Using vSAN Snapshots To Expand Your Protection CapabilitiesUsing vSAN Snapshots To Expand Your Protection...Data protection strategies often include snapshots in some form or another. Learn how vSAN ESA snapshots can play an integral part of a data protection strategy, as well as augment formal data protection practices to make recovery operations more convenient. The UK... Continue Reading →

We want to see you at #VMUGConnect, and now you have the flexibility to join us Thursday or Friday—whichever works best for you! For just $300, enjoy a full day packed with instructor-led Hands-On Labs, world-renowned speakers, and exclusive deep-dive sessions! Register today!1 Day Passes Now Available for VMUG Connect!We want to see you at... Continue Reading →

Unexplored Territory Podcast - Latency Sensitive WorkloadsUnexplored Territory Podcast - Latency...For episode 93, I invited Mark A to discuss with us what low latency workloads are all about, and what they require! Mark explains all the ins and outs of why vSphere, and VCF, is the perfect platform for latency sensitive workloads. Listen on Spotify... Continue Reading →

Quick Tip - Which vCenter Server Key Provider (KMS) is a VM using?Quick Tip - Which vCenter Server Key Provider...vCenter Server requires a Key Management Service (KMS) for enabling VM Encryption, vTPM, or vSAN Encryption. Users have the choice of configuring the embedded Native Key Provider (NKP) built into vCenter Server and/or use an external... Continue Reading →

VMware GPU Homelab: Part 3 – Installing ESXi Step by Step _ vxworld.co.ukVMware GPU Homelab: Part 3 – Installing ESXi...In this post, I will take you though the step by step process of installing ESXi 8 U3 on one of the Dell Precision 5820 workstations I will be using for my GPU Homelab. This post... Continue Reading →

VMware GPU Homelab: Part 2 – BIOS ConfigurationVMware GPU Homelab: Part 2 – BIOS ConfigurationIn this post, I upgrade the BIOS firmware and outline the BIOS settings configured on the Dell Precision 5820 Workstation, which will be used as part of my two-node GPU Homelab cluster This has been split out into the following sections:... Continue Reading →

VMware GPU Homelab: Part 1 – Introduction _ vxworld.co.ukVMware GPU Homelab: Part 1 – Introduction _...Welcome to the first post in this series I have not had a physical Homelab for a long time. I have been using VMware’s Hands on Lab (HOL) to learn new skills. HOL have been fantastic and enabled me to... Continue Reading →

VMware GPU Homelab: Part 4 – Building a Windows Domain Controller and DNS serverVMware GPU Homelab: Part 4 – Building a Windows...VMware relies on several supporting services, which vary depending on the components you are deploying. However, at a minimum, DNS and NTP are essential. Deploying a Windows Active Directory Domain Controller provides both a... Continue Reading →

Want to learn how to use the VMware vDefend Distributed Firewall API to create groups, policy and rules? This helpful guide can help you learn how to navigate and use the API without any programming knowledge required! It focuses on the basics of using the API using REST calls with Postman.Beginning Automation with VMware vDefend...Want... Continue Reading →

AI isn’t slowing down, and Broadcom continues expanding its optical interconnect solutions portfolio for next-gen AI infrastructure. Today, we’re proud to announce the expansion of our industry-leading 200G/lane DSP PHY portfolio with the introduction of Sian3 and Sian2M, purpose-built for the demanding connectivity requirements of AI/ML clusters. Learn more:Broadcom Extends 200G/lane DSP PHY Leadership...Introducing Sian3... Continue Reading →