VCDX #181 Marc Huppert

Month: March 2025

vSAN 8 ESA for VMware Powered SAP HANA HCI Systems

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vSAN 8 ESA for VMware Powered SAP HANA HCI Systems

vSAN 8 ESA for VMware Powered SAP HANA HCI Systems

VMware, which is now part of Broadcom, has worked with SAP and its hardware partners since 2019 to provide reliable, high-performance, and certified SAP HANA hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) solutions. Since then, these co-engineered, SAP-certified HCI solutions, enable customers to run SAP HANA on industry-standardized, cost-optimized server components, including the latest Intel CPU technologies, NVMe storage … Continued The post vSAN 8 ESA for VMware Powered SAP HANA HCI Systems…Read More

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F5 Takeout Competitive Campaign: Avi Load…

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F5 Takeout Competitive Campaign: Avi Load Balancer is the True Next

F5 Takeout Competitive Campaign: Avi Load…

🚀 Legacy load balancers are struggling to keep up! Avi Load Balancer is the True Next: fully software-defined, scalable & automation-ready. No hardware lock-in, no disruptions! #AviLoadBalancer

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ESXi on GMKtec EVO-X1 with AMD Ryzen AI Pro 300…

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ESXi on GMKtec EVO-X1 with AMD Ryzen AI Pro 300 Series (formally Strix Point)

ESXi on GMKtec EVO-X1 with AMD Ryzen AI Pro 300…

My experiences with small form factor (SFF) systems and Mini PCs over the years have primarily involved Intel-based systems, as they have been the most capable and compatible with the VMware ESXi Hypervisor—especially when it comes to onboard networking options. Intel’s introduction of their Hybrid CPU core architecture starting with 12th Gen (Alder Lake) and […]

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VCF Import Tool – Enable Overlay in an imported…

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VCF Import Tool – Enable Overlay in an imported VCF Domain

VCF Import Tool – Enable Overlay in an imported…

Part 2 VCF Import Cluster with NFS and activating the overlay. My blog is a follow-up to my article “VCF Import Tool – Run VCF with NFS as principal Storage” and covers the activation of the overlay network after I have successfully converted an ESXi cluster to a VCF management domain using […]

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Process locking made easy in VCF Automation…

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Process locking made easy in VCF Automation Orchestrator, featuring automatic un…

Process locking made easy in VCF Automation…

VCF Automation Orchestrator has a built-in locking semaphore provided by the LockingSystem class. When a lock is created, the workflow is placed into a waiting state, and any additional executions of the workflow will be placed in a queue until the lock is released. […]

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Virtual TPM Module – VM Infrastructure

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Virtual TPM Module – VM Infrastructure

Virtual TPM Module – VM Infrastructure

TPM is an industry-wide standard for secure cryptoprocessors. Since vSphere 6.7 VMware has supported TPM v2.0 A Trusted Platform Module (TPM) is a specialized microcontroller designed to secure hardware through integrated cryptographic keys. It is embedded […]

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AI Agents: Why Workflows Are the LLM Use Case…

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AI Agents: Why Workflows Are the LLM Use Case to Watch

AI Agents: Why Workflows Are the LLM Use Case…

The agentic app revolution isn’t a transformation story. It’s a modernization story; a chance to solve small problems with the team you already have. A version of this post was previously published on The New Stack. There’s an unsung hero of the modern enterprise: the workflow. It’s sometimes […]

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vSAN ESA over RDMA – (1) Build a vSAN Cluster

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vSAN ESA over RDMA – (1) Build a vSAN Cluster

vSAN ESA over RDMA – (1) Build a vSAN Cluster

In this post, I will take a step-by-step approach to configuring vSAN ESA to use RDMA in a home lab environment and validate the configuration. This post will also cover network, NIC, and vSphere configuration for using RDMA with vSAN ESA.

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Fix: “Module ‘DevicePowerOn’ power on failed”…

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Fix: “Module ‘DevicePowerOn’ power on failed” when using PCI Passthrough in VMwa…

Fix: “Module ‘DevicePowerOn’ power on failed”…

When using PCI Passthrough in VMware vSphere, a virtual machine (VM) may fail to start and the error message “Module ‘DevicePowerOn’ power on failed” appears. This article explains the causes of the problem and shows how to resolve it.

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Private AI: Your What, Why and How-To Guide

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Private AI: Your What, Why and How-To Guide

Private AI: Your What, Why and How-To Guide

AI: Profit-Maker or Hype-Machine? Private AI is an architectural approach that balances the business gains from AI with the privacy and compliance needs of an organization. And already its momentum is growing in 2025.

