Multi-Cloud M&A Integration Series: Day 0 Productivity for New EmployeesMulti-Cloud M&A Integration Series: Day 0...One of the most complex challenges in IT is the integration process during an M&A event, where the acquired company has notable differences in its cloud, network, and workspace environments. So much so, that upon joining Salesforce, the incoming CIO took... Continue Reading →

New Dashboard in Partner Connect Portal to Easily Track Program ProgressionNew Dashboard in Partner Connect Portal to...With the evolution of VMware Partner Connect, the newly overhauled Partner Progression Dashboard provides a robust self-service experience enabling you to know exactly where you stand in the program structure at any time. The new dashboard makes it easy... Continue Reading →

Windows Server 2022 virtual machine will not boot after applying KB5022842Windows Server 2022 virtual machine will not...This post describes how to avoid an issue where Windows Server 2022 virtual machines in your private cloud may fail to boot after applying a Microsoft Windows patch.VMware Social Media Advocacy

GPU Passthrough with Nested ESXiGPU Passthrough with Nested ESXiAdvancements in ESXi Nested Virtualization have given us the ability to run ESXi inside of a VM (Nested ESXi) and has allowed us to do just about anything you would with a physical ESXi host for development, testing and learning purposes. In fact, I have shared many... Continue Reading →

Retrieving protected VMs with VMware Cloud DR REST APIRetrieving protected VMs with VMware Cloud DR...This blog post shows how to create a Postman collection that uses VMware Cloud DR REST API to retrieve VMs protected by the service – an idea initially developed by Pavlin Shterev. While the API is well documented, the requests authentication... Continue Reading →

Creating a Tanzu Kubernetes cluster in vSphere 8 with Tanzu – Little StuffCreating a Tanzu Kubernetes cluster in vSphere...In my earlier post, Supervisor Cluster Namespaces and Workloads, you saw that you can run workloads in the supervisor cluster but there are some limitations. The supervisor cluster is very opinionated and you might find it difficult... Continue Reading →

Upgrading CSE-deployed Kubernetes clusters from TKG 1.5.4 to TKG 1.6.1Upgrading CSE-deployed Kubernetes clusters from...I recently posted how to upgrade VMware Cloud Director’s Container Service Extension from 4.0.1 to 4.0.3. The next step in the journey is to configure the new CAPVCD provider (1.0.1) on any existing Kubernetes clusters deployed by CSE, and then upgrade those... Continue Reading →

Onboarding VMware vSphere+ - Broad-Cloud.NLOnboarding VMware vSphere+ - Broad-Cloud.NLMore and more customers are looking for a way to adopt VMware vSphere+ and take advantage of the new flexible vSphere and vSan Subscription based options. So let’s focus on the onboarding process of VMware vSphere+ and start with the implementation steps. [...]VMware Social Media Advocacy

PowerCLI Script: Snapshots ReportPowerCLI Script: Snapshots ReportKeeping a VM snapshot for too long is not a good idea. The VM snapshot file grows over time and you may eventually run out of storage space. If you have a large infrastructure, hundreds or even thousands of virtual machines, managing snapshots may not be easy. The snapshot... Continue Reading →

An Introduction to VMware Aria GuardrailsAn Introduction to VMware Aria GuardrailsVMware Aria Guardrails is a multi-cloud governance service to scale end-to-end policy enforcement across clouds and Kubernetes. The service enables organizations to consistently enforce standards that help regulate cost, reduce risks, and optimize performance across clouds, Kubernetes [...]VMware Social Media Advocacy