An introduction to how vSAN stores and reads…

An introduction to how vSAN stores and reads data in OSA and ESA

An introduction to how vSAN stores and reads…

In this post, I will provide an explanation of how vSAN stores and read data in both OSA (Original Storage Architecture) and ESA (Express Storage Architecture) architecture to enhance understanding of vSAN. The explanation will start with the former OSA and then proceed to the latter and newer […]


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vMotion Fails because VMTools is Installing

vMotion Fails because VMTools is Installing

vMotion Fails because VMTools is Installing

This is a “quickie, but goodie” post that I wanted to share with everyone. A project that we’re currently working on for a client is a massive migration of VMs into a VCF environment. During some of the migrations we hit a handful of VMs where we would get this error message: […]


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Setup 2-node vSAN Cluster

Setup 2-node vSAN Cluster

Setup 2-node vSAN Cluster

You need to create a vSphere Cluster (enable HA, DRS and vSAN), then add two vSAN nodes into this cluster. Now we can start to configure the 2-node vSAN cluster. Select the predefined Distributed Switch for vMotion and vSAN network, then Next. Specify the IP address for the vMotion network, […]


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How to fix vLCM and Image based update (error:…

How to fix vLCM and Image based update (error: Downgrades of manually added Comp…

How to fix vLCM and Image based update (error:…

If you’re encountering the “Downgrades of manually added Components” error when attempting to update vLCM and Image-based systems on VMware, you’re not alone. In this video, we’ll walk you through the steps to fix this error and get your systems updated smoothly. We’ll cover the causes of […]


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VMware Skyline Collector 3.3 and Advisor Pro…

VMware Skyline Collector 3.3 and Advisor Pro Releases Are Now Available

VMware Skyline Collector 3.3 and Advisor Pro…

Now available: new VMware Skyline Collector 3.3 and Advisor Pro releases with VMware Aria Operations for Logs (formerly vRealize Log Insight) product integration, Log Assist enhancements and new proactive Findings. If you have Auto Upgrade enabled, your Skyline Collector will automatically […]


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Evolve Your Data Center with VMware, Lenovo and…

Evolve Your Data Center with VMware, Lenovo and NVIDIA

Evolve Your Data Center with VMware, Lenovo and…

Data centers struggle to fend off increasingly complex cyberattacks and ransomware while continuing to improve remote access use cases. Lenovo, NVIDIA and VMware have partnered to deliver an integrated solution to enhance network security, monitoring and control. Register to access this webinar [..]


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It pays to invest in your employee experience

It pays to invest in your employee experience

It pays to invest in your employee experience

Businesses should pay close attention to every stage of their employees’ journey, from recruitment, right through to the moment they leave. But the increase in virtual work over the last few years has brought its own set of challenges in maintaining a great employee experience. Problems like […]


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Setting up Tanzu Application Platform (TAP)…

Setting up Tanzu Application Platform (TAP) v1.4 on OpenShift Cluster running on…

Setting up Tanzu Application Platform (TAP)…

In this blog post, I will setup Tanzu Application Platform (TAP) 1.4 on Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform (OCP) v4.11 running on Lenovo ThinkSystems. In my view, this is the combination of two great products where TAP is focused on developer productivity by providing in built capabilities […]


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Secure Remote Workforce using VDI – VMware…

Secure Remote Workforce using VDI – VMware Broadcast

Secure Remote Workforce using VDI – VMware…

In this session on VMware TV, we’ll go through the use cases VMware NSX provides for VMware Horizon end-user computing environments and show a few demos of the actual security policy in action.


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VMware NSX Federation – Part-6

VMware NSX Federation – Part-6

VMware NSX Federation – Part-6

Welcome Back! In the previous blog we discussed about North-South packet walk in case of stretched network to 2 different physical locations, using NSX Federation. Today, we are going to create a Global Policy and write a Deny rule under the same. Topology used – Use-Case – We are going to deny [..]


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VCP-DCV on vSphere 8.x Objective 1.10 –…

VCP-DCV on vSphere 8.x Objective 1.10 – Describe identity federation

VCP-DCV on vSphere 8.x Objective 1.10 –…

This post is about vSphere 8 Identity Federation, and part of our VCP-DCV on vSphere 8 Study Guide page. VCP-DCV on vSphere 8.x Objective 1.10 – Describe identity federation. vSphere 7 has brought the Identity Federation feature, so it is not new in vSphere 8. Identity Federation allows you to […]


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Generating Password Policy Reports for VMware…

Generating Password Policy Reports for VMware Cloud Foundation

Generating Password Policy Reports for VMware…

In a recent blog (see here) I provided an overview of Password Policy Configuration for VMware Cloud Foundation, in this blog we will take a deep dive on using Invoke-PasswordPolicyManager to generate the password policy reports. The Invoke-PasswordPolicyManager cmdlet is part of the PowerShell [..]


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Onboarding Red Hat OpenShift Cluster to Tanzu…

Onboarding Red Hat OpenShift Cluster to Tanzu Mission Control

Onboarding Red Hat OpenShift Cluster to Tanzu…

In this blog post, you will follow the steps to onboard a Red Hat OpenShift cluster running on Lenovo ThinkSystem (Baremetal) to VMware Tanzu Mission Control. Let’s get started.


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Setup AWS Backup for VMware Cloud on AWS VM…

Setup AWS Backup for VMware Cloud on AWS VM workloads – Using PrivateLinks

Setup AWS Backup for VMware Cloud on AWS VM…

Implement and configure AWS Backup for VMware Cloud on AWS VM workloads. In our previous post we saw the design of the AWS Backup on VMC. In this post, we’re going through the implementation steps.


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VCF Detailed check using Powershell Module

VCF Detailed check using Powershell Module

VCF Detailed check using Powershell Module

By using Vmware.CloudFoundation.Reporting module we can fetch VCF configuration and health reports. Below are the Pre-requisites for running the same. Below Powershell Modules needs to be installed to run the report. […]


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Reverse Proxy & Load Balancing a Web Server…

Reverse Proxy & Load Balancing a Web Server with VMware NSX Advanced Load Balanc…

Reverse Proxy & Load Balancing a Web Server…

Want to setup a load balancer and reverse proxy with VMware NSX Advanced Load Balancer, and you want to replace your Nginx Reverse Proxy, well let’s get started!


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