How to Install Windows 11 Guest OS on VMware…

How to Install Windows 11 Guest OS on VMware vSphere 8 with a Virtual TPM?

How to Install Windows 11 Guest OS on VMware…

Agenda | How to Install Windows 11 Guest OS on VMware vSphere 8 with a Virtual TPM? How to enable the vSphere native Key Provider or Standard/3rd Party Key Provider? How to Create a new VM with an encrypted hard disk? How to enable vTPM for a VMware ESXi VM? Thank you


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Update VMware Tools package on ESXi

Update VMware Tools package on ESXi

Update VMware Tools package on ESXi

In most cases VMware Tools are available as part of ESXi. When updating an ESXi host, the VMware Tools could be updated, but most of the time not to the latest version. In this post I’ll show you how ESXi hosts can updated to the latest available version, when they contain critical bug or […]


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Easily retrieve WordPress blog statistics

Easily retrieve WordPress blog statistics

Easily retrieve WordPress blog statistics

Happy New Year! 🥳 I wanted to kick off the new year with something that I had shared at the end of 2022, which was a break down on the number of blog posts that I have published over the years. Since @rhjensen was asking about number of blog posts compared to previous years …. […]


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VMware Product End Of Support Countdown |…

VMware Product End Of Support Countdown | virten.net

VMware Product End Of Support Countdown |…

This page shows a countdown to the day when VMware products reach their End of Support (EOS) phase. It’s essential to keep an eye on support because products that are “EOS” no longer receive security updates or bug fixes from VMware. Always keep your environment up-to-date and supported.


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vSphere 8 vMotion Unified Data Transport

vSphere 8 vMotion Unified Data Transport

vSphere 8 vMotion Unified Data Transport

Tonight’s topic is about vMotion! But not just any kind of vMotion, we are going to enable blazing fast speeds to migrate your workloads. Before we get into the topic, I want to bring up information on VMware vSphere 8! I have been using the GA version of vSphere 8 on my new home lab […]


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Installing NSX 4.0.1.1 in my Homelab – mb-labs.de

Installing NSX 4.0.1.1 in my Homelab – mb-labs.de

Installing NSX 4.0.1.1 in my Homelab – mb-labs.de

I have been running NSX(-T) in my home lab since late 2020 and also updated accordingly to the last available version. Unfortunately, at the beginning of Nov. 22, with the release of vSphere8 with VSAN 8, I got the glorious idea to try out VSAN ESA in my lab. Long Story short, i had to install […]


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Enabling the Remote Workforce with VMware…

Enabling the Remote Workforce with VMware SD-WAN, Starlink, and 5G

Enabling the Remote Workforce with VMware…

Using a combination of VMware SD-WAN, Starlink, and 5G can help organizations unlock the potential of their remote workforce by providing them with reliable and high-speed internet connectivity, enabling them to be more productive and efficient.


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How to Examine GPU Resources on an ESXi &…

How to Examine GPU Resources on an ESXi & vCenter? | Nvidia-smi

How to Examine GPU Resources on an ESXi &…

How to Examine GPU Resources on an ESXi & vCenter? What is NVIDIA System Management Interface (Nvidia-smi)? Commands #Nvidia-smi #Esxcli graphics device list #Esxcli graphics vm list #hpe #vmware #nvidia #gpu #esxi #esx #vc


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How to View GPU Statistics on an ESXi &…

How to View GPU Statistics on an ESXi & vCenter? | GPU Performance – memory usag…

How to View GPU Statistics on an ESXi &…

How to View GPU Statistics on an ESXi & vCenter? We can view detailed information for an ESXi host graphics card and see GPU temperature, GPU utilization, and GPU memory usage. Procedure: In the vSphere Client, navigate to the host. Click the Monitor tab and click Performance. Click Advanced […]


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Using HCX stretched networks for disaster recovery

Using HCX stretched networks for disaster recovery

Using HCX stretched networks for disaster recovery

One of the most frequently asked questions I get from customers is, “How can I recover my virtual machines without having to change their IP address(es)?” An EXCELLENT question. I like to tell my customers we have a very rich toolkit, which may be used to build the type of solution they would […]


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What happens to packets with a VMware vSphere…

What happens to packets with a VMware vSphere Distributed Switch?

What happens to packets with a VMware vSphere…

Distributed Virtual Port-Groups (dvPGs) in vSphere are a powerful tool for controlling network traffic behavior. vSphere Distributed Switches (vDS) are non-transitive Layer 2 proxies and provide us the ability to modify packets in-flight in a variety of complex ways. […]


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Visualizing VMs Distribution Information…

Visualizing VMs Distribution Information Dashboard on vROps with using vCenter C…

Visualizing VMs Distribution Information…

Creating Custom Attributes: First, we need to create Custom Attributes in vCenter for VMs. Log-in to vCenter Server and select one VM,There is Custom Attributes section on the right sight and it […]


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vRealize Operations Manager Disk Partition…

vRealize Operations Manager Disk Partition Alarm Creation

vRealize Operations Manager Disk Partition…

The capacity of the partitions of the discs that many of us sometimes overlook is full of capacity. And with that, we see that it causes certain applications to crash. For example vCenter, Log Insg., some VM servers. [Original content in Turkish].


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Deleting a Cluster namespace stuck in…

Deleting a Cluster namespace stuck in terminating state in Kubernetes

Deleting a Cluster namespace stuck in…

When I tried to delete a workload cluster it did not get deleted , deletion failed. Reason being workload cluster namespace got stuck in terminating state. Below three steps need to be executed to delete the cluster namespace that is in terminating state.


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Exploring Aria Hub Search and GraphQL

Exploring Aria Hub Search and GraphQL

Exploring Aria Hub Search and GraphQL

In this post, we will learn how to search within Aria Hub and query our inventory using GraphQL and Altair. We will cover search examples and the use of operators, comparison functions, and property names and values. We will also discuss using Aria Graph and Altair for advanced GraphQL queries.


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Monitor Websites with Aria Operations

Monitor Websites with Aria Operations

Monitor Websites with Aria Operations

You want to monitor websites, Aria Operations (formerly vRealize Operations) can help, we’ll use Telegraf Agents to do it! Telegraf Agents offer powerful functionality, giving you the ability to do many different things: Operating System Monitoring Windows Service Monitoring Application […]


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How to manually add NSX-T Managers to a Cluster

How to manually add NSX-T Managers to a Cluster

How to manually add NSX-T Managers to a Cluster

After deploying the first NSX-T Manager, additional managers can be deployed using the NSX-T GUI. This is a crucial step to create a redundant and reliable setup. To deploy an additional NSX-T Manager appliance you first […]


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How to Install vCenter 8.0 on VMware ESXi 8.0?

How to Install vCenter 8.0 on VMware ESXi 8.0?

How to Install vCenter 8.0 on VMware ESXi 8.0?

Agenda How to Install vCenter 8.0 on VMware ESXi 8.0? vCenter Server 8.0: Resource Requirements vCenter 8.0 Pre-Installation Steps vCenter 8.0 Implementation Procedure vCenter 8.0 Post-Installation Steps vCenter Appliance Deployment – Home Lab Thank you #hpe #vmware #vc #esx #resources #requirements


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