How to bootstrap vSAN Express Storage Architecture (ESA) on unsupported hardware?How to bootstrap vSAN Express Storage...I was recently chatting with a fellow colleague who asked an interesting question about the memory overhead between running vSAN Original Storage Architecture (OSA) versus the new vSAN Express Storage Architecture (ESA) from a VMware Homelab perspective. I honestly did... Continue Reading →
What’s New in VMware Aria Guardrails – January 2023What’s New in VMware Aria Guardrails – January...The January release of VMware Aria Guardrails has arrived and introduces a few updates that will be covered in this post. Dry run a Template against an Azure environment Create a Template from an existing Azure environment The release cadence... Continue Reading →
A Big Update on VMware Aria Operations 8.6A Big Update on VMware Aria Operations 8.6A look into what's new in the Aria Operations 8.6 release with Peter Haagenson and Matt Bradford. For more information and to try Aria Operations today, check out https://www.vmware.com/products/vrealize-operations.html For more great VMware Aria Cloud Management Demos check out https://pathfinder.vmware.com/VMware Social... Continue Reading →
Project Radium Workflow for Data ScientistsProject Radium Workflow for Data ScientistsDemonstrates that data scientists using the remote accelerators in a Project Radium pool can operate solely from their own machine and with unmodified container images.VMware Social Media Advocacy
What’s New in VMware Telco Cloud Service Assurance 2.1What’s New in VMware Telco Cloud Service...VMware is pleased to announce the availability of VMware Telco Cloud Service Assurance release 2.1. This latest version of VMware Telco Cloud Service Assurance— released on January 19, 2021—brings together key feature upgrades and new capabilities. VMware Telco Cloud Service Assurance... Continue Reading →
Update to my scripted installation of TAP (version 1.4 now also supported)Update to my scripted installation of TAP...In November last year I published article on an scripted installation of Tanzu Application Platform (TAP). This article is based on TAP 1.3, and uses scripts that I published on GitHub. With the recent release of TAP 1.4,... Continue Reading →
Feature Friday Episode 120 - VMware Container Service Extension 4.0Feature Friday Episode 120 - VMware Container...Container Service Extension 4.0 went GA in Dec with the introduction of a new technical stack and feature set that delivers value for developers with advanced compute capabilities and improved resilience and scalability to provide increased flexibility. Watch this Feature... Continue Reading →
Automating Virtual Machine screenshots in vSphereAutomating Virtual Machine screenshots in vSphereI was recently reminded of an old article that I wrote back in 2013 demonstrating how to capture Virtual Machine screenshots using a couple of options that are available within vSphere. While the blog post is more than 10 years old, the guidance and options... Continue Reading →
Service Subnets on Google Cloud VMware Engine - What you need to knowService Subnets on Google Cloud VMware Engine -...This post talks about when and why an administrator should use Service Subnets within Google Cloud VMware Engine.VMware Social Media Advocacy
Utilizing VMware Aria Cost Rightsizing for Cloud Cost SavingsUtilizing VMware Aria Cost Rightsizing for...What makes rightsizing so important? One of the biggest benefits of implementing cloud computing solution for any organization is the cost benefits associated with it. Even though it has made a successful reduction in the cost of infrastructure, organizations still fail to... Continue Reading →
