How to configure Hardware Compatibility List (HCL) database for vSphere Lifecycl… How to configure Hardware Compatibility List… I was setting up another vSphere 8 environment in my homelab using my handy Automated vSphere & vSAN 8 Lab Deployment Script and I was reminded of another vSphere Lifecycle Manager (vLCM) question that I had received during VMware Explore Barcelona 2022. The question was about configuring […] […]

Stripe Width Storage Policy Rule in the vSAN ESA Stripe Width Storage Policy Rule in the vSAN ESA Should the “Number of disk stripes per object” storage policy rule be used for VMs running in the vSAN Express Storage Architecture? Read on to learn the answer! VMware Social Media Advocacy

Taming the chaos in this rapidly changing world of multi-cloud Taming the chaos in this rapidly changing world… Join @CareAndKickButt , VP of VMware Cross-Cloud Solutions, and Maribel Lopez of Lopez Research to discuss the transition from cloud chaos to cloud-smart solution, the balance between cloud specialization and simplification, and lots more 🎉 VMware Social Media Advocacy

Antrea Egress on vSphere 8 with Tanzu Antrea Egress on vSphere 8 with Tanzu Welcome to this new new blog post series about Container Networking with Antrea. In this blog, we’ll take a look at the Egress feature and show how to implement it on vSphere with Tanzu. According to the official Antrea documentation Egress is a Kubernetes Custom Resource Definition (CRD) which allows you […]

New Features in VMware Cloud Director Availability 4.5 to Facilitate Cloud Provider Operations New Features in VMware Cloud Director… Simplicity and usability are key for a product to be successful. With every next release, we strive to deliver consistently new features that improve the overall experience for Cloud Providers and their tenants. VMware Cloud Director Availability 4.5 is no exception to that – we have […]

How to install PowerCLI 13.0 and use new Image Builder & Auto Deploy cmdlets on Apple Silicon? How to install PowerCLI 13.0 and use new Image… PowerCLI 13.0 was just released about a week ago and I have been using it like crazy, especially with the new Image Builder and Auto Deploy cmdlets, which have now been ported over to PowerShell Core and finally removing […]

Updated VSP Foundation Course Updated VSP Foundation Course This new course offers an overview of the VMware journey, the vision that has guided VMware on the technology roadmap featuring the industry’s richest partner ecosystem. Based on Gartner projections, infrastructure-as-a-service will grow by more than 20 percent over the next two years, and VMware multi-cloud solutions are designed to help manage workloads that run on the […]

Heads Up – Unable to open VIB archive in streaming mode using Export-EsxImageProfile with PowerCLI 13.0 Heads Up – Unable to open VIB archive in… An issue that I ran into after upgrading to the latest PowerCLI 13.0 release after it GA’ed was attempting to export an ESXi image profile that I had created to an ISO file using the Export-EsxImageProfile cmdlet and immediately hit […]

VMware Data Service Manager – Architectural Overview and Provider Deployment VMware Data Service Manager – Architectural… In a recent post, I highlighted how VMware Data Services Manager (DSM) is designed to help vSphere Administrators control and manage the deployment of many disparate databases on their vSphere infrastructure. At the same time, I discussed how DSM is also designed to provide self-service […] VMware Social Media […]

VMware Aria Automation for Secure Clouds Integration with Amazon Security Lake VMware Aria Automation for Secure Clouds… VMware Aria Automation for Secure Clouds (formerly CloudHealth Secure State) integration with Amazon Security Lake is another step towards helping customers effectively monitor cloud risk and operationalize security. VMware Aria Automation for Secure Clouds is a real-time, contextual cloud configuration security platform that enables IT & developer teams […]