrueNAS Scale - vSAN - vSphere - Ansible - Artificial Intelligence - Containers - Devops - NVIDIA - Traefik - Nutanix - Docker - Hosting - Kubernetes - Mikrotik - Networking - Automation tags: - #Desired State - #Homelab - #VMware url: https://jameskilby.co.uk/2022/01/lab-update-part-5-desired-workloads/ image: https://jameskilby.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/ChatGPT-Image-Dec-17-2025-at-09_03_10-PM.png --- [Homelab](https://jameskilby.co.uk/category/homelab/) | [Veeam](https://jameskilby.co.uk/category/veeam/) | [VMware](https://jameskilby.co.uk/category/vmware/) # Lab Update – Desired Workloads By[James](https://jameskilby.co.uk) January 6, 2022 · Updated June 1, 2026 • 📖1 min read(141 words) 📅**Published:** January 06, 2022•**Updated:** June 01, 2026 My lab is always undergoing change. Partially as I want to try new things or new ways of doing things. Sometimes because I break things (not always by accident); sometimes it’s a great way to learn… I decided to list the workloads I am looking to run (some of these are already in place) ## Infrastructure Active Directory – Done vRealize Lifecycle Manager – Done vRealize Operations Manager – Done vRealize Log Insight vRealize Network Insight Vault SecretServer Nutanix CE Hyper-V Tanzu CE VMware Horizon – Done VMware HCX vCloud Director VMware Cloud Foundation Docker K8s K3s ## Networking PFsense – Done Sophos UTM – Done Avi ## Monitoring Grafana Runecast Veeam One ## Backups/Recovery Veeam Backup & Replication Veeam Service Provider Console VMware Cloud Disaster Recovery SRM ## Storage TrueNAS HP Store Once Minio AWS Storage Gateway ## Automation VMware Event Broker vRealize Automation VMware Orchestrator ## 📚 Related Posts * [New Homelab Nodes: SuperMicro BigTwin for VMware & Nutanix](https://jameskilby.co.uk/2024/07/new-nodes/) * [Homelab Compute Upgrade: SuperMicro BigTwin & vSphere Setup](https://jameskilby.co.uk/2022/01/lab-update-part-1-compute/) * [How to Run ZFS on VMware vSphere: Setup Guide and Best Practices](https://jameskilby.co.uk/2024/12/zfs-on-vmware/) ## Similar Posts * [ ![How to Run ZFS on VMware vSphere: Setup Guide and Best Practices](https://jameskilby.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/ZFS.jpg) ](https://jameskilby.co.uk/2024/12/zfs-on-vmware/) [TrueNAS Scale](https://jameskilby.co.uk/category/truenas-scale/) | [VMware](https://jameskilby.co.uk/category/vmware/) | [vSAN](https://jameskilby.co.uk/category/vmware/vsan-vmware/) | [vSphere](https://jameskilby.co.uk/category/vsphere/) ### [How to Run ZFS on VMware vSphere: Setup Guide and Best Practices](https://jameskilby.co.uk/2024/12/zfs-on-vmware/) By[James](https://jameskilby.co.uk) December 18, 2024 · Updated June 1, 2026 Introduction Copy on Write Disk IDs Trim Introduction I have run a number of systems using ZFS since the earliest days of my homelab using Nexenta, all the way back in 2010. * [ ![Automating the Deployment of my Homelab AI Infrastructure](https://jameskilby.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/VMware-NVIDIA-logos_ee2f18dc-615d-4c9e-8f11-9c3c2ce2bf37-prv-768x432.png) ](https://jameskilby.co.uk/2026/02/automating-the-deployment-of-my-ai-homelab-and-other-improvements/) [Ansible](https://jameskilby.co.uk/category/ansible/) | [Artificial Intelligence](https://jameskilby.co.uk/category/artificial-intelligence/) | [Containers](https://jameskilby.co.uk/category/containers/) | [Devops](https://jameskilby.co.uk/category/devops/) | [Homelab](https://jameskilby.co.uk/category/homelab/) | [NVIDIA](https://jameskilby.co.uk/category/nvidia/) | [Traefik](https://jameskilby.co.uk/category/traefik/) | [VMware](https://jameskilby.co.uk/category/vmware/) ### [Automating the Deployment of my Homelab AI Infrastructure](https://jameskilby.co.uk/2026/02/automating-the-deployment-of-my-ai-homelab-and-other-improvements/) By[James](https://jameskilby.co.uk) February 9, 2026 · Updated June 5, 2026 Learn how to use Ansible to configure an Ubuntu VM for use with NVIDIA based AI workloads in vSphere * [ ![Running Nutanix CE at Home: AHV Setup & First Impressions](https://jameskilby.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/nutanix-logo-HI-REZ_reverse-w-carrier-768x196.jpg) ](https://jameskilby.co.uk/2018/01/nutanix-ce/) [Homelab](https://jameskilby.co.uk/category/homelab/) | [Nutanix](https://jameskilby.co.uk/category/nutanix/) ### [Running Nutanix CE at Home: AHV Setup & First Impressions](https://jameskilby.co.uk/2018/01/nutanix-ce/) By[James](https://jameskilby.co.uk) January 6, 2018 · Updated June 1, 2026 I ran a Nutanix CE server at home for a little while when it first came out. 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