vSAN Component vote recalculation with Witness Resilience, the follow up! - Yell...vSAN Component vote recalculation with Witness...I wrote about the Witness Resilience feature a few years ago and had a question on this topic today. I did some tests and then realized I already had an article describing how it works, but as I also... Continue Reading →
vCenter TLS, SSL, STS, and Root Certificates in Aria Operations _ BrockPeterson....vCenter TLS, SSL, STS, and Root Certificates in...We've discussed Certificate visibility in Aria Operations previously, but nothing in depth around vCenter Certificates, let's explore.Looking at a vCenter (captured by vCenter Adapter) you'll see there are two Certificate related properties.One gives the number of days... Continue Reading →
VCF 5.2.1 On VxRail 8.0.310 – Walkthrough (Part 6: VI WLD ‘Add Cluster’) _ David...VCF 5.2.1 On VxRail 8.0.310 – Walkthrough (Part...This is the 6th in a series of posts covering VCF 5.2.1 On VxRail 8.0.310. The following post provides an example walkthrough covering the process of adding a VxRail Cluster to a Workload Domain... Continue Reading →
VMware Explore 2025 – Major ChangesVMware Explore 2025 – Major ChangesSo it seem there are big changes coming to VMware Explore 2025. Hosted by Broadcom, this event is getting a serious shake-up. Here’s what’s new: [...]Broadcom Social Media Advocacy
Solved: vCenter root user password expiredSolved: vCenter root user password expiredHow to Fix: vCenter Root User Password Expired Has your vCenter root user password expired? Don't worry. We'll walk you throughBroadcom Social Media Advocacy
VMware vSphere: Past Trends and Projections for 2025VMware vSphere: Past Trends and Projections for...Today I've been looking at VMware vSphere’s development. Specifically, its evolution over the past few releases, and what we might expect in vSphere 9 (and when). I based much of this analysis on configuration maximums, since they’ve tracked vSphere’s progress well.Broadcom Social... Continue Reading →
Bridging Cloud and Edge AI: VMware Meets Azure Machine Learning - Eric SloofBridging Cloud and Edge AI: VMware Meets Azure...In today’s AI-driven world, organizations face a tough challenge—how to leverage the power of cloud-based machine learning while keeping data secure and on-premises. A recent technical white paper from VMware and Microsoft offers an elegant solution:... Continue Reading →
NSX 4.2 Multitenancy Series – Part 6: NSX VPC NetworkingNSX 4.2 Multitenancy Series – Part 6: NSX VPC...Welcome to the part-6 of the NSX Multi-tenancy series. The last post of this series discussed NSX VPC architecture and its use cases and the benefits that it provides. In this post, I will walk you through how... Continue Reading →
How to Quickly Check/Backup ESXi Host TPM Encryption Recovery Key Using PowerCLI...How to Quickly Check/Backup ESXi Host TPM...Managing encryption across multiple ESXi hosts can be a bit of a hassle. But don’t worry. I’ve got a simple PowerCLI script that’ll save you time and headaches by quickly retrieving encryption status and recovery keys from your... Continue Reading →
Yellow Metrics and Properties in Aria Operations _BrockPeterson.comYellow Metrics and Properties in Aria...We've all been in Aria Operations exploring metrics and properties and noticed some of them are yellow, like this VM.What does this mean? It means one of three things: • There in an Active Alert against that metric/property • There is an Active... Continue Reading →
