Top 20 NSX articles for May 2018Top 20 NSX articles for May 2018Virtual machine in ESXi is unresponsive with a non-paged pool memory leak VMs running on ESXi 5.5 with vShield endpoint activated fails during snapshot operations Performing vMotion or powering on a virtual machine being protected by vShield Endpoint fails When using VMware vShield... Continue Reading →

Getting More Out of vSAN– Performance Characteristics & Encryption StrategiesGetting More Out of vSAN– Performance...Demonstrating Performance Characteristics of Business-Critical Applications on vSAN with Pete Koehler & Native Data at Rest Encryption Strategies for VMware HCI with Jase McCarty. You do not want to miss these!VMware Social Media Advocacy

Top 20 vSAN articles for May 2018Top 20 vSAN articles for May 2018Component metadata health check fails with invalid state error “Host cannot communicate with all other nodes in vSAN enabled cluster” error vCenter Server 6.0 Update 2 displays on non-vSAN enabled ESXi hosts displays the message: Retrieve a ticket to register the vSAN VASA... Continue Reading →

vExpert VSAN 2018 AnnouncementvExpert VSAN 2018 AnnouncementThank you to everyone who applied for vExpert VSAN. The vExpert team and the VMware Storage Business Unit are pleased to announce the list of 2018 vExperts who received the VSAN award. This elite group includes bloggers, book authors, VMUG leaders, speakers, tool builders, community leaders and general enthusiasts.... Continue Reading →

A deeper-dive into Fault Tolerant VMs running on vSANA deeper-dive into Fault Tolerant VMs running...After receiving a number of queries about vSphere Fault Tolerance on vSAN over the past couple of weeks, I decided to take a closer look at how Fault Tolerant VMs behave with different vSAN policies. I wanted to take a look... Continue Reading →

MySQL on VMware vSAN 6.7 All-FlashMySQL on VMware vSAN 6.7 All-FlashOne measurement of success for an infrastructure design is if the platform used can meet the demands of various applications and workloads that help drive a business. Performance, scalability, resilience, and operational agility are all top of mind considerations for infrastructure architects. Application owners, and... Continue Reading →

Prepping an ESXi 6.7 host for Secure BootPrepping an ESXi 6.7 host for Secure BootWhen 6.7 went “GA” or General Availability, I was excited to get it installed and running on my bare metal hosts in my lab here at VMware. I had gotten my Dell R630’s updated with TPM 2.0 chips and was looking... Continue Reading →

NSX Troubleshooting Scenario 10NSX Troubleshooting Scenario 10Welcome to the tenth installment of my NSX troubleshooting series - a milestone number for the one-year anniversary of vswitchzero.com. I wasn't sure how many of these I'd write, but I've gotten lots of positive feedback so if I can keep thinking of scenarios, I'll keep going! What I... Continue Reading →

What is ESXi Compatibility Checker?What is ESXi Compatibility Checker?VMware has a free tool called ESXi Compatibility Checker which can check your hardware if it’s still supported by VMware. ESXi Compatibility Checker is a Free utility (a Fling) which has been released recently. We might see an integration directly to the vCenter server in future releases... Continue Reading →

VMware Cloud on AWS Developer Center UpdatesVMware Cloud on AWS Developer Center UpdatesThis article was originally posted May 21, 2018 here. VMware Cloud on AWS does a tremendous job at enabling our automation experts, developers, and DevOps teams. With a robust set of RESTful APIs, open-sourced SDKs, then capping it all off with the Developer... Continue Reading →