Finding vCenter Cloud Gateway Deployments in your environment Finding vCenter Cloud Gateway Deployments in… After publishing my recent article on how to audit vCenter Cloud Gateway and vCenter Server registrations for the vSphere+ Cloud Service, I thought it would also be useful to share some tips on how you can easily find your existing vCenter Cloud Gateway (VCGW) deployment(s) within your environment? You might wonder, […]

📚 New book: VMware vSAN 8.0 U1 Express Storage Architecture Deep Dive! 📚 New book: VMware vSAN 8.0 U1 Express Storage… Here it finally is… The new book, the VMware vSAN 8.0 U1 Express Storage Architecture Deep Dive! It has been a year since we release the vSAN 7.0 U3 Deep Dive book, and with this brand new vSAN architecture being introduced in vSAN 8.0 […]

vExpert Homelab with Intel Optane vExpert Homelab with Intel Optane Being part of a vExpert program has been an awesome journey for me since the beginning. Since when I started blogging, the VMware vExpert award was something that makes me proud, pushes me forward in my career and also brings some goodies. As a vExpert I can express my thanks to @Intel and […] VMware […]

Building a custom Ubuntu image using Packer Examples for VMware vSphere project Building a custom Ubuntu image using Packer… I am a HUGE fan of HashiCorp Packer and I have been using it for a number of years across many different projects including the VMware Event Broker Appliance (VEBA) solution. While it can certainly feel daunting at first, the same can be said for just […]

What’s New for VMware Validated Solutions – Edition #14 (March 2023) What’s New for VMware Validated Solutions –… Last Updated: 28-Mar-2023. Welcome to Edition #14 of the What’s New for VMware Validated Solutions. Today we announced the following updates: New Solution – Health Reporting and Monitoring for VMware Cloud Foundation New Solution – Cloud-Based Intelligent Logging for VMware Cloud […] VMware Social Media Advocacy

New Fling – VMware Cloud Foundation Configuration File Generator New Fling – VMware Cloud Foundation… This week we released a new VMware Fling, VMware Cloud Foundation Configuration File Generator which is a containerized web application developed to replace the Deployment Parameter Workbook used for performing the VMware Cloud Foundation Bring-up of the Management Domain. VMware Cloud […] VMware Social Media Advocacy

Initial Availability HCX+ Initial Availability HCX+ Very excited to share about the Initial Availability of VMware HCX+ !!! Please check out the launch announcement HERE. On a foundation of true & tested workload VMware mobility technologies, HCX+ provides a streamlined solution to workload migration and mobility needs in the multi-cloud world. […] VMware Social Media Advocacy

Build the VMware vSphere 8 and Veeam VBR v12 on Intel NUC 12 Build the VMware vSphere 8 and Veeam VBR v12 on… Model: NUC12WSHi5 Processor type: 12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-1240P Memory: G.Skill RipJaws DDR4 SO-DIMM Series 64GB Storage: SAMSUNG 980 SSD 1TB PCle 3.0×4, NVMe M.2 2280 Network: Intel Ethernet Controller I225 Series VMware vSphere Edition: ESXi-8.0b-21203435-standard […] VMware Social Media Advocacy

VMware CMTY Podcast #641 – Unpacking Cloud With VMware Training W Karl Childs 1 VMware CMTY Podcast #641 – Unpacking Cloud With… Welcome to our latest VMware CMTY Podcast episode, where we have a special guest – Karl Childs, Senior Certification Manager at VMware. Joining us as always are our host, Eric Nielsen, and our co-host, Matt Langguth. In this episode, we will be discussing […]

Automated Snapshot Cleanup with VMware Aria Operations Automated Snapshot Cleanup with VMware Aria… Did you know that VMware Aria Operations can automatically remove outdated virtual machine snapshots? The blog post walks through how to make it happen. VMware Social Media Advocacy