Let’s start the year with a HomeLab update! Well, my HomeLab grows from year to year with big steps. After finishing my 14th generation Dell server upgrade, it was time to focus on the VMware Holodeck. I swapped out my Dell PowerEdge R640 for a new R740 that was designed for data protection, so I can use the R640 for the Holodeck only, which requires […]
vSAN Viewer Deployment and Administration vSAN Viewer Deployment and Administration When you troubleshooting vSAN issues, we need to collect the information on the vSAN cluster, nodes, disk group and objects. However, this manual process can be time-consuming. This tool that quickly coverts vSAN information from text to graphics, including: vSAN cluster topology vSAN node […] Broadcom Social Media Advocacy
Deploying VMware Cloud Foundation 5.2.1 on Minis Forum MS-01 Mini PC using Cloud… Deploying VMware Cloud Foundation 5.2.1 on… In my last blog, I talked about new hardware for my lab Unboxing the MINIS FORUM MS-01 Mini PC. Below is a Build of Materials I’m using for the deployment of VCF 5.2.1 I’m not endorsed or paid by any of the companies mentioned in the […]
Why VCF Management Domain Needs 4 Hosts _ defaultreasoning.com Why VCF Management Domain Needs 4 Hosts _… The question “Can the Management Domain be deployed with just 3 hosts in VCF?” is from my experience a question that is often asked online and in the VCF design workshops. Recently, there has been […] Broadcom Social Media Advocacy
Capturing Windows Drive and Linux Filesystem Metrics with Aria Operations Capturing Windows Drive and Linux Filesystem… In order to capture Windows Drive and Linux Filesystem metrics, ensure your VM Guest Fileystem Metrics are Activated and have an Activated Instanced State. This tells Operations to calculate these metrics for each instance of the object, think C: drive, D: drive, etc. And /, /boot, /tmp, etc. […] […]
Setup HAProxy as a Load Balancer for VMware VCF Operations _ lifeofbrianoc.com Setup HAProxy as a Load Balancer for VMware VCF… HAProxy is a free opensource load balancer that is supported for use with VMware VCF Operations (formerly VMware Aria Operations). Here are the steps you need to install and configure it on a Debian VM. Add an interface to the Debian VM for the […]
VCF Import : Importing vCenter Certificate onto SDDC Manager: A Guide for VMware… VCF Import : Importing vCenter Certificate onto… Learn how to manually import a vCenter root certificate into SDDC Manager for VMware VCF 5.2 and beyond. Follow this step-by-step guide for seamless VCF import. Broadcom Social Media Advocacy
Is private cloud having a moment? Is private cloud having a moment? Faced with mounting hyperscaler bills, proliferating data and compute-hungry generative AI, enterprises are weighing alternatives to public cloud. Broadcom Social Media Advocacy
Unexplored Territory Podcast Episode 088 – Stretching VMware Cloud Foundation! Unexplored Territory Podcast Episode 088 -… The first episode of 2025 features one of my favorite colleagues, Paudie O’Riordan. Paudie works for the same team as I do, and although we’ve both roamed around a lot, somehow we always […] Broadcom Social Media Advocacy
Unexplored Territory Episode 087 – Microsoft on VMware VCF featuring Deji Akomol… Unexplored Territory Episode 087 – Microsoft on… For the last episode of 2024, I invited Deji Akomolafe to discuss running Microsoft workloads on top of VCF. I’ve known Deji for a long time, and if anyone is passionate about VMware and Microsoft technology, it is him. Deji went over the many caveats, and […]