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Data Services Manager 2.2 on Duncan Epping’s…

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Data Services Manager 2.2 on Duncan Epping’s Unexplored Territory podcast

Data Services Manager 2.2 on Duncan Epping’s…

My good pal Duncan Epping invited me onto his Unexplored Territory podcast last week to talk about all things related to Data Services Manager (DSM) version 2.2. We had a good chat about most of the new features that you can expect to find in the latest DSM release. As always, it is pleasure […]

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How to Add USB NIC to ESXi: Step-by-Step Guide

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How to Add USB NIC to ESXi: Step-by-Step Guide

How to Add USB NIC to ESXi: Step-by-Step Guide

If you have a Homelab and need additional network interfaces but don’t have any available PCIe slots, a USB NIC is a great option. In this post, I’ll guide you through the process of installing the USB Network Native Driver for ESXi—a Fling that isn’t recommended for production but is perfect […]

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Enable TRIM/UNMAP from Nested vSAN OSA/ESA to…

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Enable TRIM/UNMAP from Nested vSAN OSA/ESA to physical vSAN OSA

Enable TRIM/UNMAP from Nested vSAN OSA/ESA to…

If you are running Nested vSAN Original Storage Architecture (OSA) or vSAN Express Storage Architecture (ESA) workloads on top of a physical vSAN OSA setup, you may want to enable the Guest TRIM/UNAMP capability, which would allow your the “inner” (Nested) workloads to pass the TRIM/UNMAP requests down into your physical vSAN OSA deployment for […]

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Enhancements to VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) &…

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Enhancements to VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) & vSphere Automated Lab Deployment…

Enhancements to VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) &…

Simplicity is something I try to strive for when creating automation, whether that is for myself or for our customers. When I develop a script, I try to keep everything within a single file, so that it is easy to share and consume. As a script increases in functionality, it may be useful to […]

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Discover Gen AI’s Potential: Learn All About…

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Discover Gen AI’s Potential: Learn All About the Gen AI Trailblazer Workshop

Discover Gen AI’s Potential: Learn All About…

Welcome to this edition of VCF Breakroom chats, where Chris Gully and Shobhit Bhutani from Broadcom discuss the Gen AI Trailblazer Workshop. Speakers: Chris Gully & Shobhit Bhutani

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VMware vSphere Kubernetes Service 3.3 is now GA

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VMware vSphere Kubernetes Service 3.3 is now GA

VMware vSphere Kubernetes Service 3.3 is now GA

We are excited to announce the general availability of VMware vSphere Kubernetes Service (VKS) 3.3, formerly known as VMware Tanzu Kubernetes Grid (TKG) Service, alongside vSphere Kubernetes release (VKr) 1.32, previously referred to as Tanzu Kubernetes release.

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Quick Tip – Listing all vSphere Privilege…

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Quick Tip – Listing all vSphere Privilege Definitions

Quick Tip – Listing all vSphere Privilege…

By design, the vSphere platform (includes vCenter Server and ESXi) is highly extensible and additional vSphere Events and Privileges can added by 2nd and 3rd party solutions. Similiar to vSphere Events, where you can query your specific vCenter Server (or ESXI hosts) to list all vSphere Event […]

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VCF Breakroom Chats Episode 40: The Evolution…

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VCF Breakroom Chats Episode 40: The Evolution of VMware Private AI

VCF Breakroom Chats Episode 40: The Evolution…

Welcome to the next episode of the VCF Breakroom Chats. Today, we are happy to present this vLog with Himanshu Singh, Director, Product Marketing, Compute, Kubernetes, and Private AI, Broadcom. In this episode, Himanshu Singh and Shobhit Bhutani discuss the evolution of VMware Private AI since its announcement and what lies ahead. Want to learn more about VMware Private … Continued The post VCF Breakroom Chats Episode 40: The Evolution of VMware Private AI appeared first on VMware Cloud…Read More

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VCF On VxRAIL – How To Delete A Failed Task _…

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VCF On VxRAIL – How To Delete A Failed Task _…

This blog provides the steps to delete a failed workflow in VMware Cloud Foundation. This example uses VCF 5.2.1. Expand the failed workflow in the Tasks list, and then click on the view “Subtask” link to view the detailed subtasks associated with the workflow. From the browser link you will […]

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Using a Service-Oriented Architecture Approach…

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Using a Service-Oriented Architecture Approach to VCF Automation Orchestrator De…

Using a Service-Oriented Architecture Approach…

In this post, I will briefly describe Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), and how I apply this to all of my VCF Automation Orchestrator development. Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) is a popular […]

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