Inventory standalone ESXi host core count for vSphere+
To help customers inventory their existing vSphere and vSAN CPU core usage for the vSphere+ and vSAN+ Cloud Service, you can take advantage of this inventory script HERE that I have created and generates a report (including CSV) by connecting to your existing vCenter Server(s) for analysis. […]
New Whitepaper: How VMware vSAN 8 with Express Storage Architecture Reduces TCO …
Organizations across all sizes and industries are becoming more digital. With the digitalization of business comes an explosion of applications and data, both essential for companies. Data has grown roughly 50% per year; thus, organizations have seen their storage needs grow to accommodate […]
What’s New in vSphere 8 Update 1
vSphere 8.0 Update 1 is the latest release of this platform, and it comes with a host of new features and capabilities that enhance the efficiency and reliability of IT operations. One of the key new features is the vSphere Configuration Profiles, which allows you to manage […]
Load Balancing Azure VMware Solution workloads with Azure Application Gateway – …
Brief Introduction to Azure VMware Solution | With Azure VMware Solution (AVS), now available globally in Microsoft Azure as a native Azure Cloud offering from Microsoft, customers around the globe can enjoy the same world class industry leading VMware technologies in Azure cloud. […]
PowerCLI 13.1 Release: New Features and Improvements
VMware has recently released PowerCLI 13.1, the latest version of their popular PowerShell-based automation tool for managing vSphere environments. This release includes a number of highly requested features, as well as improvements to existing modules. You can download PowerCLI 13.1 here.
How to Upgrade ESXi Host with Lifecycle Manager
vSphere Lifecyce Manager (vLCM) is a new feature in vSphere 7 that provides a centralized way to manage software and ESXi host software versions. It is the next generation replacement for vSphere Update Manager (VUM). It can be used to update multiple hosts simultaneously. This method […]
Aria Operations for Logs integration with VMware Data Services Manager
In my most recent post on VMware Data Services Manager (DSM), we saw how it was possible to integrate the PostgreSQL databases – which are deployed by VMware DSM – with Aria Operations. In this post, we will see how it is also possible to integrate the logs generated by these deployments into Aria Operations for Logs, formerly known as vRealize Log Insight. Let’s begin the post by once again sharing the versions of the various products that we will be using to do the setup. VMware vRealize®…Read More
VCF Operations Improvements in VMware Aria Operations
With the April 2023 release of the VMware Aria Operations product for On-prem (v 8.12) as well as SaaS, we have made some improvements to the SDDC management pack together with the representation of VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) Operations in VMware Aria Operations. What we have been able to […]
vSphere ML Accelerator Spectrum Deep Dive Series
The number of machine learning workloads is increasing in on-prem data centers rapidly. It arrives in different ways, either within the application itself or data science teams build solutions that incorporate machine learning models to generate predictions or influence actions when needed. […]
What’s New in VMware Aria Operations for Networks 6.10
We are happy to announce the availability of VMware Aria Operations for Networks 6.10! In this blog, I will provide an overview of some of the great new features added in the 6.10 release, making VMware Aria Operations for Networks even more powerful in managing and monitoring your networks […]
A Closer Look into the VMware Cloud on AWS Q1 2024 and SDDC Version 1.22 | VMwar…
This resource looks at the technicalities of the new capabilities and features that are part of the VMware Cloud on AWS Q1 2023 and SDDC Version 1.22 release.
Introducing VMware Cloud Well-Architected Designs
Today we are excited to introduce the release of the VMware Cloud Well-Architected Designs. They offer more guidance for specific use cases while remaining cloud-agnostic and following the guiding principles of the VMCWAF. These initial designs focus on critical areas such as cloud migration, […]
Expanding Your Aria Operations (vROps) Cluster: A Step-by-Step Guide to Adding a…
Today, we will be focusing on expanding your Aria Operations (vROps) installation by adding a data node to your existing cluster. The vROps cluster can be scaled out by adding data nodes, which helps to improve performance and resilience. In this step-by-step guide, we will walk you through […]
VMware Horizon View and Linux Multiple Session agent installation
I was helping a colleague in our Open-source/Linux team setup a Linux Desktop (Red Hat 9.1) in our Horizon view. We wanted to do a setup where we used Manual Farm, this requires that the Linux Agent is get registered in the Horizon View Connection Server/Broker, but we could not find […]
Introducing VMware Skyline™ Health Diagnostics version 3.5.2
This blog was authored by Abhilash Kunhappan, VMware Technical Support Director for Skyline Health Diagnostics. When managing day 2+ operations of complex multi-cloud environments and mission critical data center workloads, there are three main factors that should be considered: Faster resolution of issues and outages to minimize downtime. Elevated data privacy to protect the environment. … Continued The post Introducing VMware Skyline™ Health Diagnostics version 3.5.2 appeared first on…Read More
Announcing Photon OS 5.0 – General Availability
We are delighted to announce the General Availability (GA) of Photon OS 5.0. This release is available in pre-packaged binary formats, including bootable ISO, pre-installed OVA, Amazon AMI image, Google GCE image, and Azure VHD. You can download the Photon OS 5.0 GA images from here https://github.com/vmware/photon/wiki/Downloading-Photon-OS . Overview of Photon OS 5.0 Kernel Upgrade: … Continued The post Announcing Photon OS 5.0 – General Availability appeared first on VMware vSphere Blog.
At RADIO 2023, the Future We Make Is Closer Than Ever
If there’s one word that has defined VMware since its founding 25 years ago, it’s innovation. As a startup, we burst onto the scene with groundbreaking virtualization solutions. As a global name, we went on to provide ubiquitous cloud infrastructure and have been leading the way in the multi- […]
No SSL client purpose on certificate issue on Aria Operations for Logs (aka vRLI…
I had an issue with updating the self-signed certificate on my Aria Operations for Logs instance (vRLI) after upgrading to 8.12. In this post we’ll see how we […]
Blank templates in NSX-Advanced Load Balancer architecture
This is a niche topic as it only adds to those interested in load balancing in general and NSX-ALB specifically but I’m here to talk about one of the architectural choices made by NSX-ALB that caught my attention from my amateur POV.
Intel Optane NVMe Drives – Sample Hardware – VMware vSAN OSA vs. ESA Infrastruct…
The ultimate comparison between the all-knowing VMware vSAN OSA and the new VMware vSAN OSA architecture available with VMware vSphere 8.
