24. January 2024

vSphere 8 U2 Identity Federation with Entra…

vSphere 8 U2 Identity Federation with Entra ID/Azure AD – vSphere never sees the… vSphere 8 U2 Identity Federation with Entra… One of the security enhancements that came out with vSphere 8 U2 and we haven’t talked yet is vSphere 8 U2 Identity Federation with Entra ID/Azure AD. This feature is an enhancements of the vSphere identity federation feature that are part of VCP exam […]

24. January 2024

Broadcom changes to Aria – The Bitstream Live

Broadcom changes to Aria – The Bitstream Live Broadcom changes to Aria – The Bitstream Live Unless you have been hiding in a cave, you saw a lot of news these past few weeks about changes at VMware – both in people and products – after the Broadcom acquisition. Since the Aria products are my thing, I feel I need to make some observations here. […]

24. January 2024

Global Secrets

Global Secrets Global Secrets In the complex landscape of VMware Aria Automation cloud templates, the need often arises to incorporate sensitive information: passwords, license keys, webhooks, and more. The challenge lies in maintaining security while utilizing these crucial elements within the templates without […] VMware Social Media Advocacy

24. January 2024

VCF 5.0 VI WorkLoad Domain Cluster Limitation…

VCF 5.0 VI WorkLoad Domain Cluster Limitation and Types of WorkLoad Domain VCF 5.0 VI WorkLoad Domain Cluster Limitation… Workload domains represent a pool of vSphere hosts that combine compute, storage, and networking (NSX) resources’ workload domain is managed by separate vCenter and NSX Manager appliances that are deployed to the management domain. Workload domains are isolated from each other providing more […] VMware Social […]

24. January 2024

VMware by Broadcom – Part 19 – Education &…

VMware by Broadcom – Part 19 – Education & Development Changes VMware by Broadcom – Part 19 – Education &… Discover the future of VMware trainings amid the Broadcom acquisition. Clarity is expected by mid-January 2024, with actual transformations anticipated around mid-2024. As VMware education undergoes a shift, individual product lines will be given specific trainings, while others fall under […] VMware Social Media Advocacy

24. January 2024

Podman vs Docker: Which is best to run containers?

Podman vs Docker: Which is best to run containers? Podman vs Docker: Which is best to run containers? Podman vs Docker – find out the differences, pros, and cons of running each containerization tool. Learn why Podman may be a secure alternative for you. VMware Social Media Advocacy

24. January 2024

Bug Alert: Powering On VM in VMware vCenter stucks at 66%

Today I had a strange issue in my vCenter, after a maintenance operation on my server I wanted to power on several VMs and I noticed that they got stuck at 66% in the power on process. There are no warnings or errors. Some VMs take up to 60 minutes to power on and some remain at 66%. Officially, I could not find a KB […]

22. January 2024

Experimenting with ESXi CPU affinity and Intel…

Experimenting with ESXi CPU affinity and Intel Hybrid CPU Cores Experimenting with ESXi CPU affinity and Intel… After debugging a recent issue with using VMware Workstation and Intel Hybrid CPUs, it gave me an idea about an experiment to try with ESXi and Intel Hybrid CPUs. As a refresher, starting with the Intel 12th Generation (Alder Lake) CPU, a new hybrid big.LITTLE CPU architecture was […]

22. January 2024

NSX VPC in Multi-Tenancy-Part 3-Intra VPC EAST…

NSX VPC in Multi-Tenancy-Part 3-Intra VPC EAST WEST TRAFFIC FLOW NSX VPC in Multi-Tenancy-Part 3-Intra VPC EAST… In the second part of this study, we aim to provide a comprehensive understanding of the functioning of Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) networking. In particular, this post will address the various capture points that can be utilized to analyze East-West traffic at different levels, including […] VMware Social […]

22. January 2024

Open Source Availability of VMware NSX…

Open Source Availability of VMware NSX Migration for VMware Cloud Director Tool Open Source Availability of VMware NSX… We’re delighted to announce two major updates concerning the VMware NSX Migration for VMware Cloud Director tool! To begin with, presenting the most recent release, version 1.4.2.1, which as of November 9th, 2023, addresses numerous bug fixes and introduces new feature support. Additionally […] VMware Social Media […]