Mystic Marvin
- vSAN 7 Troubleshooting Tools
The primary configuration & management point for vSAN is the vCenter client. But sometimes, troubleshooting has to… - The VMware Entire Portfolio in 1-click – updated
Last March, I published the VMware ENTIRE portfolio – easy to use – in just 1-click! Since then, VMware has… - VMware KubeAcademy: Intro to Containers & Kubernetes workshop
Now VMworld 2020 is behind, let’s continue the learning opportunity and momentum with the VMware KubeAcademy and … - ON-demand Network and Security Sessions at VMworld 2020 – Recap
Below are the active links to watch the on-demand Network and Security Sessions f… - VMworld 2020 Day-1 Recap
VMworld is always an exciting period! Despite the exceptional pandemic situation, this year again, VMware is giving us …
David Stamen
- Cloud Block Store Use Cases for Microsoft Azure – Terraform Edition
Previously I explained how to use Terraform to Deploy an Azure VM. Now that Cloud Block Store iS GA in Azure, I can cove… - Using vRealize Automation 8.x with the Pure Storage vRealize Orchestrator Plugin
Previously I explained how to use the vRealize Orchestrator Plugin 3.5 with vRealize Orchestrator and Automation 7.x. Ba… - vExpert 2021
I am honored to have been selected as a VMware vExpert once again for 2021!… - Using the Pure Storage Cloud Block Store Terraform Provider for AWS
Im excited to announce the first release of the Pure Storage Cloud Block Store (CBS) Terraform Provider. The first relea… - Error downloading plugin-in: com.vmware.h4.vsphere.client
Welcome to my first blog of 2021! Its been a crazy year so far, but glad to be back writing. This issue is one that has …
Virtual Simon
- VMware vSphere Essentials Kits vs ROBO Kits
I had a great question earlier in the week from someone wanting to understand where and how to use the vSphere Essential… - What is the limit on how many virtual machines that can be deployed at once?
What is the limit on how many virtual machines that can be deployed at once? This came up in conversation, where we were… - VMware HCX Licensing
Following on the migration theme just recently, I’ve had a lot of queries over the past month related to VMware HC… - How should I migrate VMware virtual machines between VMware data centres?
How should I migrate VMware virtual machines between VMware data centres? This is a question I got asked just before I b… - Deploying Tanzu SQL to Tanzu Kubernetes Grid Clusters
Deploying Tanzu SQL to Tanzu Kubernetes Grid Clusters I’ve been reading up on the Tanzu SQL announcements I found …
Virtually Ghetto
- Easily create custom ESXi Images from patch releases using vSphere Image Builder UI
Creating a custom ESXi Image Profile that incorporates additional ESXi drivers such as the recently released Community N… - Apple NVMe driver for ESXi using new Community NVMe Driver for ESXi Fling
VMware has been making steady progress on enabling both the Apple 2018 Mac Mini 8,1 and the Apple 2019 Mac Pro 7,1 for o… - VMware customer production use cases for Intel NUC
The Intel NUC also known as the Next Unit of Computing is a very popular platform for running VMware based homelabs. I h… - New Community Networking Driver for ESXi Fling
I am super excited to announce the release of a new Community Networking Driver for ESXi Fling! The idea behind this pro… - Useful Kubernetes Tricks/Tools
As you can see from my weekly Tweets, I am usually doing something that involves Kubernetes (K8s), whether that it is pl…
ESX Virtualization
- The Importance of Backing up Office 365 Data
Today we’ll talk about Office 365 backup and its importance as it is not a public cloud provider that will help you to r… - VCP7-DCV Objective 1.3.3 – Describe Storage Policies
VMware vSphre 7 storage policies usually specify which datastores with what functions and specifications to use when pla… - Veeam Backup and Replication 11 Announced Today
It has been about a week that the RTM of Veeam Backup and Replication 11 is RTM and available to partners and Vanguards … - Migrating Your Application to Cloud: Boons and Banes
