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27. February 2023

Architecture Zone: Installing Avi Vantage for…

Architecture Zone: Installing Avi Vantage for VMware vCenter Architecture Zone: Installing Avi Vantage for… This guide explains how to integrate Avi Vantage into a VMware vCenter cloud. A single Avi Controller cluster supports multiple concurrent vCenter clouds. VMware Social Media Advocacy

27. February 2023

Homelab update – February 2023

Homelab update – February 2023 Homelab update – February 2023 A few days ago I had an opportunity to buy some used hardware that was going to be thrown away. Among all that was a 2U Supermicro server with two E5-2620v4 CPUs and 256 GB of DDR4 RAM. It has 8 […] VMware Social Media Advocacy

27. February 2023

An introduction to how vSAN stores and reads…

An introduction to how vSAN stores and reads data in OSA and ESA An introduction to how vSAN stores and reads… In this post, I will provide an explanation of how vSAN stores and read data in both OSA (Original Storage Architecture) and ESA (Express Storage Architecture) architecture to enhance understanding of vSAN. The explanation will start with the former OSA and then proceed to […]

27. February 2023

Setup 2-node vSAN Cluster

Setup 2-node vSAN Cluster Setup 2-node vSAN Cluster You need to create a vSphere Cluster (enable HA, DRS and vSAN), then add two vSAN nodes into this cluster. Now we can start to configure the 2-node vSAN cluster. Select the predefined Distributed Switch for vMotion and vSAN network, then Next. Specify the IP address for the vMotion network, […] VMware Social Media Advocacy

27. February 2023

vMotion Fails because VMTools is Installing

vMotion Fails because VMTools is Installing vMotion Fails because VMTools is Installing This is a “quickie, but goodie” post that I wanted to share with everyone. A project that we’re currently working on for a client is a massive migration of VMs into a VCF environment. During some of the migrations we hit a handful of VMs where we would get this error message: […] […]

27. February 2023

How to fix vLCM and Image based update (error:…

How to fix vLCM and Image based update (error: Downgrades of manually added Comp… How to fix vLCM and Image based update (error:… If you’re encountering the “Downgrades of manually added Components” error when attempting to update vLCM and Image-based systems on VMware, you’re not alone. In this video, we’ll walk you through the steps to fix this error and get your systems updated smoothly. […]

26. February 2023

Homelab Version 2.4 – mb-labs.de

Homelab Version 2.4 – mb-labs.de Homelab Version 2.4 – mb-labs.de Since my last blog post about my Homelab is now a little over a year ago I would like to give you an update on what has changed in the meantime. From my point of view, I have already built my Homelab a year ago “rock-solid”, so the changes are not fundamental but rather slight […]

26. February 2023

Tanzu Application Platform Overview Interactive…

Tanzu Application Platform Overview Interactive Demo HOL Tanzu Application Platform Overview Interactive… One big piece of news shared at the VMware Tanzu SpringOne event was the public release of Tanzu Application Platform interactive Simulation hands-on lab. You can read the instructions on the left and click the orange boxes highlighted in the UI to see what it will happen in a real environment. VMware Social […]

26. February 2023

VMware EUC Newsletter – Week 8

VMware EUC Newsletter – Week 8 VMware EUC Newsletter – Week 8 Weekly highlight: Microsoft Store for Business retirement by Microsoft (90945) – Microsoft has announced that the Microsoft Store for Busines will be end […] VMware Social Media Advocacy

26. February 2023

VMware Brings In-House Benchmarking Tool to…

VMware Brings In-House Benchmarking Tool to Workloads VMware Brings In-House Benchmarking Tool to… VMware Brings In-House Benchmarking Tool to Workloads Benchmarks are a valuable resource that help security practitioners implement and manage their cybersecurity defenses and data. One such benchmarking tool is The Center for Internet Security (CIS). They’ve published CIS Benchmarks, the only consensus-based, best-practice security configuration guides both developed and accepted by government, […]