VCF 9.1.1: One Host, One NFS Cluster, and a Validator That Wouldn’t Budge – #vExpert Tommy GrotVCF 9.1.1: One Host, One NFS Cluster, and a...I had a single spare Dell PowerEdge R740xd sitting around after a rebuild, and I wanted it in my management domain as a second cluster running off an NFS share on... Continue Reading →
Demystifying VKS Networking with VCF – #vExpert Avnish TripathiDemystifying VKS Networking with VCFA full walk of the VKS data path on NSX — from the physical NIC to pod eth0 — with the address rewrites measured in a live lab rather than assumed.Broadcom Social Media Advocacy
Host placement for the secondary FT VM with Fault Domains? – Duncan EppingHost placement for the secondary FT VM with...On Reddit there was a question about how to specify on which group of hosts the secondary VM of an FT-enabled VM would land on. Now this is a problem that has been around for a... Continue Reading →
The VCF Upgrade Odyssey Part 2 – #vExpert Manuel Billmaier, mb-labs.deThe VCF Upgrade Odyssey Part 2 – mb-labs.deThis is the follow-up to my last post about the VCF 9.1.1 upgrade deadlock. Same lab, same week, new rabbit hole. My management components were on 9.1.1, but the Supervisor was still on 9.0.2.x because VKS 3.4.1 blocked... Continue Reading →
How do you protect sensitive data while it’s actively in use? See how to set up Intel TDX with VCF 9.1 from enabling TDX and deploying a confidential VM to remote attestation and visibility in VCF Operations. Get the complete walkthrough.How do you protect sensitive data while it’s...How do you protect sensitive data while it’s... Continue Reading →
More Memory, Less Money: Exploring Memory Tiering in VCF 9 – #vExpert Ward VissersMore Memory, Less Money: Exploring Memory...My VCF 9 lab is getting bigger and bigger. I still need more and more resources. I have not even [been] running vDefend or AVI. Currently, VCF services run with high availability even in my small lab.The... Continue Reading →
Bypassing Minimum Storage Pre-Check for vDefend Security Services Platform (SSP) 5.2 Lab Deployments – William LamBypassing Minimum Storage Pre-Check for vDefend...After successfully deploying the vDefend Security Services Platform (SSP) 5.2 Installer, which I recently built some automation for, the next step is to deploy an SSP Instance. I was surprised to see there was a... Continue Reading →
#vSphere Standard Edition is back. On the CMTY Podcast from WE, Sept. 23, Bob and Eric discuss the news and the strategy change for commercial and, more importantly, for home lab environments. Also, we'll discuss how you might be able to get a VCF license for the first year before achieving VCP certification and vExpert... Continue Reading →
Your GPUs Are Two Thirds Idle | A single tenant on four GPUs used 37% of the streaming multiprocessors. Four tenants used 71%, with four times the throughput. Same box, no extra hardware. – #vExpert Mohammad "Sarge" SiddiquiYour GPUs Are Two Thirds IdleA single tenant on four GPUs used 37% of the streaming multiprocessors. Four... Continue Reading →
The Staged Path From vSphere 8 to VCF 9.1 | Rushing a full adoption to hit a compliance date produces a worse VCF outcome than staging it. Five stages, three stopping points, and the distinction that decides your scope. – #vExpert Mohammad "Sarge" SiddiquiThe Staged Path From vSphere 8 to VCF 9.1Rushing a full adoption... Continue Reading →