The migration of business processes and applications to the Cloud is a global trend. The business gradually, completely,… - Nakivo Backup and Ransomware Recovery
These days there is a lot of ransomware attacks. In no time any company can be infected with ransomware and face problem…
Cormac Hogan
- vSphere with Tanzu stateful application backup/restore using Velero vSphere Operator
Recently I wrote about our new Velero vSphere Operator. This new functionality, launched with VMware Cloud Foundation (V… - vSphere with Tanzu backup/restore with Velero vSphere Operator
Last week, I posted about the vSAN Data Persistence platform (DPp), a feature that is now available with VMware Cloud Fo… - A first look at DPp (Data Persistence platform) and MinIO
Today I want to take a closer look at the new vSAN Data Persistence platform (DPp). I mentioned that this was a key reas… - VCF 4.1.0.1 Update to VCF 4.2 – Step by Step
VMware recently announced the release of VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) version 4.2. I was particular interested in this … - VMware Fusion 12 – vctl / KinD / MetalLB / Niginx deployment
A number of months back, I wrote an article which looked at how we now provide a Kubernetes in Docker (KinD) service in …
Scott’s Weblog
- Deploying a CNI Automatically with a ClusterResourceSet
Not too long ago I hosted an episode of TGIK8s, where I explored some features of Cluster API. One of the features I exp… - Setting up Wireguard for AWS VPC Access
Seeking more streamlined access to AWS EC2 instances on private subnets, I recently implemented Wireguard for VPN access… - Closing out the Tokyo Assignment
In late 2019, I announced that I would be temporarily relocating to Tokyo for a six-month assignment to build out a team… - Technology Short Take 137
Welcome to Technology Short Take #137! I’ve got a wide range of topics for you this time around—eBPF, Falco,… - Technology Short Take 136
Welcome to Technology Short Take #136, the first Short Take of 2021! The content this time around seems to be a bit more…
vSphere-land
- My thoughts and observations on VMworld 2020
Another VMworld has passed, this year it was a month later than usual and also completely virtual. The week before VMwor… - VMworld is here! But it sure doesn’t feel like it…
It’s that time of year again, albeit a bit later than usual, it’s time for VMware’s annual mega confer… - Help a vBrother and his family out if you can…
Despite having grown into a very large community I’ve always felt the VMware community has always been a tight and… - vSphere 7.0 Link-O-Rama
Your complete guide to all the essential vSphere 7.0 links from all over the VMware universe. Bookmark this page and kee… - VMware announces vSphere 7.0: Here’s what you need to know
VMware just announced the latest release of vSphere, 7.0, and it’s their biggest release to date. Before we dive i…
NTPRO.NL
- Free e-book – PowerCLI Cookbook for VMware vSAN
Typically, vSAN management is performed through the vSphere Client. Tasks can include those such as initial configu… - Understanding Clones in VMware vSphere 7: Performance Study
VMware vSphere offers three different types of clones including full clone, linked clone, and instant clone. In t… - Postman and the Elgato Key Light Air API
Due to Covid-19, I’m delivering VMware training courses online. Most of the time, I’m using Zoom but sometimes I ha… - Free e-book – Micro-segmentation for Dummies Guide, 2nd Edition
This book provides a broad overview of micro‐segmentation in the data center. After reading this book, you’ll have … - VMware Labs has updated a Fling – vSphere Software Asset Management Tool
The vSphere Software Asset Management (vSAM) is a tool that collects and summarizes vSphere product deployment info…
Virten.net
- How to Backup and Restore NSX-T
NSX-T is a critical infrastructure component and it is crucial to have a working backup and restore plan. With complex p… - vSphere with Tanzu – SupervisorControlPlaneVM Excessive Disk WRITE IO
After deploying the latest version of VMware vSphere with Tanzu (vCenter Server 7.0 U1d / v1.18.2-vsc0.0.7-17449972), I … - 11th Gen Intel NUC – Which is the best candidate to run ESXi?
