New Tuning Settings for DRS and vMotion for VMs…

New Tuning Settings for DRS and vMotion for VMs with Virtual GPUs in vSphere 8.0…

New Tuning Settings for DRS and vMotion for VMs…

With vSphere 8.0 Update 2, the system administrator can now see advice from DRS that longer vMotion stun times are needed for VMs that have vGPU profiles assigned to them – especially those profiles that capture larger GPU memory allocations. With that guidance from vSphere, the administrator […]


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Quick Tip – New remote version of ESXCLI 8.x

Quick Tip – New remote version of ESXCLI 8.x

Quick Tip – New remote version of ESXCLI 8.x

I was recently made aware of a nice update from our developers that we now have a new version of the remote ESXCLI utility that is much simpler to install across any operating system and is fully backwards compatibility with ESXi hosts running 6.7.x, 7.x and 8.x. Many of you are probably […]


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Monitoring ESXi Host Temperature with Aria…

Monitoring ESXi Host Temperature with Aria Operations – Baking Clouds Ltd

Monitoring ESXi Host Temperature with Aria…

In today’s world, data is everything, right? That’s why it’s important to keep your virtual environment healthy and running smoothly. One thing that people often forget to do is to keep an eye on the temperature of their ESXi hosts. Overheating can cause all kinds of problems like slower perform[..]


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Infrastructure as a Code- Automating NSX-T via…

Infrastructure as a Code- Automating NSX-T via Terraform

Infrastructure as a Code- Automating NSX-T via…

When I started learning “Automation”, I was always told about the mis-concepts of it like Automation? Why Automation? Why a Network engineer should learn automation. However, when I got the opportunity to enhance my skills in automation like configuring “SNMP”, “Access-lists” and “Vlan’s” then […]


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What is vc-ws1a-broker service on vCenter…

What is vc-ws1a-broker service on vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA)?

What is vc-ws1a-broker service on vCenter…

When vSphere 8.0 Update 1 was released, I noticed an interesting message about containers being installed while deploying the vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) … Interesting … while runc has been part of the VCSA for a few releases, it looks like it now launches ws1a-broker container in […]


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HomeLab Stage LXX: Power Consumption – VCDX…

HomeLab Stage LXX: Power Consumption – VCDX #181 Marc Huppert

HomeLab Stage LXX: Power Consumption – VCDX…

My last episode HomeLab Stage LXIX: vSAN ESA was all about the new architecture within vSAN. This time I am talking about a complete different topic: Reducing Power Consumption! As you might expect, the power consumption of my HomeLab is […]


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Deploying TKG 2.0 Clusters in TKGS on vSphere 8…

Deploying TKG 2.0 Clusters in TKGS on vSphere 8 to Trust Private CA Certificates

Deploying TKG 2.0 Clusters in TKGS on vSphere 8…

In a vSphere with Tanzu environment, when you enable Workload Management, the Supervisor cluster that gets deployed operates as the management cluster. After supervisor cluster is deployed, you can […]


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HCX Network Extension with LACP – quick update…

HCX Network Extension with LACP – quick update

HCX Network Extension with LACP – quick update…

LACP on ESXi is fairly common with some vendors that do their own networking between the Top of Rack switches and the hosts, such as Cisco UCS and HPE Synergy. This has been problematic as extending networks with this configuration has typically been unsupported. […]


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Navigating Generative AI and Sovereign Cloud: A…

Navigating Generative AI and Sovereign Cloud: A Balancing Act for Innovation and…

Navigating Generative AI and Sovereign Cloud: A…

So far, over 100 countries globally have enacted data protection and sovereignty laws, pushing data sovereignty to the top as the main issue for 50% of European CXOs when selecting cloud vendors. This is almost certainly due to the impact on data handling complexity and management being flagged [..]


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Extreme Performance Series 2023: AMD EPYC…

Extreme Performance Series 2023: AMD EPYC Generational Database Performance

Extreme Performance Series 2023: AMD EPYC…

“Mark Achtemichuk talks with Todd Muirhead about the performance gains across with the latest generations of AMD EPYC server processors. Links to additional resources: […]


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Add Value to Your Cloud. Attend VMware Explore…

Add Value to Your Cloud. Attend VMware Explore 2023 Barcelona

Add Value to Your Cloud. Attend VMware Explore…

Multi-cloud should not be a mystery. Gain exclusive access to cutting-edge solutions, expert insights and accelerate your next move. Join us at VMware Explore Barcelona, Spain | Fira Gran Via; 6 – 9 November 2023. Only three weeks left! Secure your seat before 25 September and save €100 with […]


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Support for read-only VMDK in vSphere 8.0 Update 2

Support for read-only VMDK in vSphere 8.0 Update 2

Support for read-only VMDK in vSphere 8.0 Update 2

vSphere 8.0 Update 2 was just announced last week at VMware Explore and it brings a lot of exciting new capabilities, check out this What’s New in vSphere 8.0 Update 2 and What’s New in vSAN 8.0 Update 2 blog posts for a nice summary of all the new features. While doing some testing in […]


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SAP HANA on vSphere 8 and 4th Gen Intel® Xeon®…

SAP HANA on vSphere 8 and 4th Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors (Sapphire Rap…

SAP HANA on vSphere 8 and 4th Gen Intel® Xeon®…

vSphere 8 for SAP NetWeaver and AnyDB is supported and certified since March this year. In August, Lenovo, Pure, Intel, SAP, and VMware have successfully finished the vSphere 8 validation for SAP HANA on 4ht Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processor 2-socket based server systems, codenamed Sapphire […]


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Highlights from VMware Explore 2023 Las Vegas

Highlights from VMware Explore 2023 Las Vegas

Highlights from VMware Explore 2023 Las Vegas

What happens in Vegas doesn’t always stay in Vegas! Get the VMware Explore 2023 Las Vegas post-event highlights for Cloud Services Providers and learn about the latest announcements, updates and activities.


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