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VMware Cloud Foundation 5.2.1.1 on Dell VxRail 8.0.311 Release _ DavidRing.ie VMware Cloud Foundation 5.2.1.1 on Dell VxRail… VMware Cloud Foundation 5.2.1.1 on Dell VxRail 8.0.311 is now GA (Generally Available) as of December 5th 2024. Dell Technologies and VMware are thrilled to announce the General Availability of VMware Cloud Foundation 5.2.1. This release introduces new features and enhancements, including […] Broadcom Social Media Advocacy

VCF on VxRail support for VMware password complexity _ DavidRing.ie VCF on VxRail support for VMware password… Starting with VCF 5.2, VMware enforced a minimum 15-character password length for both Cloud-Builder (admin/root) & SDDC Manager (root/vcf). VMware enforced this change as part of STIG compliance for Photon OS. STIG compliance rule: ‘The Photon operating system must enforce a minimum […] Broadcom Social Media Advocacy

vCenter 7 Upgrade timed out after 60 min – stuck Exporting VMware Analytics Serv… vCenter 7 Upgrade timed out after 60 min –… During an Upgrade from vCenter 7.0 to vCenter 8.0 I run into a problem during Stage 2. While the wizard was showing that the data from “VMware Analytics Service” will be exported, nothing happens for 60 minutes and a it ends up […]

Every I/O requires CPU Cycles – vSAN ESA is not different _ David Pasek Every I/O requires CPU Cycles – vSAN ESA is not… I believe the Next Generation Computing is Software Defined Infrastructure on top of the robust physical infrastructure. You can ask me anything about enterprise infrastructure (virtualization, compute, storage, network) and we can discuss it deeply on this blog. Don’t hesitate to […]

Home Lab Tour 2024: Hardware, Software, Containers and More! Home Lab Tour 2024: Hardware, Software,… Take a virtual tour of my home lab setup for 2024. Learn about my transition to mini PCs, containers, Docker Swarm, Kubernetes, and more Broadcom Social Media Advocacy

[NSX] – API Authentication Using a Session Cookie on PowerShell _ Lorenzo Moglie [NSX] – API Authentication Using a Session… Issue Recently I had to create a PowerShell script that grab some information from NSX via Rest API calls. To do so, I had to create a few lines of code to authenticate on the NSX. To reduce the number of times that […] Broadcom […]

Veeam Backup & Replication 12.3 New Features and Download Veeam Backup & Replication 12.3 New Features… Learn about the latest features in Veeam Backup & Replication 12.3, including Microsoft Entra ID backup and Windows Server 2025 support Broadcom Social Media Advocacy

Part 39: HOW TO: Create a VMware vSphere Distributed Switch (VDS) for use with V… Part 39: HOW TO: Create a VMware vSphere… In this video presentation which is part of the Hancock’s VMware Half Hour HOW TO Video Series I will show you HOW TO: Create a VMware vSphere Distributed Switch (VDS) for use with VMware vSphere vSAN for the VMware vSphere vSAN Cluster. […]

Understanding vTopology in vSphere 8: A Deep Dive into NUMA and vNUMA Management Understanding vTopology in vSphere 8: A Deep… vTopology in vSphere designed to map virtual machine (VM) resources such as CPU and memory effectively to the underlying physical hardware. Broadcom Social Media Advocacy