Can I replicate, or snapshot, my vSAN Stretched Cluster Witness appliance for fast recovery?Can I replicate, or snapshot, my vSAN Stretched...I’ve been seeing this question pop up more frequently, can I replicate or snapshot my vSAN Stretched Cluster Witness appliance for fast recovery? Usually, people ask this question as they cannot adhere to the 3-site... Continue Reading →

Why VCF 9.0 Improves IT Operations and ManagementWhy VCF 9.0 Improves IT Operations and ManagementVMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) is a unified private cloud platform designed to host cloud native, AI, and traditional enterprise workloads. VCF uses a cloud operating model that combines the scale and agility of the public cloud with the security and performance... Continue Reading →

#109 – Introducing Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) featuring Yves Hertoghs#109 – Introducing Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)...VMware Cloud Foundation 9 has brought the ⁠Virtual Private Cloud networking model⁠ front and center in the vSphere UI. Not only has it become extremely easy to provide a self-service solution for networking, but it also comes with a plethora... Continue Reading →

#110 – vSAN over Fibre Channel featuring Rakesh Radhakrishnan!#110 – vSAN over Fibre Channel featuring Rakesh...After Rakesh and I shared the news at Explore, and Explore On Tour, that vSAN would potentially be able to use Fibre Channel as a transport layer, the phone has been ringing nonstop. It was time for me to invite... Continue Reading →

Playing around with Memory Tiering, are my memory pages tiered?Playing around with Memory Tiering, are my...There was a question on VMTN about Memory Tiering performance, and how you can check if pages were tiered. I haven’t played around with Memory Tiering too much, so I noted down for myself what I needed to do on... Continue Reading →

VCF Operations Ver. 9.x - What are Views and How to Create Custom Views | In this part of our VCF Operations Series, we will cover what View are.What are the different types of views available and how do we create Custom Views. Thanks for watching. – #vExpert Stephen DeBarrosVCF Operations Ver. 9.x - What... Continue Reading →

vSAN to vSAN Replication and Recovery Plan creation demo!vSAN to vSAN Replication and Recovery Plan...As I was going through the various recordings I had of demos I created for Explore, I realized I hadn’t published the demos I created for vSAN to vSAN Replication, and on creating a Recovery Plan based on a vSAN Protection... Continue Reading →

Installing Realtek Network Driver Fling using Free ESXi 8.0 Update 3e ISOInstalling Realtek Network Driver Fling using...The typical method for authoring a customized ESXi image that contains additional drivers and packages is by either using vSphere Lifecycle Manager (vLCM) if you already have a vCenter Server deployed or by using PowerCLI cmdlets which does not... Continue Reading →

VCF 9 – NSX Edge Cluster Deployment and VPC Configuration – Jarrad Cox, gibsonvirtualizationVCF 9 – NSX Edge Cluster Deployment and VPC...The NSX Edge Cluster deployment procedure has changed significantly in VCF 9. When we performed this in previous versions, it was via the SDDC Manager (either by JSON spec or GUI in newer VCF... Continue Reading →

VCF 5.2.x to 9 Upgrade – Part 2 (VCF Operations Import) – Jarrad Cox, gibsonvirtualizationVCF 5.2.x to 9 Upgrade – Part 2 (VCF Operations...My upgrade environment consists of a Holodeck build with source version VCF 5.2.1. In Part 1 of this series, I performed the upgrade of the Management Domain to VCF 9. Continuing on... Continue Reading →