PowerCLI function to enable and configure... In this blog post, I will be sharing a PowerCLI/PowerShell function that we can use to setup DRS and DRS parameters for automating our cluster DRS configurations. The function allows you to enable DRS and DPM and set DRS and DPM aggression and automation levels. I have posted the … Continue reading PowerCLI function to enable and configure… →

NSX-T 3.2.x vSphere Integration (NSXe) This video provides a walkthrough of NSXe, which is the new vSphere integration in NSX-T 3.2. It will walk through both deployment models and some troubleshooting along the way. VMware Social Media Advocacy

Academic Cloud and the Digital Skills Boom Academic Cloud and the Digital Skills Boom It’s no surprise that high tech digital skills are in high demand. To keep up with the more-than-ever geographically distributed workforce, organizations are distributing workloads across multiple clouds. Meanwhile, the Internet of Things means more people are connected on more devices … Continue reading Academic Cloud and the Digital Skills Boom →

Using local storage with Tanzu Kubernetes Grid... With the vSphere CSI driver, it is now possible to use local storage with TKG clusters. This is enabled by TKG's Topology Aware Volume Provisioning capability. With this model, it is possible to present individual SSDs or NVMe drives attached to an ESXi host and configure a local … Continue reading Using local storage with Tanzu Kubernetes Grid… →

Reducing the Complexity of a Multi-Cloud Environment Reducing the Complexity of a Multi-Cloud... Over the last few years, I’ve written and spoken a lot about the importance of developing a multi-cloud strategy (see “The Cost of Cloud, and the Need for a Multi-Cloud Strategy,” “Cloud Infrastructure Transformation,” “VMware’s Approach to Multi-Cloud: A Strategy or an … Continue reading Reducing the Complexity of a Multi-Cloud… →

Unexplored Territory #010: Terraform and... In episode #010 of the Unexplored Territory Podcast we talk to Kyle Ruddy, Tech Marketing guru at Hashicorp. Kyle explains how Hashicorp got started, what the difference is between imperative and declarative automation, and why Terraform (and other Hashicorp products/services) should [...] VMware Social Media Advocacy

VCSA storage/core at 100% – core.in:imfiles There is a know bug in VCSA 6.7 and 7.0 where core.in:imfiles fill up /storage/core. This issue was fixed with vSphere 7 Update 3c, however you may still need a workaround. This strange issue hit my vCenter Server which is on version 7.0 Update 2d. The tech support said … Continue reading VCSA storage/core at 100% – core.in:imfiles →

Tanzu Community Edition 0.10 is Now Available The Tanzu Community Edition team is pleased to announce the availability VMware Social Media Advocacy

GRUB Root Password – NSX-T 3.2 Installation –...As you know VMware released NSX-T 3.2 a few weeks ago! You can read a list of the most important new features in this blog post. Since then, I have got questions about an option in the installation wizard [...] VMware Social Media Advocacy

Cloud Director tidbits: Data Center Group... In the beginning of 2022, I attended the “VMware Cloud Director: Advanced Networking with NSX-T Data Center” training for VCD 10.2. The training touched on a couple of topics, that are blog worthy. Let’s start with the next one in this latest Cloud Director tidbits series. VMware Social Media … Continue reading Cloud Director tidbits: Data Center Group… →