Intel has finally announced their 11th Generation NUCs. For the first time, all three product lines are announced at the… - How to Shrink vCenter Server Appliance (vCSA) Disks
After upgrading a vCenter Server Appliance (vCSA) multiple times, it might result in having very large virtual disks. Th… - VMware Cloud Director 10 – Network cannot be deleted, because it is in use
A problem I ran into a couple of times in VMware Cloud Director 10 is that you can’t delete an organization network, des…
vEducate.co.uk
- How to backup and restore your container workloads using Kasten by Veeam
This blog posts covers using Kasten by Veeam to create backup policies for data protection, and how to restore your data… - Installing and configuring Kasten to protect container workloads on VMware Tanzu Kubernetes Grid
This blog post will take you through the full steps on installing and configuring Kasten, the container based enterprise… - How to install and configure Kasten to protect container workloads on Red Hat OpenShift and VMware vSphere
In this blog post I’m going to cover deploying and configuring Kasten, the container based enterprise backup softw… - Check how long a VM is turned off in vSphere using vROPs
Just a quick answer from a query on Reddit /r/VMware Sub. You can do this in vROPs from the 8.x code and above. Click … - How to update Kasten to the latest version
This is probably one of the simplest blog posts I’ll publish. To see if there is an available update for your Kast…
vSwitchZero
- Argon ONE M.2 Raspberry Pi 4 Case
I’m a bit late to the party, but I finally picked up a Raspberry Pi 4B 8GB board to use with VMware’s new ESXi on Arm t… - Linux and BIND9 as a DNS Secondary for Active Directory
Having a backup for your Windows Active Directory DNS services is always a good idea. Larger organizations would probab… - Checking if a File or Directory Exists in a Bash Script
One common thing I find myself needing to do in Linux bash shell scripting is to check if a file or directory exists. T… - Scheduling Tasks in ESXi Using Cron
The utility “cron” is a job scheduler in Linux/Unix based operating systems. It is very useful for scheduling scripts o… - 3dfx Voodoo 2 Repair Attempt
I’m always keeping an eye out for old parts on eBay. One of my saved searches, of course, is for the string “3dfx”. I’v…
vNinja
- Is Your VMware vCenter Publicly Available?
On the 23rd of February 2021 VMware issued the VMSA-2021-0002 security advisory and one of the issues it addresses is VM… - Norwegian vExperts 2021
VMware has just announced the list of vExperts for 2021 and true to tradition here is a list of the Norwegian vExperts f… - Making a Node-RED Twitter Bot
I use Node-RED extensively for home automation purposes, in conjunction with Home Assistant. See the Home Automation tag… - How I Use Home Assistant: Part 4 — Automatically Enable and Disable Sonos Night Mode with Node-RED
Sonos Beam is my main driver for television audio, which is great, but the sound travels between the floors in my house … - How I Use Home Assistant: Part 3 — Morning Coffee
I need my caffeine fix. It also needs to be very readily available when I wake up. Before home automation, I used to loa…
VMExplorer
- GA Release #VMware #NSX-T Data Center 3.1.1Build 17483185 | Announcement, information, and links
VMware Announced the GA Releases of VMware NSX-T Data Center 3.1.1 See the base table for all the technical enablement l… - Possible Security issues with #solarwinds #loggly and #Trojan #BrowserAssistant PS
Lately, I haven’t had much involvement with malware, trojans, and virus’. However, most recently Norton Fam… - GA Release #VMware #vSphere + #vSAN 7.0 Update 1c/P02 | Announcement, information, and links
Announcing GA Releases of the following VMware vSphere 7.0 Update 1c/P02 (Including Tanzu) VMware vSAN™ 7.0 Update 1c/P0… - GA Release VMware NSX Data Center for vSphere 6.4.9 | Announcement, information, and links
Announcing GA Releases of the following VMware NSX Data Center for vSphere 6.4.9 (See the base table for all the technic… - Using vRealize Log Insight to troubleshoot #ESXi 7 Error – Host hardware voltage System board 18 VBAT
This blog post demonstrates how I used vRLI to solve what seemed like a complex issue and it helped to simplify the outc…
