Aria Operations 8.18: New Features and Enhancements Revealed – The Bitstream Liv…
Broadcom organised a briefing for vExperts on the next iteration of VCF v5.2 announced today. Again this illustrates one of the many advantages of the vExpert program; product managers taking almost 3 hours to explain and show new features! A big thank you Corey Romero for organising this. In […]
VMware vSAN 8 U3 Delivers New Levels of Flexibility, Data Protection, and Manage…
The release has three areas of focus: flexible topologies, agile data protection, and enhanced management. With the many options available for vSAN, customers can choose to deploy the best suited solution for their specific needs, especially when used with VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF).
vSAN Stretched: Why is the witness not part of the cluster when the link between…
Last week I received a question about vSAN Stretched which had me wondering for a while what on earth was going on. The person who asked this question was running through several failure scenarios [,…]
VMware vSphere 8 Update 3 Released New Features and Download
VMware vSphere 8.0 Update 3 released with new features, including embedded vsphere cluster service and lifecycle improvements & download
VMware vSAN 8.0 Update 3 New Features and Download
Check out the VMware vSAN 8.0 Update 3 new features in VMware Cloud Foundation 5.2, including data protection, management, and flexible topolgies.
Customer Success: Real Stories at Explore 2024 Las Vegas
Looking for cloud clarity? Brighter days are ahead. Join us at VMware Explore Las Vegas, Nevada | The VenetianAugust 26 – 29, 2023 Unlock big ideas. Hear from top customers and subject matter experts. Are you looking to modernize your cloud strategy and increase productivity? Our customers say it best. Their stories —in their own … Continued The post Customer Success: Real Stories at Explore 2024 Las Vegas appeared first on VMware Explore Blog.
Upgrading HCX post 4.9 release – chrisdooks.com
HCX 4.9 brought some licensing changes as well as offline/dark site support. Whilst it is still possible to upgrade using the well-known approach in the UI, you are now able to download the upgrade bundles. Whilst this is the only option for Local sites, it’s possible to use it for Connected […]
Announcing VMware vSphere Foundation 5.2, with New Integrated Console Experience and Live Patching
Technology is the backbone of organizational strategies across various industries in today’s digital landscape. As companies strive to leverage emerging technologies like cloud-native apps and artificial intelligence, a modern IT infrastructure is crucial for success. However, investing in new technical solutions is not just an option, but a necessity for businesses to stay relevant and … Continued The post Announcing VMware vSphere Foundation 5.2, with New Integrated Console Experience and…Read More
vCenter ESXi Config Backup Script
When using VMware vCenter, you may only occasionally need a configuration backup of each VMware ESXi host. However, there are some situations where having a config backup of each ESXi host is nice to have. I didn’t want to back up each ESXi host manually, as it doesn’t scale well. Instead, I […]
Troubleshooting BGP related issues in vSphere with Tanzu using NSX-T
Troubleshooting BGP related issues on vSphere with Tanzu backed by NSX-T.
Exploring the new vSAN Data Protection API in vSphere 8.0 Update 3
I have been spending some time with the new vSAN Data Protection (DP) capability that was just introduced with the latest vSphere 8.0 Update 3 release and if you are interested in what you can do with this new functionality, Duncan Epping has recently published a blog post on this exact topic […]
When The Edge Becomes The Mainstream – What’s Next In Software-Defined Edge AI?
Walk away an expert on how we provide the complete software-defined edge stack our customers and partners rely on for today and tomorrow’s IT and OT success.
Data Services Manager Air-Gap deployment steps
Many customers have data centres which have restricted access to the outside world, commonly referred to as air-gapped. This was well understood in the early design stages of Data Services Manager (DSM), which led to the creation of an air-gap deployment methodology. Therefore customers […]
vSAN 8 Update 3 – Data Protection
Hi vAdmins, Let’s talk about Data Protection, protect and recover VMs against accidental and Malicious activities. vSAN 8 Update 3 enhances the robust ESA snapshot […]
Enabling vSphere IaaS control plane and TKG clusters in air-gapped environments
Installing vSphere IaaS Control Plane and TKG Clusters in an Air-gapped Environment Authors: Vic Parker and Navneet Verma. This article provides high-level instructions and best practice recommendations for enabling vSphere IaaS control plane in an air-gapped environment. It additionally […]
VCF 5.0 Series-Step by Step-Phase4 – Post Deployment Checks
We have covered the entire VCF 5.X stack deployment in my earlier 3 blogs. It’s time to check VCF environment and do some post checks. Here is the SDDC manager after the deployment […]
Aria Automation Custom Resource Types – Update Custom Properties
How to update custom properties in deployments of a custom resource type
Broadcom continues to see its ownership grow
In June of last year, there were six semiconductor names with higher ownership than Broadcom shares. Now, Broadcom ranks second, ahead of Applied Materials Inc. AMAT and Advanced Micro Devices Inc. AMD shares.
Dell VxRail – Pre-upgrade Health Check Tool (2024 Edition)
VxVerify – Pre-upgrade Health Check Tool A previous edition of this post demonstrated a VxRail system running code version 7.0.100 using VxVerify 3.x which can be found here. In this revision, I will showcase the use of VxVerify 4.x on a VxRail system with code version 8.0.210. VxVerify is an […]
Enabling Local Consumption Interface
The new Local Consumption Interface (LCI) in vSphere delivers a new and simplified admin UI to access all the vSphere IaaS control plane services. It provides a UI for users to create Virtual Machines, Kubernetes clusters, Load Balancers and Persistent Volume Claims, directly from vSphere client for each individual Namespace. The UI supports complex specifications for VMs and TKG clusters, while
