vCenter Converter 6.6 BETA is now LIVE!
VMware by Broadcom is thrilled to announce the Beta release of the vCenter Converter 6.6. After the success of the previous two editions, which have accumulated more than 200K downloads combined, we’re delivering to our customers the latest version of this popular tool. The Beta is available […]
Google Chat space notification for failed vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) backup…
It is always good idea to verify that your vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) backups are occurring and if there are any failures, you are notified about them immediately! As alluded to at the end of that blog post, you can easily build event-driven automation using the popular VMware Event Broker [..]
VCF 5.0 VI WorkLoad Domain Cluster Limitation and Types of WorkLoad Domain
Workload domains represent a pool of vSphere hosts that combine compute, storage, and networking (NSX) resources’ workload domain is managed by separate vCenter and NSX Manager appliances that are deployed to the management domain. Workload domains are isolated from each other providing more […]
vSAN ESA and the minimum number of hosts with RAID-1/5/6
I had a meeting last week with a customer and a question came up around the minimum number of hosts a cluster requires in order to use. particular RAID configuration for vSAN. I created a table for the customer and a quick paragraph on how this works and figured I would share it here as […]
vSphere 8 U2 Identity Federation with Entra ID/Azure AD – vSphere never sees the…
One of the security enhancements that came out with vSphere 8 U2 and we haven’t talked yet is vSphere 8 U2 Identity Federation with Entra ID/Azure AD. This feature is an enhancements of the vSphere identity federation feature that are part of VCP exam topics here – VCP-DCV on vSphere 8.x […]
Bug Alert: Powering On VM in VMware vCenter stuck at 66% – irgNET
Today I had a strange issue in my vCenter, after a maintenance operation on my server I wanted to power on several VMs and I noticed that they got stuck at 66% in the power on process. There are no warnings or errors. Some VMs take up to 60 minutes to power on and some […]
#VMware #DigitalWorkspace #Tanzu
Asking the chatbot questions was so 2023, time to step up to multi-agent workflows with Microsoft’s awesome new multi-agent framework Autogen and it’s simple, easy-to-use no code web app, Autogen Studio. We will run it on Tanzu Kubernetes Grid on vSphere using vscode dev containers to grok it […]
The vSphere Metrics Book – 3rd edition – Eric Sloof
This document is tailored for experienced VMware professionals focused on optimizing and troubleshooting in production environments. It introduces metrics using the Triple See Method, a strategy that aligns metrics with operational management. This is an advanced-level text, spanning over 300 […]
Infrastructure as a Code – Automating integration of NSX-T with NSX ALB via Terr…
Automation is imperative in today’s era to ease the responsibility of engineers and to avoid manual errors. In this blog, we will cover all necessary configuration required to integrate NSX-T with NSX-ALB (AVI Controller) via terraform. We have already touch based on the basic building blocks […]
How To Optimize a Horizon Golden Image with the New Microsoft Teams Client
Use the workaround given in this post to install the new Microsoft teams client and still optimize the golden image to remove unwanted store apps.
Web UI for Ollama, for interactions with LLMs all running on K8s
ChatGPT like Web UI for Ollama to interact with LLMs.
3 Reasons Why VMware vSphere Needs Aria Operations
VMware by Broadcom recently announced a dramatic simplification of their product portfolio to unlock more value from customer investments. The cost of VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF), the flagship enterprise hybrid cloud stack, was slashed, and VMware vSphere Foundation was introduced.
VLAN Filtering in NSX Transport Zones
If you aren’t aware, NSX 4.1.1 introduced VLAN filtering capability on the VLAN Transport zones. This feature is important especially when you don’t want your NSX tenants to create segments on VLAN that are meant for infrastructure traffic.
Improved Capacity Reporting in VMware Cloud Foundation 5.1 and vSAN 8 U2
Improvements were made in VMware Cloud Foundation 5.1 and vSAN 8 U2 that make capacity reporting easier. Read on to learn more!
Runecast to be acquired by Dynatrace, further enhancing Cloud-Native Application…
Runecast, a leading provider of AI-powered security and compliance solutions, is pleased to announce that it has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by Dynatrace.
VMware Horizon 2312 adds lossless support in the Blast protocol
Introduction | You may have read VMware Horizon 2312 adds lossless support in the Blast protocol in the Release Notes. But before we get started on how to enable it; what is lossless support? The VMware documentation states: “You can activate the VMware Blast display protocol to use an encoding [..]
A few words about vSAN Encryption
On this post, I’ll try collect some valuable information and put it altogether. I hope it could be useful. All details written are related to vSAN OSA. I’ll try to mention the new vSAN ESA features sometimes, but the intention here is talk about the Original Storage Architecture… so far 😉
Containerized Diagnostics For Unified Access Gateway With UAG Local Troubleshoot…
As part of the UAG Troubleshooter solution, I’ve recently developed UAG Local Troubleshooter, a container based diagnostic utility run within the UAG console. Since Photon OS has built-in support for Docker this […]
VMC: Understand GFW on Customer Managed CGW (Tier-1 Gateway)
A conversation about how Gateway Firewall works on a Customer Managed Compute Gateway (CGW) i.e. custom Tier-1 Gateway implemented on VMware Cloud On AWS. CuriousTechie: Hello IT Guy, I am exploring the functionality of Customer Managed CGW in VMConAWS and I am confused about the Gateway […]
How to Enable and Configure the new vMotion Application Notification Feature for…
At VMware, we take reliability, uptime, and availability as importantly as we take performance, security and other desirable benefits of virtualization. What if, when a vMotion operation is invoked, the operation waits for an Administrator-configurable “clearance” from the Guest Operating […]
