Customizing SMBIOS strings (hardware manufacturer and vendor) for Nested ESXiCustomizing SMBIOS strings (hardware...Nested ESXi continues to be an invaluable resource that I use on almost a daily basis from solution prototyping, customer reproduction to automated lab deployments supporting both VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) and VMware vSphere Foundation (VVF), the use cases are simply endless! While... Continue Reading →

VMware CMTY Podcast #691 - VMware Fusion and Workstation: Insights and Innovatio...VMware CMTY Podcast #691 - VMware Fusion and...Join hosts Eric Nielsen and Matt Langguth as they sit down with Michael Roy, the Product Line Manager for Desktop Hypervisor products at VMware. Michael shares insights into the recent changes in licensing for Fusion Pro and... Continue Reading →

Whitepaper | VeloCloud SD-WAN QoS OverviewWhitepaper | VeloCloud SD-WAN QoS Overview📑 Check out this comprehensive whitepaper on QoS architecture within the @VMware VeloCloud SD-WAN™ network for recommendations and best practices for integrating it with your MPLS VPN networks:Broadcom, Social Media Advocacy

Quick Tip - Workaround for unsupported processor error in Windows 11 for Arm on...Quick Tip - Workaround for unsupported...This morning I came across an intriguing post on the VMware Reddit channel where a user had ran into an issue while attempting to upgrade their Windows 11 on Arm VM, running VMware Fusion on an Apple... Continue Reading →

#075 - Newsflash - VMware Workstation and Fusion licensing changes! (Did I hear...#075 - Newsflash - VMware Workstation and...For this special edition of the podcast Duncan invited Michael Roy to discuss the latest VMware Workstation and VMware Fusion announcements. VMware Workstation and Fusion are desktop hypervisor products that allow users to run virtual […]Broadcom, Social... Continue Reading →

Virtually Speaking Podcast: The Rise of the Distributed Processing Unit (DPU)Virtually Speaking Podcast: The Rise of the...In this episode of Virtually Speaking, Pete and John dive deep into the transformative impact of Data Processing Units (DPUs) on virtual infrastructure with special guest Dave Morera from vSphere Technical Marketing. They explore how vSphere Distributed Services Engine... Continue Reading →

What's New in Rightsizing in VMware Tanzu CloudHealthWhat's New in Rightsizing in VMware Tanzu...In March of 2024, The FinOps Foundation announced an update to the FinOps Framework. Within that Framework, each domain is meant to describe a set of business outcomes that a mature FinOps practice should ultimately strive for. As an individual customer’s cloud... Continue Reading →

VMUG Webcast | VMware Cloud Foundation Storage Essentials: Introducing vSANVMUG Webcast | VMware Cloud Foundation Storage...In this session we’ll introduce VMware’s award-winning, market-leading storage virtualization software, VMware vSAN. We’ll provide a brief overview of the benefits of adopting vSAN, dive into the technical fundamentals and end with a few demos to show what vSAN can... Continue Reading →

DSM + MinIO: Certificate chain obtained from endpoint is incomplete or emptyDSM + MinIO: Certificate chain obtained from...I recently worked with one of our customers to configure MinIO object storage on-premises. The plan was to create a number of S3 compatible buckets to provide image, backup and log repositories for VMware Data Services Manager v2.0.x.... Continue Reading →

Test Securing Virtual Infrastructure and Zones with vDefend Distributed FirewallTest Securing Virtual Infrastructure and Zones...With each passing day, more and more companies are finding themselves victims of security breaches. Data center architectures have been traditionally flat network architectures that rely on perimeter firewalls to be the only inspection point. This inherent trust of the high... Continue Reading →