2. December 2022

Patching and Updating vCenter Server 7.0…

Patching and Updating vCenter Server 7.0 Deployments Patching and Updating vCenter Server 7.0… You can update the vCenter Server with patches by using the software-packages utility available in the vCenter Server appliance shell. VMware Social Media Advocacy

2. December 2022

vSAN 8 ESA – Dude, where’s my vSAN disk group?

vSAN 8 ESA – Dude, where’s my vSAN disk group? vSAN 8 ESA – Dude, where’s my vSAN disk group? In this demo, I give a brief overview of how why you no longer have disk groups in a vSAN 8.0 Express Storage Architecture cluster, and what those new components are for each VM in the UI, known as the “performance leg” and the “capacity […]

2. December 2022

VMware Security Hardening Guides and how to…

VMware Security Hardening Guides and how to check compliance VMware Security Hardening Guides and how to… I will describe the concept of the VMware Security Hardening Guides and how to check compliance using VMware Operations Manager. VMware Social Media Advocacy

2. December 2022

VMware Data Services Manager – Agent Deployment

VMware Data Services Manager – Agent Deployment VMware Data Services Manager – Agent Deployment After a successful deployment and configuration of the Provider appliance in my most recent post of VMware Data Service Manager, it is now time to turn our attention to the Agent appliance. This component is responsible for initiating operations on a particular vSphere cluster. An Agent can […] VMware Social Media […]

2. December 2022

Can you use vVols with Horizon VDI?

Can you use vVols with Horizon VDI? Can you use vVols with Horizon VDI? Can you use vVols with Horizon for VDI environments? Yes, yes you can, but there are some caveats. VMware Social Media Advocacy

2. December 2022

VMware Data Services Manager – Database Creation

VMware Data Services Manager – Database Creation VMware Data Services Manager – Database Creation This is the third blog post in a series which describe how to get started with VMware Data Services Manager (DSM), a VMware solution that offers on-demand provisioning and automated management of databases on vSphere environments. In a previous installment, the deployment and configuration […] VMware Social Media Advocacy

2. December 2022

How to configure Hardware Compatibility List…

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 […] […]

1. December 2022

Stripe Width Storage Policy Rule in the vSAN ESA

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

1. December 2022

Taming the chaos in this rapidly changing world…

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

1. December 2022

Antrea Egress on vSphere 8 with Tanzu

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 […]