vSAN ESA is using more CPU cycles than vSAN OSA? vSAN ESA is using more CPU cycles than vSAN OSA? Over the last couple of weeks, I’ve had conversations with customers and partners who have been running performance benchmarks against both vSAN ESA and vSAN OSA. As you can imagine, people want to compare version 8 of OSA against version 8 of ESA, and that […]

Automated ESXi Installation with a USB Network Adapter using Kickstart Automated ESXi Installation with a USB Network… I have been working with the Project Keswick team for quite some time now, which is an OCTO project is lead by my good friend Alan Renouf, who is doing some really innovative work with ESXi at the edge and application deployment using a desired state engine. Recently […]

VMware Validated Solutions – Jan 2023 Update VMware Validated Solutions – Jan 2023 Update Welcome to the January 2023 update for VMware Validated Solutions. We are excited to share the release of a brand-new solution this month as well as an expansion to Password Policy Management for Identity and Access Management. Highlights for this update include: New Solution – Cloud-Based […] VMware Social Media Advocacy

What Is VMware ESXi and Which Operating Systems Does It Support? What Is VMware ESXi and Which Operating Systems… Wondering about VMware EXSi and how it works? We’ve got you covered. VMware Social Media Advocacy

RAID-5 on vSAN ESA RAID-5 on vSAN ESA When you enabled the ESA on vSAN Cluster. You can verify the vSAN ESA status on each vSAN node by cli “esxcil vsan cluster get”. This vSAN cluster is created by four vSAN nodes. […] VMware Social Media Advocacy

.@VMware and Vanson Bourne developed a #MultiCloud Maturity Assessment Tool to assess how organizations are faring on the journey to multi-cloud. See how your organization stacks up against nearly 6,000 respondents worldwide. How far along is your organization on its… Answer a few short questions to see how your organization stacks up against more than 5,700 respondents worldwide. This assessment takes less than five minutes […]

Introducing A New Tech Zone Section for VMware Sovereign Cloud Introducing A New Tech Zone Section for VMware… We are happy to announce the launch of a new section on our VMware Cloud Tech Zone website for VMWare Sovereign Cloud. This site brings together all technical-related content to help our Cloud Providers with the implementation, operations, and management of a VMware Sovereign Cloud. VMware Social […]

How to bootstrap ESXi compute only node and connect to vSAN HCI Mesh? How to bootstrap ESXi compute only node and… After documenting the process for bootstrapping vSAN Express Storage Architecture (ESA) using my Intel NUC 12 Pro, I was looking for an easier way to share my physical vSAN storage, which is powered by a single Supermicro E200-8D, to other physical ESXi hosts for […]

Aria Operations for Logs (formerly Log Insight Cloud) & Oracle audits: Helping you stay compliant Aria Operations for Logs (formerly Log Insight… Dealing with Oracle audits can be a complicated affair. When running Oracle on a VMware virtual environment, there are times that you need to prove to Oracle that your database virtual machines have not migrated to unlicensed ESX clusters. If you don’t have […]