How to stop vCLS VMs from running on a vSphere HA Failover Host?
I’ve had this question twice in about a week, which means that it is time to write a quick post. How do you stop vCLS VMs from running on a vSphere HA Failover Host? For those who don’t know, a vSphere HA Failover Host is a host which is used when a failure has occurred […]
Automated VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) host commission using ESXi Kickstart
ESXi Scripted Installation (Kickstart) has been my go-to method for achieving zero-touch provisioning of ESXi hosts at scale, which I had started using back in the ESX 2.5 days when I was a customer! Having worked at some very larger enterprises, I got the opportunity to experience and manage […]
Announcing Initial Availability of VMware Private AI Foundation with NVIDIA
Generative AI (Gen AI) is one of the top emerging trends that will transform enterprises in the next 5 to 10 years. At the heart of this wave in AI innovation are large language models (LLMs) that process large and varied data sets. LLMs let people interact with AI models through natural […]
VMware vSAN 8 Express Storage Architecture (ESA) for Oracle Workloads – Performance
I need more and more and …….!!! – The ever-growing demand of Business-Critical workloads especially Oracle workloads where CPU, Memory & IO intensive operations drives critical business transactions to achieve business SLA’ and targets in a timely fashion. Enabling, sustaining, and ensuring the highest possible performance along with continued application availability is a major … Continued The post VMware vSAN 8 Express Storage Architecture (ESA) for Oracle Workloads – Performance appeared…Read More
RT @Broadcom: We’ve passed the first 100 days since Broadcom acquired VMware. Hock Tan, President and CEO, outlines our progress so far as well as our priorities moving forward – including a commitment to invest $1B in product #Innovation.
Learn more: https://t.co/GW4jnz6kIe
We recently passed the 100-day mark since VMware joined Broadcom. While much work remains, we’ve made substantial progress as we build the world’s leading infrastructure technology company.
Quick Tip – Audit vSphere VMs configured with USB Controllers
Automation scales Operations, that is a phrase that I have used several times today in various conversations with colleagues and customers. I truly believe organizations can scale more efficiently and consistently when leveraging Automation and not be afraid of it or worse, attempting to avoid […]
vSAN Proof of Concept: vSAN Management, Monitoring & Hardware Testing
This guide is designed to stand largely separate from the other documents. That said, the assumption is that the reader has working knowledge of vSAN cluster creation and Storage Policy Management. Especially since the steps documented herein often assume a vSAN Cluster already exists in your […]
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Not long before I was working with one customer and their team reported that they are unable to update ESXi hosts to the latest image using lifecycle manager. Being curious in nature I enquired as in what is the error they are getting? In this post I will explain what I did to help them fix […]
VMware Cloud Foundation 5.1 Upgrade – Tips and Gotchas
VMware Cloud Foundation 5 includes major version shifts for both NSX and vSphere. The latest 5.1 […] This post is a short-ish write-up of some of the challenges that may arise during an upgrade from 4.5.x while following the official documentation.
VMware Cloud Foundation – Host Commissioning
In this getting started video, Kyle Gleed from the VMware Cloud Foundation Technical Marketing team provides an overview on how to increase your available cloud capacity by using the SDDC Manager UI to add new ESXi hosts to the private cloud ‘free pool’. […]
Aria Operations Management Pack for VMware Cloud Foundation
Aria Operations 8.10 introduced a new Management Pack we haven’t discussed yet, the Management Pack for VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF). • 8.10 Release Notes here • What’s New in Aria Operations 8.10 BlogIt was enhanced in Aria Operations 8.12: • Release Notes here • VCF Operations Improvements […]
vSAN HCI or vSAN Max – Which Deployment Option is Right for You?
Which deployment option in vSAN is best for your environment? Read on to learn more on how to determine whether you should use vSAN HCI, or vSAN Max.
Keep Your Private Cloud Infrastructure Secure with VMware Cloud Foundation Upgra…
In this comprehensive demo by Eric Gray from VMware, learn how to keep your VMware private cloud infrastructure secure and up to date. Explore how VMware’s SDDC Manager orchestrates seamless end-to-end upgrades for your software-defined data center.
New Aria 8.16 and 8.16.1 Updates!
Last week the original Aria 8.16 and 8.16.1 updates were released, but we quickly pulled them due to a missing feature. They’ve been updated and republished, here they are! • Aria Suite Lifecycle Manager 8.16 Release Notes • Aria Operations 8.16.1 Release Notes • Aria Operations for Logs 8.16 […]
Remediation steps to handle rollback of VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle 8.16.0 and o…
The initial release of VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle 8.16.0 took place on February 20, 2024. However, it rolled back, along with other products within the VMware Aria Suite, within a few hours due to a new licensing requirement. What were the versions which were released on 20th February and […]
VMware Event Broker Appliance
Deploying your business logic/your code to the serverless platform @KnativeProject using the #VMwarevSphere client?➕ having it ultimately running as a container/a function which is ready to be executed based on your defined vSphere event? ➡️ VMware Event Broker Appliance @vmwflings
Introducing VMware vSphere Foundation
VMware #vSphere Foundation simplifies the integration of cloud benefits into on-premises workloads. Dive into our captivating infographic to uncover how we’re revolutionizing hybrid #cloud solutions!
Introducing compact vSAN ESA ReadyNodes, designed for optimal consumption of VVF…
With the introduction of VMware’s recent portfolio simplification and the debut of VMware vSphere Foundation and VMware Cloud Foundation, there have been significant advancements to consider when scaling your infrastructure.
Zero2Hero – Using Aria Automation to Deploy Multiple Machines with Multiple Disk…
In part two of this three post blog series, we will continue our Zero2Hero journey in understanding the authoring VMware Cloud Templates. We will continue with working towards the use case for deploy multiple virtual machines (with additional on-demand disk configurations).
Quick Tip – ESXi 8.0 Update 2b resolves not detecting Apple NVMe
There was an issue that was reported last November where ESXi 8.0 Update 2 was not detecting the onboard Apple NVMe device during an upgrade and I am happy to share the mentioned fix will be available as part of the pending release of ESXi 8.0 Update 2b release, which is schedule for today […]
