Update Manager Remediation Stuck? – View a solution for vSphere 6.5 on #VMTN
I’m running the latest VCSA and am trying to apply patches to my cluster of 2 vSphere 6.5 hosts. I’ve tried applying them to one server at a time, just one patch at a time, etc. No matter what I try the remediation sticks at either 30% or 33%.
VMware Cloud on AWS – Network Overview
Network is the foundation on which all others services depend, and it is fundamental that from both the AWS and VMware perspective we get this right before doing anything else. In this blog which f…Read More
VCDX Part 1 – Where do I Start?
This VCDX Nuggets series will serve as my opportunity to giveback to the online VMware community that helped me to achieve the VMware Certified Design Expert (VCDX). There are numerous active memb…
PowerCLI Installation and Update using PowerShell Gallery Memo
Since PowerCLI 6.5.1, you no longer have a MSI file to download and install: you can now install directly from the PowerShell Gallery. When using this system, the install is done completely through PowerShell itself using the PowerShell Gallery via PowerShellGet. I’m using this post as a memo for various tips and info about the installation […] The post PowerCLI Installation and Update using PowerShell Gallery Memo appeared first on cloudmaniac.net .
Global Customers Shift to HCI with vSAN and Hitachi
We are pleased to offer a guest post from one of our valued vSAN partners, Hitachi Vantara. This post highlights the joint work from our two companies and showcases customers deploying hyper-converged infrastructure powered by vSAN. By: Dinesh Singh, Senior Solutions Marketing Manager, Hitachi Vantara Since last year’s launch of the Hitachi Unified Compute Platform The post Global Customers Shift to HCI with vSAN and Hitachi appeared first on Virtual Blocks .
Updating OVF properties for a VM using vSphere API and PowerCLI
Deploying a new OVA/OVF containing OVF properties that need to be configured is super easy using PowerCLI’s Get-OvfConfiguration and Import-VApp cmdlets. Many examples can be found online including the PowerCLI Deployment Github repository. However, once an OVA/OVF has been deployed and running as a standard Virtual Machine, I found there were no out of the box […]
NSX-V Multi-site Options and Cross-VC NSX Design Guide – Available here on #VMTN!
This design guide is an initial draft status and feedback is welcome for next updated version release. The goal of this design guide is to outline several NSX solutions available for multi-site data center connectivity before digging deeper into the details of the Cross-VC NSX multi-site solution.
Performance of SAP Central Services with VMware Fault Tolerance
Many SAP customers in their virtualization journey are considering the option to protect SAP Central Services with VMware Fault Tolerance (FT). Central Services is a single-point-of-failure in the SAP architecture that manages transaction locking and messaging across the SAP system and failure of this service results in downtime for the whole system. It is a […] The post Performance of SAP Central Services with VMware Fault Tolerance appeared first on Virtualize Business Critical Applications .
Guest OS space reuse on vSAN
This post came about after a brief discussion with my pal, Lee Dilworth. Although the outcome of this test has really nothing to do with vSAN, the behaviour was observed on certain Guest OS which were running on vSAN. I guess the first thing that needs to be made clear is that there is no […] The post Guest OS space reuse on vSAN appeared first on CormacHogan.com .
Intel Optane SSD 900P Series AIC and U.2 are the latest in 3D XPoint NVMe SSD hotness, should be great for home labs
Intel Optane SSD 900P Series AIC and U.2 are the latest in 3D XPoint NVMe SSD hotness, should be great for home labs StorageVirtualizationIntel Optane SSD 900P Series AIC and U.2 Announced Intel today announced the launch of the Intel® Optaneâ„¢ SSD 900P Series, the first SSD for desktop PC and workstation users built on Intel® Optaneâ„¢ technology. … The Intel® Optaneâ„¢ SSD 900P Series is ideal for the most demanding storage workloads, including 3D rendering, complex simulations, fast game load…Read More
If you’d like to get your mitts on the next vSphere bits, take 2 minutes to join the VMware vSphere Beta program
If you’d like to get your mitts on the next vSphere bits, take 2 minutes to join the VMware vSphere Beta program VirtualizationPhoto of my actual “Bug Hunt Winner” certificate, mailed to me back in 2014. I don’t usually cover news on TinkerTry, but this time the news is big enough for home virtualization lab enthusiasts that I just had to be sure you saw this. Did you know that VMware has opened up the beta testing of the next version of VMware vSphere to the public? Yes, this is your chance…Read More
How to check which network firmware and driver version your VMware ESXi server is currently using
When working on my recent article,How to check that your TCP Segmentation Offload is turned on in both your VMware ESXi server and your VMs I quickly discovered that there seemed to be an issue with checking the device driver version on some network adapters, such as those that are found my set of two Xeon D servers. These SoC (*System on a C**hip) servers feature two integrated Intel I-350 1GbE ports and two integrated X552/X557 10GbE ports, details as seen at the Supermicro SuperServer…Read More
Intel released new 4.5.3 version of the Intel Xeon D 10GbE X552/X557 driver/VIB today for VMware ESXi 6.x, testing underway
Intel released new 4.5.3 version of the Intel Xeon D 10GbE X552/X557 driver/VIB today for VMware ESXi 6.x, testing underway I’m in the middle of testing this driver. Keep an eye on the process at this spot in the original article:How to download and install the Intel Xeon D 10GbE X552/X557 driver/VIB for VMware ESXi 6.x, works for X540 too that has been updated many times since initially published. Can you believe it, that was 2 years ago! After a somewhat delayed VMware driver availability…Read More
Updated and new VMware Labs Flings for Oktober 2017
This is my monthly overview with all the latest and greatest flings from VMware Labs.
VMware ESXi Esxtop Invalid Output Format (CSV)
A few days back I received a question regarding ESXi esxtop output format which looked more like a comma separated values (CSV) file than the normal table view you’re used to. And the CSV like output was constantly updating meaning estop was running but not just displayed correct. See sample output below. I’m running a … Continue reading »
vSphere and iSCSI storage best practices
Advertise here with BSA And here’s the next paper I updated. This time it is the iSCSI storage best practices for vSphere. It seems that we have now overhauled most of the core storage white papers. You can find them all under core storage on storagehub.vmware.com, but for your convenience I will post the iSCSI links below here as […] ” vSphere and iSCSI storage best practices ” originally appeared on Yellow-Bricks.com . Follow me on twitter – @DuncanYB.
PCIe Server Storage I/O Network Fundamentals #blogtober – StorageIOblog
Peripheral Computer Interconnect Express aka PCIe is a Server, Storage, I/O networking fundamental component. In this post, we look various PCIe fundamentals to learn and expand or refresh your server, storage, and I/O and networking tradecraft skills experience.
Announcing Version 2.0 of Project Photon OS
By Steve Hoenisch, Technical and Marketing Communications, VMware We’re pleased to announce version 2.0 of Project Photon OS. Photon OS is an open source Linux operating system optimized for containers, cloud-native applications, public cloud platforms and VMware infrastructure. The operating system helps you securely build, test, run and manage containerized applications. Here are some highlights The post Announcing Version 2.0 of Project Photon OS appeared first on Cloud-Native Apps .
How to Create a Multi-Cloud Strategy
A common challenge our customers face is how to manage all the different kinds of cloud activity in their organization. Reg Lo, Director Advisory Services, provides insights in governing, managing and securing multiple clouds based on real-world VMware experience.
vSAN 6.6 Rebalance & Resync Operations
In this post I will delve a little bit into day 2 OPS here with vSAN. Suppose you have had a maintenance window for rebooting and patching h…Read More
