Monitoring vCenter Server in VMware Aria Operations
VMware Aria Operations is a tool for monitoring infrastructure, virtual machines, predict resource demands or costs and more. Most of you want to visualize, provide logs and information from the VMware vCenter Server.
Deregister NSX manager from vCenter
While adding compute manger during NSX implementation we have often seen an error “compute manager already registered with other NSX manager node” reason being that compute manager/vCenter was added earlier to other NSX manager which is not being cleared properly and a stale entry still […]
HCX Activation with VCF Licensing
I see quite a bit of confusion about this internally and with customers, so I figured I would write a quick blog post on the subject. Starting with HCX 4.9, you are able to active HCX Enterprise services using VCF Solution Licensing. […]
HOW TO: Update VMware vSphere vCenter Server 8.0.3a to 8.0.3b using the Reduced …
In this video presentation which is part of the Hancock’s VMware Half Hour I will show you HOW TO: Update VMware vSphere vCenter Server 8.0.3a to 8.0.3b using the Reduced Downtime Upgrade (RDU) function, this is the second part in this three part video series.
While many #government agencies are looking to take advantage of #GenAI, there are concerns with keeping sensitive, private data from being shared externally and ensuring complete control over access to their AI models. Enter Private #AI.
Chris Wolf, Head of Global AI at Broadcom talks about the alignment of Private AI and the White House “Executive Order on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence.”
As U.S. government agencies build AI solutions, they must align these solutions to guidelines and frameworks set forth by the White House, DOD and NIST. Broadcom’s Chris Wolf discusses how Private AI adheres to these guidelines and allows for the safe, secure, and trustworthy development of AI.
How are power, latency, and cost challenges being addressed as data centers transition to 224G per lane connectivity? Vijay Janapaty, VP and GM the Physical Layer Products Division shows how our Sian2 DSP, the industry-leading 200G per-lane DSP technology is powering #GenAI infrastructure.
Broadcom announced the availability of its Sian2 DSP, a 200G per lane PAM-4 DSP PHY, designed to power the next generation of AI data centers. Sian2 supports 200G electrical and optical interfaces for scaling up AI clusters as demand for higher performance and larger cluster sizes continues to surge. With the migration from 400G/800G links […]
Scaling vCenter Server Connections for Improved Resiliency
In the latest version of vSphere, we introduced a significant enhancement that improves the resilience and availability of our core services such as vCenter server. In this article, I aim to bring these changes into the spotlight and explain how they improve the overall performance and availability
How much Virtual Machine memory is using NVMe Tiering?
I know many in the VMware Community have upgraded to vSphere 8.0 Update 3 to play with the exciting new NVMe Tiering feature, especially for testing various workloads including deploying VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) for homelab or testing purposes. A question that has come up a few times now […]
vSAN 8.0 Update 3 multi VM IO Trip Analyzer Demo
In this demo I show the new capability in vSAN 8.0 Update 3 which allows you to monitor multiple VMs using the IP Trip Analyzer!
Quick Tip – API for Broadcom Security Advisories
Broadcom publishes all security advisories within the Broadcom Support Portal (BSP), under Security Advisories on left hand navigation, which will take you to https://support.broadcom.com/group/ecx/security-advisory page. You can also view specific Broadcom Division security advisories, by providing the specific Broadcom Division Segment ID, which also does not require a login to view. Here is a table […]
VMware CMTY Podcast #703 – Building Community in Tech: VMUG, Home Labs, and Barcelona Adventures
Upgrade and Patch a VCF 5.2 Workload Domain in One Operation
One of the biggest hurdles in managing private cloud infrastructure is coordinating with application owners to schedule maintenance windows that align with business needs. Fortunately, VMware vSphere with vMotion live migration offers a solution to this challenge, delivering trusted and proven zero downtime infrastructure updates. However, even with the benefits of vMotion, business policies may … Continued The post Upgrade and Patch a VCF 5.2 Workload Domain in One Operation appeared first…Read More
LLM Inference Sizing and Performance Guidance
When planning to deploy a chatbot or simple Retrieval-Augmentation-Generation (RAG) pipeline on VMware Private AI Foundation with NVIDIA [1], you may have questions about sizing (capacity) and performance based on your existing GPU resources or potential future GPU acquisitions. For instance: Conversely, if you have specific capacity or latency requirements for utilizing LLMs with X … Continued The post LLM Inference Sizing and Performance Guidance appeared first on VMware Cloud Foundation…Read More
Avi Load Balancer Sessions for VMware Explore 2024 Barcelona – Part One
We are nearing VMware Explore 2024 Barcelona on Nov 4-7. Discover valuable insights from our speakers on protecting against threats with our security products and managing application delivery services. Use our targeted agendas for Avi and ANS sessions to plan your schedule or check out the list we’ve curated below! Ransomware Prevention and Cloud-Speed Application … Continued The post Avi Load Balancer Sessions for VMware Explore 2024 Barcelona – Part One appeared first on VMware Load…Read More
Great news! Scheduler is LIVE for #VMwareExplore 2024 in Barcelona! ✍🏼
Time to get busy and schedule your favorite sessions to build your ultimate experience.
Unlocking Micro-Segmentation Potential with vDefend Security Intelligence
A discussion on vDefend Security Intelligence, also known as NSX Intelligence, for enhanced visibility within the Software-Defined Datacenter. CuriousTechie: Hello IT Guy. In our last conversation here, we discussed micro-segmentation. Now, I have a solid understanding of how vDefend DFW can […]
VMware Explore Europe 2024 Session Scheduler
The session scheduler is going live for VMware Explore 24 in Barcelona. Book in your breakouts for the week.
Expand Your VMware Cloud Foundation Knowledge with a VCF Course
In May, it was announced that VCF Learning was streamlining its certification process, and prerequisite courses were no longer needed to take VMware Certification exams. Our students were excited to hear this news. In some cases, these courses served as a refresher, ensuring your skills were […]
**Automated VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 5.2 Import Lab Plus NSX Deployment Scr…
Automated VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 5.2 Import Lab Plus NSX Deployment Script
VMware Critical VMSA-2024-0019: Addressing Heap-Overflow and Privilege Escalatio…
VMware released a security advisory, VMSA-2024-0019, detailing critical vulnerabilities affecting VMware vCenter Server. These vulnerabilities include a remote code execution (RCE) and heap-overflow vulnerabilities, which could potentially allow attackers to execute arbitrary code and escalate […]
