I am proud to announce that I have been selected as a vExpert for Avi / NSX ALB in the VMware vExpert Subprogram.
We find plenty of tutorials on how to deploy and configure the NSX Advanced Load Balancer in conjunction with NSX-T. I am one of the few who do not have NSX-T in their HomeLab, so in this tutorial I would like to briefly show you the NSX ALB deployment without NSX-T. But first let us talk about the NSX Advanced Load Balancer (formaly known as […]
As you guys know from my previous Upgrade post, I showed the Upgrade/Update path from ESXi 6.7 to 7.0 via the out-of-band management platform on the servers. (iDRAC; iLO; CIMC and so on) This time, however, I want to show you the update/upgrade way via Baseline updates, i.e. you update your ESXi servers with Baselines over your vCenter. For vSphere 8 environments this way is no […]
Ladies and Gentleman, Let’s get ready to Virtualize – again! Es ist wieder Zeit für das legendäre VMware TechUpdate #35. An 6 Standorten werden wir euch wie gewohnt, die geballte Ladung an Neuigkeiten aus dem VMware Kosmos vorstellen. Zwei besondere Highlights: Dell Edge Computing mit der XR/VD (VxRail) Serie und eine Session über das Zusammenspiel von Cisco ACI und VMware NSX-T. Also nicht entgehen lassen […]
Since there are still numerous VMware vSphere 6.7 appliances and they are no longer supported since October 15, 2022, upgrade projects with our customers are increasing. During the upgrade process we encountered a warning in Stage 2, which prevented the process from continuing. When the OVA deployment finishes, you are redirected to Stage 2 of the upgrade process to transfer the data from the old […]
New month; new HomeLab update! This update is about changing my WAN architecture and I will use from now on the SD-WAN solution of VMware. But – What is behind Software-Defined WAN (SD-WAN)? We are not talking about a hardware addition or a software application in vSphere, but about a fundamental modification (improvement) of the WAN. Before we take a look at the GUI of […]
As you Guys know – I am a VMware vExpert for the first time since last year. I heard about the vExpert Program through my mentors Marc Huppert VCDX181 & Daniel Simelka back then. This is a special circle of VMware enthusiasts who love and live this great technology. And especially as an ambitious HomeLab’er you should not miss this community! No sooner said than […]
New year new luck, let us start directly with a new badge! 😎
Not only the vSphere 8 update is currently pending for many, but also the vSAN must be updated accordingly. Especially with regard to vSAN Streched or ROBO clusters with a Witness Appliance. The vSAN 8 itself comes with the vSphere 8 update, furthermore the disk format version as well as vDS version have to be upgraded. As far as the vSAN Witness Appliance is concerned, […]
In various community meetings, we often talk about backups for VMware vCenter. As you know, image based backups are only conditionally “supported”. It can go well, but in most cases the VMware vCenter will not be fully restored and you will be forced to re-deploy the appliance. Community and customers are ambivalent, one backs up his VMware vCenter via Veeam etc., the other via the […]