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Ansible Deploy a VMware vSphere Virtual Machine from a Template Ansible Deploy a VMware vSphere Virtual Machine… One of my teammates from another project had a requirement of deploying a clone VMware Virtual Machine from a template using Ansible. In the last hour additional requirements they wanted to process clones of multiple VMs with different types of […] VMware Social Media Advocacy

Episode 036: vSphere 8 Core storage update with Jason Massae! Episode 036: vSphere 8 Core storage update with… These are my favorite episodes to record… Talking core storage for vSphere 8 with Jason Massae is always fun, as you know you will get to hear details you hadn’t heard yet. Jason discussed the new VASA specs, vVols, NFS, NVMe over fabrics and much more! Listen […]

Cannot continue the installation of the PAK file because pre-upgrade validation … Cannot continue the installation of the PAK… In this video, I will be discussing an issue I encountered while trying to apply a hotfix for vRealize Operations (vROps) 8.6. Specifically, I received an error message stating “Cannot continue the installation of the PAK file because pre-upgrade validation checks have failed.” This can be […]

vSphere with Tanzu using Intel Arc GPU vSphere with Tanzu using Intel Arc GPU After successfully passing through the new Intel Arc 750/770 GPU to both a Linux and Windows VM running on ESXi, which also includes keyboard/mouse access and video output to an external monitor, I wanted to see if our vSphere with Tanzu solution could also take advantage of the new Intel Arc […]

VMware vExpert and VMUG Advantage Benefits for your career VMware vExpert and VMUG Advantage Benefits for… VMware vExpert program gives you an unique opportunity for IT admins to get in touch with this amazing community of people which you can get in touch with, learn more about VMware products, get more recognition in your job, and access to some goodies such as VMware 365 Days […]

VMware Aria Operations (formerly vRealize Operations) – Self Driving Operations for Multi-Cloud Ops VMware Aria Operations (formerly vRealize… VMware Social Media Advocacy

What can I change about a vSAN ESA Ready Node? What can I change about a vSAN ESA Ready Node? I’ve had half a dozen people asking about this over the past weeks, it really seems more and more people are at the point of adopting vSAN ESA (Express Storage Architecture. When they look at the various vSAN ESA Ready Node configurations what stands out […]

VMware Resource Pool vs Cluster Comparison VMware Resource Pool vs Cluster Comparison VMware Resource Pool vs Cluster Comparison. A look at these two different technologies and how they work together to manage resources. VMware Social Media Advocacy

VMware Cloud Director Availability 4.5 VMware Cloud Director Availability 4.5 VMware has announced General Availability of VMware Cloud Director Availability 4.5 last November. VMware Cloud Director Availability VMware Cloud Director Availability is a powerful solution used by VMware Cloud Providers to offer simple, secure, and cost-effective onboarding, migration, and […] VMware Social Media Advocacy

Disable the re-registering of HA disabled VMs on other hosts! Disable the re-registering of HA disabled VMs… Years ago we had various customers that complained about the fact that they had VMs that were disabled for HA and that these VMs would not be re-registered when the host they were registered on would fail. I can understand why you would want the VMs to be […]