The Road to the VCDX – A Candidate’s Stories – Part 1 – Dirmann Technology Consu…
This post is the first of a few in a series that I hope gives a different perspective on VMware’s VCDX certification. I actually wanted to start this months ago, but like I said….lots going on! Anyways, in the name of transparency this post is coming in after about 11 months into my quest for […]
What’s the difference between a 2-node cluster and a Stretched cluster?
Stretched cluster and 2-node cluster are two extremely powerful vSAN configurations that help our customers solve different types of challenges. Since both topologies offer synchronous data replication on two different sites (vSAN Fault domains), we often get asked by customers what’s the difference between these two. In this blog post, we will take some time to cover some of the most important similarities and differences that these two configurations have between each other.
Dell ObjectScale on VMware Cloud Foundation with Tanzu
Dell Technologies has engineered a software-defined, enterprise-class, high performance containerized architecture object storage in the VMware Tanzu platform called Objectscale. Dell ObjectScale VMware and Dell Technologies have worked together to provide a framework for cloud-native object […]
Nested Fault Domains on a 2-Node vSAN Stretched Cluster, is it supported?
I spotted a question this week on VMTN, the question was fairly basic, are nested fault domains supported on a 2-node vSAN Stretched Cluster? It sounds basic, but unfortunately, it is not documented anywhere, probably because stretched 2-node configurations are not very common. For those who […]
NVIDIA vGPU VM Freezes during VMware vMotion: vGPU STUN Time
Let’s dive in to why VMs freeze when performing a VMware vMotion with an NVIDIA vGPU attached. Additionally, how we can optimize this!
Check TLS versions used on a VMware vCenter Virtual Appliance
My security team asked me if vCenter Virtual Server Appliance is using TLS and if so, what would be the version of TLS. I answered that VCSA is using TLS 1.2, however they wanted some kind of proof it was true. The idea was to produce screenshot. But how check which TLS version is running […]
Convert Packer Variables JSON to HCL2 for automated vSphere builds
Convert Packer Variables JSON to HCL2 for automated vSphere builds. Convert your JSON variables file into HCL2 format, file names needed, etc
VCAP-DCV Deploy 2022 Exam Experience
I recently passed the VCAP-DCV Deploy 2022 exam. I was able to take this exam remotely from the comfort of my own home, which ended up being a significantly better experience than previous exams I have taken where they required the candidate to be on site at a testing center. In 2018 I took […]
Creating a VMware Cloud on AWS SDDC and Setting Up Initial Management Access
VMware Cloud on AWS allows you to quickly spin up VMware Software-Defined Data Centers (SDDCs) across the globe! This demo shows the SDDC creation process, and how set up initial management access to your newly created VMware SDDC. #vmware #vmwarecloud #aws #cloud #gettingstarted
Quick Tip – Using ESXi Scripted Installation (kickstart) to configure IPv6 networking
I have written numerous articles on the topic of ESXi Scripted Installation aka Kickstart, which is just one of the many options that enables customers to fully automate the installation and configuration of their ESXi hosts. An interesting question that recently came up internally was whether you could configure ESXi networking using IPv6, rather than […]
VMware Explore 2022 | VCP and VCAP Exam Vouchers 50% Off!
Visit the VMware Learning team this year at VMware Explore! Here’s all you can expect from these exciting few days, plus a special invitation and 50% discount on VCP and VCAP Exam Vouchers!
Multi-Factor/External Authentication on VMware Cloud Foundation
I recently have a question about multi-factor authentication within VCF, VMware Cloud Foundation. I was able to find out the answer after sending the query to a few folks on the VCF team. It transpires that VMware have recently delivered MFA (Duo support) and external Authn/AuthZ (Oasis, SAML, […]
VMC on Dell – Configuring DNS and LDAP Authentication Services
In my experience, when an application or service isn’t working it’s usually one of two things; the network is down, or its DNS. This time it was DNS.
VMware vSphere Cluster Services Explained
VMware vSphere® 7.0 Update 1 was released in October 2020. Many VMware customers have already upgraded to vSphere 7 Update 1 but may not be fully aware of its new features, such as VMware vSphere Cluster Services. As a VMware Technical Account Manager (TAM), I help my customers take […]
Week 23-2022 VMware Enduser Computing Updates
Important KB Articles and Release Updates | Please note: KBs may get updated after being referenced here. +End User Computing / VDI Environment + Horizon Survey [Horizon Admins only]; +The VMware EUC Research Team wants to hear your thoughts […]
Redefine Digital Workspace with VMware Horizon on VMware Cloud on Dell
The walls of the office have come down and the new digital workplace without boundaries, spanning across geographies. The global health scenario has turned remote work, once a selective privilege, into a mainstream phenomenon. Those companies will stay ahead of the curve that provide a dynamic […]
Tanzu Basic Metering and Reporting: Explained
VMware Tanzu is part of the VMware Cloud Provider Program and is at the heart of the VMware Developer-Ready Cloud. With Tanzu, developer productivity and agility increase – applications and Kubernetes clusters are deployed rapidly across clouds and on-prem. Tanzu helps personas like Devs and […]
Speed up your PowerShell scripts – VirtualG.uk
PowerShell is a necessary part of your toolkit for anyone working on IT infrastructure. Over time, your IT environment increases in size, scripts get more dependent upon and consequently need to run much faster. […]
VMware vSAN Internal Components and its details
Some of the basic fundamental concepts were looked at in a previous blog. If you haven’t had the chance, take a look at it. We will dig even more profound into vSAN and we’ll see how its components internally interact with each other. First of all, there are certain terminologies that need to […]
Send vRLI Alerts to Microsoft Teams
Today we can send vRLI Alerts to vROps, we can generate emails on them, and there are out of the box Webhooks for Slack, Pager Duty, and vRO. What about Microsoft Teams? Well, we can create a custom Webhook for it, so what does that look like. Let’s first generate a TEAMs URL to which we will […]
