CockroachDB vMotion Support on vSphere 7 using Precise Timekeeping
CockroachDB is a scalable distributed SQL database that depends on precise timekeeping. During a vMotion a Virtual Machine system clock can be temporarily out of sync resulting in degraded performance or reduced availability. This problem is solved using an updated design that leverages the VMware Precision Clock device to provide a reliable global time source.
Secure your VMware ESXi hosts against ransomware in three simple steps!
We have recently seen an increase in ransomware attacks where the encryption is executed from the virtualization platform. This can fairly easily be prevented using an ESXi setting called execInstalledOnly in combination with TPM and Secure Boot.
Build great dashboards with vRealize Operations Cloud – Part 3: Use Interactions
This is part 3 of my series about building great dashboards with vRealize Operations Cloud (also applicable to vRealize Operations). In this post we will build a first basic dashboard and have a closer look at “Interactions” within a dashboards and also look at a Resource Interaction XML file […]
Upgrading vSAN 2-node Clusters with a Shared Witness from 7U1 to 7U2
There is a special consideration when it comes to 2-node clusters with a shared witness host. The on-disk format upgrade in a vSAN environment with multiple 2-node clusters and a shared witness should only be performed once all the hosts sharing the same witness are running the same vSphere/ […]
FREE VMware VCTA Study Guide
Some of our readers perhaps noticed that I have put on a VCTA study guide. It’s been a couple of month and today I have received a great document from Valerio Passeri called VCTA Study Guide (direct link to my Dropbox folder shared for ALL where you’ll find the guide and also other PDFs […]
Register for VMware’s Anywhere Workspace global launch event on May 5 & 6!
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NVIDIA Brings Powerful Virtualization Performance with NVIDIA A10 and A16
NVIDIA A10 improves virtual workstation performance for designers and engineers, while the A16 provides an enhanced VDI experience.
Three Approaches to Machine Learning
At VMware, we view machine learning (ML) as a transformative technology — both for our customers and within VMware itself. Because of its import and its enormous potential, we created a Machine Learning Program Office within the Office of the CTO to coordinate and drive ML-related activities […]
Let’s Be Precise: Enabling and Configuring Precision Time Protocol in vSphere
Among the many mouth-watering goodies packed into the newly-released VMware vSphere vSphere 7.0 Update 2 is (finally) VMware’s fully-backed solution to meet the long-standing requests from Enterprise Application vendors and customers who need to support STRICT time accuracy and precision for […]
Log Disk Exhaustion on VCSA 7 Fix
Log Disk Exhaustion on VCSA 7 Fix. A look at troubleshooting and resolving issues with disk space on the log drive of vCenter Server VCSA.
vSphere with Tanzu on NSX-T: Part 9 – Ingress
This is part 9 of a series of videos discussing vSphere with Tanzu on NSX-T where I will demonstrate how to configure and operate vSphere with Tanzu on NSX-T. In this video we look at the creation of Ingress and we’ll look at how a Layer 7 Load Balancer is being configured in NSX-T and how to discover all related networking objects.
VMworld 2021 Call for Proposals now open through May 14!
VMworld 2021 Call for Proposals (CFP) opens on April 13 and closes on May 14. Whether a customer, partner, or VMware employee, we want to hear from you.
RAID-5/6 Erasure Coding Enhancements in vSAN 7 U2
Learn about the new performance improvements with RAID-5/6 erasure coding in vSAN 7 U2.
vSAN 7 Update 2 – Capacity Monitoring Advancements
Monitoring vSAN capacity is easier than ever in VMware vSAN 7 Update 2
VMware Partners with NVIDIA to Enable GPU Acceleration in Near-Real-Time RAN Intelligent Controllers
Co-Authored by VMware and Nvidia Partnership Will Enable AI and Deep Learning Approaches to Optimize Spectral Efficiency and Network Slicing The time to discover COVID-19 vaccine is a testament to the pace of innovation in the healthcare industry. Pace of innovation can be directly linked to the thriving ecosystem of innovators and the very large […] The post VMware Partners with NVIDIA to Enable GPU Acceleration in Near-Real-Time RAN Intelligent Controllers appeared first on VMware Telco…Read More
Using ReadWriteMany Volumes on TKG Clusters
A quick blog to show how to use an open source project to mount NFS sub-volumes as ReadWriteMany PersistentVolumes in Kubernetes.
Home Audio/Visual Setup
I was asked for a post detailing my home A/V setup. So this post will outline the equipment in my office that I use for video conferencing and recording videos.
VxRail – Pre-upgrade Health Check Tool
VxVerify – Pre-upgrade Health Check Tool VxVerify is an incredibly useful tool to have at your disposal while working with VxRail. Complimentary to the native VxRail manager checks VxVerify performs a health check analysis on a VxRail cluster and it is highly recommended to run VxVerify […]
Industry Standard AI infrastructure powered by HPE, VMware, and NVIDIA
Historically, Artificial Intelligence (AI) platforms were used primarily by progressive companies with the ability to invest extensively in complex systems to garner an advantage in their respective markets. The financial services and telecommunications industries who consume and analyze vast amounts of data were early adopters in AI-Machine Learning (ML) primarily because of their previous development … Continued The post Industry Standard AI infrastructure powered by HPE, VMware, and NVIDIA…Read More
Using HCI Mesh with a stand-alone vSphere host?
Last week at the French VMUG we received a great question. The question was whether you can use HCI Mesh (datastore sharing) with a stand-alone vSphere Host. The answer is simple, no you cannot. VMware does not support enabling vSAN, and HCI Mesh, on a single stand-alone host. However, if you still want to mount […]
