How to Deploy vCenter 8.0 How to Deploy vCenter 8.0 vCenter Server 8.0 is another component of the new vSphere 8 released in late 2022. Since I already have ESXi 8.0 deployed, it’s time to deploy the new vCenter in my home lab. If you already have vCenter 7.0 installed, you can upgrade to vCenter 8.0 using the following guide: How to upgrade […] VMware […]

What is a vCLS Virtual Machine and How to Troubleshoot It What is a vCLS Virtual Machine and How to… vCLS VMs (vSphere Cluster Services Virtual Machines) are a new feature introduced in VMware vSphere 7.0 Update 1. vCLS VMs are a critical part of the new vSphere Cluster Services functionality, which provides an infrastructure service that ensures the availability of critical vSphere cluster […] […]

2Factor Authentication for #Horizon8 – Khoshraftar.com 2Factor Authentication for Horizon8 –… Hi, Today I would like to configure Multifactor Authentication for Horizon8 through Keycloak. What is MFA? Multifactor authentication (MFA) is a multistep account login process that requires users to enter more information than just a password. For example, […] VMware Social Media Advocacy

vSphere ML Accelerator Deep Dive – Fractional and Full GPUs vSphere ML Accelerator Deep Dive – Fractional… Many organizations are building a sovereign ML platform that aids their data scientist, software developers, and operator teams. Although plenty of great ML platform services are available, many practitioners have discovered that a one-size-fits-all platform doesn’t suit their needs. There are […] VMware Social Media Advocacy

Inject and install VMware Tools During Install by modifying Microsoft Windows IS… Inject and install VMware Tools During Install… I wrote this article as a first part of a Configuring and creating VMWare virtual machine template using HashiCorp Packer.exe. While automating and installing unattended Microsoft Windows VM template on VMWare vCenter Server using packer I was facing few challenges such as it was getting […] […]

Ansible Playbook: ESXi Maintenance Mode and Reboot Ansible Playbook: ESXi Maintenance Mode and Reboot In Ansible, you can run multiple tasks by grouping them under a single play. A play is a collection of tasks that target a specific set of hosts and are executed in order. In this article I would like to share couple of my Ansible Playbooks for ESXi Maintenance and Reboot. […]

What is Ansible Inventory and How to Add ESXi What is Ansible Inventory and How to Add ESXi Ansible Inventory is a hosts file which contains every server that is managed by Ansible. Inventory file is located in /etc/ansible/hosts on your Ansible VM. Once you add server in hosts file, you need also to establish an SSH connection using SSH key. In this article I […]

Leveraging NFS Storage in VMware Cloud on AWS – Part 2 (Flex Storage) Leveraging NFS Storage in VMware Cloud on AWS -… In my latest post, I have covered how to supplement a VMware Cloud on AWS SDDC deployment with Amazon FSxTM for NetApp ONTAP. In this blog post, I am going to present the similar option delivered by VMware called Cloud Flex Storage. #nfs […]

How to Deploy Ansible to Manage VMware Infrastructure How to Deploy Ansible to Manage VMware… Managing a virtual infrastructure can be a challenging task, especially when you have a large number of virtual machines or ESXi hosts to manage. In order to manage these virtual machines, you need a tool that can automate the process and provide you with a single interface to manage all […]

Google Coral USB Edge TPU Accelerator on ESXi Google Coral USB Edge TPU Accelerator on ESXi Several weeks back, I came across a really strange post on the VMTN communities asking how to change the Device ID (DID) and Vendor ID (VID) for a USB Device that has been passthrough to a VM from ESXi? The device in question is the Google Coral USB Edge […]